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RE: Las Cruces NM
Get on down to "old Messilla" and have a green chile burger for lunch.
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Don in Niagara
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01/19/12 07:20am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Quartzsite Weekend.
BUT!!!... We still had a great breakfast at Sweet darlene's just the other day. Still $3.99 for bacon & eggs with toast and home fries AND 50 CENTS for coffee!
Ya gotta love it! ... but the bookstore was closed??
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Don in Niagara
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01/16/12 12:10pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Come on down, lots of room.
Good Lord people! Give your head a shake! This is the USA NOT some banana republic!! There is the rule of law in this country, even in the southwest.
Stop listening to Fox News, they are using hyperbole and fear to sell comercial space. If your economic situation allows it, follow your dream of warmer weather while you still can.
One of those comercials says .. "America runs on Dunkin" IT DOES NOT RUN ON FEAR!
We are going on a day trip to Algodones Mx on Monday. Wish us luck!
Don
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Don in Niagara
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01/07/12 02:51pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Why do you go to AZ
According to the weather forecast I just looked at:
The high temp today at home is 14F with snow squalls and a hazardous weather advisory!
The high temp here in far north Phoenix is 76F and sunny today! Was about 80F yesterday, 81F on New Years day and and sunny with temps in the mid to upper 70s for the rest of the week!
When I'm too old and decrepit to do this is when I'll sit under a blanket at home and look out of the window.
Gonna walk over to the pool now.
Bye.
Don
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Don in Niagara
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01/03/12 08:18am |
Snowbirds
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RE: AZ & FL, a couple of differences!
Been to Florida about 15 times over the last 40 years for vacations and such. Spent the last 4 winters in Az and you couldn't pay me to stay in Florida for a whole winter. A week or 2 maybe, but for 5 months I need the mountains, canyons, rivers and deserts of the southwest.
Too crowded, too much traffic, too developed in Florida.
We are in an rv park on the northern city limit of Phoenix and I can literally hike, bike or atv 80 miles of mountain and desert wilderness trails by heading out from the back of our rv lot and go all the way to the Prescott National Forest.
Or ... its 10 min. to all the shopping malls, theatres and restaurants we could want.
Check out our local wilderness @ ...
http://www.bctaz.com/index.html
Now, if you really want to get away from it all there's those millions of acres of BLM land open to boondocking for hundreds of miles in all directions.
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Don in Niagara
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12/25/11 10:03pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Need help for Canuk friend
I used the "postal code" trick yesterday, ... (L2E 6S6 = 26600) here in Rockport Tx. and it worked on our Mastercard.
Don
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Don in Niagara
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12/02/11 07:32am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Campgrounds near or in San Antonio
Thanks for all the great ideas. Looking foreward to S A. W e will have to decide on one of them!
Don and Patty
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Don in Niagara
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12/01/11 06:59pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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Campgrounds near or in San Antonio
We are in Rockport and are off to see the Alamo and do the River Walk in San Antonio for a few days.
What would be your campround recommendations for our 35' motorhome and towed car? And any other must-see attractions and restaurants greatfully appreciated!
Thanks
Don and Patty
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Don in Niagara
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12/01/11 06:43am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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Kentucky RV Propane Refill
We are heading to the great American southwest and will be looking for a propane refill near I71 east or I75 south of Louisville Ky.
Our route will take us down to Elizabethtown from Louiseville then southwest on the West KY Parkway, so somewhere along there would work too.
Thanks in advance.
Don
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Don in Niagara
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11/25/11 04:53am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Where are you going in the RV for Thanksgiving?
Leaving for Phoenix on Thursday. Finally! ... Whoo! Hoo!
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Don in Niagara
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11/21/11 09:38am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Prepaid Cell Service in Casa Grande, AZ
We bought tracphone while in Az the last 3 winters and had service pretty well everywhere, including Casa grande. We will likely be buying another one in a few weeks.
Don
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Don in Niagara
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10/22/11 04:24am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Prepping for 6 mo. on the road - seeking advice on it all!
Yup! That about covers it for us too. As far as the bills go, everything including house taxes is on equalized billing or auto withdrawl and the credit cards are handled with internet banking.
You probably will take too much stuff with you the first time. Think about your needs and cut back on the packing, when you find you need something you didn't bring, buy it on the road.
We will head out for 5 months in AZ in Nov. Can't wait!
