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Thank you for watching and your comments. All very true, all good points. Debbie is done with laundromats, we have ruined so many good clothes over the last two years from grease and whatever else may be in the washer and/or dryer. Plus some very interesting individuals hanging around them. Not the best, but we are liking it so far. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your kind comment. It is starting to come together, Debbie is truly loving the changes and we are enjoying the upgrades. Now I just need to finish them 🤪🤓 Would be great to cross paths soon. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you so much 😊 Thank you for watching and your kind comment. It is starting to take shape. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. That is a great deal, let us know how it works out for you.

Thank you for watching and your comment. We look forward to the finish project as well 👍🤓. It is moving in the right direction, but still lots more to do. 🤪🤔🤪 Have a great weekend Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. That makes sense, I have heard of others doing that along with using lights. When our hood is open it uses a fairly bright LED, so together, that may just work. Mice are awful in your vehicle or your RV.

Good morning, thank you for watching and your comments. You have good points for helping with the reduction of noise. The weight is a great plus of this unit and the propane is a huge plus. Having to shutoff the charger and run only one major appliance at a time was the final piece for us not to keep it. So many good points and one of course was that price. But too many strikes against it for us. Glad you are having good luck luck with yours and it is working well. I hear from others that they are going strong without issues. Debbie returned it yesterday to Costco without any issues. We are still not sure what we are going to do long term - Honda 3000 for now, but it is too big and too heavy 🤪 Have a great day Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good morning, Thank you for watching and your comment. I dropped the underbelly- I followed the route of the shore power cable up to the panel location and installed a junction box behind the panel. Ran the new shore power cable (extension piece) to the auto transfer then the inverter charger, and then the power supply cable was ran from inverter to the main breaker of the AC panel. With the underbelly dropped I was able to run the two cables safely and securely. Hope that helps Let us know how it goes for you and if you have any additional questions. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. We have the 2000 watt Honda’s at work and I just find them sooooooo loud. Not sure on the new 2200, but the lunch box style are light but at high rpm they are very loud. Two could work, but I don’t think we would buy two. Need to see some real world testing under full load for new 3200 watt Honda. But is a lunch box style, so I am guessing that it would be loud, but not sure yet. I like the numbers on the spec sheet, will research more soon. Let us know what you find on your research as well. Cheers, Curtis and Debbie

Good morning, thank you for watching and your comment. The little one with the wheels is pretty easy (I can do it myself still). That Honda is over 135 pounds according to the chart and without wheels and that lifted truck of Debbie’s, it is a beast. Every once in a while I load it myself, but it is not wise by myself (back is never happy). Cheers, Curtis and Debbie

@c1dancer we have a 2024 F250XLT with the 2k power plas package and soft starts on the Kenny. I know that wouldn't handle both a/c units but when we have more actual camping experience ming fo gor atlesdt the 3200. I know I couldn't wrestle a 130 pound generator into the truck

Heavy generators are not fun at all. My work truck has that built in 20 amp 2600 watt inverter package with the dual high output alternators; however we only use this truck in the summer. I still have a tough time in my head running a 30,000 dollar diesel motor as a generator. We run a generator a fair amount in the summer and do need to find a better plan. Keep Your Day Dream installed and Onan built in generator in their air stream (well under it), maybe that is something we will look at soon.

Thank you for watching and your comment. They sure had some beautiful ones - always great to see. Just over 400 at the show.

Good evening John, Thank you for watching and your comments. We had one panel get damaged in transport. It has been replaced and we have added another two panels. Go Powers new panels haven’t changed but are now rated at 200 watts and is not considered mixing panels. So total now is 1540 watts (roof is full now); however in the peak of summer we have been charging above 80 amps with both MPPT controllers. If the AC is running steady it still can’t keep up. We still like having the 750 Amp hours for more reserve,especially with the dogs in the trailer. We also find that the tilt brackets help with the solar strike, especially in later summer when the sun is low here in Canada. Cheers, Curtis and Debbie

It was a great site. We booked this one in March. To get a waterfront site or to get an extended stay then you need to book well in advance. There are usually lots of sites available for shorter stays.

Thank you for watching and your comments. We both play some, I was practicing every day this winter, but sadly when I got back, I have been too busy, or maybe just haven’t taken the time. Music is great, and is nice to have it with you. Enjoy playing 🤓 Green Lake is an amazing place, always feels like home when we come back to this lake. Cheers, Curtis and Debbie

Thank you 😊

Thank you for watching and your comment. We hope to have much more to share next week.

