LindaH

Yes, it is, and that's how the USPS likes things addressed rather than spelling them out. I'm surprised that the Escapees doesn't know this. Here are the USPS Postal Addressing Standards: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/welcome.htm

When insurance companies use the term "vacant," they usually mean empty. None of the insurance companies we've had experience with have had a 30-day limit when our house has been "unoccupied" for a period of 4-5 months while we're away from our home traveling. Certainly, this is something that should be discussed with the insurance company, but is likely not to be a problem.

We boondock almost exclusively. When chatting with Dish, I give them an address of an RV park in the spot beam we want to receive. For example, when we're in Arizona during the winter staying at an LTVA, we use a Tucson address so we can get Tucson locals (we could use a Yuma address, but Yuma locals come only in SD).

We are staying home for the summer, trying to determine whether or not to make the trip south this winter as we usually do. I'm leaning toward going. We boondock, so physical distancing will not be a problem. We can order groceries online for curbside pickup, and if we want something to eat other than our own cooking, we can order that for pickup, too. The biggest problem I foresee is doing laundry, but I think if we use a wash and fold service we should be fine...we would be inside only long enough to drop off and pick up the laundry, not an hour or more if we did the laundry ourselves. We have a few more months to make the final decision, so we shall see what happens.

This thread is a year old, so COVID-19 had nothing to do with this problem.

We boondock almost exclusively. Our Class C has tank sizes of approximately 30/30/30. We carry 3 5-gallon jugs to refill the fresh water tank between dumps. We can go 7 days before we need to dump tanks. We have an on-board generator and solar to recharge batteries. The propane tanks needs to be refilled about once a month, sometimes less depending on how much we've had to use the forced-air furnace.

That's good to know. We normally stay at the Pilot Knob LTVA just west of there and go across the border at least once or twice during the season, so use that lot each time we go. What with the virus, I'm not sure we'll be making the trip to Algodones this coming winter season, assuming we even head south (yet to be determined).

That tow rating of 8,600# for the Tahoe is for a basic vehicle with no options, no gear, a partial tank of fuel, and no passengers...only one 150# driver. What this means for you is that once you fill up the fuel tank, add all the gear that will normally be carried in the vehicle, and add the spouse, the kids, and the pets, what you will actually be able to tow will be something less. Since you already have the Tahoe, I recommend loading it up like it will be for a trip with full fuel, people/pets, and gear, and taking it down to the local scales to get it weighed. You'll need to know two numbers for your Tahoe: The GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating...the most the Tahoe can weight) and the GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating...the most the Tahoe plus the weight of anything you tow can weigh). Once you know the actual loaded weight of the Tahoe, you can use the calculator trailertraveler gave the link to in order to figure out what you can really tow. Additionally, the 7,600# dry weight of the trailer may not be the *actual* dry weight since, typically, manufacturers don't add in options to that figure. So instead of using the dry weight, always use the trailer's GVWR for your calculations.

There's no way that the shoulder parking along the road would hold the hundreds of vehicles that use the pay parking lot. It might be OK at this time of year when the snowbirds are gone, but certainly not during the winter. Hopefully, it will open again before the winter season starts!

I use Open Office for both word processing and spreadsheets.

The following comes from this site: https://www.medicare.gov/supplements-other-insurance/how-to-compare-medigap-policies "Plans F and G also offer a high-deductible plan in some states. With this option, you must pay for Medicare-covered costs (coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles) up to the deductible amount of $2,340 in 2020 before your policy pays anything. (Plans C and F aren't available to people who are newly eligible for Medicare on or after January 1, 2020.)"

We've used both Good Sam and Coach Net, have used both with good results. We are now with Escapees' ERS mainly because of the cost. I had occasion to use it last month when I had gone to the grocery store to pick up groceries I'd ordered online. When I went to start the car again, the battery was dead (original battery on a 2011 car). I called Safe Ride and they had someone out in less than an hour to jump start the battery.

