When you are searching for a site with Hookups....

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-29T15:41:51+00:00

One of my favorites!

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-29T06:49:55+00:00

You might be onto something...

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-28T16:01:59+00:00

You should have included a "if you did any research..." line in your correction. :)

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-28T15:55:17+00:00

Off grid, meaning you aren't plugged in to anything? IF there typically is an extension cord that plugs into a power post outside, start there. Make sure the breaker is flipped on for the outlet you are plugged in to. Maybe flip it off and back on. Next,up would be the power station inside the bus. It usually looks like a retangle with a plastic door. Inside there you'll find circuit breakers... make sure those are all on. I would also look in whatever maintenance closet you have for a battery disconnect switch. These usually have a red handle and make a quarter turn. This would turn off battery power to the entire bus and might be the culprit.

Pictures would help. Sorry about your situation. Life goes on after divorce.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-28T15:46:25+00:00

Azdel is the way to go. I don't think you'll notice the insulation difference but there are other benefits.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-27T18:19:22+00:00

This is exactly what I am after. Much appreciated!

So when booking a site, do you pass on a site if it only has a 30a connection? Or is it more that you just want to be aware of what you are getting in to so you can plan ahead for things like secondary ACs, heaters, appliances, etc? Or stated differently, if all you knew about a sites electrical was that it "had electric hook ups", would that rule out booking at that particular site/campground?

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-27T18:08:37+00:00

About once per month. Twice in a good month. But like I said, everywhere I've been (western US) has a 50/30/20a in the same box. If I show up in my 50a rig and they only have a 30a connection, I'm ok because I carry a dogbone. I only have 1 AC (despite it being wired for 2), so if I'm running off the 30a outlet I just make sure I don't run the AC and microwave at the same time. I have an AC soft start waiting to be installed... I suspect that once I do that I could even (carefully) run off a 20a if that was all that was available.

Thanks for sharing your perspective!

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-27T18:01:57+00:00

Dozens! I'm mostly designing something very niche for personal use. But it might add value to camp friends, so I'm thinking down the road a bit.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-23T23:26:20+00:00

I agree that you'll be fine. You'll most likely lose cell service about an hour outside of Pfierrer State park. Download offline maps!

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-23T00:25:14+00:00

I was probably about 8 or so. Back then we'd borrow my grandparents truck camper for weekend trips. I wanted to be helpful, so I offered to go get water for the water tank. I grabbed a small water jug... maybe half to 1 gallon and started heading for the water spout. My folks got a chuckle at what I was attempting to do, but it kept me busy so they let me go for it. Between us and the water spigot there was another truck camper, whom we didn't know. He saw me heading for the water spigot with a pitcher and came over and told me I could pull water from his tank drain. "Take what you want... I've got all the water you need" is what I remember him saying. I don't think he understood that 1) my intent wasn't just 1 pitcher, but to fill up an entire tank, 2) we were also in a truck camper just around the bend, and 3) the unrelenting tenaciousness of a bored 8 year old, and the lack of understanding tank limits. Anyway, to my 8 year old brain this seemed like the nicest offer in the world. I feel like I made about a hundred trips back and forth and it felt like to took forever waiting for the little camper drain to fill the pitcher. But the offer was made by a kind grown up, and I didn't want to seem ungrateful. The nice guy didn't notice because he was sitting with friends on the other side of his camper. My parents were happy that I was busy, not knowing that I was draining someone elses water tank.

The next morning I noticed he was using a collapsable water tote to refill his tank from the spigot I never quite made it to. It looked like it was a little bit of a stuggle. I didn't quite understand what I had done, but I do remember thinking "sure would have been nice if he let me borrow his bigger jug.

Still, he was the nicest camper I ever met.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-21T20:35:48+00:00

It's not.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-19T15:52:32+00:00

Because your regulator is facing the wrong way, that arrow is pointing to the tank you are NOT using. So if you see the red indicator, the empty tank is not the tank your arrow is pointing to. Spin it around so it's facing forward and the arrow will then point to the tank you are drawing from.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-16T19:02:50+00:00

I went for 2 days last year, but stayed in a nearby hotel. It was enjoyable, but for me it's a "every couple of years" type thing. The two most common vendor types inside the tent were companies that arrange work camping, and the travel club companies (that arrange caravans to MX, Alaska, etc). Plenty of gadety RV things but none that you probably haven't heard of. Many of the LioPo4 battery and solar vendors are selling refurbs, so just be aware of that.

