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Steve, that's really helpful info. And, very precise, as we'd expect from you. What equipment is on your roof? AC, of course. King Dome? Antenna? Thanks. Sherry

I feel bad for those folks. What a way to start a vacation. I can't speak to the new Legacy II, but we measured our 17 with the high lift, a/c and King dome when we started plans for our new home. We set the height of the side garage door at 10 ft. to allow us to bring the trailer into the garage if we had to. I think we measured at 9'$" at the top of the King Dome, the highest point of our trailer. We've never had to turn around and detour because of a bridge or train trestle, but have to watch the garage eaves carefully at our current house (a 70s ranch style) when we park the Oliver beside the garage in the winter to avoid snagging the solar panels mounted on the side. The new Oliver has a few more inches interior height, so likely approaches 10 feet if it has a king dome. I'm not sure which a/c unit is used now, nor its height above the Oliver roof. Will you post measurements & top of roof equipment when you get your new one? Sherry

Love the photos, Steve. Thanks for sharing. I especially love the photo of the bridge supports. Sherry

Sorry, I missed this question earlier. I don't know of anything at the moment, but I haven't been looking. I could pm you the info on the realtor we used, who specializes in land, if you're interested. He's based in Asheville. Sherry

Really looking great! Thanks for sharing the photo series. Please keep sharing them. it's fascinating to watch your Olive as its built. Sherry

We have stayed at Davy Crockett SP, but it was years ago. We've stayed in a number of TN state parks, and have enjoyed all of them. If you're picking up in cold weather, it's probably a good idea to camp with electrical hookups. I remember the showerhouses seemed a little tired at Davy Crockett and Cedars parks, but I see from their website that Davy Crockett has recently been updated. If you don't care about hookups, Meriwether Lewis campground on the Natchez Trace is quite pretty, and really close to the factory--probably 5 miles. Can't beat the price. It's free. There is a public restroom,(no showers, no dumpstation, no electricity) but I don't know if they keep it open in the winter months. The latest we've stayed there was October, I think. Sherry

Glad you had an awesome harvest , and a good trip. I know a lot of the crew are now good friends. Best wishes for a great holiday season. Are you doing Amazon again, somewhere?

Looking good! I see you just have to click on photos in the blog to see the pictures of your new Ollie about to be hatched! Sherry

I'm sure you're getting excited about picking up the new camper. Have you checked Good Sams insurance? We found our best deal with them. They also discount the coverage during the winter storage period if we remember to call. A checklist would be a great idea! Sherry

The solar panels are pretty much self cleaning. They get a bath every time it rains. We added ours six months after getting our trailer, so had to come up with the sidemount panel to acheive enough space. We only adjust ours if we are camping for an extended period of time without hookups. We have to carry a small stepladder for that. I'm sure they add wind resistance, but didn't see that much difference in the mileage before and after the panels. We like making our own power, like the extended camping time without services. Sherry

Beautiful photos, and thanks for the restaurant trip. The trees around Canindagua Lake were beautiful yesterday. We're in Virginia this morning, and autumn is in its glory. Sherry

Steve, have you spoken to Robert about new cushions or new covers for you cushions? We bought our fabric and shipped it to him when we ordered our trailer back in 2008.We asked for a different foam, and he was accomodating on that, too. We had our boat cushions done last year by a shop in St. Pete. They made the patterns, and did a very nice job. They used a medium density foam, with an inch and a half of memory foam on top. (Actually, a foam mattress topper cut to size and glued on.) Most memory foam mattresses I've looked at are built up layers of different density foams, glued together, with memory foam on top. The memory foam alone is probably just too soft alone. I like the fabrics from the sites I posted, as they are rated for commercial seating manufacturers, but have some "style." The fabrics we chose help to repel liquids and dirt, and still look great after six years. I stayed with synthetic fabrics for better wear. Dave's idea of buying the mattress and carving it up for the bed cushions is great. Foam is really expensive these days. Sherry

We've camped a few times on the Natchez, at the little campground out by the monument. Very quiet, no services other than a restroom. We like it there, and t he park is beautiful, but close to town. We've also camped at the state parks close to Hohenwald (and around other parts of Tennessee, too.) We've found them to be very nice. Sherry