Don
We have all our bills paid thru auto debit from checking or visa. I call all the credit card companies and let them know where we wil possibly be, how to get in touch with us, and our address and the dates for the winter.
I have the house phone shut off by the phone company.
The oil company knows we are away, but delivers oil thru the winter and its paid by visa. They do not leave the fill sip in the door, but mail it to us.
Our neighbor gets our mail and sends us what I need(gave her a list).I bought the pre=paid express envelopes, so she just stuffs them full and mails one per month.
We have another neighbor check the house. If anything goes wrong, we have a friend who is a handyman to fix small problems, if they arise.
We buy our truck plates stickers ahead of time, and make sure we have all our insurances up to date.
As Canadians, we buy our travel health to cover us for the time away.
We also have a home based business. A friend can send out pkgs for us, or we ship direct thru our distributor.
Hope this helps you. There is lots to arrange before going away, and we leave for Quartzsite on Oct 22nd. I keep a spiral tablet with a page for each company, with phone numbers and pertinent info needed. Dona
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Don in Niagara
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10/16/11 06:06am |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Weather in south west
I guess it depends on where you spend the winter.
We will be in the very far north end of Phoenix for our 4th winter in another month. (Pioneer RV near Anthem.) Again this year we have booked a site that backs onto the desert and the whole campground is "outta town" with hills and desert on all sides. We have never experienced any noticable dust problem even when it gets windy. The desert around us is rocky with lots of mesquite, palo verde and seguaro.
The I10/I8 corridor to the south has a different topography; flatter, a lot of bare areas with soft surface and little vegetative ground cover. More of a dust problem I think.
Trust me. If we had a real winter dust problem my wife wouldda told we about it!
Don
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Don in Niagara
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10/12/11 04:45am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Finding a nice permanant place to spend the winter months?
If I did not expect highs more than the 70`s,
I would stay home!
And you would stay home?? ... and expect the typical snowy, cold and wet Ontario winter with the odd day when it might reach 40??
... You gotta be kidding!!
The 70s and sunny low humidity days are perfect. On the golf course, hiking the trails, or loafing around the campground talkin to the neighbours. whatta way to spend Nov. to April!
Like the other guy said. To each his own, right?
Don
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Don in Niagara
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09/01/11 07:17am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Returning to remote camp at night? GPS waypoint can help
Eggzackly! On our very first visit. Got onto our Plamosa Road spot on a Thursday nite the 3rd week of Jan a few years ago and then headed to town. Had dinner, did some shopping, headed back to the motorhome a bit after dark.
Lets just say we took a while to find it!
Quite a few more boondockers had arrived by the time we returned to our home on wheels!
Have you ever tried to return to your site on the desert in Quartzsite? Thousands of campers, NO designated roads or trails and can be very dark. We ALWAYS set a way point and use the tracks out to back track.
John
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Don in Niagara
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08/16/11 01:12pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Help choosing a location...
I'm an Ontario rider too and can tell you for sure that you will love Arizona. The low desert in winter is like the best spring and summer riding in Ont. If you want off of the mountain black top an enduro is perfect, thousands of miles of dirt trails and roads criss-cross the desert wilderness. Wide open spaces and public land you can camp on for free if you'd like to do an overnite.
We have done Florida about a dozen times and have spent the last 5 winters on the desert just north of Phoenix. There is even Arizona Bike Week here in April for the Hardly Dorkison crowd.
It is worth the extra miles to get there compared to crowded and flat Florida.
Don
I'm in Central Ontario...just North East of Barrie. The Biking I refer to is motorcycles, touring and enduro.
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Don in Niagara
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08/10/11 05:06am |
Snowbirds
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RE: Provincial Park survey - how they could improve
If southern Ontario parks are so busy during the high season; why doesn't the ministry re-open Carson Lake Provincial park in Barry's Bay?
Don
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Don in Niagara
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08/05/11 03:12pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Good place to stay.
Stayed there on the way home from Az last spring. Good overnight spot.
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Don in Niagara
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07/29/11 08:24am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Driving thru arizona!
There are literally thousands of places to camp in Az. Resorts, state parks, boondocking on state or federal land, you name it price-wise, and they got it.
I used to hate winter, now I can't wait for it so we can head back to Arizona!!
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Don in Niagara
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07/29/11 08:20am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: don't come here if
You lucky son of a you know what!
Don
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Don in Niagara
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07/27/11 01:54pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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