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You can sign up for the Verizon Canadian add-on for VOICE! You will not be able to afford to use Verizon cellular Internet service while in Canada. Unless you can find a way to sign up for some short-term Canadian cellular service as an American -- then you are going to have to use park or business Wi-Fi but nothing cellular on the data side.

I like Tropical Plams. If you don't mind the expenses you can likely select any of the Disney parks including Ft. Wilderness but big rig sites there are very limited and unlikely you will find a site if you really plan to arrive tomorrow without reservations.

We love Calistoga and the RV park at the fairgrounds. You are a bit of a drive from Napa but not too far and there are plenty of winery's along the way if you like to do a bit of tasting. We toured one of the big guys winery (Robert Mondavi maybe?) and did a number of tastings from the very small to some of the bigger ones like Grgich Hills (one of our favorite wines). While you are in Calistoga be sure to take in one of the mud baths. It's completely different, extremely relaxing and you can add a massage as well if you are in the mood. We did a couples bath which is very nice. If you are not familiar with these, it might sound bad (it's not really mud but peat moss type material) but it's terrific!

Call Country Coach in Junction City, OR. They should be able to get you the information you need.

How does a sign on the trunk stop someone from trying to get between the RV and Towed? Someone merging from the side can't see the trunk of the car until it would be too late. I have never used one but if I had one like Brett describes I just might! I assume he is talking about just a strip of material like you would see on a magnetic sign on the sides of cars and trucks everywhere.

A Watts cannot increase pressure if the campground pressure goes to heck. It can only reduce incoming over pressure water to a safe level.

Or, you can do nothing! Don't dump until the tank is nearly full or with at least 1/2 tank and you can dump as soon as you arrive from a good days driving. Use plenty of water and ocassionally use the tank flusher to fill the empty tank half way or so before you drive and dump when you get there. Otherwise, you really should not have to do a thing and you should not need any chemicals.

I like this unit which can be attached at the spigot to protect the hose and the interior plumbing. http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/adjustable-water-regulator-lead-free/49511 My coach does have an internal Watts regulator so I don't use the above unit but I likely should if I wanted to keep my hoses in the best shape possible. For me, I would rather buy a new hose from time to time. I am only saying that if you do not have a built in regulator you really do need one and the cheapo #45 regulators restrict the flow so badly you will hate having them in line.

Just like driving your car. Have a great trip! OK, maybe you go up the hill a little slower but you are not in a hurry anyway, right?

Nice! Glad you have it working like it should.

It does appear that your front is over weight and you need to adjust the tag pressure to correct this situation. What did the folks on the Tiffin forum tell you related to this particular situation?

You should join the Tiffin forum as well. IIRC there was an issue with front axle weight and adjustments needed to be able to the tag pressure. This is just from memory so I could be totally off base but the folks there have a tremendous amout of knowledge about the product and will be able to get you pointed in the correct direction. http://www.tiffinrvnetwork.com/forum/

Great. While you are up there installing the batwing, just be sure you have good 12+ VDC in the coax connected to the antenna head. It will not work properly without it.

Both would be an easy trip with only about 35 more miles by not going 81 nearly all the way. If you want to see some things along your way I would choose the route with the sites you would like to visit. If I just wanted to get there I would take 81 the whole run as you will have less city traffic along that route.

It could also be the gray tank itself. If the smell is something like you smell when your wife has a "perm" that's likely coming from the gray tank. I keep all valves closed at all times (avoids possible sewer gas as well as Herman mentions) and only dump as the tanks fill. This give a much better flush and keeps the tanks cleaner.

Both are just as good (or as bad) as the other. You need to look into the specific programming you like to ensure you get what you like. Dish has free HD and DirecTV charges $10/month. DirecTV's satellites have a much better location and are easier to acquire Nationwide. Dish has pay-as-you-go service and DirecTV requires a contract. If HD is not important, DirecTV uses only one satellite for their SD and Dish uses 2. I prefer DirecTV only for the location of their satellites and ease of use. DirecTV also still has the DNS service available and Dish has discontinued it.

