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RE: Suggestions - Local Places to Eat in Wellsboro, PA Vicinity?
The Native Bagel is a good place for breakfast, it's a block off Main at the town square. If you head just out of town, west on rt 6, there is a ratty looking bowling alley on the left, there is a good breakfast place on the right side of the building. For dinner, the Log Cabin and the Antlers Inn are both a short ride further west on rt 6. In town the Wellsboro house is a great place for dinner, good food, really neat building that the owner salvaged from a ruin, and a ton of beers on tap. This place is a little tricky to find. First, head east on rt 6 from Main street. Go through the first light, at Rite-Aide, then take next left on Cone st. Cone ends in a few blocks on Charleston, turn right. There is a great old train station on your left, Wellsboro house on the right. Timeless Desrtinations on main has excellent italian food, in a fairly upscale environment.
After several decades of staying and eating in the area a few times a year, I've come to a conclusion that many locals seem to agree with. The famous Wellsboro diner, (and the steak house a few doors down) are there to feed the tourists, and there aren't many good reasons to stand in line for a mediocre meal. Wellsboro is a great town, have fun.
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soren
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05/23/12 06:07pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Alaska travel
Not much in Skagway other then catching the ferry to Juneau. LOL, The Skagway tourism department is deeply disapointed in your review........... I found the place to be more than a bit odd. We got to town in late afternoon and had the pleasure of navigating around ten thousand cruise passengers, while walking downtown. Once their dinner bell rang, they all disappeared, and the town rolled their sidewalks up, and turned the lights out. At six PM it was a lifeless ghost town. A bar and a gas station where the only places still going. It had weird vibe, kind of like you were in a Disney park, and stayed too long after the park closed? That said, the drive out of town, toward Whitehorse, is one of the prettiest places on earth.
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soren
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05/10/12 04:17pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Where to stay on the Kenai Penninsula.
Couple of comments have mentioned the traffic, and aggressive driving, I have to agree. In well over 100K miles of towing a trailer, I think that the run from Anchorage to Seward, on a Friday night, was probably the most dangerous driving I have ever seen. Unfortunately, some idiots are convinced that any RV is going slowly, and must be passed, no matter who gets killed. We were passed, while travelling with the flow of traffic, several times in places where it was dangerous and illegal. At one point a young lady barely squeaked out of a head on, because she had to get by, and then promptly ended up in a line of fifteen vehicles that were holding us up. That same evening another young female on a Harley killed herself with a failed pass, in a no passing zone.
The Kenai is a magical place, and I can't wait to go back. That said, there are lots of idiots from the ANC area that are willing to do incredibly stupid things to get there a few minutes faster on a weekend. Be careful.
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soren
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05/09/12 03:59am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: 2006 Fleetwood Orbit 290BHS
Be real careful. Sadly, immediately prior to their demise, Fleetwood's towable division built some really, really low quality products. We had a Wilderness that was a monumental piece of junk. It was rotten to the point of being totalled in less than two years, and the leakage was from defective cargo doors. Personally, I wouldn't get near a Fleetwood towable, others have had great luck, but it's not worth the risk.
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soren
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05/02/12 05:07am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Laura Ingals/Little house on the prairie tours suggestions?
Sturgis rally is the 6th to the 12th of August this year. You really can't imagine how this has a huge effect on the entire black hills region from the devil's Tower to Wall Drug, and all the way south to Custer and beyond. I've spent too much time to count, in the hills, over the last 18 years, and the rally is a great time to be somewhere else. Ten or fifteen years ago, Custer was quiet during the rally, and the action started at Rapid and headed west toward the WY.line. Now you can be at a campground sixty miles from Sturgis and it's nothing but the deafening roar of Harley motors until 2 AM. I have nothing against the rally and all the good things it brings to the hills, but I would really try to be somewhere else from Saturday Aug. 4th until Sunday the 12th. Have a great trip!
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soren
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05/01/12 07:35pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Comcast Customer Snowbirds - WARNING!
On the flip side, I have Blue Ridge Cable (Pencor), a regional provider in Pa. I called at 11 AM this past Saturday to report a defective cable modem. They supplied it, I own it. Customer service did online diagnostics and reported that it was their problem, either a bad modem, or defective on the incoming line. They scheduled a sevice call later in the day. Tech. arrived at 3 PM, spent a bit over half an hour testing incoming line quality, and the modem, replaced the modem, then speed tested the system. The billing was digital, billed to my account. The total service call, including purchasing a new, upgraded modem......$40. Got to love the service and the price.
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soren
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04/24/12 07:32pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: The Alasa Highway yesterday
Murray, thanks for the incredible pics. Your previous blog post of Northern Lights is almost too surreal to believe. like a previous poster, I drove past your doorstep three times now, and the wife is not too receptive to heading up the highway anytime soon. But....... I'll wear her down. Thanks again!
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soren
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04/22/12 02:58pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: I-95 Toll Roads for NC?
