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.  

3 hours ago, Justbreathe007 said:

Do we tell vehicle insurance we live full time also?

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?

6 hours ago, SWharton said:

Our local women shelter happily took them.

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

6 hours ago, Barbaraok said:

How old?   Flip phones or smart phones? 

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.

15 minutes ago, Al F said:

Finally found where they moved the "spotbeam by city" webpage:  https://www.satelliteguys.us/retired/index.php?page=dishnetworkmarkets&sub=true

 

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.

On ‎5‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 8:01 PM, Dutch_12078 said:

This the current list I have. I've recently verified Bluefield, WV and Jacksonville, FL.

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.

11 hours ago, Ray,IN said:

They had backed in, or pulled through, either way they could not open their hatchback to put their groceries into the car

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.

20 hours ago, kb0zke said:

They just called to tell me that, since I don't own property in Sioux Falls, I'm not eligible to have a library card.

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.

21 hours ago, AJsPilot said:

We are not Escapee members yet but plan on joining once we finally leave.

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.

16 hours ago, kb0zke said:

We got the car registered (we had done the MH via mail months earlier) and then went to register to vote. That's when we found out that we would be registered to vote in the neighboring county, because that's where the park was.

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.

13 hours ago, Kirk W said:

In the case of South Dakota, they also require that you show proof of having spent at least one night in that area to register the vehicle there.

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).

12 hours ago, Kirk W said:

If you are concerned you can open a new IRA in Idaho and roll your present IRA into it. There is no tax consequences when you move the IRA funds to a different bank or financial agent. 

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.

9 hours ago, 2gypsies said:

From Casa Grande take I-8 west to Hwy 85 at Gila Bend then north to I-10 at Buckeye. Go west on I-10 to exit 45 taking your to 72 to AZ 95 at Parker, AZ.  Then north on 95 to Lake Havasu to  I-40 then either west to 95 or east to 93 into Las Vegas.

This completely avoids Phoenix and CA95.

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.

14 hours ago, Barbaraok said:

You mean Canada, as the country, not CA as the state, correct?  

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

15 hours ago, richfaa said:

We have never had anything like that happen .

X2.

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.

17 hours ago, sandsys said:

It sounds to me like you want one of these: http://northwoodmfg.com/arctic-fox-2/arctic-fox-22g/

They have a great reputation and are primarily sold in Canada....

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.

15 hours ago, deb.mike.g@gmail.com said:

is a 2018-19 pathfinder good for towing a 6000 pound travel trailer

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

On ‎8‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 3:55 PM, Pat & Pete said:

Doesn't Google maps identify all toll passages ?

Perhaps, but sometimes they're wrong. 

Often when I'm looking a route from point a to point b, I'll get a note on Google Maps that there are toll roads along the route when I KNOW there are NO toll roads/bridges/whatever anywhere along the route.  So I wouldn't necessarily trust Google Maps when it comes to this information without verifying it elsewhere.