Weekend trip

[kingmtpg]

E-me when you go. If you want company, we will be full retired then
and maybe we will join you with our 78 35FC. Brad Bloxham

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Robinson"
wrote:
>
> For sure I would carry an unmounted spare as well as belts
>
> On 15/07/07, Gardner Yeaw wrote:
> >
> > My wife and I took the 'Happinest' (last weeks 'Bird of the
week)
> > for a weekend trip to Saylorsburg PA. and stayed at the Silver
> > Valley Campground. We had a nice weekend and did some sight seeing
> > and visited with family. On the way we were stuck in some pretty
> > slow moving traffic for a while, but it eventualy opened up.
That's
> > when we discovered that the vent on the right front side (in fornt
> > of the heater element) wasn't staying closed. It was 80 or 90
> > outside and the right and left heat and defrost registers were
> > blowing real hot air at us. Naturaly, we were whizzing along a
road
> > that has a two foot sholder, so pulling over was not an option.
Once
> > we got to the campground, I was able to re-attach the control
cable
> > to hold the vent shut!
> >
> > So over the weekend we began to think about trips we would like to
> > take after I retire. Alaska was the top choice. Given the little
> > problems we have each time we venture out, I have been thinking of
> > what I would need to do to prepare a 1978 coach for a two or three
> > month trip from New Jersey through Alaska and back! Hoses (power
> > steering, radiator, heaters, transmition cooler, hot water
heater),
> > belts, idler pulley bearings, tires, brake components, compressor,
> > just for starters. Spare parts???
> > Front stone shield, toad stone shield, spare tire?
> >
> > Maybe I am crazy, but it sure would be a hell of a trip in the
> > vintage bird.
> >
> > I figure I have three years to get ready..
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33
> >
> >
> >
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> Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> 94 WLWB
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