aztec7fan
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I'm glad you made it over the pass ok. It really is quite a site to see, but its easier to traverse since they made it two lanes wide on both sides. The rains for this tome of year are unusual, but Colorado is getting our monsoon season late.
CW McCall moved to Ouray, CO after the whole "Convoy" thing died out and became mayor.
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Yes, we frequently utilize Wal Marts as well as other free parking vendors such as Flying J and Cracker Barrell. We will usually alternate between a free parking lot one night and then stay at a campground/RV park the next night.
These parking lots are very useful if you are just trying to get from point A to point B and need a quick place to stop for the night. You generally drive to the parking lot, look for the other RV's and find a place of your own to park. If you don't see other RV's parked for the night, check with management to see if they are ok with you parking there. There may also be an ordinance against overnight parking which the manager will be aware of.
We stopped in at the Wal Mart in Grand Junction CO and asked the manger if it would be ok to stay. They said they would be happy to have us but ocassionaly the police will ask you to move on, so we chose to go to a local KOA instead
You can try other stores as well. Just ask permission and patronize the store you are parking at if possible.
Stay only one night and don't make it look like you are setting up camp (no awnings, lawn chairs, grills, and try to avoid using your leveling jacks)
Chris Guenther
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Tom, great post and great message to us and to our kids. We really need to fight the urge to sit in front of our electronic devices. Even in the cold months, there are opportunities to excersize including skiing, snowboarding, ice fishing, or just sight seeing. The national parks usually stay open year round, and in the winter months, there are very few crowds to have to deal with, and the rangers have more time to talk and answer questions.
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We too travel with our kids. Two boys age 14 & 10. Keep us posted as to your travels and expierances. My boys favorite trip so far was to Carlesbad Caverns, Sea World in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Dallas, then back to Denver.Even on the long drives between destinations, they were never bored.Do you allow your kids to play handheld games while traveling (PSP, DS, Gameboy, etc)? We have a rule that they can play them in areas we have already been, but in new areas, they have to look out the window and/or play some type of "road" game.
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Here's a link to the story:
http://www.rvbusiness.com/2010/08/rv-owner...-2006-shooting/
Reading it makes them look even more stupid. The guy had been loitering around in the parking lot most of the day and displaying questionable behavior already. Why open the door to him?
Also, notice it took them 4 years to file the lawsuit. Why?
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We also have two children (two boys, ages 9 & 13), and I was wondering what you folks do to keep your kids entertained on longer driving trips? If we are in a new area, we insist they look out the window and take in the scenery, but in some areas they've seen many times, they have to keep themselves entertained with hand-held games and such.
Chris Guenther
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Westminster, CO
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As far as your water heater not having a bypass, I had the same problem on my first coach. I ended up having to pour in about 7 gallons of pink stuff into the clean water tank, pump it through the entire system, then I drained off the 6 gallons in the water heater. It splashed against the side, but I caught as much as I could with a funnel, and re-used it the following year.