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Terry and Jo · Terry and Jo

Oh, wait.... ....let me explain. I had my first cataract surgery today. We've started with my right eye as it is the dominant one. Because of my anxiety, I was not looking forward to being awake and aware while the surgery was performed. But, they gave me something that really calmed me down, and I ju...

RunsWithScissors · RunsWithScissors

We're doing it! We picked up our 5th wheel on Monday, exactly one year after we left the 2012 RV-Dreams Spring Rally in Kerrville, TX. Turning our dream into reality was possible in no small part because of all the excellent information available through RV-Dreams and its members. Thanks to all of you...

TXRVr · TXRVr

OK, someone help me out here. Which one of the icons that I am looking at above where I am typing is used for attaching a word doc to a PM?

TheHensons · TheHensons

Do RV parks give you a hard time for putting magnetic signs on your RV advertising your business or service? What about handing out flyers and business cards? I would imagine this type of thing is done quite regularly since many FTers are running businesses from their RV. Thanks Kyle

CJSX2fromCT · CJSX2fromCT

Do most of you find it ok with the sizes of them and making through say 2wks of supplies in them to get by before having to go shopping??? Or you you have a smaller fridge in the basemant to offset with??? Thank you for your response. Chris and Cheri.

NWescapee · NWescapee

Happy tears tonight as Dale arrived home after a 17 day trip to trade in our truck and pick up our 5th wheel, issues with the truck, then the trailer and finally the weather turned a 8-10 day trip into 17. Our new home on wheels is now parked in the hosue we're getting ready to put on the market!! I think thi...

Steve and Kate · Steve and Kate

We picked up our 5th wheel on Wednesday and had a wonderful experience at the RV Park adjacent to the dealer. Encountered only minor issues to be taken care of and had our maiden voyage on Friday. Our Keystone Cougar 333MKS is a joy to own. Husband had no problems in hitching, unhitching and learnin...

scrappy · scrappy

Im a little overwhelmed....but will survive! Our target is to be out of this house by May 1st.....the real estate agents in and out and trying to keep everything organized has been a challenge. Im sorting through what to keep and move to storage, what to donate, what to sell. Its draining! But, we found...

bigboomer · bigboomer

We had a chance to stop into the RV Museum and Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN on the way back east from SD. I highly recommend you stop in if you have a chance to see how far we have come and also how we still do the same things over the last 100 years! Here is a link to pictures we took: http://s962.photobucket.com...

WestWardHo · WestWardHo

The Bear II · The Bear II

Have any of you noticed the pumps at the gas stations seem to run at a slower speed ? I noticed this about 2 years ago when the gas prices approached $5.00 per gallon it seemed like the stations had turned down the speed on the pumps. Are they trying to convince us we were getting more for our money ? Just...

RhinestoneAngel · RhinestoneAngel

Hi, my husband and I have a Class A. She's graced our life for about 8 years now. I still love her as much as ever. My husband is a Flooring Contractor 25 years now. Work's been spotty over the years and we've been living paycheck to paycheck...lost our home to foreclosure and so we're renting. But I held on...

TXRVr · TXRVr

I have used hundreds of campgrounds over the years. I had an experience recently that made for "the last straw." Went to a CG, registered, and then drove to my assigned site. It was too small and not level. I had to manuver the MH back to the office (it was a very long walk) to get a site that w...

Workinrvers · Workinrvers

We are in a campground in Central Indiana and have had a lot of rain. The campground is next to a creek but has a huge levy that seperates the water from the campers. This morning the levy was breached and flooded the campground. The water came up so fast we could not get out in time. Luckily this campground...

Steve and Kate · Steve and Kate

We pick up our 5th Wheel on Wednesday and will begin preparing for the road. I've read many posts about basement packing but not as much about the interior. We have a 2013 Keystone Cougar. All of the interior storage compartments have tight clasps and would appear to remain shut during travel as doe...

NWescapee · NWescapee

It's spring clean up time for the yard, so happy to know this is the last time I have to trim the ivy away from the waterfall in our back yard, the last time to clean the deck, power wash the patio, kill the moss in our yard. I am so NOT going to miss this part of home ownership. Amazing how our perspective has...

Hina · Hina

I ran across this on You Tube, and I thought I'd share; apparently, Ernest Borgnine was an RV'er, with a 40 foot class A, and there was going to be a documentary about his adventures on the road. The show never got picked up by a network, so the film makers put it up as a sort of tribute channel on You Tube. htt...

RunsWithScissors · RunsWithScissors

We learned something on our recent trip to South Dakota to set up domicile (through Alternative Resources). This has to do with the hotel (or RV park) receipt needed to apply for residency. The receipt needs to show the names of everyone applying for domicile as well as their SD "home" addr...

jjsbergy · jjsbergy

Belinda an I haven't been on here in a few weeks but here's why... We were getting everything ready for the next big step towards our becoming full-timers - divesting ourselves of all our "stuff!" Last weekend we took that next big step - We had an “estate sale” which, in our circumstance it...

