Dennis and Melissa

How did you get the wax off??

Maybe so. But if my math is right, that means Iowa has about 4 times as many tornadoes per square mile. Yikes, Dorothy. Don't take Toto anywhere near Iowa.

On our first anniversary of ownership we did the "yearly maintenance" package. It wasn't cheap, and I think the overall quality of their work was "meh" at best. But I am still in learning mode, and we had some minor warranty work done at the same time. So, I think it was reasonable. But I don't intend to make it an annual event.

Stop Tilamook for some ice cream or cheese curds. Yummy

When I leave my house for a walk, I don't take any keys. I won't tell you how I get back into the house, but it doesn't involve a key 🤣 (If you were a dedicated burglar, I'm sure you could figure it out. But there are at least 3 easier "ways in" that any rock could use.) When I leave my house for a drive, I take only the key fob for what I'm driving. When I leave my house to tow the trailer, an additional ring with 3 keys for the trailer (door, garage/battery, hitch lock) get attached to the truck key fob. My wife has ALL of this in her purse at ALL times 🤪 P.S. I just checked my junk drawer. It has 20 keys in it. One of them is marked "safe". That should make things easier for the aforementioned burglar. P.P.S EVERY password I have requires multi-factor authorization. Virtual threats loom MUCH larger in my imagination than physical. I consider myself very lucky.

I live way too close to "The Villages" to mess with anything pineapple. But, if someone is going to do all that work, I will buy one for sure. Even though we won't be displaying the boondocking one till at least next year.....

Years ago, I had a friend with a class A. When I asked him what his ownership experience was like, he said: "Imagine picking up your entire house and shaking it for hours. That's what happens every time you drive down the highway. Eventually everything breaks." I kept that warning very much in mind when we were purchasing our trailer. But I guess even Ollie's wires aren't immune to road vibration.

Thanks for the feedback. Took me a while to get around to this, but I think it was just loose wiring. Fingers crossed. 🤞

On our recent trek from FL to the UT parks, we stayed in some places for one night, others for 10 (most for 5 or more). Sometimes the next campsite was only 50 miles down the road. One day it was 1,600. (OK, that was 36 hours over 2 days with sleep at a truck stop.) But, for me, the freedom is the point. I can adventure till exhausted and chill till bored. Perfect. 🙂

MDIV is in storage now, but I will definitely give this a try. There is very little downside for me since I never use it as is. THANK YOU P.S. This forum continues to be one of the highlights of Ollie ownership.

If I had been able to buy the Oliver without any awnings (or, more properly, "sun shades"), I would have. ☹️

Well, I sort of agree. We've already gotten caught in several snow storms while camping with Oliver. They were just very comfortable nights. No worries at all. But that snow melted in a day or so. Given the latitudes and elevations we will be visiting, and the time of year, I'll have my eye on the weather. I don't want to end up towing hundreds of miles in a Canadian blizzard. I don't even own chains for the truck. At least not yet. I'm probably going to buy some before we head north.

We already have most of our campground reservations (based on previous visits car camping). We also have a bunch of the now-required reservations for hiking and buses in CA (Lake Louise, etc.) Just wondering if anyone has recent info on conditions or suggestions for Badlands NP (dry site) 8/17-21 Bismark restock 8/22 Theodore Roosevelt NP (dry site) 8/23-27 Great Falls restock 8/28 Glacier NP Two Medicine (dry site) 8/29-9/1 East Glacier KOA (hookups) 9/2-9/15 Waterton (hookups) 9/16-22 Tunnel Mountain, Banff (hookups) 9/23-10/6 Whistler, Jasper (hookups) 10/7-13 All weather permitting, of course. If winter starts we plan to donate our reservations and head south. 🤪 We have a few family visits the set the course outbound, but no fixed return plans. Again, depending on weather, we may just make a bee line for FL or try our luck heading East on the trans canada highway. Both are VERY long, but we got nothing but time 😁

After a long trip, while hitching Ollie back up to the truck for the drive to the storage unit, the tongue jack stopped working! 🤪 After a bit of panic, I noticed that it would go down, but not up. Then I noticed that if I gave it a bit of help, it would, in fact, go up. Then it started working again (so long as I gently mashed the ENTIRE switch up). I am assuming this is the electronics IN THE SWITCH giving out. Anyone ever replace one of those things???