Steve Morris

🤣 "Golden" is one of those earworm songs you can't get rid of. And then, when I finally eradicate it from my brain, I hear a snippet somewhere and it takes up residence for another week. Same with 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up". I don't particularly like either, but I know all the words. 😜 It takes a couple of sessions of Tool played loudly to clean things out. (But that's definitely not jazz or blues!) I've listened to and enjoy Ken Mo! Don't know why its not on the list. But now it is.

But based on my play list, mostly older jazz and blues.

I have a 7 year old granddaughter....

As well as this battery mounted voltage/temperature sensor that works with the Victron app. My Lithonics batteries have their own internal temperature readout, but I like having something to compare. https://a.co/d/2hewDTR

Oddly enough, this thread is linked in a travel video on YouTube that I stumbled across today. 🤪 Jump to 9:38

@Colin Rafferty I thought that you couldn't do these at Eggs and S'mores? If you can and have a day available, we can do it there instead of your place in February. We arrive January 14, and depart on the 19th. Whichever works best for you guys, as we're flexible.

Be careful with inexpensive tire repair kits. Over the years I have read several reports of the plastic handles failing, impaling the drill in the operators hand. If you've never done a repair, I would suggest practicing on a junk tire. It is a lot harder than it looks to push the drill through an E-rated tire! A battery drill makes it much easier. I've had this set from ARB for about 10 years, and fortunately have only had to use it once: https://ok4wd.com/arb-speedy-seal-tire-repair-kit-arb10000011/

If I were buying again, I absolutely would again buy the National Luna 90 Twin that we've had since 2016. Rough calculation is that we have about 65,000 hours on it without any problems until very recently. NL is sending a new circuit board to try to fix a problem where the freezer side runs continuously. How many other brands will replace parts on a fridge many years out of warranty? If that doesn't work, and Paul May gets a stock delivery at Equipt before we head to Florida, I'll be replacing mine, and keeping the old one for a garage fridge.

Thank you!

Very nice? How long did they have your trailer? We already have the lithium package, but at some point, I'd like to swap in the Victron inverter, Cerbo GX, and DC-DC system. Did you bring along the Truma soft start for them to install? I'm assuming they don't stock these.

That's the high quality and very expensive Waste Master sewer hose system that you have on there. I remember that someone adapted their trailer to use this system, so maybe that's your new trailer. I'd looked into it at the time, and have it on my long list or potential modifications. https://drainmaster.com/rv/product/waste-master-20-sewer-hose-system

No Oliver logo on the nose would look really strange! We ordered our 2023 naked, and added our own graphic. We've had a lot of people ask what a "Curiosity" trailer was. We've heard "Is that some kind of Casita?", or the guy in Florida who looked it over rally well walking by, but wasn't inclined to chat. He returned the next day to tell me that he'd looked up Curiosity trailers, and that it was a really expensive trailer! No Oliver logo on the nose would certainly seem to cut down on random inquiries and potential sales! Here's a Curiosity brand trailer next to an Oliver at the Hungry Mother Fiberglass Rally. You can barely tell the difference! 🤣

I've not acted on advice to switch to steel valve stems while using our TST tire pressure monitor. Yesterday, that procrastination bit me in the ass on my way home from the Hungry Mother Fiberglass Rally in Virginia. Rapid Pressure Loss" or similar wording was what the monitor said with a constant loud beeping. A quick look in my mirror showed the front left trailer tire was indeed low. Stopped to check, and with 28 PSI showing, I elected to slowly drive to the next exit, and found a flat spot in a gas station lot. The rubber valve stem was partially separated from the rubber base, and if flexed, dumped out pressurized air. No fixing that on the spot! Time to change tires. I have all the tools needed, and it was a cool sunny day, so that was a bit of luck. It had been raining a few hours earlier. I didn't have my impact driver with me, but I do have an 18" breaker bar, so I could loosen the lug nuts. Before jacking up and removing the tire, though, it was time to get the spare. Two heavy e-bikes made this a chore, but fortunately, that's when a large fellow stopped and offered to help. (Oddly enough, the local deputy sheriff who was using the facilities at the station never even checked to see if we needed anything on his way out of the parking lot.) With his help, we slid the rack and mount out far enough to get to the spare. His impact driver made for a faster swap than my breaker bar, and his torque wrench was easier to get to than mine buried in the trailer's basement. All in all, about an hour and a bit delay, and the kind gentleman who stopped to help refused any remuneration. - I usually only carry the impact driver with me on long trips. And while this was about an eight hour drive, I'd elected not to bring it with me. It will now be included in every trip. - I'll be removing the bike rack mount and cleaning those surfaces and applying a dry lube to make it easier to slide the rack in and out. After we were done, I was really re-thinking John Davies choice to not use the fiberglass tire cover while toting bicycles! - I will be changing to all steel valve stems before we leave on our next trip!

I have not. I just drain it completely. The guy who developed it says the additive prevents growth of harmful critters. So far in almost a year I haven't had any negative effects. I have used it on four separate trips. I will be using it next week for the first time since early summer, so if I don't survive, I'll let you know. 🤣 Interestingly enough, I got our filter out to pack yesterday, and the bottom of the Fit RV filter had stuff growing on it. So into the trash it went, and a 4-pack of standard 2.5X10 filter elements arrived today for about half the price of the FitRV version. So much for the additional growth inhibitor...

Same with us when we reserved G23 again yesterday, and I said it was for the Oliver rally. For what it's worth, I don't remember a senior discount in the past, and it was 15%. Wasn't the rally discount 10%? I don't recall.