Hina · Hina

I'm eager to leave California behind, and hit the road... don't get me wrong, California has a lot going for it, but I'm burnt on taxes, prices, restrictions and regulations. I've heard South Dakota is a full time RV haven. Is anyone using S.D. mail services, have a S.D. driver's licence, spend time th...

nessa9566 · nessa9566

Had such a rough week. Had an ice storm move through our town a week ago and it destroyed so many trees and knocked down power lines. Because I work for the parks department we had to work a lot of overtime hauling and cleaning up hundreds if thousands of tree branches. It has been an exhausting week and it i...

WestWardHo · WestWardHo

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed an increase in commercials showing RVs? I wonder if its just like when you buy a new car then notice all the same brand on the road but I kind of wonder if its become more mainstream? sherry

Lucky Mike · Lucky Mike

today while working on My Coach I noticed something......upon finding the vehicle ID tag .........I'm officially 24 ' thats 4 feet shorter than I thought it was when I bought it... Who in there right mind builds a full size coach 24 feet long.....but now that I say that, who in there right mind would...

The Bear II · The Bear II

Many years ago while travelling back to Indiana we discovered the Bisquit & Gravy served by Hardees for breakfast. They reminded me of the bisquits and gravy made by my Aunt Snow from West Virginia. She would come out each year to celebrate Thanksgiving with us and at least one breakfast during...

Terry and Jo · Terry and Jo

Please pardon me for posting this in "Community Chat" instead of one of the RV Blog categories. However, the message here really needs to have a wider audience than just those that check out those blog categories. I haven't written for my blog in quite some time, but when I saw this, I had to...

Terry and Jo · Terry and Jo

Jo and I made our annual trip to our optometrist yesterday afternoon. While her examination went well, mine wasn't so good. A few years back, our doctor had told me that I was a "candidate" for cataracts. Yesterday, we found out that he couldn't get my glasses tuned enough to get me to &qu...

Ann-Hank · Ann-Hank

Any words of wisdom out there on backing a 36' 5th wheel into a camp site? Weve done fairly well backing to the right, but were practicing at park last week (it was almost empty so a good time to just practice) we both tried for about 2 hour to get the dang thing into a left back in space and never could get it. ...

Big John 57 · Big John 57

Hello fellow RV Dreamers, I am John and my wife Karla will be attending the Franklin, NC Rally. We are from Suffolk,VA (southeast corner of Va). We are planning to leave on Wed Oct. 2, 2013 around 4:00pm and travel 58 west to interstate 85 south to interstate 40 west stopping somewhere around Hicko...

Steve and Kate · Steve and Kate

Has anyone stayed at the RV Park in Capulin NM or visited the Homolovi State Park near Winslow AZ? These are our first two stops on our new adventure. We are cleaning up after a major ice storm here, but once that is done we pick up our 5th Wheel and hit the road. Kate

Steve and Kate · Steve and Kate

Has anyone taken houseplants along? I have a brown thumb but have managed to keep a Potho plant alive for nine years and hate to leave it behind. Silly, but it was given at my son's funeral and I really want to keep it. Thanks Kate

