LindaH

I hope someone here can answer your questions because the OP hasn't been back here since he made his last post, above. You might try sending him a PM.

The OP hasn't been back here to read responses since they posted their 2nd response, above.

YES!!! You need fulltimers insurance...how do you get that if you don't tell the insurance company you're fulltimers?! Plus, by not telling them, you are, in effect, lying to them...not a good thing to do with an insurance company. IMO, you were given some terrible advise by people who told you to never tell anyone that you are fulltimers. As far as your warranty, your rig is now 2 years old and is no longer covered by the manufacturer's warranty, so what difference does it make that you tell RV service centers that you are fulltimers?

That's a great idea for the phones! I'll check to see if there's one around here.

I'm not really sure how old the 2 "newer" phones...older than 4 years, anyway. They're both smartphones. One is a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD and the other is Samsung Galaxy S Relay. The tablet for which I have the charge cord is an Ellipsis 8. The other one is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. Of course, I'm not going to be able to do anything with this latter one unless I can find the charge cord.

I rearranged my office and came across a bunch of old phones and tablets. Three of the phones have no way of doing a factory reset. Of these 3 phones, only one had a sim card which I took out and then discarded the phone. I don't know what to do with the other 2 because I can't erase the personal info on them -- short of taking a hammer to them! The other two "newer" phones I was able to do a factory reset on as well as one of the tablets. I haven't been able to find the charge cord on the 2nd tablet, so can't recharge it to do a factory reset on it. The question now is -- what to do with all of these devices? I'm sure Verizon doesn't want them back because the devices are so old (the last 2 phone upgrades I've done, I was able to send back the old phone for some $$). Any suggestions? (ON EDIT: I also have a WiFi Ranger I haven't used in a few years. If anyone would like it and you're in or traveling through the Spokane area, you can have it.)

I went to the new site of the spot beam maps. Unfortunately, the few that I tried just have an "x" in the upper left-hand corner, but no map appears! Hopefully, they'll fix this soon.

Thank you! Fortunately, I'd saved various cities' spot beam maps to my computer, but I do go back to the website occasionally to check on something.

This is the one I've used, but now I'm getting a "not found" error. Have they really gotten rid of this very useful information??? https://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?page=dishnetworkmarkets&sub=true

We use our generator a lot, but we mostly boondock, so we use it to run the microwave or to get a head start in the morning charging the batteries.

It's too bad that the only CONUS HD stations are on satellites we don't receive (77 & 61.5) except for Sacramento. We don't want Pacific time zone stations since prime time doesn't start until 8:00 PM, making it too late for us.

This is the main reason we drive into a space, not back in. We have to load groceries, or whatever, into the back and it's very difficult to do if we've backed into a space and have another car behind us.

Wow, you actually have to OWN property in Sioux Falls to get a library card? Guess that leaves out all the people who rent! We both have Kindles and, besides BookBub, I use several other free/cheap ($.99, $1.99) services that send me an email every morning. Plus, we use Prime free first-of-the-month book pick.

Have you already made arrangements for getting your mail? If not, you might want to join the Escapees now, sign up for their mail service and start the process of getting all your mail changed over to your new address.

That's similar to our experience in SD. We had registered our vehicles via mail with the help of our mail forwarding service and then went to SD to get our DL's and register to vote. We had no problem getting our DL's, but we were, unknowingly to us, staying in an RV park that was in a different county than our mail forwarding service. I suppose we could have gone ahead and registered to vote in the county where the RV park was and then later changed our address, but we just came back another time and made sure we were in an RV park that was in the same county.

The proof of having spent at least one night in SD pertains to getting a driver's license, not vehicle registration which can be done via mail. I don't know if Escapees' SD mail service offers services besides just mail, but the other mail forwarding services in the state will help with getting vehicles registered (for a small fee, of course).

I wanted to emphasis what Kirk said. If you plan on doing this, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you do NOT cash out your Maine IRA and then take that money to open another IRA! If you have control of the money at any time, you will be taxed on the money if you do this! The best way to handle it is to do as Kirk suggests...open a new IRA and fill out the paperwork to have your new IRA transfer the money from your old IRA. However, I agree with others that you are unlikely to be taxed by Maine for any money you withdraw, but contact the company the IRA is with to be 100% certain.

X2 on I-8/AZ-85/I-10. We travel US-95 usually at least twice a year. We normally travel west on I-10 to Blythe and take US-95 all the way to Las Vegas (actually, we get off at Henderson since we boondock at Lake Mead NRA). Other than having to go through a portion of Needles and through Searchlight, there's nothing to slow you down between Blythe and Las Vegas. If you travel north on AZ-95 from Quartzsite, I'd suggest going west on SR-62 at Parker to Vidal Junction in California and then taking US-95 north from there. If you continue north on AZ-95, you have to go through Lake Havasu City which is a very long town north/south with lots of stop lights. Depending on the traffic and how you hit the lights, it can take at least half an hour to traverse through town.

If you are an Escapees member, pay the nominal $15 to download a copy of the Day's End Directory...there is an extensive listing of boondocking sites in Canada. https://daysenddirectory.com/#/

Must be, because Washington State and California have no common border.

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I look at their website every so often, but so far, they don't have any hosts in areas where we travel. I think it's a great idea, though, if they're located along your route. While I haven't read all the details, I didn't realize you're supposed to give the hosts a gratuity.

Northwood Manufacturing is in LaGrande, OR. I do believe they have the Canadian certification (or whatever the correct term is) so that they can be sold in Canada, but they are not a Canadian company.

Even if there's not a specific RV lane, we found that *most* truck stop diesel lanes have one pump with a smaller nozzle, usually on an outside lane. If in doubt, go inside before pulling up to a pump and ask.

Is that 6,000# the dry weight or the GVWR?