bobndorine2

The road is good all the way to Nevada. This time of the year is fine, but they close Tioga Pass during the winter after the first snow. Fuel up prior to entering the park as they charge a fortune.

I would recommend you go to Willits on #101 before you turn west to Ft. Bragg. That's a good road. I do not recommend you turn onto #1 at Legget as it is a narrow road to the coast with hairpin turns and a ditch on the side...no shoulder. The logging trucks take both lanes and there is nowhere for you to go. From Ft. Bragg south it is a good road with a lot of scenery. Stop and enjoy a fresh fish meal.

We have the TST monitors and they saved us when the temperature went way up on the toad's left front which turned out to be a bad wheel bearing. We don't need a repeater as all 10 monitors work fine with a 36' motorhome. The TST gives you temperature as well as pressure.

I would suggest you go via Page (visit the Dam museum) to the North Rim and spend a night there, on to Zion and Bryce Canyon avoiding the road that has the tunnel, and then over to Highway 15.

Be sure to visit Custer's Battlefield and the museum in the nearby town.

The highways are very good. Highway 25 from Las Vegas to Santa Fe is extremely fine. Santa Fe to Los Alamos is OK, just a little slower. The campground at Bandalier is easy with a motorhome, but no hookups. At Los Alamos be sure to visit both museums. It's a good road on up to Taos. Stop and visit some of the pueblos as they are very interesting and educational. In Santa Fe be sure to visit the chapel with the spiral staircase adjacent to the hotel by the oldest church.

Yuma is a great place to spend the winter. Fortuna de Oro or the Shangri La are nice RV parks. Fortuna has nice jam sessions. You'll enjoy the Marketplace and some great restaurants. It's only an hour's drive to Quartzsite when the event is on. To go into Mexico you'll need a passport. Real nice casinos also. Lots of things to do.

We own property in California and bought our motorhome in Junction City just north of Eugene, Oregon. We had the paperwork to keep our coach out of California for one year but DMV required we bring it into them to verify serial numbers, etc., which would have voided our keeping it out for one year. Guarantee RV in Junction City has a certified person that verified everything for California's DMV. After one year we had to send several inches of receipts to the Franchise Tax Board to prove it was out of California for the year. After a while they wrote us back accepting our proof. If you own property in California and vote there, they'll get you one way or another. We were told that if we licensed in Montana, California would also charge us USE tax which is the same as the license fee. We are now attempting to sell our home and move out of California. We can no longer afford to support all the illegals getting free education, medical, welfair, etc.

I really like the Ford Explorer 4wd as you just hold down the brake in neutral and it disengages the transfer case and makes everything freewheeling without pulling fuses or disengaging anything. Also, I like the G&W airbrake which goes on the explorer. You then have airbrakes on the towed car without anything to put in or take out of the floorboard.

On the 2002 Brave the dimmer is by lifting the turn signal.........pulling the lever toward you.

Most DTV converters operate on 110 vac and will be turned off when the inverter is turned off. There is a brand that can be connected to 12 vdc, which you should use. When the converter box is turned off it goes into standby which continues to drain power, therefore put a switch in the power line so that it can be completely turned off. Make sure the converter is installed between your switch box and the TV as if it is between the switch box and the antenna the power for the antenna amplifier will damage the converter.