Barbaraok

Not obsolete, but you won't be able to upgrade to the newer operating systems and the programs you now use will not be upgraded because new versions will be designed to run under the newer operating systems. Depending upon what you are using the computer for, you might be able to get along quite well for some time yet. I find we get a new computer about every 5 years as newer, faster, systems are developed on the old is left behind.

And what difference does it make what the price is in California or Texas if you are in Idaho or Green Bay, Wisconsin? After 16 years of watching this forum, I find all of the hand wringing amusing - don't travel if you don't want to spend the dollars necessary to reach your destination.

Any one who owns a Mac knows that if you keep a computer long enough, you will reach a point where you can't upgrade to new operating system because so much has changed in the industry. It is the nature of the industry - things change. Nothing stays the same. Apple has a way of doing business - if one doesn't like their way of doing things, don't buy an Apple product. We've had a Mac since 1984, it is still in it's original carrying bag, but of course, not longer works.

Yup, always sit on the toilet seat and close the door if there is one to make sure you can without hitting your knees. Where's the toilet paper holder located, is it easy to get to. Kick off the shoes and get into the shower and pretend to wash your hair - does your knuckles hit on the skylight, etc,? Pull in the slides and see if you can get to the toilet, get to the bed, open the refrigerator - because sooner or later you will need to spend the night with the slides in.

Wonder if it is a case of motorhome versus trailer when it comes to the bouncing inside?

Kirk, my latest credit report shows that I have one credit card with a 29 year history off on-time payments on it, my Discover card. The others have around 15 year history listed with them. So some things do stay on a credit report longer. And the 29 yr history is always cited as a + factor for the credit score.

They will ding your credit report for not having a mortgage, car loan, etc . It isn't much, and I don't worry about it, but it takes a small ding. It is the algorithm that banks use and regular payments on a specific collateralized loan instead of credit cards gets positive points for you.

Glad you upgraded the truck, you won’t be sorry.👍🏼

And no one, no one, said electric 18-wheelers will be running down the highway and climbing the Rockies in the next few years. BUT things will change. Many of us will not live to see the changes, but they are coming. Organisms that do not adapt and change eventually die out.

I Already do in some states.

List to starboard does not equal leaning to the driver's side. That is the port side of the vehicle. So which is it? Is this a diesel or gas coach. If diesel, have you started the engine and let the air bags fill to help pull the jacks up. And do you have an interlock for the jacks and slide? Our slide will not go out until the jacks are down. Slides come in before jacks are raised. Are you plugged into power?

We replace at about 7 years.

That's the route we use.

There were OEMs on our coach and that is what we always replace with - age out before wearing out. We replace the front then 2 years later the 4 rear tires on our rotation of about 7 years. Works for us. We also replace when we are in Oregon, the sales tax savings is a pretty good chunk of change.

The key is to only use the online pay feature for the Zone Pass, never call any number a campground gives you, that will almost always get you to a firm that is marketing for TT. Or if you really want to call, go online and use the phone number listed for for TT - again, the numbers the parks give out are almost always tied to a marketing operation.

Escapee parks in Casa Grande, Yuma, and Benson are Co-Ops and 55+ parks.

12 hrs NORTH of Montana puts you where?

Although when filling up gasoline in plastic bags, the situation may resolve itself and give the fire department a work out. Hoarding is a way of life for a lot of people - the same ones hoarded TP, etc. a year ago. All about "I'm getting mine before 'others' get some".

A lot of repair shops lost people to the virus, so their staffing is down, plus after they saw a lot of people becoming ill, they spaced out workers so that reduced the number of people they could take in. In addition, the parts they would need to fix anything are harder to get, because everything is on a demand setting, so parts supplies were down, etc. We had a problem with out car and told if they needed to get parts, it was going to take a minimum of 2 weeks from Ford. Luckily the problem resolved as we drove it and the car settled down and we have had no problem since then. It is going to take several MONTHS before we start to approach normal.

We are finding lots of parks still are only available for online registration and payment for overnight sites. Stayed in Weed, when we pulled in, there were 6 envelopes on the information door besides the office door with names and site numbers on them. Just got out, grabbed the env, got back in and surprised Dave when I said ok, let's go - - he had gone back to the bathroom after driving for a couple of hours - was use to 15 min wait while I registered. Sure enough, through the afternoon, 6 rigs pulled in. When we left in the morning, they already had the envelopes up for the afternoon arrivals.

Grok you. We kept a copy of Stranger in A Strange Land and Number of the Beast, but all of the rest were given away. Same with all of the Dune series. A lot our now available through iBooks, but it isn't the same as holding them in your hands.

There is an RV park in Oak Creek Canyon (lower end) that has (had) in their office pictures of a flooding event after rain up in the mountains. Several people lost rigs that were stored there and they weren't around to get them out.

And that statement is absurd because when the Cascadia Fault goes (it is not an if, it is a when - she's technically overdue right now) the first wave will reach the Washington shore in 15 minutes or LESS assuming she rips on the upper end of the fault. If lower end, the Oregon beaches will be under in less than 15 minutes and Washington beaches may have 20-25 minutes. If you have ever been in Ocean Shores, with it's 1 road in and out, you quickly realize that you will end up being carried all the way to Aberdeen before being sucked back out to sea.

We do a majority of nights in membership parks, so booking months in advance is part of the way we have traveled the for years. Plus we go to the Pacific Northwest for most of the summer and between Memorial Day and Labor Day everything is always full, especially weekends. We don't boondocks because I don't like to "rough it", I didn't work years taking no vacations, etc., so that I could do without when we retired. We have noticed that we aren't having any problems without overnight stays that we are booking a day or two ahead along the highways as we head north. We also only do about 200 miles a day, then stop and relax for the evening before heading out again. And interspersed will be longer stays at membership parks, which are plentiful along the west coast.

Trusty me, humidity is not a worry in the Phoenix area!