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dianneandsteve · dianneandsteve

Just a heads up for the Walmart located in Bakersfield, CA on Rosedale Hwy. We've enjoyed our overnight stays here several times before and as usual asked for parking permission first at customer service. Getting the okay we got settled in then walked over to a restaurant for dinner and drinks. On our...

Cattntitans · Cattntitans

Do you just plow right on through big cities with creeping traffic, construction zones, potholes, Etc or do you go out of your way on secondary roads to avoid them at all costs? When you're headed to a destination. BTW, avoid the interstates in Birmingham, AL At all costs!!!

Howard · Howard

Hi Everyone, As many of you know, we are having a Boondocking Rally in Quartzsite, AZ March 5 - 12. We will be located north of town off of Plomosa Road. Though the Rally is sold out, any RV-Dreams fans in the area are welcome to stop by for a day visit anytime (although you may want to check with us first to ma...

jrzygrl64 · jrzygrl64

https://bkamericanodyssey.com/2018/02/25/first-tim...

ElviraFerrer · ElviraFerrer

Cast Iron CookwareNonstick SkilletRegular StonewareGlass and CorningwareStainless Steel -- Edited by ElviraFerrer on Saturday 30th of December 2017 03:56:55 AM

carolinakids · carolinakids

Happy Valentines day to all and God Speed to those on the road.

Russ Ranger · Russ Ranger

We had some time to kill today so we drove through several RV Parks in the North part of Mazatlan. This is high season for the RV parks in Mexico and I wondered how full they would be in mid January. The first three of the five parks were 100% full. Two of those parks are waterfront on the Sea of Cortez, the...

Planeguy · Planeguy

Hello, My wife and I own a 2015 Keystone Montana 3610RL FIFTH WHEEL. Recently we have had pooping noises and associated vibration from our two front (of 6) hydraulic leveling jacks. The jacks are manufactured by Lippert. I wondered if anyone on this site has experienced the same with their Lipp...

Barb and Frank · Barb and Frank

We are enjoying our first winter as full timers in Florida. We are primarily staying at state parks - moving every two weeks. We discovered that birds seem to love our rig. At the last state park (Myakka), we had a kamikaze cardinal that flew into our windows starting at the crack of dawn. It wasn’t o...

carolinakids · carolinakids

Just wanted to pass this on. We fought the contaminated fuel problem in our 6.7 diesel and when the COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM had to be replaced we were about to be drained of a lot of green backs. Luckily the Ford dealerships Service Department manager was a good ole boy. He said that its a valid claim for our c...

Neil and Connie · Neil and Connie

I've read through Barb and Frank's thread from July about Sleep Number mattresses and have a couple more questions before we buy ours. We'll be getting a standard residential model to replace our residential queen mattress. I measured our current mattress+foam topper height at 12 inches and will c...

PIEERE · PIEERE

Well! Coming up to the New Year in 4 days and a few more hours and minutes! Oh, Did i forget seconds; LOL. Maybe the Good Lord willing and the creek don'r rise, I'll Ring in another one, if I don't fall asleep like the last one! Have a Wonderful New Year everyone and safe Travels!

PIEERE · PIEERE

I'm Old School: Merry Christmas RV Family! PIEERE

Gregk · Gregk

Really enjoying being able to call on the guys hear that run a similar set up as I will be running. I will pick up the truck and 5th wheel next month and head back to Texas. Once home and familiar with the set up I will weigh everything and fine tune my air pressures. For the trip home would you guys that run the...

vannchan · vannchan

My wife and I attended the fall RV-Dreams rally in Sevierville and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. We went because we wanted to gain information as we have been looking at RV's with the intent to purchase one with full-timing in mind. There was a drawing for door prizes and we won one of them. We en...

Gregk · Gregk

Since there are a few Ram 5500 owners regularly on this forum I thought I would see if I could get a little feedback on insuring a Ram 5500 Hauler Truck. New Horizon Majestic is now complete and we have plans to head to Classy Chassis in approx three weeks to pick up our new Ram 5500 Hauler Truck and then over...

CJSX2fromCT · CJSX2fromCT

Thought I wrote it down, but nope. anyone have that number to call for changing your local channels? Thank you Kindly. -- Edited by CJSX2fromCT on Thursday 2nd of November 2017 06:17:37 AM

Someday · Someday

Apologies in advance for this long winded request for some guidance on your taxation laws and who is truly in the know on FIRPTA we can speak with direct. I'm hoping that someone here might be able to give me a contact telephone number in the USA where I can actually talk to officialdom direct in the know (...