Thank you for watching and your comment. Outdoors RV makes a great product and overall are happy with the brand. For us and our needs, we wish we went with a bigger unit. Being full time, taking the unit in and waiting 2 or 3 weeks for the repair(s) is not an option. It is good when you can do it yourself, or get someone to do it for you outside of the dealership. Have a great week and enjoy the journey. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

@@nextchapterstartsnow Do wish you went 280rks

Good morning, Sorry for the delay, for us we would want opposing slides, a full size living room and east west bed. In the ORV line, they don’t have one that would check all these boxes. The only one probably would be the 280 KVS, but doesn’t have a living room. To check all the boxes for us we end up landing with the monster fifth wheel, and that is a game changer for how we like to camp. So for now we will stay with the 250RDS with more planned changes/upgrades. However if we could go back when we ordered ours, the 280 KVS would be a better fit. How about you, what is the best fit for you? Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good morning Mike, Thank you for watching and your comment. It was great getting the furnace running again. 🥳🥂🥳 it is warm now, so not needed, but will get cold again. 🤪 The pictures were taken in Fort Bragg in on the northern California coast. Were you at the Base in North Carolina? Have not been to that one yet. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

It sure does 😊

Thank you for watching and your comment. We camped at Stemwinder provincial park near Hedley/Princeton BC. The hike we went on was at the Swan Lake Wildlife Refuge in Princeton.

@@nextchapterstartsnow at 3:46… was that spot at the nature reserve? Is it reservable or FCFS?

Sorry for the delay in the reply (the filter missed your email) No camping available at the wildlife refuse. The provincial park is a B.C. Park and you can reserve through them online.

Thank you for watching and your comments. We use our unit when it gets cold still in Canada before we head south, so we need the main furnace to keep our underbelly heated for our waterlines don’t freeze. So fixing it is required before fall. 🙃 What is your power system? How many watts of solar and amp hours of battery do you have?

@@nextchapterstartsnow Five years ago we retired, sold everything, bought an older, low mileage motorhome and hit the road FT. We discovered we love boondocking, so designed and built our solar system ourselves, as we could afford to, on our limited budget. We started by building a 620-watt liftable solar array on the side of our National Tropical MH. Our side array makes a nice bedroom window awning too, practically lifting itself with a couple gas struts, and it's easy to clean, standing safely on the ground. Next, we built a 12v, 560ah LiFePo-4 battery using 8, 280ah prismatic cells and a Heltec 330amp (1,200a surge) BMS to start our generator. These cells fit perfectly under the steps of our MH where our old pair of golf cart batteries used to reside. We insulated the battery compartment, cut a small hole in our step risers and installed a tiny computer CPU fan to keep this space at close to room temperature, so we don't have to worry about the BMS shutting down charging due to low temperature - or their life reduced from getting too hot. Our 12v system uses an 80A Lithium converter/charger, a 1,000w Renogy inverter, a 50a Epever MPPT charge controller and a Lnex battery monitor. All this cost us under $3,500 and meets all our off-grid electrical needs except for our air conditioning, and microwave. By mounting our liftable array on the side of our coach, we left the roof free to rack 8, 550w solar panels down the length of our 35ft Class A, 15" off the roof, above our AC, vents, etc. It shades our entire roof, allowing plenty of cooling air underneath, increasing solar output and reducing the heat load on the air conditioners. Our 4,400w array can run both our A/Cs, our household appliances and charge our batteries at the same time, even in winter. We use a Sungold Power all-in-one 48V, 5,000W Inverter/100A charge controller/battery charger that saves us space as well as money compared to a system built with individual components. Our 16.4kwh 48v battery uses 16, 320ah prismatic cells and a 200amp BMS to keep it safe. Together with our redundant 560ah 12v bank, we have a total of 23.5 kwh of batteries onboard (the equivalent of 18, 100ah lithium batteries) - kept charged by 5,020 watts of solar. It's important to have a fallback position with redundant equipment so you're prepared when something fails at the worst possible time when you are miles away from civilization. We have a back-up inverter, a spare charge controller and BMS for our 12v system too. We removed our old rooftop bedroom A/C and replaced it with an EG4 28.5 seer-2, 12k btu mini-split heat pump on the upper rear of our motorhome. It's super quiet and cools as well as our 14.5k btu soft start equipped Furrion we have up front. It only draws about 1/3rd the power and heats efficiently too, reducing our propane usage. We have no need to hook-up to power pedestals or run our generator anymore, as we can now run everything in our MH strictly off the sun. The neat thing is we built our entire system, including the $1,500 mini split heat pump for around $11,500. If paid a professional else to design and build a system this size, it would have easily cost 2-3 times this amount. We travel around the US a lot, visiting National Parks, and doing the tourist thing, mostly boondocking out west. We spent last winter in the Yuma, AZ, area where we finished up our solar install. We're visiting our son in NC now, where boondocking places are pretty rare. However, we found an RV park that is letting us camp in a spacious site without hook-ups for only $100/mo., saving us $500/mo. off their FHU rates.

Okay I remember your unit now from an earlier conversation. Sounds like it works very well for you. Saving money on our journey is always a great thing. Enjoy your adventures Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Congratulations on going fulltime! It took us awhile to figure out what we needed for our system. Which, is really good to take your time as it will save you $ in the long run. We learned the hard way that fast decisions/purchases often ended up being the wrong ones! 🤨 Happy travels and thank you for watching. Hope to see you on the road. Cheers Debbie & Curtis

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Thank you for watching and your comment. