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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 05:53 PM
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Doing our yearly thing.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 06:59 AM
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Getting ready for a southern journey from our home in Montana.
I had to take my 5th in due to the black water tank leaching water out!!
I was expecting a $1500+ bill for a new tank but it turned out the screws rusted out on the connection between the tank and the outlet. $236 fix! Only 8" circumference of insulation was damage. When I drove it home 1/2, she pulled like a dream with the new airbags I installed on the truck.


 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 07:13 AM
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Big Mak, your driveway is a beautiful camping spot, wow
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Mak
Getting ready for a southern journey from our home in Montana.
I had to take my 5th in due to the black water tank leaching water out!!
I was expecting a $1500+ bill for a new tank but it turned out the screws rusted out on the connection between the tank and the outlet. $236 fix! Only 8" circumference of insulation was damage. When I drove it home 1/2, she pulled like a dream with the new airbags I installed on the truck.


Hope my grey tank leak is as easy to fix, its been dripping since we left home in September. Not bad but it's there but the warmer it gets the less it drips and being we came across WY, Montana, Idaho and now in SW Oregon it hasn't been to warm. Will take a look at it when we get to Yuma in November.

Nice view from your house

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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 09:38 AM
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Big Mak, your driveway is a beautiful camping spot, wow
Thank you. On the side of the house (where TC is peaking its nose) is a full hookup for friends and family when the visit us on Flathead lake, MT.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 09:51 AM
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Big Mak, beautiful place you have there! I had to look it up (the town, not your house). The wife and I are looking to retire early, but I think she'll say that your location is too far north. Her sister lives in Dayton, WY. Both Daytons are are the northern end of their respective states.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 11:22 AM
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Big Mak, beautiful place you have there! I had to look it up (the town, not your house). The wife and I are looking to retire early, but I think she'll say that your location is too far north. Her sister lives in Dayton, WY. Both Daytons are are the northern end of their respective states.
We had our retirement states narrowed down to Montana (where we got married 30 years ago) Wyoming, Idaho and Grand Junction, CO. We love 4 seasons, both of us snow shoe and cross country ski (used to downhill ski) and if we want to, we can hook up the 5th wheel and head south in the winter!
We couldn't stay in WA state any longer. The political climate along with high taxes was atrocious! It isn't the same WA state I moved to 40 years ago!
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Mak
We had our retirement states narrowed down to Montana (where we got married 30 years ago) Wyoming, Idaho and Grand Junction, CO. We love 4 seasons, both of us snow shoe and cross country ski (used to downhill ski) and if we want to, we can hook up the 5th wheel and head south in the winter!
We couldn't stay in WA state any longer. The political climate along with high taxes was atrocious! It isn't the same WA state I moved to 40 years ago!
Politics and taxes are driving us out of CO. We both graduated from college in WY and have family there, so WY is at the top of the list.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Mak
Getting ready for a southern journey from our home in Montana.
I had to take my 5th in due to the black water tank leaching water out!!
I was expecting a $1500+ bill for a new tank but it turned out the screws rusted out on the connection between the tank and the outlet. $236 fix! Only 8" circumference of insulation was damage. When I drove it home 1/2, she pulled like a dream with the new airbags I installed on the truck.


Have fun Montana folks.......
We live in Great Falls, MT. Left 5 Sept 2019 on a 5 - 6 month camping trip in our Montana 5th wheel.......... In PA right now.

We are set up in the new CG....
Very nice place....Pleasant people.
Full Hook ups...... Fantastic WiFi....!!
No Cable TV, but plenty of channels over the air.....!

Cool and rain....... supposed to clear tomorrow.....
















 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 03:03 PM
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Sailor, beautiful!
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 04:04 PM
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Sailor, beautiful!
Thanks..... Nice area. The rain needs to stop !!
In the last 3 weeks, we have had more rain than a full year in great Falls, MT
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 04:12 PM
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Well you traveled LONGTITUDE instead of LATITUDE! Go South! Follow the geese!
 
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 05:22 PM
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Well you traveled LONGTITUDE instead of LATITUDE! Go South! Follow the geese!
We are headed that way....... Slowly down the East Coast.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2019 | 06:50 PM
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At the dealership yesterday picking up our new 41' Sandpiper with large rear bunkhouse for my 2 girls. A lot more room than our previous travel trailer which was 36', tows so much better even though its about 3500 lbs heavier. Truck does an awesome job too. Can't wait for our first camping trip!
 
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Old Nov 3, 2019 | 06:11 PM
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Very Nice rig Medic.......
 
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