Cookie Dough · Cookie Dough

I've seen a few posts about, black tanks, TP and related issues. Here's my story. We clogged the toilet drain pipe, yes it has an elbow of some sort. All was good till we couldn't get our we like it, it dissolves well TP. The solution was from our neighbor, a young full timing family. He had made a clog busti...

Barb and Frank · Barb and Frank

We have been on the road for two months as full-timers and we are spending our first winter in Florida. Currently we are in the Ocala area and the weather forecast is calling for freezing temps at night over the weekend. Since this is our first winter experience, we are looking for advice on how to prep...

EverywhereMan · EverywhereMan

Hello, I'd appreciate your opinion on full body paint option - is it worth the additional money? What is the overall benefit? Thanks for sharing.

dianneandsteve · dianneandsteve

Wishing our American friends a very Happy Thankgiving! In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated in October so we get to celebrate twice when south of the border. 😀

In Laymans Terms · In Laymans Terms

Hi everyone! It's been a hectic, crazy, exciting, terrifying while since my last post, but with good reason: we've completely made the transition to full-time RVing, including spending the next 5 1/2 months in the States over the winter!!! What a journey, in every possible meaning of that phrase. W...

dianneandsteve · dianneandsteve

Had a little excitement during my work camping shift earlier this week. This is what happens when you forget to chock your wheels after leveling off and disconnecting you trailer. And really...I'd pick a different spot to walk. Luckily they only had slight damage to a stabilizer. -- Edited by diann...

EverywhereMan · EverywhereMan

Trying to figure out what the best state between FL, TX and SD for domicile. My wife and I will need health insurance since Medicare options will be several years out. SD appears a good option. Any previous experience positive or negative with either of these RV friendly states would be helpful. t...

jrzygrl64 · jrzygrl64

Hello all! I hope you will allow me a moment to brag a bit about having an article published in Workamper News! It’s about our traveling to, and workamping in Alaska. Since I realize not all of you have a subscription to the magazine, I will share a link to my blog post where I have the article in its entiret...

robodriver · robodriver

First off anybody that has a wife knows why I chose the handle Robodriver LOL. Also 31 years otr driver and maybe full time still checking things out. read a lot of stuff so far and so/so. but if you want to weigh an RV flying J and pilot also most T/As have multi axle certified scales may take a little moving...

ChefMom · ChefMom

Don't know if anyone else has seen this article, but even though the article in its entirety was not shown online, the portion that was seemed to not take into consideration that some individuals want to live this way. I am not comparing this to fulltiming because to me fulltiming is a choice made to liv...

CJSX2fromCT · CJSX2fromCT

Currently in Gasburg, Va. and then heading out on the 23rd. picking up 40 in Durham and running that across. avg. daily run is 350 miles and staying 2days at mostly Passport America parks. Once out there we are staying in Tijeras about 1/2hr East of Fest. If you are heading out and would to travel togeth...

Cookie Dough · Cookie Dough

As we celebrate our first month of full timing : ) We're making plans for our next few stops. Right now we prefer the interstates, and campgrounds relatively close to them. I'm feeling more comfortable each time I drive our 39ft. MH, with car on tow dolly. We like the recommendation of a 200 mile travel d...

