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RE: east coast camping
Fisherman's Memorial State Park in Point Judith, Rhode Island is around the same distance as Salibury or Scusset Beach, and is a great place from which to see Rhode Island. You can walk or ride your bikes about a mile down the road to the Block Island Ferry and take it over to Block Island. It is less than 30 minutes to Newport. You can walk around the town, visted Fort Adams , ride along the coast and tour the mansions. You can also go into Providence, have a nice diner in Little Italy (We liked Andino's), and take a gondola ride at Water Fire.
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D & M
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11/22/09 08:08am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Washington DC Trip
Click on this for a link to a webpage some generated that tells you about all of the DC area campgrounds.
I live about 15 minutes from Greenbelt Park and we used to use it on weekends that we couldn't take a road trip. It is a popular park in the summer but in early April you should have no problem.
It's a clean, safe campground that is close to downtown, whether you drive it or take the Metro. The Metro is probaly your best bet. It is user friendly and the Orange line takes you right to the center of the National Mall outside of the Smithsonian museums.
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D & M
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11/09/09 03:53pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Dad lost his job, so this family lives on the road
Oh, Boo-Hoo. Ehat a tearjerker. Poor guy has to buy a rig that lots of people could never afford, pack the little women and the love puppies in the back seat and sees America. I wish the "tough economy" would let me do that.
This is jusr another example of how the media frames things to make the story deem more important then it is, to dell papers
If the headline was Dad changes carrer goals, so this family travels the U.S.", no body would care.
This is why on one buys newpapers anymore.
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D & M
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11/07/09 02:05pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: niagara falls area
I have family still in Niagara Falls and surronding area (I was able to escape before they shut off the lights and rolled up the streets)but I still visit there every year. All of the CGs in the area are in safe places. The trouble areas are on the north end of downtown. As a tourist there is no reason to go there, anyway.
The state reservation, the casino, and the Rainbow Bridge (you can walk across to the Canadian side) are on the south end of town.
The pickings are slim for CG's. As mentioned above, there are a couple of small Mom & Pop CG's out on Niagara Falls Blvd. (US 62). Old school, but clean and servicable as a base to use for visiting. There are two KOA's, One on Grand Island and one north of town in Lewiston on Pletcher Road. The one on Grand Island is next to a small amusement park for the kiddes. Nothing fancy, but again you are there to visit the Falls and not to visit the CG.
And finally, there is Four Mile Creek State Park up in Youngstown. It's right on the shore of Lake Ontario. Its clean with big spaces and if you can get a site on the 200 loop (226 thru 236, even numbers) you have a view across the Lake to Toronto. The only drawback is it is 30 amp electric hookup only. If you can get by without full hookups, it's your best bet. I have used them all and I prefer the State Park.
Most of them close for the winter in mid Oct. or there abouts. One of the little Mom and Pop's on 62 are open year around. You can fill your tank at the motel office and use the elctric.
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D & M
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11/02/09 03:46pm |
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RE: Niagara, Martha's, and more...
Ifyou are talking about Niagara Falls, I recommend Four Mile Creek State Park in Youngstown, NY. The only drawback is the fact that they only have electric hookups. It is right on Lake Ontario about 4 miles east of the point where the Niagara River joins the lake.
The nicest sites are 226 thru 236 (even numbers). You are parked on a site that is right on the lake and on a clear day you can see acroos the Lake to Toronto, Ont.
If you can get along without the full hookups, pick this one.
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D & M
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10/26/09 03:44pm |
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RE: EZ Pass Location?
Since I can move mine from vehicle to vehicle, I just toss it on the dash on the drivers side close to the center of the vehicle. Always works for me.
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D & M
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10/24/09 10:27am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Pics of Assateague State Park
Just be careful. While they are cute, the ponies are still are wild animals and they will bite.
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D & M
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10/20/09 08:33pm |
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Erroneous GPS Routes
I ran across this article this morning about how GPS units lead people into places they don't want to be.
(Clicky)
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D & M
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10/17/09 07:00am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: For those of you who have an 'RV' outlet at home
I use 20 amp from a garage outlet. Use a 50' light extension cord to the motorhome. All I need is enough power to run the refrigerator and converter (to keep the batteries charged).
Likewise
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D & M
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10/15/09 10:14pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Canadian flag in Florida?
No one is gong to kick you out of a campground if you fly the Canadian flag.
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D & M
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10/14/09 10:56pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Letter of Authority?
Hmmmm....let's see.
I'm going to expect a neighbor to get up in the middle of the night and come over to my house to confront intruders and potentialy end up hurt or dead, all for saving my stero.
I don't don't see many takers on that issue.
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D & M
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10/14/09 10:53pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Pet in campgrounds
Our dogs didn't bark when left alone and we used to leave the curtains open. But we came home one day and found two little brats banging on the windshield with a stick trying to get my dog stirred up. I wanted to let the dogs out to see if I culd coax rhem to bit the little bastids, but the DW stopped me.
After that we closed the curtains. Dogs had to suffer becasue of someone's uncontrolled little beasts.
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D & M
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10/14/09 10:46pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Sanitizing water system
The Army gave us Halizone tabs for our canteens back in the late sixties. It made the water undrinkable. We used to get our loved ones to send us packets of Kool-Aid to kill the taste. Kool-Aid was king for trading.
http://www.gripolabs.com/chlorine_tablets.html
This article gives you the proper proceedure for sanitzing you water system using bleach anf speaks about using sodium dichlor in lieu of bleach.
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D & M
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10/14/09 10:33pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Another closed topic
The ironic thing is that DickA hasn't closed a thread about him closing threads to fast.
I don't see what the squawk is. He used to be lightning fast on closing threads. Now he lets Walmart threads run on for 10+ pages. He's getting slow in his old age.
:B
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D & M
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10/14/09 10:23pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: RV rip off at homested speedway
They want and get $2500 for a spot on Lake Loyd at the Daytona 500 and they sell them out every year. I know because I have been trying for several years.
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D & M
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10/14/09 06:32pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Do/Can U use your propane furnace while driving?
yes
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D & M
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10/14/09 06:25pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: basement air conditioning
I have heard and I think proved myself that when the temp drops below 38 F, the smart system will switch over from heat pump to propane. I believe this has happened to us twice, but we usually try to not get in areas that cold. Is this correct?
That is correct. The heat pump will come on once and when it senses the low temp, it swithces over to gas operation. It will also switch over to gas if the ambiant temp is more then 5 degrees below the setpoint on your thermostat. Once the temprises and the thermostat is staisfied, if will switch back to heat pump mode to maintain the temp.
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D & M
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10/07/09 05:50pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: basement air conditioning
May as well pile on with another vote for basement air.
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D & M
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10/06/09 06:30pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Plugging RV to house elec supply in winter???
My rig sits beside the house and is plugged in all winter. The converter only draws a coupleof amps amd I have never boiled a battery dry.
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D & M
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10/06/09 03:58pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Harpers Ferry/Manassas/Gettysburg
Crowe,
There is no CGs arounf Fredrick.
Since you mentioned going next year, you might want to think about attendting the Gettysburg Battle Re-enactment. We went there a couple of years ago and it was pretty interesting.
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D & M
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10/06/09 03:50pm |
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