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	WOW!!!! Drugs are Great!!!! (Preview) Oh, wait.... ....let me explain. I had my first cataract surgery today. We've started with my right eye as it is the dominant one. Because of my anxiety, I was not looking forward to being awake and aware while the surgery was performed. But, they gave me something that really calmed me down, and I ju...	Terry and Jo	16	1259	04:05 AM May 7, 2013 by WestWardHo
	One year to the day (Preview) We're doing it! We picked up our 5th wheel on Monday, exactly one year after we left the 2012 RV-Dreams Spring Rally in Kerrville, TX. Turning our dream into reality was possible in no small part because of all the excellent information available through RV-Dreams and its members. Thanks to all of you...	RunsWithScissors	4	819	03:54 PM May 4, 2013 by NWescapee
	Email Attachments (Preview) OK, someone help me out here. Which one of the icons that I am looking at above where I am typing is used for attaching a word doc to a PM?	TXRVr	3	699	02:15 PM May 4, 2013 by TXRVr
	Business advertising (Preview) Do RV parks give you a hard time for putting magnetic signs on your RV advertising your business or service? What about handing out flyers and business cards? I would imagine this type of thing is done quite regularly since many FTers are running businesses from their RV. Thanks Kyle	TheHensons	8	1864	05:59 PM May 3, 2013 by Jack Mayer
	Fridge/freezer sizes.... (Preview) Do most of you find it ok with the sizes of them and making through say 2wks of supplies in them to get by before having to go shopping??? Or you you have a smaller fridge in the basemant to offset with??? Thank you for your response. Chris and Cheri.	CJSX2fromCT	6	897	12:39 AM May 3, 2013 by JayKim-no regrets
	Happy end to a frustrating journey – what a month!! (Preview) Happy tears tonight as Dale arrived home after a 17 day trip to trade in our truck and pick up our 5th wheel, issues with the truck, then the trailer and finally the weather turned a 8-10 day trip into 17. Our new home on wheels is now parked in the hosue we're getting ready to put on the market!! I think thi...	NWescapee	15	1371	05:23 AM May 2, 2013 by KellyVA
	We are official (Preview) We picked up our 5th wheel on Wednesday and had a wonderful experience at the RV Park adjacent to the dealer. Encountered only minor issues to be taken care of and had our maiden voyage on Friday. Our Keystone Cougar 333MKS is a joy to own. Husband had no problems in hitching, unhitching and learnin...	Steve and Kate	8	1004	08:10 PM Apr 30, 2013 by CJSX2fromCT
	The countdown is on.... (Preview) Im a little overwhelmed....but will survive! Our target is to be out of this house by May 1st.....the real estate agents in and out and trying to keep everything organized has been a challenge. Im sorting through what to keep and move to storage, what to donate, what to sell. Its draining! But, we found...	scrappy	5	986	07:42 PM Apr 28, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	RV Museum and Hall of Fame (Preview) We had a chance to stop into the RV Museum and Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN on the way back east from SD. I highly recommend you stop in if you have a chance to see how far we have come and also how we still do the same things over the last 100 years! Here is a link to pictures we took: http://s962.photobucket.com...	bigboomer	9	1455	01:56 PM Apr 28, 2013 by kb0zke
	VW Bus tent. Hope it works to post this way! (Preview)	WestWardHo	5	1362	07:59 AM Apr 27, 2013 by GENECOP
	Fuel Pump Speed (Preview) Have any of you noticed the pumps at the gas stations seem to run at a slower speed ? I noticed this about 2 years ago when the gas prices approached $5.00 per gallon it seemed like the stations had turned down the speed on the pumps. Are they trying to convince us we were getting more for our money ? Just...	The Bear II	8	790	07:10 PM Apr 26, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	Weekend Warriors...Anybody else like us out there? (Preview) Hi, my husband and I have a Class A. She's graced our life for about 8 years now. I still love her as much as ever. My husband is a Flooring Contractor 25 years now. Work's been spotty over the years and we've been living paycheck to paycheck...lost our home to foreclosure and so we're renting. But I held on...	RhinestoneAngel	12	1270	11:26 AM Apr 26, 2013 by Ranger guy
	Last Straw (Preview) I have used hundreds of campgrounds over the years. I had an experience recently that made for "the last straw." Went to a CG, registered, and then drove to my assigned site. It was too small and not level. I had to manuver the MH back to the office (it was a very long walk) to get a site that w...	TXRVr	2	930	11:07 PM Apr 25, 2013 by Lucky Mike
	may have lost it all (Preview) We are in a campground in Central Indiana and have had a lot of rain. The campground is next to a creek but has a huge levy that seperates the water from the campers. This morning the levy was breached and flooded the campground. The water came up so fast we could not get out in time. Luckily this campground...	Workinrvers	31	3739	07:38 PM Apr 23, 2013 by happy paddler
	Interior Packing (Preview) We pick up our 5th Wheel on Wednesday and will begin preparing for the road. I've read many posts about basement packing but not as much about the interior. We have a 2013 Keystone Cougar. All of the interior storage compartments have tight clasps and would appear to remain shut during travel as doe...	Steve and Kate	10	1080	12:21 PM Apr 23, 2013 by SnowGypsy
