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Many years ago when the kids (now grown-ups) were small, we found ourselves coming home early from a long weekend camping trip after waking up to surprise heavy snow conditions in the Rockies. We were about 30 minutes on the road after departing our campsite and turned into a country store for some road snacks for the kiddos. As I'm walking back from the store to our rig parked some distance away, I immediately notice - NO BIKES NO BIKE RACK! #@%* me, so I inform the family that we're headed back to collect our errant kit. 4 or 5 miles back up the hill climb on the snowy mountain road I drive up to the site in question where the bike rack contraption and bikes came to a stop. There's a dude with a couple others loading my kit into their truck bed. "Woah, guys! those are mine and I'm here to take them back!" After some rather heated negotiations we all agreed it would be best to let me have my stuff back. I loaded the mess into my TV and drove home. We now have a 1UP and are very pleased. Whew! The things you get away with in our younger years!

Could not agree more, Bill! We've got it on our radar screen. Love it up in Leadville. We've backcountry skied into several of the 10th MTN DIV. huts near Leadville over the years. Plus it's just down the road from our place, less than 6 hours time. Flew in and out of LXV several times back in the day! One of, if not the highest elevation airport in the CONUS. Can't confirm right now, but I believe there's a real good chance we'll make, brother... Cheers.

Wish we could've made it to the rally - Diane and I are both all "jelly!" Besides I'm on extended travel overseas and back next week. The logistics gods were frowning on us - but with luck, next year! Y'all have a blast, take gigabytes of snaps and post them, all of 'em. Cheers! Art and Diane (Magnus, too - WOOF!)

Congrats on logging your first night - cheers to your first breakfast beverage in Curiosity! Very cool looking rig all around. Now go make some memories! Ha!

Welcome, OC1! We're only a few nights away from TN in the Rockies of Northern NM. If y'all ever get out this way, let us know, we've got a level 30amp/water/dump site at our place that's vacant most of the time! Ha!

A bit late to this thread of posts, but felt the need to jump in. Smacking a deer whilst moving isn't a good thing under any conditions. We survived a double deer strike on a mountainous road in the high country near Cloudcroft, NM a few years back. Two does vectored out of the trees on a left to right pass - the first hit the driver's door just below the mirror, the second managed to smack the front left corner of our Airstream. Fortunately, for us and the deer, we were only doing about 15-20mph. After stopping and struggling with opening the door, I looked back at 2 deer laying side by side on the dashed white centerline of the narrow road we were on. By the time I freed myself and out on the pavement walking back toward the animals - they apparently "came to", jumped up, and off they went! USAA coughed up just shy of $10k for the trailer damage and $4.5 for our 2015 RAM 3500, ouch! Our puppy never liked curvy mountain roads again...

Probably more pilots than A/C Techs in the forum - so, as we break 'em - you fix 'em, eh? Ha!

Good idea, Katjo! I'm on travel now, when I get home this weekend, I'll check the cabinets to see if it might work there and let you know...

I ordered an initial 20 feet for the spare tire cover and only needed 13 feet for the job. The "dog house" LPG cover edging was in good repair, so I actually had enough for that if it was necessary. The bed edges (which is a brilliant idea on Patriot's part, IMHO) will take 12 feet to cover - I've ordered 10 more feet from Amazon. Hope that helps...

Patriot - just curious, what material are you using for the mattress vapor barrier? We are looking for something that really works well, haven't been successful yet.

We've got the Katadyn Expedition base camp filter. Super heavy duty and not light weight (about 12lbs); fairly compact.

HA! That’s exactly how we do it! Great minds…, rights?👍🏼😎

Awesome write-up, Frank! We've been using Berkey Water Filters in our campers for years. Our house water is supplied by an artesian well and tastes great without any weird smell to it - so that's what we start of with on our camping trips. For the Ollie, we like the Travel Berkey - smallest one they make (19"H x 7.5"W), and easy for carrying in the Oliver, we move it around but it usually lives on the night stand. We typically don't drink from the fresh water system but I'm sure we've cooked with it. The Berkey system is simple - no moving parts, gravity drains. Here's a pic off their website: So it holds 1.5gal and can filter up to 2.75g/hr depending on how frequently it's filled. This feature makes the it a great solution for emergencies when your water source is questionable. Like you, we keep our rig watered, fueled, and loaded with dedicated kit just in case something "HTF". We like to keep the fresh water tank as sanitized as possible - so it gets treated 2-3x annually. We also carry a Katadyn KFT Expedition pump filter - works great when the situation presents itself. Water is the next "gold", IMHO.

