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You Dirty Rat!

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Published on October 30, 2019, by admin in More Stuff.

I have been lucky in my years RVing to never suffer an infestation of rodents in my engine – until now. While camping on the Burnhardt Road just outside Rye, AZ., I was invaded by pack rats. I keep the engine hood open and put a light under the front end but it didn’t deter

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Swamp Cooler

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Published on October 11, 2019, by admin in More Stuff.

Payson weather was getting too cold overnight, so after a week at our campsite, we decided to move to a lower altitude. The ladies went over to Cottonwood and I drove south to a spot just outside Rye, Arizona. Rye is only 15 miles from Payson but 2000’ lower in altitude. I figured that some

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Camping with Friends Near Payson

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Published on October 2, 2019, by admin in Adventure.

For the last few weeks I have been wandering around northern Arizona and camping with friends near Flagstaff. The friends I have been camping with are basically all ladies. Some of them became friends at the women’s RTR and some of them met when they joined one of the caravans that formed after the RTR.

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Solar Shower

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Published on July 23, 2019, by admin in More Stuff.

One thing I miss while boondocking in the summer is a nice warm shower any time I want. I don’t like to light my hot water tank every time I want to use a little hot water, and mostly I don’t like to burn propane to heat that water. Propane is one of the remaining

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Forest Living

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Published on July 22, 2019, by admin in Adventure.

Not long after Donna traveled back to her home in Mesa, I drove over to northern Arizona and settled in the Coconino National Forest west of Flagstaff. I knew a couple other people that camped there and it wasn’t long before we greeted each other and made plans to take some morning walks. There are

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