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Ah ain't real sure my ma' would like fer' me to be a' elucidatin' in public, but here's the story. mountainborn I was already in the Navy when the US became involved increasingly more and more in VietNam. I wasn't writing home and my grand ma was worried about me. She wrote a poem about me. It was called Mountain Born. Here it is:

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Overnight stay, Deming New Mexico, A good stay. Here is a clickable link to a video of what it looks like, including a look at a brand new Scamp on it's first trip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaPZ93bjn0E One last look on the way out as we leave out Southward to Pancho Villa State Park. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxk0k6zxuUY

Many RVer's chose to overnight on a parking lot or other site , when enroute from home to a vacation location. Or, even when moving from one camping site to a more distant one. Butcherknife and I seldom schedule overnight stops at RV parks, while in transit. We do however, often spend a night at an RV park just before moving into a longer term boondocking site. Example: Leave Arkansas for South Padre Island for on the beach camping. One night on the road, usualy a overnight at Wal Mart, Sams Club or other site. Then the last night before going out on the beach, we will stay at a RV park, top off fresh water, dump tanks, pick up small supplies, ect., before moving out on the the beach. When we come back off of the beach, we go straight to a Rv Park, dump tanks, fill fresh water, do laundry and restock the pantry. Leaving the Rv Park the next morning. With this in mind, we can remember a few places we won't overnight again, and some that we definitely will. Tell us please, about your overnighting experiences. Noisy Truck stop, Rail Road yard nearby, long downgrade where jake brakes were applied at odd times ? Or maybe an away from the interstate Wal Mart that had a nice quiet out of the way place to park ? Was it a good stop, or would you drive right on by the next time ?

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Good Sam Club has a deal now on their three year membership. They also offer one night's free stay at a RV park, mail in the receipt, That way you could recover most of the cost, making the three year membership $10., or there abouts. That would let you enjoy and try out all of their membership benefits for three years at nearly no cost. http://WWW.goodsamclub.com

PANCHO VILLA STATE PARK Located three miles North of the Mexico/US border crossing on New Mexico Highway 11. Turn South off of Interstate Highway 10 at exit 82A in Deming New Mexico, travel nearly forty miles to Columbus and the State Park is located right on main Street. The park is on the actual site of a calvary battle. The onsite Museum is filled with so many artifacts that one visit isn't enough to begin to grasp it all. Here is a video from the drivers seat, over the dashboard and across the hood to give a general overview of the Campground portion of the State Park. Fourteen dollars a day, no sewer hookup, dump station on the grounds. Clean, well maintained restrooms and showers at a couple of locations. Border atmosphere, historical campsite, economical, yes, we will be back ! Here is a link to the drive through video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihJl3i7aRU > Mariachi Band playing at the Pink Store,Palomas Mexico, three short miles to the South. > > Metal Art Statue in front of the Pink Store. > > Statue of Pancho Villa across from the Pink Store. >

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No agenda ! Tom, that's a true vacation ! I don't know how many folks I have talked to, that tried to anticipate all of the things that they could take from home, that they just knew they would need in their new trailer. In most cases they brought some stuff that they had to haul around until they got back home again. He, he, yeh we is guilty ! I have heard it suggested on other forums that you bring a couple of changes of clothes and pick up what you learn that you need as you go. No time frame to contend with, no schedule, just the freedom of the open road and new experiences. Wooo Hooo ! Sweet ! Starting off a trip with a new Oliver, and early Spring on the Natchez Trace, very cool.

APACHE GOLD CASINO RV PARK Located nine miles East of Globe Arizona on US Highway 70 on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. This is a short three minute series of videos shot from behind the wheel, across the dashboard and over the hood, to give the viewer a general overview of grounds. At twelve dollars a night for full hookups, the RV park may be where the real GOLD is hidden ! In the photo below you may note that the window card for your RV says Guest Security Pass. There is, as at most Casinos, a Security Department. The Apache Gold RV Park is patroled regularly by marked patrol units. Here is what you recieve upon checking in at the RV park: Top: Casino freebies chit. Bottom Left: Window card for the RV. Bottom Right: Card Key to access showers and Restrooms Clickable link to the videos : #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXOHFkc_g4 #2: #3: Overall impression of our three day stay, Exelent ! There was a bit of vandalism in the restrooms, but no grafiti, and they were reasonably clean. We will definitely stay there again.