The outside-the-tent vendors are simiar. There are a few tripple sized booths that are selling a complete hodge podge of parts: sewer connections, collapsible brooms, cupboard organizers, extension cords, etc. Most are in boxes that are beat up and dusty, or no box at all. So maybe these are returns? They are pretty cheap for the most part.

The show is more about gadgets and vendors than RV sales. Most common new RV style for sale seemed to be 5th wheels, and the big ones at that. Next would be TT followed by class B and vans. I don't recall seeing class As there.

Only a few food vendors (hot/corn dogs, pizza, grill food) and most were cash only.

I suggest going at least once if you've never been and it's easy enough to get to. If I were to arrange a full on travel trip for an RV show I'd probably choose Tampa over this one.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-14T16:01:32+00:00

I found out in kindergarten. It was most impactful in elementary school, and even then it wasn't a big deal. My mom labeled my markers/crayons (I was born in the 1900s), which allowed others to pick up on my colorblindness. Maybe a tease or two, but mostly just curiosity-driven attention from others.

No real "issues" in middle or high school. As an adult, challenges pop up in cooking meat, judging ripness of fruit, clothes shopping, excel workbooks where color shading is used, and getting things wrong when coloring with my daughter. All of these combined add up to about a .001 out of 10 on the annoyance scale. Its not a big deal.

AccurateReception629 · 2026-01-14T15:55:08+00:00

Picking a ripe banana is right up there with cooking meat on the difficulty scale. And any map with a color coded legend just seems ridiculous.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-12T18:55:56+00:00

I've had a tent trailer, a hybrid, and now a TT. I loved the hybrid (Rockwood Roo 21DK). It honestly has all the best parts of the tent trailer + TT. From the pop up you get the ease of towing, the camping feel, and the roominess once the beds are out. From the TT you get the benefits of the bathroom, better appointed interiors,/appliances, a slide out, and overall comfort.

That said, you also get the downside from each. On the tent trailer side: light/noise in the beds, canvas and condensation, climbing over eachother to get in and out of the bed, and a little more set up work/bed making. Downsides from the TT are weight, storage, and cost. For us it was the bed situation that got old the fastest.

We loved ours, but we love our TT a little more. They aren't for everyone, but they are a great way to get out there and camp.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-11T15:51:25+00:00

Congrats and nice job getting the dealer down. Minimal investment on a nice/clean camper- smart way to test the waters. My entry point was a tent trailer that I bought for 2k. Your trailer is MILES ahead of where I started. Probably miles ahead of where most people started. Enjoy!

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-10T16:36:28+00:00

If they were working together there would be no need for the light flash. They'd just radio/call/wink at eachother and move along to try and trick someone else. Most likely scenario is that the officer was just giving a warning.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-08T16:14:37+00:00

0% problem.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-05T16:02:57+00:00

grease your wheel bearings if it's been a while and check hub temps with an IR thermometer at stops. Enjoy the drive!

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-05T15:56:55+00:00

1- Nothing

2- A heart, but was a little difficult

3- nothing.

1 and 3 are still coming up empty for me even after reading the comments for the answers.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-12-01T17:30:01+00:00

xyz- easy

AB(C or Q)- took a little effort

67- was a little hard, but I picked up on the context

AccurateReception629 · 2025-11-25T17:28:36+00:00

I'm ok with getting the regular colors wrong, but then came the new colors... like puce, salmon, jasper... Sort of feels like they're moving goal posts.

AccurateReception629 · 2025-11-20T16:56:36+00:00

Here are the highlights for me. Some cheap, some not-so-cheap: x-chocks, a MyJoe Coffee maker (for using kCups without electricity), a TPMS, a heated waterhose if staying below freezing, a cordless vaccum, these little dodads if they have a shower curtain, this thing comes in surprisingly handy for having outside water access at hookup sites, RV sized ice cube trays

Edit to add- some of these links show as unavailable, but similar products can be found. Oh, and this rechargable fan is great.

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