Aren't you glad you aren't on the road with an RV in wind like that? We have had to sit at a campground and wait out winds like that. One time we traveled in tandom with friends. Fortunately we had walkie talkies and I yelled at them to pull over fast. I saw their awning unrolling. We caught it in time but had to duct tape it since the winds were to hard for us to unroll it and re-roll it properly. We found a campground and sat for 4 days before we could chance opening his awning without loosing it!
Talked to a guy who had his unroll while on the freeway. It came all the way out and the wind took it up and over his RV. Insurance had to get him a whole new awning.
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Hey Taz, can you give us a list of 'boondocking spots'? That would be great. Maybe start a thread on Free & Boondocking places.
Thanks. Hope your mum is better. Sorry about your Dad. It's hard to loose a parent but I am sure much harder to loose a spouse.
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Jon, we did the velcro straps too. But when our friends awning came undone, the straps would not have helpted. It actually unrolled only at the top! The fabric is all that came open, the arms stayed tight to his RV. We had to duct tape the fabric up at the top so the wind couldn't get in and unroll any more until we could get somewhere so we could open it up and re-roll it tightly. Now I periodically keep an eye on ours in the rear view mirror. Like you, I am gun shy.
Neighbors are leaving for Yuma Az tomorrow. I won't do it this late in the season. $1,200 in gas for 4 weeks isn't an expense I want. Next year we will leave Michigan in November for Az. It will be the first time we feel the grandkids are old enough to not have Grandma & Grandpa there for Christmas. I am really looking forward to it. That will give us Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb & 2 weeks in March. I need to start yard clean up in March or it gets way out of control.
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just 22 days 12 hours and 33.40 minutes till spring. Never thought I would get excited about 40 degree weather but compared to what we have been having, 40 seems great!
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thanks Taz, I look forward to getting your list. Al & I have been busy back working on our new master bedroom. I mean 3 years to do this room has been 2 years too many! Finally got the ceiling in, painted, papered and painted again. We are putting up the ceiling moldings as I type (with a dog on my lap). Here's a pic of the ceiling:
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Our house had an almost flat roof over the summer porch at one time. Around 1960 they added the room I pictured the wallpaper ceiling on the second floor and so they had something to attach a new more pitched roof to. When we took out the low ceiling on that summer porch (we enclosed it and made a family room) we were shocked to find the older roof with 6 layers of shingles. It all had to come out so we could raise the ceiling. We now have a cathedral ceiling in that room and love it but we figured they just kept putting on layers of shingles trying to solve their problem. Glad we don't have to fight that.
Sounds like you need to raise the pitch of your roof, jon.
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I got so upset with Al putting stuff off that I refused to get dressed for two days until he fixed the wiring problem in our new bedroom. He didn't know what I was doing, just that I wasn't getting dressed. Hard to go for coffee or anywhere if your wife is still in her bathrobe. I knew he was hating working on it and I just wanted it over and done so we could move on. Once he solved the problem we both felt better.
Now he has a plumbing problem in a new bathroom he is putting off. It has been 6 months now and I know there is a leak. He has to get it fixed pretty soon but I hate to ask him to stop working on our new bedroom. We have been working on and off on this room now for 3 years. Enough is enough. I want to move into it. LOL
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Off to Florida next week and the RV is staying at home. Brother has Pancreatic cancer (just found out) and is going in for surgery. Plan on being there while he still feels like having company. So, in the mean time:
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