OREGON '23...............Postcards from the Road

[abnorm]

What would you DO for a Klondike Bar ?

 

[RvNaut]

What would you DO for a Klondike Bar ?

I road my ebike all the way to Walmart and back.. 22 miles round trip... and I actually pedaled a lot!... pthbtbt

 

[maki2]

I visit Pirate camp to get them.

 

[RvNaut]

Camphosting has its pros and cons.

to continue the thread hijack.... lol

I am hosting a Horse Only NF camp outside Flagstaff... I only question people's diets by their leavings... ahem... other than that I do not get the weekend warriors, and I suppose if someone strips of and jumps in the livestock water tank, well, I can't see that from here...

 

[shadowmoss]

I thought it was meant for the brother.

 

[shadowmoss]

My comment above was about the behavior modification comments. Forgot I wasn't yet at the end of the current posts.

 

[abnorm]

Ahhhh...........we spent a couple days traveling and camping thru the Jedediah Smith Redwoods in NoCal

And let's try one more




Blackie looking MAD in her tent ....w/door open.......while also on a leash..........."Let me loose Dad !"

We've been chasing Engine/Transmission glitches for some time............finally found that the EngineCoolantTempSensor is toast (always registering NORMAL) ...........AND the EngineThermostat was "stuck" (Overheating both engine and transmission)............Repairs continue On-the-Road...........112,000 miles ..........

 

[user 22017]

Beautiful area. And cat!

 

[Morgana]

Blackie's expression reminds me of the photo "Hog on Ice" by Kosti Ruohomaa (1960s Maine photographer).

not best pleased with their humans

 

[eDJ_]

Norm, do you visit any of the Ford Transit Forums ? Good places to sound out issues like you're having.

Top 15 Ford Transit Forums

 

[abnorm]

Great Hog Picture...........Blackie wasn't impressed with SNOW either



Lassen National Park Spring 2022


EDJ ..........sure I peruse the Fordforum but don't POST.....That's where I learned about needing to Flush the Transmission every 30,000 HARD miles...........Had that completed Six weeks ago............BUT we didn't KNOW the engine was overheating while they were flushing the system!

So it looks like the tempsensor is on the BACK of engine accessed thru the passenger front wheel/splash guard..............The Transmission shifted perfectly on a maiden test run after the new thermostat............It's a Sealed Transmission (No Dipstick up top)...............Sealed coolant/No radiator cap .....only an overflow bottle (Replaced in the Desert 'cause it was cracked).............Too many Plastic engine parts !?

 

[eDJ_]

wow Norm, I think I'll hold on to my 90 E 350 and nurse it along for as long as it will run....or I can still move which ever comes first.

 

[NctryBen]

Wow Doug... and I left this morning only to have the big brake line spring a leak... dang! Just had it replaced ten years ago. Doesn’t anything last? Haha!

 

[Texas Gypsy]

We like Sisters..........and Bend.........Mid-AUGUST ?

I've also been wanting to check out a WanderLust WayPoint located near Christmas Valley....

That's an "RV/Schoolie/Van NOMAD Build/Rebuild location"......a 'campground' with amenities started by JOHNNY BLAZE..................There's now 18 locations across the USA

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Check their rates for coming by to visit before you go out of your way.

 

[abnorm]

^ At least a $100 a week for boondocking...................Did you visit ?

 

[Texas Gypsy]

^ At least a $100 a week for boondocking...................Did you visit ?

I did not. There is one just down the road from me. Someone was talking about it in a local skoolie forum and the amount they were charged for a single night of boondocking was excessive.
That's why I said be sure and check before you go.

 

[Texas Gypsy]

I hit send too quickly. I've seen this fella advertising everywhere. The way he words things it makes it seem like it is free or very inexpensive. After seeing what the folks I'm referring to were charged to park in an open field ....I feel I need to give a heads up

 

[abnorm]

Safe Travels BEN......................

Our friend Ken from VanAid came to join us in his RV.......He followed those Google directions down an ATV trail !
At one point a Tree reached out and grabbed his sidedoor.....can't trust those Trees !?



We removed the broken door and made a new bottom rail.................Gluing the thin outer skins to the foam and wood structure.............and finishing with the original trim...............ALL BETTER NOW !

The BUGS are special here in Oregon............We have two species of Mosquitos in the van at nite.......Big ones and Little ones.....

The Big ones are easy to kill.....First they bite Paulette and then they are easy to see and smash leaving a new decorating style on the ceiling.....Red and Black splashes.........much like a WWII flying ace's kills

The Little ones are impossible to find/kill.......they leave a trail of bites on any Paulette's exposed skin at night...

Well let's have one cool Bug.......a "camouflaged" Moth who looks like Tree Bark hanging on the shade cloth



YMMV........Deposit required..........Don't eat the yellow snow............

 

[bullfrog !]

Ah, one of the reasons I like it here with the lizards! I’ve almost forgot about mosquitoes.

 

[abnorm]

^ Oh great...............now I need to keep LIZARDS in the van too ?