It is quiet here this week. Wow. Not sure why. I'll try to check into your blog. We'll be camping for a few weeks, though, with limited bandwidth. Love to see photos of your last camping trip in the Casita. Though we're in Florida, as well, we've never camped on the Suwanee. Have a wonderful time camping. Sherry

Also considering Forked Run SP. Looks like some great views of the Ohio River traffic from the campground from a youtube I found. Sherry

Hi, folks. Thinking about spending a night or two in Ohio on the way to western New York from North Carolina later this year. Have any of you camped in Geneva State Park (on Lake Erie?), or Pymatuning State Park, on the walley lake of the same name? Or, Wolf Run, right off I-77? If so, any comments to share? Thanks. Sherry

Congrats, routlaw! Are you the owners of that cute Packer Tab? I'm sure you'll love the Oliver. Welcome to the gang! Sherry

I like red, white, and blue. What is a "maritime" color scheme? If it's aqua, like the blog background, I'd probably say no. Reminds me too much of the 80s, not my favorite decade. Just my two cents. If you're only talking the vinyl graphics, they can be changed any time for a pretty reasonable cost. Sherry

I did post something: back from the summer of 2008. Sherry

Fall Creek Falls is beautiful. One of the first Tennessee State Parks that we camped in. It's one of their "resort" parks, complete with hotel, ampitheater, golf course, etc., as I recall. Even so, everything was really spread out, and we didn't feel pushed to go anywhere but the falls. Did enjoy a bluegrass concert at the ampitheater. It was either free, or inexpensive. Nice folks and nice park. We showed up on a busy summer weekend with no reservations, and were lucky to get a spot. And spots were kind of tight in our loop, and not a ton of privacy or greenery between camp sites. There were four or five loops. We drove through, and they all looked about the same to us, as I remember. I do remember a wonderful breakfast at the resort. And the falls were very pretty. All this is six years plus ago, so hope my memories are correct. I'll look and see if I ever made a post on the cg. Sherry

I got a message from one of the members asking me about the Mt. Pisgah Campground, so I brought this old post back up to the top. Though the pictures are old, and small, the view is still magnificent. We haven't camped there lately, but have been up with visitors several times for breakfast. The views are best at the Inn in the morning (breakfast) hours. Later on that year (or was it the following year?), we drove the entirety of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive through the Shenendoah National Park. That's a trip I'll never forget. Simply beautiful. Sherry

I know that Pete's phone ( on a service which does not work for anyone else), works at our NC campsite with his booster. I wonder what changes and advances have been made recently? We had to get a Verizon service to avoid driving 2 miles down the road to get a signal. Our tmobile did not work, and we don't have a booster. The upside for us was that Verizon worked a lot of other places. Paul has Verizon, I have tmobile, one of us usually gets at least a week signal, in most spots. It would be nice to be able to boost my tmobile signal. I'll follow this thread. Sherry

Yup. It's amazing how many times people just "want a peek" at a grocery store parking lot, gas station, campsite... You'll get used to it. The good news is, no one wants your autograph. Or is that the bad news? It's fun sharing, most of the time. Sherry

And, the first real camping trip:

If you don't have the time to pull the offending window and use the butyl rubber tape, I wouldn't use 3m 5200. You'll have a dickens of a time pulling the window when you want to do it all in the right time frame. 3m does make a solvent for the 5200, but 5200 is a heavy duty adhesive, as well as a sealant. It doesn't have a ton of "movement." Camping World sells a caulk especially for RVs, which would be easier to remove later. Ask your rep there what they have. I think it's called ProFlex. It's not silcone (which will pull off easily, but leave a lot of unseen residue), not very expensive, very flexible. I"d give that a try before I got into even 3m 4000, which is also an adhesive. 3m 5200 is used extensively on boats, and was used extensively on our sailboat. We have personal experience in the removal difficulty. Try the EZE RV gutters, with the ProFlex first, would be my suggestion, if you don't have time to do the butyl tape. That's our first line of defense. Stays flexible and useful for a long, long time, but it is a lot of work for two people to pull a window and replace the butyl tape. Sherry