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RE: useable toilet paper
What Tom said.
Marilyn buys whatever is cheap - has been doing so since our 18' Skylark some 16 years ago now. Its never been a problem. I don't expect it ever will be.
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bobofthenorth
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11/09/08 09:01am |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Living in Cold Winter Months
We just got back from Grande Prairie, Alberta. I'm sure it gets cold in North Dakota but it will be nothing compared to Grande Prairie and there were rigs in the park there that people were going to live in all winter. Its not for me but I saw a couple of things you might want to try.
First off, get a real propane tank - one that's big enough that the truck has to come and fill it. The guys up north were using tanks that looked to be maybe 300 gallons.
A lot of the rigs in Grande Prairie had rigid foam insulation fastened over some of the windows and along the sides of the slideouts. The tradeoff would be less natural light for more insulation. Several of the rigs had temporary porches built around the door area using tarpaulins and light lumber. That would seem to me to be your best investment. It would break the wind around the door and probably solve your frozen door problem. Right now every time you open the door the whole rig is going to cool down - with a porch that would be a lot better.
And FWIW, its not unusual to live in RVs in the oil patch through the dead of winter. We were in the newest park in town because that was the only place we could get a spot. There were at least two older parks that were full - most of those guys will be in their rigs through a winter that will easily drop past minus 40 for weeks on end. Our latitude is 132 miles south of Grande Prairie and I have seen stretches here where the thermometer never got above -35 for 3 weeks. Like I said -- its not for me.
(on edit) Use WD40 on your door. (W)ater (D)isplacement formula #40 is probably the ideal lubricant for that situation.
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bobofthenorth
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11/09/08 08:56am |
Full-time RVing
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RE: From Banff to where?
I was plenty specific. I referred to avoiding the town and I referred to avoiding the area. Can't get much more specific than that. You may not like that opinion but its my opinion.
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bobofthenorth
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11/08/08 05:41am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Travel to Mazatlan
YOu don't have to go through Durango if you go in at Matamoros. Go to Victoria, go over the mountains to San Luis Potosi and then down to Guadalajara. From there its good highway all the way back up to Mazatlan. It will add a few miles but Guadalajara is well worth the extra miles and the road is great from San Luis on.
The trip from Victoria to San Luis is a bit mountainous but not even close to the Durango route.
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bobofthenorth
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11/07/08 07:33pm |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: Looking for Campground in Banff Area for Big Rigs
Just so you know, Tunnel Mountain "campground" is just a series of paved roads laid out like a switchback up the side of a hill on the outskirts of town. The view is reasonable but from most of the sites all you really can see is the roof of your neighbour's rig 50 yards downhill from you.
If you want serviced sites then Tunnel Mountain is it but if you are prepared to get by without services then there are other much more scenic options, although it will be a reach for a 40' rig. We have stayed in Castle Mountain with a 31' fifth wheel so it can be done but you will have to arrive early in the day and pick your site carefully. I'm not a big fan of Banff. If you like parking lot campgrounds and touristy towns then it should appeal to you.
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bobofthenorth
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11/06/08 08:24am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: From Banff to where?
And now for a contrary opinion. Banff is completely over rated. It is over run by oriental tourists, the main street looks more lke Tokyo than the Canadian Rockies.
Go to Lake Louise by all means but give Banff a miss. Try Lougheed Provincial park, Kananaskis Country, Radium, Fairmont, go to the Stampede. Cranbrook, Kimberley, Blairmore, Frank Slide, the bar in Longview - all those places are way more interesting than Banff has ever been. IMHO
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bobofthenorth
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11/06/08 08:19am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Starting a business
The whole business plan thing and the projections and the budget and and and ..... may work for some people but that's certainly not the way my wife and I did it. She got downsized at work so got busy and found some contracts about 2 years ago. I sold my business shortly afterwards, worked briefly for the new owners and have been on my own for 18 months now. I still don't know what I'm going to be doing 3 months out but its been that way for 18 months and I've been busy the whole time, so it seems to keep working out. I guess my wife is smarter than me (no surprises there) - she seems to stay booked out about 6 months ahead but there's a black hole after that for her too that seems to keep filling in.
Network, network, network - that's the mantra of a consultant. And always remember, being a consultant just means you are unemployed but get to deduct your expenses.
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bobofthenorth
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10/31/08 05:30pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Anyone want company
Post your request here:
Rolling Homes Travel Buddies
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bobofthenorth
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10/29/08 09:08pm |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: Sicamous B.C. overnighting
If you are on #1 east of Sicamous there's a stretch of 4 lane with an access road along the south side. There's fruit stands along there in the summer but this time of year it would make an excellent overnight stop with easy on and off to the highway. Its probably about 4 miles east of Sicamous - roughly 50.885 x 118.902.
