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Wise person, and stay safe. Friends traveling that route had their awning shredded on the drive.

Had construction going on the the past days and missed the post. Did you get to stay at Fort Sam? There is a FamCamp El Paso a Fort Bliss, but problem this time of year is the Winter Texans filling up the parks. They do bring a little money to the area though.

Thanks Tom. Good information and welcome back.

It's afraid of DW, so it's working now! You do know how that is, right?

When he's picking on you he is leaving me alone, so thanks.

Carl, I'm just putting the options out there for those who want a wireless system. I'm eventually going to get an auto-gen start system that will start my generator when temps get to warm or battery starts getting low. Nothing is really a sure thing except having your pets with you.

FYI anyone, I have a MiFi which is recognized as WiFi and I have never had loss of signal traveling 46 of the 48 contiguous United States.

Besides having a commercial business sign on your vehicle, the Federal Law states that any vehicle weighing 26,001 pounds or more is a commercial vehicle. What happens in most states, except 4 I think, exempts motor-homes from needing a commercial license as long as it is driven for personal use. The same applies in most instances to weigh stations, however each state can require more stringent regulations as long as they don't usurp the Federal laws.

Hi Carl, We leave for Tucson the middle of February to meet up with a group. After that it will be a leisurely trip back home. Sometime late May or June we take the East Coast Trip. Did the West Coast last year. Left May 14th and returned September 13th.

Chuck, Doe a search on the words, "wireless temperature monitor with email" without the quote and you will see a lot of what you may be looking for.

Good one Herman, and maybe true.

Huff, The Cummins Service Center in San Antonio is 4.5 miles from the Fort Sam Houston RV Park. The are located at: 6226 I-35, San Antonio, TX 78218 Phone: (210) 655-5420 If you are interested.

With the power outage app a second android device is needed. With light bulbs, well, 99.9% of the MH's operate the lights via DC power so if the AC goes out the light is still going to be bright. A portable 110vac Lamp could be plugged into an 110vac socket. That is going to depend on what circuit breakers trip and is it a circuit breaker in the MH, or the pedestal. The air conditioning circuit usually has its own circuit breaker so a test would have to be done to see if any other plug receptacles are connected to it. If it is the campground pedestal then the microwave clock is typically AC voltage and either goes to ":" or blinks if the AC goes out. The more circuit breakers trip the weaker they become. It may be time to replace the breakers. Another consideration is how tight are the wires on the circuit breakers. Loose wires will cause the current to rise and the breaker to trip. It would be much better to get the AC system running correctly and not tripping breakers. Of course, if a 6 hour sight-seeing trip is in order then "ruff-ruff" doggy sitting could be utilized.

Let me know as the only gate to go in is off of the National Cemetery area for very easy access. Coming in from the East I-10 to Loop 410/I-35N, exit Rittiman Road, Turn left on Rittiman. Stay in left hand lane and turn left at Harry Wurzbach Rd. Stay in left lane. Turn left on Winans Rd. just before the cemetery (Stop light at Winans. Winans road is a B#@!%. Go slow and avoid the right hand side of the road. Stop if necessary if other cars come. The right and side of Winans is terrible but the road is only about 500 yards or so long. At the Stop sign turn right on Nursery Rd. and the gate will be ahead. Nursery Rd will make a left and go by the elementary school. Next left will take you to the campground. Do not try to use GPS as it will want to take you to the Petroleum Rd. gate which is closed and locked. There is no boondocking at Fort Sam. There is at Lackland but trust me. Fort Sam RV Park is superior for spacing and access to everything. Happy trails.

Jaime, my personal opinion is that Lacland is 2 or 3 on a scale to 5 and Fort Sam is a 5 in comparison.

Fort Sam Houston, ARMY, has a very nice RV park. You will have to use the phone to make reservations. Navy Gateways only does naval facilities campgrounds. Don't limit yourself or you will miss some very good campgrounds. If you stop in the Houston area give a holler as we are only 40 miles South of Houston. Enjoy your trip. Happy to see you traveling again.

You are correct on those two places not accepting reservations. However there are 10 FamCamps in Arizona and 5 of them take reservations. Some with reservations at FamCamps are Boondocking but not many. AZ has one area at Ft. Huachuca that is boondocking and requires reservations, as an example. Anyone interested can look up the military campgrounds at Military Campgrounds

Branson by itself is an interesting place and if you are an Escapee member you can stay 1/2 mile from "The Landing" for cheap $$. Take the route through Memphis, stay at the Tom Sawyer RV park, visit Elvis Museum (Kids will say, "Who's Elvis.") The RV Park is right on the Mighty Mississippi River.

There were very few military bases on the West Coast that did not take reservations. Many of the AFB and Army bases have converted over to reservations systems. Some of them have to be reserved on-line or through an 800 number that connects many of the bases. There are 19 military RV parks in Florida. Sixteen of those require reservations for RV's and 1 for quarters reservations. So 17 out of 19 military campgrounds in Florida take reservations either by pone or on-line through the internet. Yes NASKW, formerly known as Sigsbee, takes reservations with no hook-ups the rotate you in and out. I have heard that it is a pain in the butt to get into in the Winter time. I personally believe that there should be short stay limits at all the military campgrounds, like 14 days in, 14 days out and a max number of times that can be done. But that is just my personal opinion. Some of the West Coast bases have instituted short terms like that.

Puff, Other than Key West, have you had any other reservation problems at the military sites? Are they all filled up? Thanks.

As said. A friend had a brand new MH and it would not pump water. Another member reached in and tightened the lines by hand it it started working fine. Being an '01 it probably needs a rebuild. Good luck and let us know what you find.

As a funny, many years ago working military circuits we had what we called the Angry 9 (AN-GRA9). It was run either by engine mounted dynamotor or hand crank dynamotor. For field use we used the hand crank. There was a neon light on the radio that would glow when the radio was ready to operate. On one exercise the operators tried and tried and tried to load that antenna watching for the glow of the light. Didn't happen. So as one of them was lazily cranking the dynamotor at about 5 revs per minute, not enough supposedly to do anything, the operator started taping out a cuss word on the sending key and did it for many repeats. It was a few days later that the FCC tracked the users down and all heck was paid through the command. Seems the neon light was burned out. Like I said, 1 watt and a wet string can get you around the world if conditions are right. Remind me some day sitting around the camp fire to tell you about evaluating single site DF equipment (back in the 70's) at Syracuse University Research Center. We used an ionosonde in determining the height of the ionosphere for calculations. Quite interesting watching the ionosphere change and definitely gave a different perspective on communications.

I'm referring to HIS answering you. Did he pick up the telephone on the first ring? :-)

Hmmm! Was the person in Nicargua talking on the telephone wire or ham radio. I'm inactive right now but someday soon. p.s., look up K04A in your area. He has a 5'er and is very active. Tell him I said HI. He lives somewhere off of 222 just inside Maryland.

Bennie, you're an angel. I'd blame the wife in any case.