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	Walmart overnight parking in Bakersfield, CA Walmart free overnight parking (Preview) Just a heads up for the Walmart located in Bakersfield, CA on Rosedale Hwy. We've enjoyed our overnight stays here several times before and as usual asked for parking permission first at customer service. Getting the okay we got settled in then walked over to a restaurant for dinner and drinks. On our...	dianneandsteve	3	2850	09:01 AM Apr 3, 2018 by bjoyce
	Avoiding big cities (Preview) Do you just plow right on through big cities with creeping traffic, construction zones, potholes, Etc or do you go out of your way on secondary roads to avoid them at all costs? When you're headed to a destination. BTW, avoid the interstates in Birmingham, AL At all costs!!!	Cattntitans	22	3314	02:54 PM Mar 13, 2018 by RonC
	2018 Boondocking Rally - Visitor Night (Preview) Hi Everyone, As many of you know, we are having a Boondocking Rally in Quartzsite, AZ March 5 - 12. We will be located north of town off of Plomosa Road. Though the Rally is sold out, any RV-Dreams fans in the area are welcome to stop by for a day visit anytime (although you may want to check with us first to ma...	Howard	2	1699	12:30 PM Feb 28, 2018 by NWescapee
	Interview About the Lifestyle! (Preview) https://bkamericanodyssey.com/2018/02/25/first-tim...	jrzygrl64	2	1435	10:15 PM Feb 27, 2018 by jrzygrl64
	Favorite bakeware/cookware: (Preview) Cast Iron CookwareNonstick SkilletRegular StonewareGlass and CorningwareStainless Steel -- Edited by ElviraFerrer on Saturday 30th of December 2017 03:56:55 AM	ElviraFerrer	11	2933	03:05 PM Feb 19, 2018 by Old_Man
	Happy Valentines Day to all RV-Dreamers (Preview) Happy Valentines day to all and God Speed to those on the road.	carolinakids	1	1109	07:24 AM Feb 14, 2018 by bjoyce
	Mazatlan, Mexico - Mid-Winter RV Report (Preview) We had some time to kill today so we drove through several RV Parks in the North part of Mazatlan. This is high season for the RV parks in Mexico and I wondered how full they would be in mid January. The first three of the five parks were 100% full. Two of those parks are waterfront on the Sea of Cortez, the...	Russ Ranger	7	2439	07:10 PM Jan 28, 2018 by Russ Ranger
	Noises and vibration from Lippert leveling system (Preview) Hello, My wife and I own a 2015 Keystone Montana 3610RL FIFTH WHEEL. Recently we have had pooping noises and associated vibration from our two front (of 6) hydraulic leveling jacks. The jacks are manufactured by Lippert. I wondered if anyone on this site has experienced the same with their Lipp...	Planeguy	2	1238	10:48 PM Jan 22, 2018 by Rob_Fla
	Birds and RV Windows (Preview) We are enjoying our first winter as full timers in Florida. We are primarily staying at state parks - moving every two weeks. We discovered that birds seem to love our rig. At the last state park (Myakka), we had a kamikaze cardinal that flew into our windows starting at the crack of dawn. It wasn’t o...	Barb and Frank	12	2127	10:54 AM Jan 21, 2018 by LarryW21
	Contaminated Diesel (Preview) Just wanted to pass this on. We fought the contaminated fuel problem in our 6.7 diesel and when the COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM had to be replaced we were about to be drained of a lot of green backs. Luckily the Ford dealerships Service Department manager was a good ole boy. He said that its a valid claim for our c...	carolinakids	14	2327	07:03 AM Jan 5, 2018 by TheNewhalls
	More Sleep Number (Preview) I've read through Barb and Frank's thread from July about Sleep Number mattresses and have a couple more questions before we buy ours. We'll be getting a standard residential model to replace our residential queen mattress. I measured our current mattress+foam topper height at 12 inches and will c...	Neil and Connie	9	3326	02:41 PM Dec 29, 2017 by Barb and Frank
	New year 2018! (Preview) Well! Coming up to the New Year in 4 days and a few more hours and minutes! Oh, Did i forget seconds; LOL. Maybe the Good Lord willing and the creek don'r rise, I'll Ring in another one, if I don't fall asleep like the last one! Have a Wonderful New Year everyone and safe Travels!	PIEERE	2	1511	11:53 PM Dec 27, 2017 by RonC
	Christmas 2017! (Preview) I'm Old School: Merry Christmas RV Family! PIEERE	PIEERE	15	1815	07:50 PM Dec 25, 2017 by Fergizmo
	Ram5500 and New Horizon air pressures (Preview) Really enjoying being able to call on the guys hear that run a similar set up as I will be running. I will pick up the truck and 5th wheel next month and head back to Texas. Once home and familiar with the set up I will weigh everything and fine tune my air pressures. For the trip home would you guys that run the...	Gregk	6	1726	11:07 AM Dec 19, 2017 by Bill and Linda
	Thanks to the free sewer hose ... (Preview) My wife and I attended the fall RV-Dreams rally in Sevierville and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. We went because we wanted to gain information as we have been looking at RV's with the intent to purchase one with full-timing in mind. There was a drawing for door prizes and we won one of them. We en...	vannchan	5	1835	05:05 PM Dec 16, 2017 by RonC
	Ram 5500 Insurance Question (Preview) Since there are a few Ram 5500 owners regularly on this forum I thought I would see if I could get a little feedback on insuring a Ram 5500 Hauler Truck. New Horizon Majestic is now complete and we have plans to head to Classy Chassis in approx three weeks to pick up our new Ram 5500 Hauler Truck and then over...	Gregk	13	3851	11:20 AM Dec 14, 2017 by Bill and Linda
