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I'm becoming a Texan next week!
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I'll be setting up my Texas domicile next week at Livingston, Texas, the headquarters of Escapees. My motorcycle tag is due to be renewed in Kansas before the end of September. And I bought a used class C MH from Oregon which will have the same deadline here. My town has an exorbitant sales tax rate (g...
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How well has our 2014 Heartland Landmark done in 5 years full-time living?
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https://bkamericanodyssey.com/2019/08/30/our-five-year-old-landmark/
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jrzygrl64
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Credit card physical address
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We have SBI as our mail service and 411 Walnut St is our address. When I went to change my address with the 2 credit cards we have, they insisted on a physical address. I could use SBI as our billing address, like when one has to put in zip code at a fuel pump. After a bit of discussion they said I could use a rela...
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Howard & Linda?
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Anyone heard from Howard and Linda lately? Their last post was two weeks ago. Ron
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Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma Can Slow an RV'er Down
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Our Spring & Summer plans to visit Alaska hit a bump in the road just before leaving for the North. Following a bunch of tests and scans I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma - Stage 4 (throughout my body). I'm in chemo for the next four months so RV'ing is on hold for now. We have just entered o...
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Russ Ranger
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Happy 4th of July!
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We would like to wish ya’ll 😉 a safe and Happy 4th of July
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Happy Birthday Canada
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To all Canadians on the forum - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 
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Barbaraok
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Insurance Renewal - RV
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I just received our insurance renewal for our 5th wheel and was surprised by the 19.2% increase from Safeco through Miller Insurance. I am wondering if others have experienced the same thing? I have a call into Miller to discuss other options. Would love to hear about any recent experiences from f...
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Barb and Frank
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Campground etiquette
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We've been full-time for nearly five years now and have stayed in all sorts of campgrounds. In that time we have never had people walk through our campsite - until yesterday. Two people walked through our site, one of them on the paved area. This morning I moved the car so it partially overlaps the motor...
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kb0zke
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Where Will You Spend Winter?
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We pulled up our roots and are heading South for the Winter. This year we left Washington state and are headed for Colorado Springs for our son's retirement from the Air Force. (For the record I am much to young to have a son retiring.) We will be seeing cooler weather than we like but will be racing for th...
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Russ Ranger
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All boxed up
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Well heck, this morning as I sit having my coffee I'm surrounded by boxes and it's a funny feeling. I go get our U-Haul trailer at 8 and we will load all of our stuff in it and the new owners of our motorhome will come and drive it away tomorrow leaving us somewhat homeless. We will stay in a friends 5th whe...
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We got a new toilet !
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Maybe a little silly to celebrate in the real world, but in RV land something to share. I'd like to pass along some of our experience, especially the re orienting of our new throne. About 24hrs ago I stepped on the foot pedal and something snapped off. The valve won't open, fortunately it was liquid wast...
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Cookie Dough
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Best software to share a US map of travel plans?
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I'd like to prepare a simple US map showing major destinations I intend to travel through in 2019. Basically, California to Tennessee, up to Nova Scotia, then down to Florida. I'd like to share this map on Facebook and Instagram. Have seen others do it - what to use?
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Forest River Plant Fire
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Believe I just saw on the news that the Elkhart plant (Forest River) was on fire. Don't know if this effects anyone in this group.
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ChefMom
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New Mattress Too Heavy
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After fussing with the original RV mattress for years, we decided to buy a nice, new, expensive, and very heavy, top-of-the-line, king-sized mattress. Getting it into the rig was fun - challenging to say-the-least. Now, however, when we send out the (mega) bedroom, Schwintec slide, the top of th...
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Ann and Steve
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Tioga George RIP
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https://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2019/02/dear-readers.html#comment-form
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Dutch
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Howard and Linda made the big time....
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Or I guess what count's as big time in Grand Rapids Michigan... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUJHMI9axk Once again you two it was very nice meeting you there.
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WOW FAQ Finally Took The Time To Read
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Not been checking on this website for a while until recently, as it had gone rather quiet on both the forum and daily write ups, a virus lost all my top sites which this was one of and ........ Anyway's so the story goes, but for some strange reason tonight decided to click on the FAQ's and Holy Guacamole H...
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Someday
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What an Old Man Does to Fill His Spare Time.
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So what does an old man do with his time after retirement? Our Winters in Mexico leave me with extra time. There is only so much time that can be spent eating fresh shrimp and listening to great live music. I needed a hobby to fill my days in the sun. I joined the "Women's Painting Group" as their token ma...
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Russ Ranger
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Full-size fiberglass trailers
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Does anyone currently make a full-size fiberglass travel trailer? There are lots of small ones (Casita, Egg Camper, Escape, Oliver, Scamp) but I don't see any full-size ones. Some years ago someone (Keystone?) made one that looked a lot like an Airstream, even to being painted grey (close enough to...
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Our yearly analysis after 6 years on teh road
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I don't normally post a link just to a blog update but this one take you to our yearly analysis after 6 years on the road so I thought some might be interested. https://wp.me/p2Dund-3PB
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Hdrider
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Christmas 2018
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Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years! Be Safe!
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How much propane
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We are about to switch from a all electric motorhome to a 5th wheel that is not all electric and because I'm a numbers guy and someone that like to set (loose) budgets (I'm working on our 2019 budget) I'm curious what you full-timers average per year or per month for propane cost. I know everyone is diff...
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Holiday Decorating
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Merry Christmas, everyone! I'm wondering how you full-timers decorate your RVs for the season. Do you have a Christmas tree? Where do you set it up. I'd love to see some pics, too.
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PrairieRV
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Exiting the Full-time Life
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This is where we began our research 5 years ago, so it is where I now come to share this change in our life as we received an attractive offer to return to the corporate world. We have been full-time for 3.5 years in our 2007 Tiffin Allegro Bus and it has been the happiest time of our life. We have spent time...
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What causes these wrinkles? On this 2007 Crossroads RV
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Im looking to purchase this rig. The owner says these wrinkles were present when he took ownership from the original owner. He also said the RV never hit anything. No signs of water intrusion/stains inside the cabin, and the outside roof was re-sealed two years ago. The seam where roof and this pann...
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Do you regularly level a fifth wheel with wheels up?
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Curious what others do. We have a Landmark fifth wheel. It seems at least half of the the time, once we are leveled, (hydraulic auto levelers) our wheels are off the ground on one side or the other. Thus being supported by the jacks. Im uncomfortable with this. Does it matter over the long haul if the ja...
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Annual Reminder On RV Extended Warranties
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At the end of each year we try to remind those that are in the market for an RV extended warranty to try to lock one in before year end. This is from our Extended Warranty partner Wholesale Warranties: RV Warranty Pricing and Eligibility Changes There’s a chill in the air, which means the holidays are ap...
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Howard
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Arizona Routing Question
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We are planning a trip from the Chicago area to Gold Canyon, AZ which is east of Mesa. I’m trying to route us through Missouri, Oklahoma, and New Mexico - mostly on route 40. I’m looking at my Trucker’s Atlas and am trying to figure out how to get to Gold Canyon from Holbrook, AZ. If we weren’t towing a fi...
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Barb and Frank
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Reflecting Back on Our Last Year
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It is always good to look backwards in time to review how plans, goals and reality match up. We continue to evolve in our RV lifestyle. My advise to anyone just entering or planning on RV'ing is to be flexible and open to change. Our original plans when we first began in 2013 have grown, evolved and tod...
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Russ Ranger
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