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    Green Valley, AZ
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    Wood carving, Scroll sawing, RVing

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  1. You bought a great trailer and it will serve you well. I look forward to your comments as you explore a wonderful new lifestyle.
  2. X2. Just take your time and you will be fine.
  3. As others are saying, I don't see anyway of doing this short of tearing into the roof or ceiling to put cross joists from the joists on both sides of the one your cutting. There is no other way I know of to support the load.
  4. They vary alot. Most are quite nice and reasonably spaced. We never felt cramped and always had space for a 10' square pop up that I used for my shop or craft room.
  5. Actually that decrease in rally attendance is across the board in all RV groups. FMCA is now recruiting towables to try to increase membership. Escapees is now reaching out to younger people. Just a sign of the times about shifting priorities with younger age groups.
  6. You might want to investigate Vanguard as a place to put your funds. It is a very conservative mutual fund company that has beat most investment counselors over the long haul. Their investment counselors charge far less than the typical counselor.
  7. Desert Trails just outside of Tucson is far less than that and is a wonderful park full of activities, music and great friends. And it's not your typical paved parking lot parks you find around Phoenix. Tucson is full of culture if that is your thing, too. And far less traffic.
  8. My wife and I travel for 3 months a year in a 26' travel trailer with absolutely no problem so you should be just fine in what you are looking for. I would not go the Casita route as that may be too small. Just know that most of us buy our first, live in it for awhile and then figure out what we really want. So used is often a good choice so you don't loose so much when you trade it in.
  9. Rest a little easy...I have never heard of a trailer being stolen off the tow vehicle...anywhere. I'm sure it has happened somewhere at sometime but the odds have to be 1000's to one. Put a padlock on it, make sure it is in a well lit space and you will be fine. FIY, I have stayed in many motels--usually the cheaper ones--where there are always long unoccupied areas in the parking lot. Motel 6, Motel 8, Red Roof...those types.
  10. I think you will find that the Weber Q beats anything on the market for getting hot and searing. There are various sizes. We have the smallest and it works great...better than my big one at home.
  11. I can't imagine any md allowing you to self administer the shots. If anything went wrong he is the one the line. Law suits...here we come.
  12. Haven't done it yet but plan to buy a 5"x5"X8' fence post to mount under the trailer to hold our sewer hose. Had one for years on our full time fiver and then another trailer then somehow lost it! Went to hook up the hose at a park and it was gone!!! Fell off or something...who knows what so am installing another one as soon as I get to Tucson to buy another post.
  13. I hate to be the lone person out here but we use the Andersen and have been if very windy conditions...think AZ winds with 40 mph gusts or more and absolutely no white nuckle experiences. I have yet to hear from anybody using the system that has complaints...only from people who read what others think that haven't actually used it. In fact we recently convoyed with a group and when we got to our destination several in MH's were complaining about getting blown all over the road and we didn't even notice the wind. But don't trust the dealer to set up your system correctly, either. Read the manual and do your own adjusting. For one, when the dealer sets it up, the trailer is empty. Now it's loaded. Big difference.
  14. We have stayed at a few KOAs in the last year and they sure are booming. They have found their market and they are entitled to it. If you are looking for the cheapest place, that's not their market for sure. I know when I was fulltiming price was king, as it had to be, but now that I'm very part-time ambiance is king and I'm will to pay for it and it may sound weird but I like the ambiance in most KOA parks as it is definitely more rustic. I hate the gentrified, groomed, paved and cut grass parks. Just saying KOA knows their market and if it isn't you I'm not sure why you have to knock it. It obviously is a great fit for many people.
  15. Yep, when we full-timed I carried a scroll saw and table top band saw. Now that we part-time I only carry my wood-carving tools. A small box keeps them all in tip top shape. I cut out all my projects on the band saw before I leave home and them carve away. Also carry the Dremel.
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