	Direct TV phone number to change local location? (Preview) Thought I wrote it down, but nope. anyone have that number to call for changing your local channels? Thank you Kindly. -- Edited by CJSX2fromCT on Thursday 2nd of November 2017 06:17:37 AM	CJSX2fromCT	4	1843	02:42 PM Dec 13, 2017 by Cookie Dough
	CANADIAN FILING A TAX RETURN IN USA NEED SOME GUIDANCE OR CONTACT (Preview) Apologies in advance for this long winded request for some guidance on your taxation laws and who is truly in the know on FIRPTA we can speak with direct. I'm hoping that someone here might be able to give me a contact telephone number in the USA where I can actually talk to officialdom direct in the know (...	Someday	0	1208	02:02 PM Dec 13, 2017 by Someday
	Potty Talk (Preview) I've seen a few posts about, black tanks, TP and related issues. Here's my story. We clogged the toilet drain pipe, yes it has an elbow of some sort. All was good till we couldn't get our we like it, it dissolves well TP. The solution was from our neighbor, a young full timing family. He had made a clog busti...	Cookie Dough	6	2198	10:08 AM Dec 13, 2017 by Terry and Jo
	Freezing Temps in Florida (Preview) We have been on the road for two months as full-timers and we are spending our first winter in Florida. Currently we are in the Ocala area and the weather forecast is calling for freezing temps at night over the weekend. Since this is our first winter experience, we are looking for advice on how to prep...	Barb and Frank	22	2024	09:54 AM Dec 13, 2017 by Terry and Jo
	Full body paint (Preview) Hello, I'd appreciate your opinion on full body paint option - is it worth the additional money? What is the overall benefit? Thanks for sharing.	EverywhereMan	7	1715	10:37 AM Dec 5, 2017 by Bill and Linda
	Thanksgiving (Preview) Wishing our American friends a very Happy Thankgiving! In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated in October so we get to celebrate twice when south of the border. 😀	dianneandsteve	12	1970	08:02 AM Nov 28, 2017 by Julie and Ray
	3,133 km later - we made it! We're doing it! (Preview) Hi everyone! It's been a hectic, crazy, exciting, terrifying while since my last post, but with good reason: we've completely made the transition to full-time RVing, including spending the next 5 1/2 months in the States over the winter!!! What a journey, in every possible meaning of that phrase. W...	In Laymans Terms	8	1816	03:53 PM Nov 17, 2017 by jayc
	Oops! (closed) (Preview) Had a little excitement during my work camping shift earlier this week. This is what happens when you forget to chock your wheels after leveling off and disconnecting you trailer. And really...I'd pick a different spot to walk. Luckily they only had slight damage to a stabilizer. -- Edited by diann...	dianneandsteve	5	2303	10:27 PM Nov 16, 2017 by Terry and Jo
	Figuring out state to domicile (Preview) Trying to figure out what the best state between FL, TX and SD for domicile. My wife and I will need health insurance since Medicare options will be several years out. SD appears a good option. Any previous experience positive or negative with either of these RV friendly states would be helpful. t...	EverywhereMan	13	2249	10:09 AM Nov 15, 2017 by Dave and Denise
	Workamper News article published! (Preview) Hello all! I hope you will allow me a moment to brag a bit about having an article published in Workamper News! It’s about our traveling to, and workamping in Alaska. Since I realize not all of you have a subscription to the magazine, I will share a link to my blog post where I have the article in its entiret...	jrzygrl64	9	1958	06:00 PM Nov 13, 2017 by jrzygrl64
	new guy with opinions etc (Preview) First off anybody that has a wife knows why I chose the handle Robodriver LOL. Also 31 years otr driver and maybe full time still checking things out. read a lot of stuff so far and so/so. but if you want to weigh an RV flying J and pilot also most T/As have multi axle certified scales may take a little moving...	robodriver	1	1347	12:59 PM Nov 13, 2017 by LarryW21
	This article was upsetting to read (Preview) Don't know if anyone else has seen this article, but even though the article in its entirety was not shown online, the portion that was seemed to not take into consideration that some individuals want to live this way. I am not comparing this to fulltiming because to me fulltiming is a choice made to liv...	ChefMom	9	1849	08:44 AM Nov 1, 2017 by ChefMom
	Anyone heading out to the balloon festival in N.M (Preview) Currently in Gasburg, Va. and then heading out on the 23rd. picking up 40 in Durham and running that across. avg. daily run is 350 miles and staying 2days at mostly Passport America parks. Once out there we are staying in Tijeras about 1/2hr East of Fest. If you are heading out and would to travel togeth...	CJSX2fromCT	25	5076	02:31 PM Oct 26, 2017 by TheNewhalls
	What's your preferred travel day(s) (Preview) As we celebrate our first month of full timing : ) We're making plans for our next few stops. Right now we prefer the interstates, and campgrounds relatively close to them. I'm feeling more comfortable each time I drive our 39ft. MH, with car on tow dolly. We like the recommendation of a 200 mile travel d...	Cookie Dough	11	1569	11:00 AM Oct 23, 2017 by The Bear II
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