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Back in the day, several couples, with pets, full timed in the original Elite I. Is it possible? Sure. They all upscale at one point, years in. For us, the Elite I has been our summer home, sometimes 6 months, for 16 years. But, we have a nice sticks and bricks to come home to. I don't think I could full time, without a home base. Now, with grandchildren, I'm sure I want to be home, more than away, and not moochdocking in pur daughters driveway. Our cousins have had at least a dozen different rvs, from big buses (prevost) to bumper pulls and class cs. It's all an adventure. Some people figure out their camping style quickly. (At least, less than a dozen.) We're still good with the little Ollie. Part time, full time. I've figured out, over the years, that I don't want to full time, 24/7/365. Neither boat, nor trailer. But, that's me. Not you. Follow your heart, with reason.

@sarah1971 bought the trailer, sans the rig, and did a beautiful restoration job on her hull #25. She posted the hull number in her restoration result thread . An amazing amount of work went into bringing it back from "frankentrailer" status. Kudos to her!

Several people have done that. A link to a search for "multiplus." https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/search/?&q=Multiplus&search_and_or=or

If your fridge is working on gas, and your fans work, you don't have a total 12v problem. The touch lights are notorious for issues, but not the others. If you have 12v to other circuits, you most likely have loose connections, somewhere in the lighting circuits, as Mossemi suggested. Good luck, and keep us posted.

Nan, we have an old school separate thermostat for the furnace. The Houghton runs off the remote supplied with it.

Great price.

We have the same vents in our 2008. Probably could find them in good stainless at Seadog. If I carried an air fryer, I'd take it out of the cupboard for use. Actually, I'd probably store it in a bin under the bed, or on the floor of the closet. That microwave cavity made a super pantry space for us, when we removed the never used microwave.

My neighbor is having the mini installed on a few months. We'll see what he says. I agree with Mike, it's all Magic.

In my native "Minnesota nice" tongue, we'd say "that's interesting." Would never make it to a short list, for me.

Older thread, but relevant, I think.

The latest story

Most of us know by now, nothing Claudia won't tackle, and certainly not afraid of getting her hands dirty. Great job, @csevel

That's nice! Is this what you used?

@GlacierGirl, looks like you are "bolded" now. Requires a certain number of posts. Guess you've made it. If you mean, @then a name, just type the @symbol, then start typing the name of the person you want to notify. Click on it. It will fill in the rest.

The bigger question is: how well will one new lead acid battery play with three older batteries? Usually, the battery bank will only charge to the level of oldest/weakest battery. What happened to the 4th that you had to replace it?. How old are the other three?

Split Rock Lighthouse (two harbors, near duluth) haven't stayed there yet, but the new Shipwreck campground gets rave reviews. Great trails and lots to do, see, and eat around Split Rock, Two Harbors, and of course, Duluth. Grand Marais is about as close to Canada as you'll get on the shore. Great community. My brother's in-laws live there in summers. Campground is big, right on the lake. Artsy little community, great folk school. Don't miss the big Ben Franklin. It's way more than the old dime stores of yore. Even and Oles pizza. Good walleye fish fry in any number of spots. Come back a different route. Visit Leech Lake, Bemidji, maybe gooseberry falls, Brainerd. Little Brainerd booms in summer and also winter ice fishing season. They even have a nice (smaller) Costco. Nearby Crosby is a biicyclists paradise, and a busy little town. I enjoy poking around Nisswa too. No shortage of good food in the Brainerd area. Avoid, if you can, going through the twin cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul.) I35 is old, and congested. I often go up through Wisconsin, but then, I have family there, too. Have a great time. Take lots of long sleeves and long pants lightweight. Minnesota mosquitos are the unofficial state bird.

Fabio Holstein

Pisgah inn restaurant has amazingly beautiful layered mountain views before noon. Go for breakfast. Lunch/dinner views are limited by the sun. Reservations required the past few years. If you can't get a res, the views are great from the deck. Pisgah campground is nice, some privacy with rododenrons in between sites, but nothing special. Pretty much any campground on the parkway is nice, but limited services. Driving the Blue Ridege, and skyline drive, is really very, very special. Plan time to stop at many overlooks and enjoy it. Winding and narrowing, but so very beautiful. Slow speed limits. Camp several times to appreciate it all, and stop often. Skyland Cafe on the skyline drive has its ups and downs, but we've always enjoyed our stops there. Short hop off to Luray, Natural Bridge, Lexington, etc. Get your national park pass before you go. Asheville is fun, but we rarely go into downtown anymore. The historic charm (read narrow streets) isn't a lot of fun in a full size truck. Parking can be an issue. Grove arcade (America's first mall) is beautiful, as is historic Grove park inn. Roycroft furniture, huge fireplaces, in the old part. Great brunch onvweekend. East parking. Biltmore is lovely, but expensive. The grounds are amazing. Plenty of great farm to table foods, and inventive food in Asheville, and surrounding communities. Off the parkway, linville falls is a lively area. Get off a bit further in the TV, and newland// crossnore/ old fort give you a bit more of old north carolina. Banner elk is nice, but very touristy now. We had lunch in newland today with friends. Kayes on the river. Head down ash to the old lowes grocery to patlrk, and walk a block back, if you go. Next time, we'll go to tin trout in crossnore . @Steph and Dud B recommendations on i81 to go north is excellent. So much less stressful than 95. Driven it many times, going to erstern new york or canada. . You have a month. Take your time, and enjoy it. Ps. Deer island point campground in new Brunswick is rough, but beautiful. You can see the maelstrom from the point. Ferry to and from. Ferry to Campobello, then in to Lubec. We really loved camping in New Brunswick. Enjoy your journey.

I've had three vacuums for the 2008 so far. The first black and decker was too puny, so got relegated to the upstairs in our home for tiny pickups. 2nd was a Dyson, I think v6, which I loved, and I bought an extension and attachments from Amazon or ebay. It lasted 3 or 4 years. (I got a Shark for home use, but it was too heavy to tote around, but actually works better than the dyson. ) Our vacuums get daily use. Japanese Chins shed like crazy. This time I bought an inexpensive Bissell pet cordless model at Walmart. It's no Dyson, but it does the job, and since not as powerful, works great on throw rugs . Has a roller brush (2 speeds) and a revised tool. At under $100, I'm ok with it. The part I don't like is that the charger doesn't connect to the removeable head unit, so I have to carry the whole thing. All the others the charger connected to the handheld section. Oh well. It's cheap, super light, not very big, and the super light part is great with my body right now. Weight restrictions from hand surgery and a few fractured ribs.

@Nan, your grandson is a peach.

Houghton keeps adding options. I see that a pre-installed soft start is now available for bigger models, and a Heat pump for the little houghton that we have. Sadly, the heat pump is not available for retrofit to our older unit. I checked.

@Boudicca908, calendar quality photos (and memories). Thanks for sharing.

https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/4156-how-hard-to-find-used-oliver-trailers-with-king-bed/#comment-41087

I bought a new door. If your fridge is a cf130, same door as my truckrfridge tf 130. Same puny pins. I broke mine a few years ago because I tried tp close it with too much frost buildup. Part is readily available, and install is about 1 minute.