Let's post them here in this thread. The GOOD , the BAD , The UGLY , tell us about your campground experience ! Ever want a peek at, or an opinion about, a place you are intrested in camping at ? One of our members may be able to help in this thread.

Thanks you guys. It sure was a changing weather trip for us alright. Snow storm one day, then we ran from it, dropped five thousand feet of elevation and wore tee shirts for some time. Later in the week we were in the snow again, went further South to the border and wore tee shirts as we walked across the border for lunch. Later that day we caught up with the storm again and were back in heavy coats, again.

Bugz, no mirror over the sink, but the factory installed mirror is to the right of the door as you enter the bathroom. We have a suction cup mirror that's stuck to the wall, that we can move about as needed.

Chuck, sadly I do not have it mounted on the tongue yet. My fabricator has drug his feet until I have called Robert at the factory looking for assistance. My fabricator is a local guy and has been dependable in the past, but this time . . . . . Robert being the nice guy that he is, said sure, we can help. I will give my local guy a bit longer then I'll go to the professionals to get it done right. We have been towing with the tongue extended two extra feet out, in anticipation of mounting the generator on it. It towed just fine out to Arizona and back earlier this week. The two extra feet really shows in this photo. This photo was taken near dripping springs, not far from the Christmas mines, South of Globe, Az. Those are the Pinal Mountains in the background. It was pretty early in the morning as you can see by the angle of the sunlight. We had just broke camp at the Apache gold Casino campground and climbed up over the backbone of the Pinals. The town of Christmas is gone now, the mine swallowed it up. This is the second town that I have lived in that has disappeared into a open pit copper mine. No hard feelings over that. It is just that it is not possible to re trace old childhood footsteps and friends when there is nothing left but a hole in the ground. Our Ollie sure needs a bath after driving through a blizzard above the Mogollon Rim, then two days in the dust of the high Sonoran Dessert. None the less, ain't that a purty' sight !!

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After our last post we brought up the National Radar summary and the current National Radar loop, talked it over and made the decision to fall in behind the storm and kind of follow it back to Arkansas. That would give road crews time to do their thing. We drove late that night, overnighted in a WM, then closed on the storm again, untill we needed to stage for a bit at a Cracker Barrel and again at a Bass Pro Shop. When we would get close enough to the storm that the wrecker truck crews were still cleaning up bent cars, we would look for a place to stage for a bit. The day we arrived back in Arkansas we got home before the snow melt that was running across the highway froze over again, leaving black ice patches. All in all a good seven day adventure. If we had been able to use up all of our nine days that we had planned, we could have visited a little more, shopped longer and spent another day at Mom's. The Dutchman's campsite at Columbus State Park would have been a good place to visit awhile. Though he was suffering the effects of a cold, we had a great chat about the local color and history.

Chuck, you've gotta' post photos when you get those handles mounted. We find ourselves a bit reluctant to put the step down for just every little stop, and a handle to assist quick entry would be great, for grabbing a fast cold drink. > Bugz, I do like that towel rack and will likely scrap my suction cup jury rig. I am also intrested in something to cover the back of the bathroom door. Maybe another mirror so that the bathroom light shines on my face to facilitate shaving.

SeaDawg, The yamaha 3000 watt inverter generator has eco mode and is very quiet as well as fuel efficient. You can do pretty well what you want in the way of running things, but the electric start is a after market accessory at the time we bought our 3000. Our Yamaha dealer instaled the start kit for us but it was a bit high in cost. The 3000 Yamaha fully fueled, start kit and all weighs in at nearly 200 pounds. With the tongue of the Oliver fully extended, there is room on it for the 3000.

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