The last idiot who ran our state (PA) worked long, and hard to toll RT 80. fortunately, the feds. stopped him. The economic damage to the transportation, distribution and manufacturing industries along the highway would of been devastating and the jobs losses severe. IMHO, tolling interstates or selling them to foreign interests that recover their costs with tolls, is wrong. The road is built and maintained with a great deal of federal money, it's a public road, not a cash cow for a poorly run state or local government.
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soren
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04/10/12 07:34pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Good stopover in Roanoke, VA area?
Dixie Caverns also gets a pass (I wouldn't stay there). X2 We stopped at dixie and something told me it would be best to take a quick loop through the campground before walking to the front desk. Glad I followed my hunch on this one. The place is a dump, as in, "Run faster! I hear banjos!" scene from Deliverance kind of dump. We end up outside Blacksburg at a Wal-Mart parking lot that night.
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soren
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03/30/12 06:14pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: best town for 4th of July
In 2010, we were in Tok for the 4Th. We were staying at the Sourdough, which is a great experience all by itself. The town had a parade, which was great, only about two blocks long, and took a good five minutes to pass, lol. There was also a barbeque at the park in the center of town. This was the summer that it seemed to rain 24/7 but we still had a great trip.
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soren
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03/24/12 09:51am |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: 2004 Ford Powerstroke Engine Reliability
So compare the millions of 6.0 owners out there that are clueless there is even a problem against the thousands that have had issues. I wonder if it is a fair comparison?
Thanks Bull. My best friend has spent hundreds of hours wrenching on these things over the last few years. He has fleet customers that can't keep them running reliably enough to trust them, and have spend sickening amounts trying. He has a few smaller customers (lawn service, small contractors, etc...) that are trapped. They don't make enough money to take the horrible hit of dumping 6.0s that they still have payments on, yet are essentially worthless, they can barely afford the costs of constant repairs, and they can't make money unless the truck is running. Sorry, but your "millions" of happy campers just doesn't pencil out. Too many fleets have dumped them as soon as the engine warranty expires, too many private owners that have been completely screwed by a vehicle that needs thousands dumped into modifications to become reasonably reliable and trustworth. IMHO, the are junk, and yes I DID own one.
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soren
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03/21/12 08:03pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Maine not freindly to RV rental owners
So now this disgusting display of bizarre governmental abuse has been reduced to the persecution of a single rental company from a nearby state? Obviously, If this continues, the feds will end it. Can you imagine taking this insane behavior further? "Well, we checked the GPS on your rental car, and yes indeed, Enterprise now owes roughly $75,000 to the various states you visited on your cross country trip." Sadly, a state suffering from this twisted "logic" knows to attack the weaker target. Can you imagine them telling Cruise America to cough up tens of millions for the last few years of RVs that dared to venture into Maine. LOL, I doubt there would be much in the way of cooperation.
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soren
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03/16/12 05:39pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Does TT newbie really need a sway bar?
Always amazes me to see the number of folks out on the highway, going 70+, new crew cab truck full of kids, new 30' bunk house, and not a care in the world.
P-rated tires squashed flat, no extension mirror, no ability to see down the sides of the trailer at all, no sway control, poorly adjusted hitch set-up, no clue.
The flip side of this is being stuck in a never ending traffic jam, crawling along as the medivac helos cycle in and out of the crash site ahead. An hour later you get to the scene and most of the circus has left, just the highway patrol investigators working. The truck is on it's side but it looks like getting to that position was violent and ugly, most of the sheetmetal is trashed, lots of broken glass. The trailer exploded like it had a bomb inside. kid's clothing in the weeds, bicycles thrown everywhere. Driving by slowly, you just want to throw up, hoping that everybody will make it?
Given how some of these idiots operate a vehicle that is 60' long and 14-16 thousand pounds, I'm surprised that I only saw something this horrific once. Unfortunately, I have also seen at least 1/2 dozen other travel trailer wrecks, and they never end well.
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soren
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03/12/12 06:25pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Looks like Home-made
In our recent travels we met two older guys who had done exceptional jobs of homebuilding light, functional TCs for use on 1/2 ton pick-ups. Both were plywood skinned, and one was fiberglas resin coated. Both owners were Canadians, and had the same thought process. That being, fuel and truck campers are very expensive in CA. They already owned a simple pickup and had the skills to turn a few thousand in material into a nice rig. It's pretty amazing to see what you can accomplish with a small budget, a motivation.
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soren
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03/11/12 07:28am |
Truck Campers
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RE: The MONEY pit!
I guess it's your view of the situation that counts. If you remove a complicated appliance, hand built in low volumes, capable of running on two power sources and throw a $100 Chinese piece of******in the hole, you did't save 1000 bucks replacing a fridge. I looked at a nice used trailer once where the guy though this was a great idea. I passed, as I have no use for a rig that isn't self contained, or capable of refridgerating while going down the road. He was having difficulty selling the thing. A big drawback, IMHO is potential buyers wondering what else the guy did to cut corners and butcher the thing up, while he owned it? PS, I wouldn't buy a house where the owner replaced the $150 toilet with a $2 drywall bucket, either.
