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This morning as the sunrise lit up the Bear Creek inlet on Lake Greeson, we rounded the end of Cigar Island. There were two jugs that we had cast the evening before, that were standing up, waving and moving on out, down the inlet. Here is the first video in the series. I am kind of anxious because my buddy is asking me to put down the camera and help with the fish. But I tell him that I am going to video and his daughter and he will be just fine. The daughter dips up the jug, and the rest is history.

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The Continental Divide, It wanders along the spine of our Nation. A drop of rain that falls there has no choice but to make its way towards either the Atlantic, or the Pacific seaboards. I don't know just what it is, but I see others, like myself, stopping to take a photo at the Continental Divide. Maybe there are others on these forums that may have also taken a photo somewhere along the divide that they could share with us. This photo was taken in Northern New Mexico on US Hwy. 550: We got a early start after overnighting in the National Forest and as you can see the sunlight is still at a very low angle. The cell service was fantastic there and it was a good opportunity to call home and check voice mail, ect..

DougI, I think your assesment of our useage is pretty accurarte. I printed off the following and put it beside the charge wizard so I could remember what the various blinks meant: > Charge Wizard Indicator... The Charge Wizard has a light that indicates the Mode it is operating in as follows. LIGHT “ON” AT ALL TIMES – Indicates the Charge Wizard is in the Boost Mode (Converter output voltage set to 14.4-volts) LIGHT “BLINKS” ON AND OFF APPROX. EVERY SECOND. – The Charge Wizard is in the Normal Mode (Converter output voltage set to 13.6-volts). LIGHT “BLINKS” ON AND OFF APPROX. EVERY 5 SECONDS. – The Charge Wizard is in the Storage Mode (Converter output voltage set to 13.2-volts).

Hey guys ! I just went to the manufacturer's web site to read about the smart charger that is currently being installed in our Ollies, here is the link: http://www.progressivedyn.com/prod_details/rv_conv/rv_converter_pd9245c_2.html Click on the "converter status pendant" link to see how the charger tells you what it is doing at any given time. Though our Ollie is an older one, an early 08', it has a 30 amp smart charger with the charge wizzard module and we have boondocked for days and days using a 100 watt inverter to run the satellite reciever, it draws only .27 amp. We were out on the road for nine days, on our last trip, we stayed in a campground only one day where electricity was available. We did however run the generator on hot days at lower elevations where we needed the airconditioning to be able to get a better nights sleep. No battery problems, and never saw the voltage on the panel below 12.2 volts

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Tigrrr, Robert is back off of vacation and just out of the hospital. He came down with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I would expect that he is hundreds of emails behind and hundreds of phone calls to return, when he gets back behind his desk ! Not to mention trying to pick up all of his admin tasks that he got behind on while away. He is pretty good to answer any questions and I expect that he will locate this and respond. Was it your question about the "total R value that could be stuffed" into an Oliver ? I pulled up all six of your posts and I am guessing that may be it.

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Chris, we chose the Tekonsha Prodigy. Though not their newest or most expensive, we felt that it was "tried and true" technology. It's digital readout does a system check and gives a code that all is ok. Should something go bad on a trip, like a brake solenoid shorting out, which would result in uneven braking, it will give that failure code. The prodigy mounts in most places that are convenient and electronicly "self levels" for it's center of adjustment point. For night driving the led display is large enough to see easily, yet not too bright. Locating it anywhere within arms reach seems to put the various controls and adjustments at the fingertips.

This one is still in business, but not as a Whiting Brothers.

We overnighted at Monahans Texas, in the Sand Hills State Park, down on I-20, just East of the I-20 / I-10 split. Breakfast was behind us and as I walked outside with a cup of Coffee, to start the pre travel chores, the sun was just beginning to peek over the horizon. > >

Some cheeky rascal sent me a PM, wanting know just what it was that I did to help in this dumping operation ! Well ! Of all the gall ! I'll have you to know I handled all of the technical aspects of this. For example I pulled the valves in the proper sequence, shut them off at the exactly correct time, brought out the shower hose, squirted the hand sanitizer and rinsed down ! And all the while I had the hand drying towell over my shoulder at the ready !

MUSEUM WALL MURAL: ( Note that I changed history a bit, I re routed Route 66 through Arkansas ! ) He,he, you know it had to be that way, Arkansas is the absolute center of the universe, all things radiate outward from here !

The ROUTE 66 MUSEUM just kind of captured us. We spent considerable time there, looking, and remembering. Here is butcherknife waiting for me to put the camera down and hold hands while watching the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON from the back seat of the convertible.

We tend to travel early and late, during hours of darkness, and thought that a small led light to read maps, ect., with might be in order. That way the main interior lights would not be on, reducing the drivers night vision. We found and purchased a USB light that "spot" illuminates the laptop keyboard and can used as a desktop to check written material. Found one on EbAY, $4. shipping and all ! Another thing to put in the ever bulging laptop bag !! Here is a video clip of a pre dawn boot up and getting ready to hit the road:

Have you found one of those great places that understands the needs of RV'ers, and strives to meet those needs ? Post it here please, so we can all know about it ! CHAMA, NEW MEXICO, Visitors information station. We just happened across it. This one really gets it. Information, restrooms, free wifi, congenial staff, and dump station all in an easy to get to, pull through setting, at the main highway intersection ! Located on Main Street at the south end of town. In this photo, it is Butcherknife's turn to dump and she stands ready with latex gloves on and the hand sanitizer ready at the hand washing station:

After a long climb from Antonio Colorado, the Steam Engine takes on water at the Cumbres Pass station elevation 10,022 feet.