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I would like to thank the Oliver service department for posting those maintenance videos on youtube. They will assist me and many others greatly. Job well done!!!

Pics of my bug screens that is made, I purchases a mesh screen from Amazon and cut it to fit where it was needed, then I took stainless steel wire and wired the screens in place on the refrigerator vents, the water heater vents screens were installed with stainless steel nuts and bolts. The furnace screen was purchased from Camco. Due note here that window screen material may work, but I found it to be too flexible and I used a stiffer wire mesh for a much better material to work with. It took me a day to do this and I had already done this before on our Casita, so I had some experience in doing this, cutting and fitting will take time to do the job correctly and with a professional look. trainman

I kind of like the roll ups, personally. Here's a photo of the old sliding doors, as well as a shot from behind so you can see how they were done. It looks to me like Oliver just used a standard 2-channel sliding door track fastened to the back, and so the 'frame' was just to cover the edges. Airstream do a sliding door with an aluminum extrusion frame. If you can find the right extrusion, then I think it would be a really good look in an Ollie. Eagle Aluminum is a good source for that sort of trim - Another style for the older Ollies was just a simple cabinet door, similar to a Casita. That might be the easiest thing to retrofit, since you could size the door to cover any holes that are leftover from the roll ups - Here are some Casita shots to see what they do. The painted version looks best, imo - Earthcruiser has done the same, but with a more modern look and sturdier hardware, and since their interiors are so similar, I don't think it would look bad at all an Ollie - They also do what looks to me like a routed sheet of HDPE or maybe PVC, with a frame that looks like it might be the same. I really like the hardware in this video. You can also go back in the video and it looks like on one door, they've cut a sheet or assembled some aluminum extrusion for the frame -

I haven't watched them all, but the one on cleaning the window tracks is well done. I hope they continue with more of these. Great job Jason, and of course everyone else involved. Here's a link for anyone who hasn't seen them - Oliver YouTube Channel

Actually, millenials now make up the largest segment of campers, at least according to this article. They don't have the same amount of free time that we do, but it doesn't mean they don't enjoy getting out into the wild. https://www.curbed.com/2019/4/24/18514077/campers-millennials-camping-van-life-glamping Our daughter and her friends typically tent camp. It's affordable. And they have fun. Sherry

Governor Abbott just announced that Texas State Parks will open Monday. Social distance in effect except for family members. Masks must be worn (assuming when away from site). We might have to go visit a local park next week. 😁