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As I have said for years "RV Resort" is the most verbally abused word in the RV Park industry.

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jenandjon, three is "Wire Mold" which I think is the correct product name at HD, Menards, and Lowes. It is metal and you can fasten it to the ceiling and side wall with screws. You run single wires thru it. Then snap cover on. They have all sorts of fittings, 45, 90, etc. for corners. I've seen it in both beige and white.

We have run a front carrier for our bikes since 1974. They are just simple bikes and will get road cruddy. But so easy to get on and off. The carrier also serves as a tie down point for our kayaks mounted on the roof.

Vern, looks like that may be sitting at Van City RV on 93 S. of Kalispell, MT.

Kirk, I would be very careful of any metal whatever to help seal it off. I can just see puncturing that brown trout shoot. If it doesn't make the hookup too inconvenient, I'd just make a permanent extension to below the belly pan, than seal that.

skippratt, just came thru Wells on Tuesday and go thru there twice a year. Would you mind mentioning the shop so I or others look elsewhere?

Kirk, it would have been nice if they also would have posted here, on the forum. Many of us don't do Facebook.

I need some help from the solar experts on here. I installed the system 6 1/2 years ago, hooked it up and it has worked perfectly until the last month or so. 380 watts of panels with a positive and negative lead from each panel to the combiner box and a positive and negative cable to the controller. Four Trojan T-105 6 volt gc batteries. These batteries were purchased in April 2013. They are wired series/parallel for 12 volt. Blue Sky Controller with IPN Pro Remote. Magnum 2000 Pure Sine Wave Inverter/Charger with remote. Unless it was cloudy, the batteries would fully charge by 1-2 PM. Then the controller would go the float charge. Usually the controller would show 90-92 percent in the AM. The only draw would be the eyebrow lights and controller on 2 refers, propane alarm, booster on TV antenna that are on all the time. We have all LED bulbs and really don't use much light. The inverter gets used very little and until recently the batteries would show little discharge with use. But lately, the discharge is considerable. During the day when the sun is good, the Blue Sky will get to between 13.4-13.8, very rarely 14.0. The remote shows 100% charged by 1-2 PM. But as the sun goes down the remote shows the batteries discharging to 12'4/12.3. The last 3 mornings it showed 12.2/12. This AM, it showed 11.7 with the same after dark use. I'm thinking the batteries may be at EOL(end of life) Any help/comments sure would be appreciated. Solar into controller with batteries disconnected at 2PM 19.5 V Solar into controller with batteries connected 14.76 V Voltage thru controller without batteries connected 12.8 Voltage thru controller with batteries connected 12.4

There are a lot of two lane roads that you must "burn" your headlights during the day. I always liked when Canada started the "DRLs". Daytime running lights.

Hey, dennisvr and 2gypsies, just don't get too comfortable in Site 63. I should be on your bumper in several weeks. After reading your posts a couple minutes ago, I went to try to find the site map for the "Hole". Punched on the following website and unbelievably, that is us sitting there in 63. It must have been taken within the last 2 seasons! By all means, have fun and be safe! https://www.visitmt.com/listings/general/national-forest-campground/baker-s-hole-campground.html

We have been in the Vegas area for several weeks. Numerous locations in the Vegas Valley, diesel is cheaper than unleaded. I filled up at a Rebel the other day. The sign said "$3.15 for diesel, cash or credit. Price for unleaded was $3.31, cash only. Amazing.

If you are headed to the east side of Glacier NP, beware some cgs could be closed. https://kpax.com/news/flathead-county/2019/05/30/significant-water-leaks-in-glacier-national-park-delay-campground-opening/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/us/los-angeles-rv-chase/index.html

Dennis, as a frequent flyer at Bakers Hole and other Forest Service CGs, if this fee wasn't enforced, there would be no room. People bring more vehicles and it become a PITA just to get around the CG. I do understand where you are coming from but have experienced the situation first hand.

As Kirk stated in the above post check out Pohick Bay Regional Park. We always used Bull Run Regional Park just outside of Manassas, VA. It was easier for us since we were coming from the north. Easy drive to Metro Station. And the D.C. Metro is very easy to use.

I worked for a corporation that , if you don't back into a parking place, take a day off without pay! When the program fist started, I thought it was stupid. But after adhering to the rule, it's great. Backing accidents are Numero Uno in the insurance industry. Just sit in parking lot sometime and observe. Put it in "R" and go until somebody hits you, screams at you that they are walking past the back bumper, etc. Been retired since 2002 and I still back in. A retired trucker that is parked beside us at the RV park that we are in discussed this subject the other day. He also had to back in and still does so today.

When we were in an RV park in Yuma, Yuma County gave my wife a card, good for 6 months for $25.00. Now that we own an RV lot in the county it is free. She doesn't do eBooks. While traveling during the summer she uses paper back exchanges in RV parks or campgrounds etc. In fact right now we are in the Boulder City, NV. Elks Lodge RV Park. In the lodge they have a big book exchange.

I did the same thing that NDBirdman did. But I usually have to take the weight off some fittings to get them to take grease.

Well we got our latest bill from Direc TV today. Since they re-did our "Mobile Account" they saved us about $7.00 a month. They took away the Texas sports channels which we could never receive anyway since we were never in Texas. We are big sports fans, but since we couldn't get them, we sure won't miss them.

If you wait until "June sometime" when Montana Base Camp gets open in Kalispell, MT. you can hand over $109 daily.

We were in a 55 plus RV park for 13 years. Arrived there when we were 57. Nobody asked to see anything etc. We were vey active in the park and in that time, never heard of anybody being questioned or asked. Every once in awhile, somebody would come in and maybe under 55 just by looks. So what. Also, there were numerous times when one person was older than 55 and their partner was under 55.

Randyretired, your welcome! I love it when somebody catches a deal. When I browse, if I see something that may help us RVers, I try to post it.

Went thru Vidal Junction yesterday. The usual two questions, any fruits on board, then any plants on board? After answering the friendly checker, I saw a 12" Crescent Wrench laying beside him. I jokingly said, "fairly good sized wrench there beside you". He answered, "that is for the boaters that roll up here with their boat drain plug still in. We give them the chance to remove it thus avoiding a $175.00 fine for transporting the boat in CA. with the plug in". Friendly guy.

Cowdog353, is Spring Creek the one where you turn off US 20 at the firehouse?