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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Low Bridges

Author: Russell
Subject: Clearances
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:28 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 1

I saw that video too where the guy took his air conditioner off of the top of his RV using the overpass. I think that it could easily happen to the best of us. I saw some similar problems on www.campingbloopers.com. Maybe that video will get posted on here sometime.

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: Funny Typo

Author: Motor31
Subject: Funny Typo
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:03 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 0

It's better to bird watch in a wildlife refuge than a refuse......
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Missing Issues

Author: Wadcutter
Subject:
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:25 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 11

I've got the same issue. I just quit receiving the newsletter several weeks ago. I've tried resubmitting my email address several times but still not receiving the newsletter.

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: 400

Author: nohome46
Subject: 400
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:36 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 0

400 is a good number. I remember reading the Outwest newsletters. AND not only newspapers but print shops ran those linotypes: big, ugly, iron monstrosities with clunky, typewriter-style keyboards that molded hot lead into letters and numbers.
I worked part-time for my father-in-law and he was still running a linotype in the mid 90s.
I'll be waiting for the 500th issue. Keep up the good work.

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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: "New" NPS Website

Author: nohome46
Subject: NPS
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:04 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 3

Why don't you write the National Park Service and tell them about your thoughts?
THEY are the ones who need to hear from you, not us.
As far as the concessioners go, they provide a service for all those rich people who have to stay in hotels or cabins and can't enjoy the freedom us poor people do.
Any info that the Parks Service can get out is OK with me.
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: "New" NPS Website

Author: jrf
Subject:
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:38 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 3

"And the URL is...?"
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Sorry; it's http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/plan_your_visit/index.htm

The link to this site appeared in an article titled "National Park Service Debuts New Website for Visitors" under "RV Travel News" on the home page of the RV Travel website. I just clicked on that, was taken to the above site, read through it, got really annoyed, and fired off a post!

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: "New" NPS Website

Author: elh3946
Subject:
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:38 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 3

And the URL is...?
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: "New" NPS Website

Author: jrf
Subject: "New" NPS Website
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:36 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 3

This superfluous and redundant NPS website is another good example of "your tax dollars at work"; I suspect that the NPS got a bit of grant money that had to be spent quickly and some low-level drone came up with this turkey to ride the wave of the popularity of the "National Parks" TV series.

The site is poorly designed, with an amateur and boring interface. There's nothing new on the site; any information on this site can be found on an individual national park's website. IMO, the most obvious difference between this site and the websites of individual national parks is the blatant and targeted pitch for the commercial enterprises/concessioners within the parks; at least the links to concessioners' "services" on the websites for individual national parks are more subtle! And, "thematic links"? More commercial huckstering.

I suggest ignoring this sloppy, "bush" offering; if one wants information on national parks, go to www.nps.gov and link from there. Everything one needs to know about the operation of the parks' system and individual parks is available on and (linked) from the main NPS website.

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Bill Hints?

Author: Rocky Larson
Subject:
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:18 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 2

I believe the in motion" refers to when extending or retracting the slideout, not when the vehicle is traveling down the road.
It is possible to exceed its sliding weight capacity.
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Bill Hints?

Author: gasbag
Subject:
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:43 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 2

Spend 20+ years working in an emergency room. You will never be surprised again in your life. Ever.

As far as people doing stupid things with their RV, I just sit back and watch. It is our favorite sport sitting under the awning and watching the late arrivals set up. Barnum and Bailey has nothing on these people.

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: Bill Hints?

Author: nohome46
Subject: Bill Hints?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:56 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 2

Bill's Hints
"Don't permit anyone on a slideout when it is in motion."
Is this a real problem or what?
Seeing that it's been stated then somewhere, someone must have gone for a ride on their slide.
Hopefully it was because of a problem and not a fun ride.
After all the years on the road, very little surprises me anymore with people and what they do with their RVs.
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3/4 Ford 6.4
07 Nash 27T

Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: Low Bridges

Author: nohome46
Subject: Low Bridges
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:41 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 1

Enjoyed the video of the AC being removed from the 5er and the driver never stopped.
I have seen this happen before where a 5er took everything off the roof. It was in Canada where heights are marked in meters and this guy from Texas didn't know to check. It was along a river going into Lethbridge.
SO check your trailer height and convert it to meters so you know what you're going to hit.
This is kind of eerie, but just yesterday the motel in front of the RV park we're at, had someone in a big motorhome try to go under their 11-foot front canopy. Lots of damage. 11-foot: guy must be blind or a novice.
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Missing Issues

Author: bandit1538
Subject:
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:30 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 11

I want to thank Adrienne for forwarding the newsletter to me. I have tried everything I can think of to get the notice but nothing works.
I've put in my addy several times and nothing. I've put in a new addy and the same thing: when I click the submit button nothing happens. I even went to the home page where it says to subscribe but it won't let me in. For some reason, I seem to be blocked at every turn.
Pat
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Editor's comments about Swine Flu in Issue 376

Author: tripinon
Subject:
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:26 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 17

So what?

From the day you are born you are destined to die. So why worry about any of it. Just take the proper precautions about anthing in life and live to the best of yourself and mankind.

After all we all die and we all go to heaven .
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Comments on RV Travel Newsletter Issues :: RE: Bears in Your Camping Spot

Author: Motor31
Subject:
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:19 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 2

Yes there are reasons that the parks have signs telling folks NOT to leave food out and to store it in bear-proof lockers. The bears get used to eating in the camping areas and equate campers with food. This teaches them to lose their fear of people in addition to teaching them that vehicles and RVs are easy places to get food. Soon they start breaking into the vehicles to get the food they smell or see. By that time there are only two things the park authorities can do: relocate the bears away from the campground by a long distance and when that fails, destroy the bear. The bear pays the price for the laziness and stupidity of the campers who leave food out.
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