The outside lane, where the auto sized diesel nozzles are usually located makes sense since most big rigs fill from both sides so they need to be on an inside lane where there is a pump on both sides. Might as well use that outside pump for something!

In our experience when we had a diesel pickup truck, the truck stops almost always had a regular auto diesel sized nozzle at their truck lanes. It came in handy when we were pulling our fifth wheel rather than trying to enter and exit at the auto pumps. The auto diesel sized nozzles were usually on an outside pump. If it's not obvious, go inside and ask if they have such a nozzle and where it's located.

We travel from Washington State to Arizona and back again each year. We usually travel through Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. There are many areas in the vast empty countryside where there are no OTA signals

That works fine -- IF you're in an area where there are OTA signals. We're often in areas where there are none. (We're Dish customers and have had no problems changing local channels as we travel. We usually use Dish's chat feature to do so and it takes maybe 5 minutes.)

It's already open. Even if it weren't, the bypass is to continue heading west on US-6 and then take NV-360 north to where it intersects with US-95.

We travel US-95 at least once a year between Washington and Yuma. It's a good two-lane road with no grades to speak of...unless you plan on traveling US-95 in Idaho as Linda mentioned (White Bird Hill can be a bear going up or coming down). However, if your destination in Washington is Sequim, I would not travel through Idaho, getting off US-95 at some point. There are lots of ways to go depending on how much time you want to take. If it were us and we wanted to stick with US-95, we'd take it to I-84 in Idaho, just before Ontario, ID. There *is* a grade on US-95 after crossing over from Oregon to Idaho, but it'll be downhill going north. And, of course, traveling I-84, you'll have to go over the Blue Mountains...a grade going up and quite a grade going back down toward Pendleton. As long as you are familiar with mountain driving, you shouldn't have any problems. Alternatively, at Burns Junction in Oregon (where US-95 turns and heads east toward Idaho), you could take ID-78 into Burns, OR and take US-395 north to I-84. There are some grades on ID-78 into Burns, but nothing too bad, and it avoids going over the Blues...although we travel over the Blues usually twice a year, and, despite the grades, it's a good road. Just check the weather and make sure the roads are clear and don't have snow/ice on them. Of course, if you're going this time of year, that won't be a problem. It's actually a beautiful drive. Anyway, once on I-84 headed west, go all the way to I-5 and take it north to US-101 just south of Olympia, WA and then north to Sequim.

North Ranch is a Rainbow park, not a co-op. We had our name on the list for a spot at the co-op in Sutherlin, OR, until we finally decided we didn't want the structure and rules of that type of setup. We've been to all of the co-ops from Texas westward except for Jojoba and they each have their pluses and minuses. We're not interested in activities provided by a park, so that was never on our radar. However, if that's important to you, it would go a long way in helping you make your choice. I agree with 2gypsies...visit all of the parks and stay for at least a month in each to get a feel of the park.

Finally received the money on the 6th!

Is the iPad the only Verizon device you have? If you also have phones using Verizon's service, that's 15GB per device, for a total of 45GB if you have 2 phones and the iPad.

Oh, come on now. Certainly you know that the term "Washington State" is to differentiate it from Washington, D.C.

We're sheltering in place at our sticks and bricks home in Washington State. Normally, we leave at the end of October to head south for the winter...I'm hoping we'll be able to do so again this October. We boondock, so social distancing isn't a problem. Where we usually stay, we'll have grocery stores where we can order online and do curbside pickup. Our biggest problem will be doing laundry since it's not always possible to stay a minimum of 6' away from others in a laundromat.

We didn't get a refund (nor did we have to pay) for 2019, either. When filling out the Get My Payment form, I checked the box for "got a refund" and then put "0" in the amount box. It finally accepted the information this past Monday and the message I got was that the money would be auto deposited to our checking account.

We have been AARP members for years...and get very little junk mail from them. One of the benefits we use from being an AARP member is the mobile home insurance through Foremost. We've also used the Medicare Supplement through United Health.