	Celebrating this is the last time..... (Preview) It's spring clean up time for the yard, so happy to know this is the last time I have to trim the ivy away from the waterfall in our back yard, the last time to clean the deck, power wash the patio, kill the moss in our yard. I am so NOT going to miss this part of home ownership. Amazing how our perspective has...	NWescapee	4	926	03:42 AM Apr 23, 2013 by Raytronx
	Ernest Borgnine's RV Adventures (Preview) I ran across this on You Tube, and I thought I'd share; apparently, Ernest Borgnine was an RV'er, with a 40 foot class A, and there was going to be a documentary about his adventures on the road. The show never got picked up by a network, so the film makers put it up as a sort of tribute channel on You Tube. htt...	Hina	0	1091	01:06 AM Apr 22, 2013 by Hina
	South Dakota domicile - FYI on hotel receipt (Preview) We learned something on our recent trip to South Dakota to set up domicile (through Alternative Resources). This has to do with the hotel (or RV park) receipt needed to apply for residency. The receipt needs to show the names of everyone applying for domicile as well as their SD "home" addr...	RunsWithScissors	7	1159	02:51 PM Apr 21, 2013 by nessa9566
	We've taken the next big step!!! (Preview) Belinda an I haven't been on here in a few weeks but here's why... We were getting everything ready for the next big step towards our becoming full-timers - divesting ourselves of all our "stuff!" Last weekend we took that next big step - We had an “estate sale” which, in our circumstance it...	jjsbergy	7	961	10:15 PM Apr 20, 2013 by jjsbergy
	South Dakota, Anyone? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I'm eager to leave California behind, and hit the road... don't get me wrong, California has a lot going for it, but I'm burnt on taxes, prices, restrictions and regulations. I've heard South Dakota is a full time RV haven. Is anyone using S.D. mail services, have a S.D. driver's licence, spend time th...	Hina	66	10648	07:40 AM Apr 20, 2013 by NWescapee
	Cant wait! (Preview) Had such a rough week. Had an ice storm move through our town a week ago and it destroyed so many trees and knocked down power lines. Because I work for the parks department we had to work a lot of overtime hauling and cleaning up hundreds if thousands of tree branches. It has been an exhausting week and it i...	nessa9566	1	646	03:39 AM Apr 20, 2013 by bjoyce
	TV Commercials (Preview) Is it just me or has anyone else noticed an increase in commercials showing RVs? I wonder if its just like when you buy a new car then notice all the same brand on the road but I kind of wonder if its become more mainstream? sherry	WestWardHo	4	874	02:25 AM Apr 20, 2013 by Alie and Jims Carrilite
	OOPS!!!!!!!...................... (Preview) today while working on My Coach I noticed something......upon finding the vehicle ID tag .........I'm officially 24 ' thats 4 feet shorter than I thought it was when I bought it... Who in there right mind builds a full size coach 24 feet long.....but now that I say that, who in there right mind would...	Lucky Mike	5	993	12:31 AM Apr 19, 2013 by cherylbrv
	Rediscovered Favorite Breakfast (Preview) Many years ago while travelling back to Indiana we discovered the Bisquit & Gravy served by Hardees for breakfast. They reminded me of the bisquits and gravy made by my Aunt Snow from West Virginia. She would come out each year to celebrate Thanksgiving with us and at least one breakfast during...	The Bear II	1	757	05:51 PM Apr 18, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	You Are More Beautiful Than You Think (Preview) Please pardon me for posting this in "Community Chat" instead of one of the RV Blog categories. However, the message here really needs to have a wider audience than just those that check out those blog categories. I haven't written for my blog in quite some time, but when I saw this, I had to...	Terry and Jo	6	991	01:08 AM Apr 18, 2013 by Racerguy
	Well, I Reckon It's My Turn - Anxiety Is Now in Progress (Preview) Jo and I made our annual trip to our optometrist yesterday afternoon. While her examination went well, mine wasn't so good. A few years back, our doctor had told me that I was a "candidate" for cataracts. Yesterday, we found out that he couldn't get my glasses tuned enough to get me to &qu...	Terry and Jo	39	1849	01:00 AM Apr 17, 2013 by Tinkerbell55
	parking a 5th wheel (Preview) Any words of wisdom out there on backing a 36' 5th wheel into a camp site? Weve done fairly well backing to the right, but were practicing at park last week (it was almost empty so a good time to just practice) we both tried for about 2 hour to get the dang thing into a left back in space and never could get it. ...	Ann-Hank	26	3749	12:27 AM Apr 16, 2013 by Racerguy
	Traveling to the Fall Rally (Preview) Hello fellow RV Dreamers, I am John and my wife Karla will be attending the Franklin, NC Rally. We are from Suffolk,VA (southeast corner of Va). We are planning to leave on Wed Oct. 2, 2013 around 4:00pm and travel 58 west to interstate 85 south to interstate 40 west stopping somewhere around Hicko...	Big John 57	0	562	02:38 AM Apr 15, 2013 by Big John 57
	Capulin NM and Winslow AZ (Preview) Has anyone stayed at the RV Park in Capulin NM or visited the Homolovi State Park near Winslow AZ? These are our first two stops on our new adventure. We are cleaning up after a major ice storm here, but once that is done we pick up our 5th Wheel and hit the road. Kate	Steve and Kate	5	1211	04:57 AM Apr 15, 2013 by nessa9566
	Plants and traveling (Preview) Has anyone taken houseplants along? I have a brown thumb but have managed to keep a Potho plant alive for nine years and hate to leave it behind. Silly, but it was given at my son's funeral and I really want to keep it. Thanks Kate	Steve and Kate	20	1615	03:25 PM Apr 14, 2013 by MarkS
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