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190 messages, Last post on Aug 31, 2009 at 7:28 PM
You are in the Smart Shopper Forum. Your Hosts are kirstie_h & tidester
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Replying to: tidester (Dec 30, 2008 12:39 pm) There have to be locks in the Welland canal since you have to make up the height of Niagara Falls.... Are the rest in the St. Lawrence?
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Replying to: fezo (Dec 30, 2008 1:32 pm) Answered some of my own question - there are 8 locks in the Welland Canal alone! I gave up counting after that... |
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Replying to: fezo (Dec 30, 2008 1:32 pm) I wasn't questioning the existence of locks (they do exist). My comment was directed at your claim of ocean tides impinging on the Great Lakes. The St.Lawrence river is tidal only below Quebec City. The locks are above Montreal and well above any tidal effects. tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Dec 30, 2008 8:50 pm) I'm impressed as all get out when I see a lock in action. Quite an amazing piece of engineering. I was going to try counting but I gave up...
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Replying to: fezo (Dec 31, 2008 7:26 am) Sorry about that. I think I crosslinked phezo with eufonium.  And, yes, it is a marvelous feat of engineering! tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Dec 31, 2008 9:44 am) |
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I've been to the Panama Canal...their locks work from a naturally feed lake...millions of gallons are release at each passing. They say the salt water fish are 'stunned' at the fresh water coming into the ocean and float to the top. Then, it's a smorgishboard for the birds. Mark |
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Well, I just experienced my first dry-docking experience in Quartzsite, AZ. There are 10's of thousands of RV's that congregate there every year for the BIG tent show. A group of us from Southern California met and I boondocked for 8 days with my 100 gallons of fresh water and capacity of 70 gallons of grey water (sink and shower water) and capacity of 40 gallons of black. I only used about half of my fresh water and could have gone at least two weeks of dry-docking. And, that included at least one shower per day and sometimes two. It's amazing how you can conserve water when needed but do everything you need. The generator worked perfect keeping the 8 house batteries charged along with the 2 chassis batteries. Two or three hours of running the genny in the morning and again in the evening will keep the batteries charged. The fridge is all electric and worked just fine. If for some reason the batteries went low, the generator will come on automatically to charge everything. I'm looking forward to next years event as it was a lot of fun, met a lot of nice people and the pot-luck dinners at night were perfect! Mark |
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Getting ready to head to Las Vegas on Monday. There has been a lot of snow in the Cajon Pass that closed the freeway for a while. I think I'll be fine by the time I cross that area. I've got the coach all ready for departure. I checked the tires (110 in the front and 100 in the six rear tires) and everything was fine. I keep an on-board compressor just in case I need air. It is difficult to find air pumps at gas stations that can pump up to 120 psi. Wish there were others interested in motorhomes on CarSpace. Mark156
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Replying to: mark156 (Feb 19, 2009 10:59 pm) How does your Dynasty handle the mountains? I live close to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and, every Spring, the motorhomes pass through here on their way to the parks. And they move oh so slowly even on roads that aren't all that steep. tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper |
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