Dennis and Melissa

To my surprise, our answer has become NO. We use it for cooking and washing dishes, but not for filling our water bottles. Water bottles always get filled from one of 2 places: 1) Buy bottled water from the store 2) Some places (like certain visitor centers in national parks) give away GREAT water. In the truck, we have about 20 gallons worth of collapsible water "bags" to take advantage of this when it happens. I would love to stop doing #1. But my adorable wife is very picky about the taste of her drinking water. 😃

Badlands Motel and Campground is basically a reasonably clean parking lot with a convenience store. But you get full hookups 2 min from the entrance to the NP with this view 😀

If I remember correctly from 40 years ago when I read it, the best thing you can do is start a list of names with short notes identifying who they are. 🤣

Today the lid for the ceiling fan stopped working. The manual crank works fine and the fan still OK. Any ideas?

Did you mount the camera on you Ollie? How? Where? 🙂

When I bought my Oliver they were just getting ready to launch the dealer partnerships. I live in Tampa. They suggested that I might be super happy because I could be supported by one of those closer dealerships. I wished them luck, but told them I doubted they would succeed. At least not for me. Of course driving to Hohenwald is a pita for me. But I chose them because I didn't like anything between here and there.

Meriwether's Retreat Bed & Breakfast Wonderful host, great breakfast, and she gives a discount if you tell her you are in town for Oliver. 🙂

As we leave, I must note that there were LOTS of open campsites here all week. Some of that is explained by the month of July. But many of those sites (especially on the water) had reservations and just weren’t used 😡

The view from one of the beaches with grandkids in tow….

Your wish is my command 😉 After this morning’s walk on the beach it’s a little hot. So, sitting inside with the Ac running…

How did you find a service like that?

Please post your experience! We are headed to Glacier, Waterton, Banff, Jasper in about a month 😀

Best “COUNTY” park ever??? 😀😀😀

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. ☹️