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bobofthenorth
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10/22/08 07:59pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Did you cry when your realized you were a fulltimer??
We've been on the road for a year now. In a couple of weeks we will have to move back into the house for 6 months and we are absolutely dreading it. We kept the house and now we need to deal with it. Plus we've got some parental health issues to deal with this winter. So one last 6 months anchored and then we'll be on the move again.
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bobofthenorth
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10/18/08 08:01pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: need small mexican town suggestions
Most of the people that post here are going to recommend places that have already been yuppified (or worse - gentrified) because that's all they know. Tioga George has given you the best advice so far. There's still lots of places like you describe but only you will know the right one when you see it.
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bobofthenorth
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10/17/08 06:40pm |
RVing in Mexico and South America
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RE: Eek! There's a mouse.
We have a 2 year old cat. He doesn't know how to eat raw meat and I'm sure he doesn't know how to kill a mouse but he has played with 2 of the little varmints until they played no more. We also keep about 6 margarine tubs scattered through the bays with solid mouse bait inside each of them and a small hole cut in the side of them.
We had a mouse leap out of the rear cupboard in our 5W one time at a rest stop. It leaped out and ran down Marilyn's arm as she opened the cupboard. That was pretty exciting for all concerned. We used peanut butter on a standard spring trap that time and Mr. Mouse didn't make it through the night.
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bobofthenorth
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10/13/08 07:28pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Plans to Travel across Canada
There's a lot of places to see in this world and I don't expect to have enough time to see anywhere near all of them. With that in mind my preference is to see the fun, pretty parts first and save the boring, ugly parts for later. My advice to the OP was based on that premise. YMMV.
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bobofthenorth
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10/12/08 07:56pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Plans to Travel across Canada
The band guy,
Spoken like a true southerner and well spoken too. But I've seen all of Saskatchewan from Carievale to Govenlock to Southend to Goodsoil. The north is better - take my word for it. That doesn't mean there's not pretty things to see in the south if you are forced to travel there. It just means if you have the choice you shouldn't bother.
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bobofthenorth
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10/12/08 10:18am |
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RE: GAAAAAA - can't stand the noise!
We're really bears for punishment. We're in Grande Prairie now. The sun is shining but its freezing every night. However there's lots of folks live in RVs year round here so the water is still on - sort of. We get a chance to fill our tank during the day and have to disconnect the hose every night.
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bobofthenorth
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10/10/08 09:11pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Plans to Travel across Canada
Don't go across Saskatchewan on #1 highway! At a minimum use the Yellowhead but you will have even more fun if you get north of the Yellowhead.
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bobofthenorth
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10/10/08 09:08pm |
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RE: GAAAAAA - can't stand the noise!
bobofthenorth it appears you need to become bobofthesouth
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Frank
And that's what we would normally do this time of the year but we have some parental health issues to deal with this winter. So our out of country experiences will start with an airplane this year.
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bobofthenorth
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10/07/08 08:46pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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GAAAAAA - can't stand the noise!
We're in 16 West, just north of the Saskatoon airport. We were here for a couple of weeks last spring while we waited for a late spring snowstorm to blow through. They didn't have the water turned on then and they are turning the water off today. So I guess we've got about as long a season out of this place as anybody could hope to.
They have a big diesel compressor hooked up to the water line and it has been running all day. The sound of hissing air escaping from the standpipes is getting REALLY annoying. Most of the leaves have blown off the trees - they are telling us its time to get out of here.
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bobofthenorth
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10/06/08 03:39pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Anyone Going Camping for (Canadian) Thanksgiving ?
We'll be somewhere in Grande Prairie by then. Probably even doing some entertaining. We have a rule - 6 for drinks - 4 for supper - 2 overnight but we might break the rule cuz I think we've got 3 guests coming for Thanksgiving.
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bobofthenorth
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10/06/08 03:16pm |
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RE: Newbie Canadian wintering question
A trick we learned a long time ago for when you are taking stuff out of the RV is MAKE A LIST! Mostly what you are taking out will be canned goods and food that can't freeze but you'll likely take some glass jars out of the bathroom and maybe some booze. By spring you will have forgotten exactly what you took into the house & it really helps to have that list when you go to put it all back.
And if all it took to keep rats & mice out was a strip of gravel life would be incredibly easy. We have used mothballs scattered on the floor - that appeared to work but maybe we just go lucky. I use to put lots of bait around the wheels when we parked for the winter and we always keep bait in cat proof containers both in the bays and in some of the bottom cupboards. Just take a margarine tub and cut a hole the size of a quarter in the side of it. Write on it with marking pen to identify it and put some solid bait stick inside it. If you are using solid bait in the rig then use grain or soluble bait around it to up your chances of finding something the little buggers like to eat.
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bobofthenorth
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10/06/08 03:13pm |
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