Our 2017 H#226 has one - don't know if they come pre-wired unless it was a requested option from the factory buy...

Couple drops of Blue Locktite on the threads should keep those screws where they need to be...

Yeah, this plastic edging treatment is very useful. Now that I've read Patriot's post, I wish I got more - I will anyway this stuff is cheap from Amazon. Totally a friction fit, FYI. Ollie On!

That would be the Oliver Factory solution for a junction box for my rear jack switches...

After replacing the protective strip around the “dog house” LPG tank cover, I realized I ordered enough for the spare tire cover. So after removing the cover when accessing the tire, I can place it flat on any surface without dinging the edge on sharp rocks or debris. It may seal the compartment a bit better now also.

Your closet upgrade is fantastic! I'm thinking it's begging for a nice secure wine rack! Ha! Heck -- a few bungie cords over the top of the bottles... Might work?

OK - this is a great thread with a lot of stellar ideas! Thanks to all the contributors! That said, we've always loved a good fire whenever we're camping (RV, car, or backpacking). The options are out there depending on what you're doing. Since we've gotten a bit "long in the tooth" lately, it's been more RV camping than the others. Since RV camping obviously takes you into a variety of venues which, as noted above, may or may not allow wood burning. So, we give ourselves options, right? For camping areas where wood burning is allowed, we'll typically use the provided fire ring and enjoy sipping that Mezcal with all that smokey/crackling wood. When we can't burn wood - it's the Outlander for us. We love that piece of kit! With a dedicated 20# LPG tank and 12' hose - we put it wherever is convenient. The Mezcal works well with the Outlander, for sure and for certain. But our other option is the SoloStove. They're available in 3 or 4 sizes - we have an intermediate size called, "The Ranger." It'll efficiently burn 13" pieces of wood which I cut in advance of the RV trip - it really cranks out the heat as well. The SoloStove comes with an available pellet tray - very cool option! We can get 2+ hours of fireside Mezcal sipping & Macanudo burning with a stove-load of pellets. The unit is half the size of the Overlander and no lava rock dust in the back of your TV. So, where we're allowed to burn wood/pellets, it's our "go to" option. Suggest checking them out!

Concur 100% - these are the only "Snap Caps" I'm familiar with. Got 'em all the popular sizes - very handy for keeping those perishable skills honed, ha!

OBTW: Just curious - what are y'all using to plug the drill holes for the mount screws besides white latex caulk?

Hey, Mossey: I'll split the cost with you for the 2" hole plugs! I'll only need one, at least, for now... Thanks, brother!

I'm in the process of replacing the corner "pole" mount with the newer "flip-up" mount and moving it to a centered position. We didn't like the "always down" positioning - it seemed to be in the way of whoever is using the starboard (street) side rack. But we really like the flip-up feature of the newer mount since we don't watch much "tube" these days and can stow it away in the "UP" position. I replaced the original TV unit because the integrated DVD was INOP. The new tube is a smart TV with all the bells and whistles, but still a 24" diagonal viewing area. I'm liking Charlie's (CnC's) idea of using a WHITE cord cover - I'll do the same. I can send pix in a subsequent post - if anyone's interested.

We were coming back to the Great Southwest after a month on the road to Key West, and running Goodyear Marathon/Chinabombs we experienced our first and only (knock on wood) right rear tire failure. We run TPMS, which worked perfectly, but a catastrophic failure happens in a couple dozen micro-secs. On a smooth secondary road in good WX, didn't hear anything - but we felt a slight tug and pulled over to inspect. What was left of the tire looked like a "ghost" - only belts and chunks of tread rubber, totally see-through. Fortunately, the relatively slow speed (25-30mph) may have helped to save the wheel well and we didn't experience any significant secondary damage. Limped over to a Discount Tire a few miles away and bought 5 Michelin RIBs. Thanks to having a spare axle!