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Wishing everyone and their families Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Bill and Debbie LE2 #75 North Carolina

Merry Christmas to all !! Wishing everyone the best 2025!!

Merry Christmas 🌲 to all and may 2025 be a great year of adventure for each of us.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

I sent you a PM if you want to discuss. Coming from Tyler you could start by going up to Lake Thunderbird State Park just before OK City, then head on the highway west. One stop in Oklahoma that's a nice museum is the Stafford Air & Space Museum. (Also a harnest host site). If you like horses, Amarillo has the American Quarter Horse Museum along side I40. They have parking outside large enough for trailers and many folks have horse trailers in tow. The midway point for the route is here - 301 I-40, Adrian, TX 79001 You can pull off the highway before and then rejoin I40 to continue onward. Just before the town of Holbrook on I40 is the Petrified National Park. Location: 35.06768055675693, -109.77800719186772 Worth a 1/2 or Full day visit and perfectly doable with the Trailer in Tow. We've stayed at Holbrook KOA which is just after the NP and found them very friendly and a good stopping point for an evening. Next up is Winslow , and very near to Winslow is Homolovi State Park. Depending on how far you want to drive you can go as short as 150 miles...and see a lot...or 300 and see major sites. Contact me on PM if you want to talk through. Merry Christmas. Craig

Merry Christmas and Happy Camping in 2025!

Route 66 between Kingman and Oatman is not for the faint of heart!

Quartzsite -> Parker -> Lake Havasu -> Needles CA -> Kingman -> Peach Springs -> Colorado River, bottom of the Grand Canyon! Heading to Needles is a bit out of the way but you can pickup Route 66 there and take a truly scenic trip through Oatman AZ on the way to Kingman! If you’ve been to Lake Havasu and don’t care to visit again, you can take US 95 from Blythe to Needles CA or jog over from Parker AZ for a quicker route. If you don’t want to tow your Oliver down, there is Grand Canyon Caverns RV Park on Route 66 just 12 miles east of Peach Springs. I’m thinking of a New Year’s Day trip, also weather permitting. I’ll report back if we do it.

That’s one of out “On the list” We have done the southwest sections on our trip with our Happier Camper to California. Looking at doing the section from Oklahoma to Chicago next.

We love that park. Camped there with our Happier Camper but want to go back.

John, I still have my old Pickett 1010 Power Trig, that I could loan you. I keep it behind glass with a sign that says “Break glass in case of emergency.” for those times my computer is down

Merry CHRISTmas and wishing All a Happy and Blessed New Year!! Soooooo looking forward to the New Year! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

We are also planning a 3-4 week trip to drive part of Route 66 heading from Tyler TX to Florence AZ around early to mid February. This will be our first trip outside of Texas and learning anything that we can use in our trip would be great. wishing you Happy Holidays.

Geromino John, thanks for the kind words. Sure I can elaborate why I haven’t installed a Master battery switch, and I’ll also provide a better solution if the objective is to switch off all the stand-by loads when the trailer is in storage. The battery switch will add resistance to the circuit from the additional cable length needed to reach the switch, and through cable lugs and switch contact resistance. Granted it’s not much, but anyone who has ever dabbled with cable resistance knows that it doesn’t take much to create a voltage drop, particularly in high amperage battery systems like the Oliver. Voltage drop impacts the systems efficiency and it means your creating heat and burning watts. I don’t think there’s an optimum place to install a switch given the stiffness and limited bending radius of the size cable that you would need. It's best to keep the cable as short as possible and that really limits the mounting options. I haven’t see a compelling reason to install a huge battery switch. I’m in and out of the trailer enough where it would be an unnecessary burden to turn the battery off. The only reason I can think of for installing a switch, is to shut off the stand-by loads while in storage. I personally think stand by loads are not a significant concern. There are not many scenarios where solar or shore power is unavailable and, if so, there are other solutions. If there is a desire to shut off the stand by loads while the trailer is in storage, then simply shut off the DC breaker that supplies the DC fuse panel. It’s located next to the inverter. You can see from my previous post that all the primary loads are fed by the DC fuse box. However, I’d recommend re-powering the CO2 detector so that it always stays energized. Hope you find this useful! Cheers, Geoff

Have you tried placing a folded blanket or pillow under the table, then lowering it onto the bed or seat cushion when in transit? I use pillows with our Lagun tables and they stay put; I find it too cumbersome to remove and stow whether underway or not in use.

I’ve attached photos showing how I mounted the EZ Reach table system. To do this, I used a 12" x 16" aluminum sheet and aluminum L brackets. Additionally, I attached an angled brace from the top of one of the L brackets to the aluminum frame supporting the heater. The setup is very sturdy, and we’re pleased with how it turned out. For the EZ Reach system, we selected a 16" arm and a 12" arm to achieve the level of articulation we needed. The table top was purchased from Oliver. Note: We always remove the table top from the system while traveling. Hope this information is helpful!

I would, for sure. A slim piece of marine plywood, solid hardwood or starboard, epoxied behind the inner hull . The table will add stress, loaded Haven't done this mod, but I'm always about overkill

Alternatively, Oliver uses the Original Lagun table support, visit lagunusa.com for more information.

Mike, there is a cycling map put out by the Adventure Cycling Association that is called Route 66 cycling map. I cycled part of the old highway 66 when I cycled from Amarillo, Texas to New Brunswick, Canada in 2019. There aren't a lot of original segments of route 66. We were on some parts when they were the frontage roads along I-40. No shoulder, two lanes, a little shallow curb to direct rain water. It's amazing that it was the main highway from Chicago to Santa Monica. There are some great sights along the way. Shamrock, Texas stood out to me. John

Sounds like a rolling rally to me!

OK, I finally completed the modification with the lagun table and we are very happy with the results. We have ordered some backrest cushions from OTT to replace the split backrest cushions. We just returned from our first camping trip with Coddiwomple and really like this setup. My wife, Martha, sleeps on the back bed (28" wide) and I sleep on the side dinette bed (24" wide). David