It's most likely that the Batwing you show in the second picture is what was there originally and putting a new one in that spot will give you the best available OTA TV reception. If you also need satellite TV reception for Dish or DirecTV (DirecTV would be the best option for that antenna) then I would take a look at the specific clearance requirements and see if you have the space. The Batwing will give you the very best range for OTA TV if that's your priority, but the omnidirectional antenna on the combo unit will likely do OK as long as you are within 30-40 miles of a TV tower. Personally, (my own personal opinion) I prefer the Batwing for TV and some other device for the reception of satellite TV.

Try workhorse chassis.

De-claw her and have a good nights sleep. Please no flames from the other side that think this is bad. The OP asked for suggestions and all our very happy cats (3 currently) are de-clawed and never a nuisance (except they like to sleep with us).

Some areas will also be selling B5/B10 biodiesel which is also acceptable in diesels engines without modifications. It's pretty much just #2 and #1 and you will know it's #1 diesel when you see the price they charge for it!

That's why I said I was guessing and why mentioned the towing guide. I cannot access the guide so you may have to go with your gut here if it is not officially supported.

I am guessing that if Blue Ox makes a base plate for then it must be towable. Have you checked out the FMCA towing guide? Here's the base plate. http://www.etrailer.com/towbar-2001_Volkswagen_Cabrio.htm

Oh, no! Not another Wal-Mart thread. mrsrodeo, the answer is that you can put out your slides as long as they are not going to be in the way and you are sure someone might not walk into them (can't wait to see that lawsuit). There are apps available which show which Wal-Mart's allow overnight parking but you should still verify with the manager that it's OK. As stated above you want to get out of the way and if you can live with just 2 slides out try to do that along a grassy edge for everyone's safety and so as not to create the look of camping. The camping part also means no awning, chairs or campfires but running your generator is OK (all night long if you like). There are likely going to be some haters along who rant and rave about how you should never stay or your ruining someone life or stealing their income or some other silly stuff so as the thread wanders please just ignore those posts and remember that Wal-Mart specifically invites RVers, as a corporate policy, to over night (not camp) at Wal-Mart. If that is necessary or appropriate and not disallowed by local regulations then stay, be courteous, spend some money and move on.

Keep in mind that 30 amp service is MUCH less than 50 amp service. On a 30 amp circuit you only have a total of 30 amps available to run everything in the coach. On 50 amp service the draws are split into 2 separate circuits allowing you to draw up to 50 amps on each circuit (or close to 100 amps). That being said, you should have a meter somewhere that shows your A/C amp draw but if not you can go online to find the general ratings for various appliances. If you have a gas/elec. fridge I would set it to gas and leave it there while on a 30 amp circuit. 1 A/C is going to run around 10-15 amps as would 1 elec. heater. Your water heater may be gas/elec. as well and keeping it on gas (only on as necessary) will save you amps as well. If you have some time, there's a neat little device called a Kill-a-Watt that's available at your local home store. You plug the appliance into this device and the device into the wall and turn it on. It will tell you everything about the power usage of that device. You can't do it with your A/C (no plug) or your Water heater, but just about anything else.

All disconnects should be on (not disconnected) at all times when you are using the coach. Your inverter / charger or 12V converter should be charging both sets of batteries. Some older coaches like mine only charge the house battery so if I am going to sit still for more than a week then I do disconnect the engine battery to ensure I don't have issue when we are ready to go. As Brett suggests above, you can learn a lot with a digital voltage meter. Check each battery bank voltage when you are not connected to shore power. Plug in and check the voltages again. If they batteries are being charged they should head up to 13+V. If not, you need to find out why. You can also try turning the disconnect on and off and seeing if you can find the actual solenoid to see if there are issues with that unit.