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Santa is on his way. Our old sleigh bells from my uncle are ready. Even though the "little " neighbor girl is now 17, she told us stories tonight about hearing our sleigh bells when she was little. It won't be the same, when we ring them tonight, but I know it will bring a smile. We've deployed them every year for thirty plus years.... sometimes on bike, sometimes on boats, sometimes just crescendo and decrescendo from the space between our homes. She reminded us tonight of her first Christmas next to us, when she heard our sleigh bells, and shouted "I love you Santa" from her window. A decade ago, but still brings smiles to all of us. Merry Christmas, and wishing all of you a very happy and healthy 2023!

I like fried and grilled spam. Maybe an acquired taste, as I'm from Spam country in Southern Minnesota. School lunch spam, with raisin sauce, was one of my favorites, as a kid. I know, weird. Lol. I liked fish sticks, too, back then. Probably because neither was often on the home menu.

In my family's backyard. I actually like Hormel spam. I haven't been to the new museum. I hear it's really a good stop.

I will offer my comments on our Westinghouse 2500 (2200 running watts) with the caveat that we have an Elite with a 9500 Houghhton ac. We have only used the Westinghouse with the Houghton once, just to test it. Won't help anyone with a bigger ac make a decision. We normally use a Honda 1000 to recharge our 2x 105 ah agm batteries. Obviously, that little gen won't run much of anything. We bought the Westinghouse because it was on sale, ridiculously cheap, and we were building a pole barn on our property in nc with no power. We used it for an entire summer to run saws, charge drill batteries, and charge the trailer batteries. We didn't charge the trailer batteries with anything else in use. It's pretty quiet. Not as quiet as our now 15 year old Honda, which has also become louder, but still pretty quiet. Meaning, you can have a conversation without shouting, without a long extension cord. It is a bit louder this year than last. Not a lot, but I want to be honest. We rarely camp in organized campgrounds. It's been fine, it's cheap, it has a number of nice features, and if someone stole it next year, it wouldn't break my heart. We got plenty of heavy use out of it, for two years. Yes, I'd be upset, but on sale, replacement would be around $400. I can lift it in and out of the truck, and carry it up a hill, as a smaller but fairly strong woman, for my size, and I can pull start it by myself. Those features, I really like. It can run most if the day on one tank of gas, even powering saws. And, it has a display to tell me low fuel, etc. Edit to add, right now my Westinghouse is around $600. Watch for sales. But, even at $600, its a bargain, imo, for our purposes.

Registration has been suspended temporarily while we address the issues. Whack a mole game over.

Hi, Buddhabelly, and congratulations! Your hull # should be on a little metal plaque (size of a business card) on the wall inside the front door. If not, call your sales rep. Nice to see another Elite in the group!

Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas and a happy New year to you and yours.

It would help if you would add details about your trailer and systems. From previous posts, I "think " you have lithionics lithuum batteries. Is your inverter turned on?

No surprise, as we'd brought other vehicles in, and looked ahead to the taxes and fees. It is what it is. As @Katjo said, what can you do... not much.

Rfd (rural) carrier?

The early original Elites had an awning exit window , not a slider. If it's a slider, like new trailers, window, there's a vertical divider in the middle. If it's an awning window, no divider, just a big single pane. I don't know the cutoff hull #. Either version is opening/operable whenever you wish. The red handles are for emergency use. They push the whole window out for emergency egress.

Gotta love the red calipers.bling, bling. Nice wheels, too, btw.

Please do keep us posted. This is something I've never heard of, in fifteen years.

Rough life, but someone has tp do it.... right? 😄

People don't get hurt (as badly) with fiberglass poles. We made sure every metal pile/rod had a plastic cap, every day, building our home. At our camping property, we use pvc poles, to line the driveway bad parts. The Japanese vehicle jet linked is actually pretty cool.

I saw this on Facebook this morning, and thought I'd share for any of you who plan to be in the Tampa area in January, 2023. Oliver won't be at the RV Supershow, but they will be in nearby Brandon that week, 17th through 22nd, showing the 2023 twin bed Legacy II, and the Elite. You can see details and make an appointment at this link. https://olivertraveltrailers.com/events/tampa-florida-rv-show/ 1832 Chapman Lake is about 8 miles from the show, and about 3 miles from the Tampa Bass Pro Shop. 😄

Welcome back, Dwain. It's been awhile. I see you built a new acvount. Hopefully, retirement plans are getting closer Topgun2 gave good advice. Check in with sales.

Probably, possibly, said she (I) who is the wife of an engineer. And was spitting liquids laughing, as she read your post. We spend much of our planning time sorting down from most complicated to simplest. I think it's part of the engineering and brilliance chromosome.... Years ago, I had a cartoon on my wall in my office. Tire swing requested by owner, then as designed by engineer, etc. Something like this, but not quite. When we sold my building, the cartoon disappeared. Wish I still had it. 40+ years as engineer assistant apprentice, still laughing and enjoying our life. Sorry for the thread drift. Not for nothing, but I've found that life works best when we can laugh at our own quirks and foibles. Happy camping.

Your Ollie has a beautiful winter home! You are fortunate to have both the skills and space. Congratulations!

And, that is an amazing restoration. Great job!!!

Indeed, I'm really glad the red one, jellybean, was adopted, and named,, by such great owners, @Bshafferalong the way. The very few of us who are still original owners (15 years later) have mostly kept up, and added mods. I'd say refreshed, as opposed to restored, as the frame and hull as are as good today, as they were on 2008/9. Brandi and her husband have had to catch up, but they've done such a beautiful job. Jellybean is not only adorable, but a great little piece of Ollie history . (And, so very cute.) (Ps A good number of the original owners of 2008/9 are still friends. It's an amazing kind of thing. Just got off the phone with Ollie friends in Minnesota. They are hull #30something. We sail and/or camp together, every year. The original lower 48, like me, Pete, Scubarx, are still hanging in there.) You never know what life brings, but it's often really great, if you are open to opportunities. I could write a much longer post on how my life has been enriched by camping, especially camping with our Ollie, and the friends we've made along the way, but I'll save it for another day, and another thread....

Brandi and her husband have done a lot of work with Jellybean. (Red trailer.) She's on Facebook more than here, but I am always interested in following her progress. She is very creative and artistic. Jellybean looks great!

I remember only seeing two colored trailers... the red I loved, The other, deep blue, maybe blackish, in 2008. One had a route 66 interior fabric, the other cards, gambling, etc. fabric, as I recall . Destined for a Vegas show. We only peeked inside, didn't really pay much attention. My memory could be wrong, and the lightingin the factoryin the early days wasn'tgreat, either. I'm thinking I saw them when we picked up, February 2008, but I could be wrong. Could have been January, 2008, when we ordered ours..It's a long time ago, and I was (likely) more interested in my own trailer. The red one I loved. My favorite color. I do remember telling my husband if I owned it, I'd put spot decals on it, and name it ladybug. He, of course, laughed. We still love our white/absence of color 2008. Steve/scubarx might remember better. He lives closer to the factory, and spends more time there. He was in the office, ordering, when we picked up in February, I think, that's when we met.

We saw the red and blue ones back in 2008, before they headed west. Very cool, very expensive to build. Jellybean's 2nd or 3rd owner (red trailer) is still on the forum once in awhile. Their trailer looks great!