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soren
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02/26/12 06:31pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Ontario couple missing--last contact Weslaco UPDATE-OK
Word today that they have made contact. Apparently were in remote part of Texas with no internet (Big Bend? maybe)
Will be a info release by Weslaco PD tomorrow apparently.
Great news.If they have been located, and were just irresponsible and had not bothered to take two seconds to make contact with their relatives, shame on them. Hopefully, their relatives, their friends, the police and anyone who happens to run into them in the future will give them their just dues, a severe ear lashing. It was incredibly irresponsible to just disappear for a couple of months. I was unaware that you are an immediate family member in this case, know all the facts, and can pass critical judgement on all involved? IIRC, you also had harsh words for the last family that was involved in a similar situation. (Family moving to AK. with a school bus, pulling a toad, out of range for a week or so, you had all kinds of nasty comments on that one too) I wish all of us were so knowledgable about the real story behind the media driven drama every time this happens.
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soren
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01/22/12 05:55pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Keeping Honda 2000 Generator Out of Rain While in Use
I use a Honda 2000, on a daily basis as a homebuilder. It runs eight hours a day, sitting in the mud, snow or on a gravel pile. It has spent days in the pouring rain, seen a few snow storms, and got peed on by a dog. After three years, the case is banged up a bit, it needs a tune-up and an oil change. As for a rain cover......seriously? Don't forget to knit a little sweater for it too....it's chilly out.
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soren
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01/17/12 06:07am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: What is the Deal
It remains glaringly obvious that many of you lack the experience to comprehend why a lot of folks are unwilling to play the game with a significant portion of the rv sales industry.
There are great dealers and salespeople out there. They run, and work for, organizations where customers are treated with respect, and with a goal of developing long term relationships. That said, there are MANY dealerships who do the opposite. They will do, and say anything to make the sale, and you as a potential customer, are just a "mark" to be worked over. Here in the northeast, there are several large organizations with multiple dealerships. They can be horrible to deal with, pushy, dishonest, and well known to anybody willing to take the effort to protect themselves from making the mistake of getting screwed by them. Based on experience, they never get my full name, or contact info, yet I have no issue with browsing at their locations. Once they get over the fact that I'm not a willing mark, they are happy to treat me like an potential victim, saying and doing anything to make the sale....TODAY!!!!! I see what I need to see, and gather the proper information to make an informed decision. The question then becomes, why bother even visiting such a business? Unfortunately, these companies often have product lines that can be difficult to see at all locally, or require a few hundred miles of driving to locate a competitor. So, I have no issue putting up with their lies and greasiness in order to help my review a product that interests me. If they have what I want, I will use resources such as this forum to locate competitors that have the desire to act in an honest manner, and have earned a good reputation.
Once again, it gets real tiring to hear from folks in the industry, like Jallen, who continue to insist that the issue is about all the rude potential customers, and not the horrendously unethical behavior, and general slimeness that continues to be practiced by many in the business.
There are a few family owned dealerships in this area, where the owner and I are on a first name basis, and I have no issue with them having all my personal info. or spending my money there, contributing to their continued sucess. OTOH, there are megadealers, with a well deserved rancid reputation, who will get my info. only after they steal my wallet. If you are unable to comprehend the difference between two, please refrain from attacking those of us who choose to not participate in the games, lies, and BS that are business as usual at some dealers.
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soren
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01/17/12 05:38am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Citrus Hills Dover Fl
Wow those reviews were something from one end of the spectrum to the other. Thanks for that link.Had to take a glance at the link, as I have seen this act before. Our favorite CG was bought by a couple that quickly became famous among the guests, that they tossed our for imaginary infractions, and among the locals, who soon figured out that they were both bat dung crazy and best avoided. The next few years of rvparkreviews.com were hilarious! The nutzo couple would go off their meds. and really cause a disaster by abusing guests, who would then post a detailed warning. This would immediately followed by a poorly written rebuttal by a "guest", who would use their third grade level creative writing skills to refute all the previous charges and give the place a glowing review. For half a decade it went, "STAY AWAY" followed by, "This place is great, the owners are charming and incredibly helpful", "STAY AWAY!!!!", followed by, "Best place we ever stayed at!!!" and so it went......
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soren
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01/14/12 04:48pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: What is the Deal
I gave my name & hometown to a dealer at a show once...MISTAKE! I promptly got an avalanche of phone calls and STILL get junk mail from that. I was real serious in my first post on this issue. There are aggressive dealers that will do everything I said, and more. I literally still continue to get junk mail from a place that got my contact info. twelve years ago. IMHO, sitting down to hand over all your personal information while SHOPPING for an RV is strickly for novices and fools.
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soren
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01/12/12 04:07pm |
General RVing Issues
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