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#247 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [mark156] by robr2

Oct 16, 2011 (12:18 pm)

Replying to: mark156 (Oct 15, 2011 11:05 pm)
Mark
 
Instead of the atlas consider a dedicated trucker GPS or a trucker GPS ap for your iPhone or Android device. These can be updated quicker than an atlas.
 
BTW - PA is not New England! To us New Englanders, PA is the deep south.
 
 

#248 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [robr2] by fezo

Oct 17, 2011 (3:21 pm)

Replying to: robr2 (Oct 16, 2011 12:18 pm)
And for those of us in New Jersey, Massachusetts is in Canada.....
 
Actually I very much like Massachusetts and now that I'm retired I tell my wife how her company has offices in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut (these are all New England states, just to be clear...). Any one of them would work for me. If only they could turn the ocean up a couple of degrees.
 
Mark - great trip. Have done Niagara several times. Now that the youngest kids hit 10 I'll have to do it at least once more.

#249 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [robr2] by mark156

Oct 17, 2011 (8:40 pm)

Replying to: robr2 (Oct 16, 2011 12:18 pm)
robr2, anything north of Tennessee is in New England! .....I guess, it's all a matter of perspective. LOL!
 
I don't have an iphone, Android, etc.... just a regular ole cell phone. The Honda has a navigation system. I would imagine the old low bridges have been around for a while so an old atlas probably would work just fine, LOL!
 
Seriously though, I would think new bridges have minimum height requirements of 13.6 like on the turnpikes. If we take the motorhome to the New England area again, I will certainly be better prepared!
 
Mark156

#250 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [mark156] by fezo

Oct 18, 2011 (5:59 pm)

Replying to: mark156 (Oct 17, 2011 8:40 pm)
Hey, Mark!
 
In case yo get bored with your motorhome I've found its replacement!

#251 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [mark156] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Oct 21, 2011 (8:19 pm)

Replying to: mark156 (Oct 17, 2011 8:40 pm)
Shoot, I don't follow this discussion, but we were in ME and NY in August/September. We hit a couple of detours in NY from the aftermath of Irene. Should have kept my eye out for you.
 
Next time you need to head up on the ferry to Newfoundland. And after hitting Niagara on the return leg, pop over to Port Huron and go north about 12 hours to my neck of the woods.
 
(Somewhat on topic, after our roadtrip, we are sort of tire kicking new tents ).

#252 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [steve_] by mark156

Oct 27, 2011 (10:34 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (Oct 21, 2011 8:19 pm)
Ha! Ha! 12 hours north? Will I be at the north pole? I'll have to winterized my motorhome!
 
Maybe one day we'll work our way up to Newfoundland, I would love to see it!
 
We are back in Southern California (mid 80's) and I just had the motorhome washed yesterday and put into storage. We might make a quick trip up to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks. Can't let the MoHo sit for long!
 
Mark156
 
PS. Fezo... that motorhome is all over RV.net.... only a mother could love that! LOL!

#253 of 259 Re: The trip ended... [mark156] by Stever@Edmunds HOST

Oct 28, 2011 (6:50 am)

Replying to: mark156 (Oct 27, 2011 10:34 pm)
It can be the banana belt right on the lake.
 
Getting to the lake ... well, that's another matter.

#254 of 259 Update by mark156

Feb 27, 2012 (9:29 pm)

I'm back in the motorhome starting in January going to Quartzsite, AZ, Morro Bay, CA., Temecula, CA (Big RV group)... and now in Newport Beach, CA., for a couple of days. Each trip about a week long so it gives me a change to clean and tidy up between trips. My next trip will be to Paso Robles, CA., (wine country) at the end of March meeting an RV group.
 
I finally had the third repair done on the dash air. Not happy that the repair shop charged me but they said that two seals that had not been leaking were the cause. If it happens again, we are having a 'meet your savior' kind of talk.
 
We are up to 50,650 miles and I'm averaging about 8.2 mpg from my Aladdin computer. The tires are reaching their six year date so that is on the back of my mind. I'm thinking early next year I'll spring for a new set of tires as they will be 7 yrs. old. You just don't want a blow-out in a 40,000 lb. vehicle... too much damage.
 
Mark156

#256 of 259 Still going... by mark156

Jan 16, 2013 (9:56 pm)

I'm still traveling but not as many trips as some family issues have come up that have taken my attention away from RV trips. But, tomorrow I'm heading to Quartzsite, AZ, meeting 116 RV's in my travel group. We'll have 5 days of fun, pot-luck dinners and a maybe a libation or three.
 
We do have a trip planned for upper Michigan in July as my nephew is getting married and it should be beautiful that time of year!
 
Just bought a new 2013 Honda CR-V so I had to have it set up for towing like the '07 CR-V. $3,500 later and a new front protection cover for $400, we're ready to roll!
 
Come on folks, start RVing!!!! It's good for building family memories!
 
Mark156
 
PS. We're at almost 57,000 miles on our 2008 Monaco Dynasty purchased in April 2007.

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