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Thanks all, great tips. I have a crate on order, sadly it will be temporary to have the smaller one in the coach, the big one will be at home. I'm a big fan of crate training. Good tips on the desert floor and paws. 

Major kudos to chewy.com, what a great company. I ordered two cases of food when my prior lab was end of life phase (liver cancer) and she passed sooner than expected. Didn't have a chance to use the food. Chewy refunded me and said donate it. Forever a customer now.

Thanks all, I'll check into it. I need to look at the BLM permit requirements, don't want any surprises.

Using WiFi calling on your phone can be a life saver. Solid internet is not only for business but also for safety. Something like a Pepwave or Cradlepoint unit may be expensive but it's your safety to maintain communications as well.  Good point @jbh

I'm getting a female yellow lab in a month as I'm finally getting over the loss of my baby girl last March. I started RVing in mid 2017 and had an adult lab. Any tips on having a puppy in a motorhome? I welcome any and all advice, it's my 4th yellow lab but first puppy in the motorhome. 

Thanks for your tips. I'm excited!!!

I'm in AZ now through April. I want to get some boondocking in as I have 1800W of solar on the roof. I've never boondocked before and am a little leery for safety as a solo RVer. Any recommendations for good but safe boondocking locations in central AZ? I'm going to Quartzsite in January and will be boondocking the latter part of the month.

I have DISH and I noticed they have new remotes available. I bought 3, one for forward area, bedroom, and now I have one for my external TV bay. I didn't realize you could add them, stupid me! Anyways the new remotes you can get on Amazon or from Dish and have a much better button press but also voice command via Google Home (I don't have any google home things as I use Alexa) and the setup is easy. It's also backlit which is nice. 

The former remotes I have with my Wally boxes are called 52.0 remotes. 

Nice add for any Dish customers.

I bought my 2017 Newmar Ventana in mid 2017 realizing as a software business owner I could still work and travel at the same time. I've been through so many iterations of Internet from Weboost, WiFi Ranger, cellular hotspot use, etc. etc. I am very glad I jumped on the Mobley plan which I still maintain and even got the Verizon Prepaid unlimited when it was offered the end of last year although it's so heavily throttled it's a terrible option. I recently added the Sprint 120 GB hotspot plan and somehow that now shows as a 200 GB plan so that's cool. 

What I'm using these days is a Pepwave BR1 MK2 that I got from https://5gstore.com and I also added another one the Pepwave BR1 MINI so that I could have two active carriers in use at the same time. While both units have two sim slots there is a period of time it takes to switch which is fine for both but having two active carriers at the same time allows some neat options such as the Pepwave can figure out which one is best to use. There are a lot of great options in the Pepwave units and the user interface is outstanding.

The pepwave unit is an enterprise router that is used in delivery vehicles etc but it's also ideal for RV use. It has wifi for picking up campground wifi and also cellular and you can use the rabbit ear antennas included or wire up a roof antenna. I added panorama 5-in-1 to my roof and later a 2-in-1 for the BR1 MINI. The best installation location I've found is actually just mounting it to the top of your air conditioner shroud. Shorter cable length is typically best but I think antenna position is more important in the end and that's the highest point for me and I've seen no issues with a running AC unit interfering. 

I've been using this setup for a year now and in my travels all around the country I have not needed Weboost once. I have both the 4G-X and RV 65 units. It's that good! I'm happy to no longer use the extremely buggy WiFi ranger setup. Invest in the Pepwave or Cradlepoint units and  you will be super pleased. If needed just call 5GStore.com and ask them for advice. I am NOT affiliated with 5Gstore.com but that's where I've spent far too much money and it's been well spent

I'm a software business owner and techy (aka geek) and I even removed my jack knife sofa in my Ventana and installed an UpDesk so I have a full up office setup in my coach as I'm a developer. This is the way to go for internet in 2019 and beyond. I personally chose Pepwave but my fellow RVer geeks have also chosen Cradlepoint with the 4x4 MIMO antenna option. I've had no issues with any SIM working in these units. There is a bit of a process to get the Mobley sim transferred, if that hasn't been outlined here I'd be happy to help.

Hope this helps.