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All Oliver Travel Trailers invites all Fiberglass enthusiasts to attend the 2017 Oliver Travel Trailer Rally. I have listed the rally announcement on the Fiberglass Forum. If you have friends that would like to join our rally, please feel free to invite them. We are all a part of the Fiberglass RV community and all are welcome to attend. Coy

My husband and I are sailors. Prior to owning an Oliver, we rented RVs and cabins, in the US and Europe, and in our younger days, tent camped or van camped. Have rented a houseboat and apartments abroad , too, as well as basic cabins in campgrounds. Last year, we spent about 12 weeks in rentals, even though we own our own camper. We've already seen all fifty states. We've camped in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. When we travel outside the US, we look to camping as the best way to mingle with the locals. We've made friends from many countries in rental RVs. No, it's not our own beloved Oliver, but it's a great way to travel, and it seems that campers always have an abundance of good advice, here, and abroad. Sherry

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No where near as traveled or as experienced as most on here, but I sprang for the OTT based on my belief that it is highest quality and easily set up and moved on. I want to travel this next year or two through the United States and perhaps Canada. I wanted a rig that would let me stop, spend a night, then move on...covering ground. I wanted a low instance of repairs. I am a CPA, and not terribly mechanically inclined. Repairs on the road could become quite bothersome...I wanted something to bypass that.

Reed & Karen, Great Suggestion.... Hope you don't mind if I bypass running the vodka through the plumbing system and just consume it direct from the bottle. OK... maybe put it in a glass. :-) Scotty Flying Sea Turtle - Hull # 145

California has the agricultural inspection stations at all of the crossings coming in and they are mostly looking for Oranges and apples bought outside the state that seem to usually come from Mexico from what we have seen. So as long as there is no Mexican fruits or vegetables, your ok here. But every other state that we have been in including cities that cross into California, the Mexican Oranges are common and tasty :) You can either toss them before you get to the station or just hand them to the guard at the crossing is what we do if we have some in the trailer. This link has a list for other crossings as well - https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/exteriorexclusion/borders_faq.html

I just wanted to add that firearms laws are so darned different and confusing across the USA that you have to be extremely careful about transporting handguns. If you want to have protection while living in your Ollie, consider a conventional (non tactical) shotgun carried in a locking rack. Santa Cruz makes excellent ones that can be activated with the push of a hidden button. ... http://santacruzgunlocks.com/by-weapon/pump-shotguns/ If we get national reciprocity passed under the new administration, then you will be able to legally carry a concealed handgun anywhere in the USA if you have a carry license in your home state. Until then, I only plan to travel in gun friendly states. The restrictions are not worth the hassles for me. With my WA resident permit and my UT non-resident permit, I am legal to carry concealed in 33 states. If you plan to cross into Canada, a shotgun is your best choice since many handguns are verboten. Just keep in mind that you legally can't have a loaded gun in your camp unless you are hunting and have a Canadian guide and hunting permit. Certainly, you can't have a loaded one in any Provincial park. If you are roughing it in the woods and are rightly concerned about brown bears, load it up with bear ammo and just don't tell anybody ;) Importing any firearm into Canada absolutely REQUIRES a fee and the proper paperwork presented at the border crossing, and the gun(s) must not be on the lists of restricted or illegal models. Open carry is perfectly legal in a bunch of US states... just be aware that you might not be wise to do so in urban areas. Around a wooded campsite in the National Forest it is not a problem. In a city KOA, it might get some startled looks from visitors from a red state.... If you do want to open carry, a stainless revolver in a tooled leather holster looks completely unthreatening to most people. Avoid tactical guns and gear completely if you want to pass unnoticed. John Davies Spokane WA