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Old 05-14-2016, 05:28 PM   #54531
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Howdy Dave,

I love the whistle of a turbo. I've enjoyed it in my '05 Cummins pickup for 305, 000 miles so far. I can faintly hear it in the old short bus & it is music to me.

Hope to meet up with you someday.

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Can't remember after that... lol.
Trip Distance if I remember to reset it. And Trip Fuel I think...
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Old 05-14-2016, 05:32 PM   #54532
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Two things. First, we are staying for one night at Cicada Springs RV Park in Killeen, TX. We stayed here 4 years ago and we can say without reservation that this is a great RV park. If you are coming through Killeen, give Cicada Springs a stop. Rates are good also.

Second: Before this trip we had the Safe-T-Plus steering control - steering stabilizer added to Citrus. What a difference in handling. Just effortless now. My main reason for adding it was for control should a front blowout happen. They have some good videos on the web about Safe-T-Plus. It was well worth the $$.
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Old 05-14-2016, 05:33 PM   #54533
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LOL I guess I'm looking at being without your Rainbow rider as a nightmare because that's what it would be for me. My little family is only portable because of our RV.

This coach is monkey proof, which has not been easy and is continuously evolving. As Sena learns to bypass a safeguard, I have to invent or invest in something new to defeat her innate foraging instinct. I can't discipline that out of her without instilling great ongoing fear and no creature can thrive in such an environment. The only other way would be to cage her whenever she isn't leashed to me which is also no way to live.

If I was forced out by someone else's incompetence I would threaten that they would have us as house guests. I can guarantee that we'd be back on the road before nightfall.

Now if we added Sena to Papaw Steve's suggested group of rowdy kids and threw in some gooey, sugar-loaded snacks and drinks... I see land speed records being broken.
All I can say is...
The is no way to install brains in people. Not even Sena can do that.

And this particular shop makes you either leave your coach - or drive it into the dirt shoulder outside their facility to stay overnight. No on site sleeping. The lock the gate at 7 and you're outta there. Assuming you're in a position where you're drivable.
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Old 05-14-2016, 05:54 PM   #54534
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All I can say is...
The is no way to install brains in people. Not even Sena can do that.

And this particular shop makes you either leave your coach - or drive it into the dirt shoulder outside their facility to stay overnight. No on site sleeping. The lock the gate at 7 and you're outta there. Assuming you're in a position where you're drivable.
That seems par for the course unless it is a Coach Care facility.
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Old 05-14-2016, 06:38 PM   #54535
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Ok, Mike aka Sam60 and Mel aka MPH and a few of you others -- PLEASE put your coach and toad and whatever other info you can into your signature space. It helps give clarity to what you are explaining when you post. It's not bragging to put it there or hiding if you don't. We are mutants and it doesn't matter if you have a million dollar setup or an eBay bargain find. We all mutate differently, but what is important is that we do mutate!

If you need a bit of assistance with the process you can yell HELP or PM someone who has theirs like you would like yours. I'll start you off with step 1 -- click on "User CP" on the left side in the first thick green border at the top of this page.
oh, when I looked at yours just now... I noticed your 5 year on the roadaversary is coming up in just 4 days! Woot Woot!
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Old 05-14-2016, 06:41 PM   #54536
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That seems par for the course unless it is a Coach Care facility.
And ya just never know...
However Google warned me....
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Old 05-14-2016, 06:45 PM   #54537
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So we just saw a Sena proof Rainbow Rider. This guy is a real mutant! Look closely and the cushion below the flying saucer...
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Old 05-14-2016, 06:58 PM   #54538
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BTW - Dave...
This is not the type of place we plan to visit any time soon. Once today was enough. Barb was right, there was a nightmare trying to get into our lives... oh the HUMANITY.
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Old 05-14-2016, 07:25 PM   #54539
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So we just saw a Sena proof Rainbow Rider. This guy is a real mutant! Look closely and the cushion below the flying saucer...
We've floated down the Salt River, AZ many times in the past, and I recognize the yellow stripe on that "Cushion". I wonder if many of the river float providers use the stripe. Hopefully he walked back up the road to his truck for the "free cushion"...

This is not us...


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Old 05-14-2016, 07:25 PM   #54540
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oh, when I looked at yours just now... I noticed your 5 year on the roadaversary is coming up in just 4 days! Woot Woot!
I thought the same thing last night. Really nice to have all that experience on the rainbow.

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So we just saw a Sena proof Rainbow Rider. This guy is a real mutant! Look closely and the cushion below the flying saucer...
I wonder how often he takes that thing out for a quick flight
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I think it's time for a refresher...
Wow. Who wrote that??? ...

I want to make a point about a couple of those values - specifically protecting and growing the nest egg and not carrying debt. ...

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oh, when I looked at yours just now... I noticed your 5 year on the roadaversary is coming up in just 4 days! Woot Woot!
Hey, you're right! I probably would have realized that around 6/1 without your help, Marty. Thanks! It sure seems a lot shorter than that. I'm on my way to my daughter's Seattle back yard for the 6th summer. Anyone notice that Rainbow time moves at warp speed?
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So we just saw a Sena proof Rainbow Rider. This guy is a real mutant! Look closely and the cushion below the flying saucer...
Do you think that ship can fly if he goes down an 8% grade doing about 80 mph? Not very aerodynamic, but I do believe Sena proof.
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Old 05-14-2016, 08:11 PM   #54544
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We've floated down the Salt River, AZ many times in the past, and I recognize the yellow stripe on that "Cushion". I wonder if many of the river float providers use the stripe. Hopefully he walked back up the road to his truck for the "free cushion"...

This is not us...

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