Mr. Camper

We don't camp in parking lots, rest areas or do any dry camping and we carry a generator in the bed of our truck. We've had to use it twice but never for the reason we bought it and hope we never have to.

When we purchased our RV we asked the service department at the RV Dealer what they suggested and the Service Mgr. gave us a list of general tools that would help us with basic maintenance. We bought the needed tools at Lowe's and kept them in an old tackle box. Over the last six years we have added three additional tools and it is that simple. There was nothing unusual on the list and we have used everything we bought over the last six years. Pliers (various), wrench, screwdrivers, a hammer, grease and grease gun and a few replacement nuts and bolts for things that may vibrate off when traveling. Since our first couple of trips we've learned what to check before we travel and it has helped.

We rarely travel on interstates and this trip we had to in order to meet up with our daughter who is traveling east. We have run into the same problem and we solved it by one of us going inside and having them open the pumps until we fill up. This has never been an issue for us when we are off the superhighways when we pull in to fuel stations along the US/state or county roads. When this trip is over it's a return to the back roads for us.

Rest in Peace Pete, James, Bubba, and George. Today and every day I'll remember serving with you guys forever.

I'm just curious, but has anyone here actually answered the question from the original poster? If not, why is this still open? I had thought this forum was to help people with answers to their questions. I find it hard to believe that a campground will be found but who knows.

What if the dog is deaf? Our beagle is 13 years old and has lost a lot of her hearing. She has other issues because she still thinks and always has thought she was a Great Dane.

If that is what you'll do, why make the post. Just remember that what action you choose, you are also choosing the consequences. If you're okay with that, then you have answered your own question.

I was trying to make a point that it's not any of anyone's business but the poster and the woman she finds that want to share the time. Try not to be a jerk about it. I wasn't attacking you, I was pointing out something you apparently just didn't think about. I wasn't being negative but you thought it necessary to do so. That is what's wrong with this forum.

Perhaps that is something to share with the other person who has a basic interest in the idea. Whatever deal they chose to make is between them. My thoughts are that she was just looking for another female with a rig that didn't want to camp alone initially.

I'm shocked and really surprised. I didn't think it was such a huge problem with booking tickets to see a Madonna concert in 2019. Now if it was an Oldies Concert or Doo Wop that would be understandable. Enjoy your stay at Yosemite NP.

I have a Kindle eReader and my suggestion is to go to the Amazon website and at the very bottom, you'll find a link to their HELP desk. Follow the links to that and you'll be able to use your computer to get online help to fix your issue. They have a chat service that is knowledgeable and should get you going again. Hope this helps.

We rarely use the big truck stops as they are usually along the Interstates. We have used smaller ones along US routes and never had a problem filling our 2016 RAM 2500 at any pump. Much more room to maneuver at the truck pumps when we have the RV hooked up. One of us is usually pumping the fuel while the other one does the windshield and walks the fuzzy kids. As previously stated pull up out of the way when done pumping to allow the next in line to move up, even if there is no one behind you.

There is no long term commitment to KOA. You can terminate it at any time. We use it for the convenience of traveling. We stay off interstates whenever possible and the KOA's are usually near the highways but if they are located where we want to go it's worth a stop for a night or two. We tried TT in FLAUSA and were unimpressed regarding a membership. As stated by rynosback, "there are good parks and bad parks in any system." It just depends on where we are going and when we want to stop for the night or nights.

Aren't generators like insurance. You need it, but never (usually) know when and where you do, you're glad to have it. I have a generator and we never take the RV out without it. You can never be sure when the time will come, and in my situation, it could be life-saving.

We've had C2C Classic for over 16 years. We've only been retired for the last 3 years so our travel was limited but we never had an issue in getting into a particular campground. What we have noticed is that many of the C2C locations are no better than others offered by other memberships. Not sure we see the wisdom of having multiple memberships but our camping requirements are probably different from those who do. Too often we have found C2C not close to areas we wanted to be at and wound up staying elsewhere. The cost of the membership we purchased was less than $100.00 so we kept it even though we don't use it as often as we planned. Since retirement, we have more freedom to go where we like and not where we have time to go. That made a difference for us, but at the renewal price, we keep it updated.

I'm personally going to ban myself from reading any more posts here on this thread.

Winterize through the pump installed and open the valves until everything runs pink. To de-winterize, takes about 20 minutes, to open each valve and faucet until the water runs clear.

We've looked into this before but with recent events decided to keep our sticks and bricks home for the time being. We have a low mortgage rate and it gives us a chance to continue, for now, to add to our savings account each month. While we were looking, many of the lots were financed through the previous owner or through the park directly. We did a cost analysis and found it better to take monthly sites up to seasonal stays in a variety of close ones. Personally, we'll need to see where fuel costs go as well as Social Security and Medicare in the next few years. Right now we aren't doing anything dramatic. Our daughters take their vacations by coming here and house sit for us during our times on the road and when possible we take the grandkids with us. We had a place lined up for this next summer through the site owner but he and his wife had the same idea/thoughts we had so he refunded our money and gave us a few ideas of where there might be something closer to us so we're looking into that from mid-August through early November. Good luck in your search.