Ex-Full-Time RVer

An online journal of my travels along with things I find interesting...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Terry & Gail Visit NC

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Last night Terry called to let me know they were driving down I-95 today on their way to Myrtle Beach, SC. Not wanting to miss an opportunit...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Ronald Reagan Quotes

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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Some people live an entire li...
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Staples Gets It Right

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About a month ago, I wrote about "Walmart Madness" where the local store refused to match their online price so I bought the item...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Play On Words

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To write with a broken pencil is pointless. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve ...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Rest Easy, Fellow Citizens: The Feds Are On The Case

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Dave Barry is one of my favorite humorists so when I came across  one of his articles satirizing absurd government actions , I could not re...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Custom Icon For Your Smartphone

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Historically, when I wanted to view my blog on my android phone, I would press the 'Browser' icon and then either type in the url or...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Polaris RZR XP 1000

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Here's an entertaining video of the new Polaris RZR XP 1000 being put through its paces. At first, I thought they had hired my friend, ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2013

RV Repair

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Somewhere on the trip from Colorado to North Carolina, I lost the cover to the refrigerator vent on the roof. I figure I either drove too cl...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Walmart Madness

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I am in the market for a wireless router so I go online and find what I am looking for at Walmart for $39. However, when I go to the local s...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Back In The Land Of Sweet Tea

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If you are not from "The South", you probably would not know that in order to get unsweetened tea here, you have to ask for it. Ev...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Back To NC

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It has been a fantastic two years on the road as a full-time RVer. I have seen some beautiful country, met some wonderful people and experie...
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Friday, July 12, 2013

Fourmile

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The Fourmile Travel Management Area is located just east of Buena Vista and consists of 100,000 acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land M...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Rock Climbing & Rappelling

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I went for an afternoon drive on some of the counties back roads and came across a church youth group practicing their rock climbing skills....
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Pikes Peak

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First, the bad news, good news. The bad news is the aluminum spline in my RZR's steering wheel was stripped and the nearest Polaris deal...
Monday, July 08, 2013

St. Elmo to Tin Cup Pass (almost)

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Jeff, Larry, Keith and I trucked over to St. Elmo intending to ride to Tin Cup via Tin Cup Pass (12,154'). All goes well until we get ...
Sunday, July 07, 2013

Colorado Rafting

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Buena Vista is a mecca for white water rafting. You see buses hauling rafts everywhere. Today, I met Sherry and Mike (my cousin's family...
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Saturday, July 06, 2013

Chinaman Gulch Loop

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Keith and Jayne, friends from the Arizonian RV Park, called me earlier in the week to let me know that they were camping up on a mountain ju...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

The Midland Tunnels

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After dinner I took a short drive over to the Midland Tunnels which were created to allow passage of the Midland Railroad to and from Leadvi...

Cottonwood Pass / Taylor Park Reservoir

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Drove west across the Continental Divide via Cottonwood Pass (12,126') to the Taylor Park Reservoir to check out the Taylor Park Trading...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Casto Canyon

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Cecil and I hauled our machines down to the Casto Canyon trailhead off highway 12, a few miles southeast of Panguitch. The first 5-6 miles o...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Notes From An Inexperienced Chili Taster Named FRANK

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Recently, I was honored to be selected as a judge at a chili cook-off, mainly, because no one else wanted to do it. Also, the original perso...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

50 Inch Trails

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In my opinion, the 50 inch trails are the most scenic and the most fun of the Paiute Trail System. Today, we rode some of my favorites: 54, ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Terry & Gail Are Moving

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To a cozy, one bedroom, no bath fixer-upper in the mountains southwest of Marysvale... The amenities include a view to die for in the...
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Life On The RZR's Edge

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Terry and Gail drove down today to spend a couple of days with me on the Paiute Trail System. One of the nice things about riding with this ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Redneck Car/ATV Hauler

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What do you do when you are short of space and need to haul both your car and your ATVs... Click on photo to enlarge
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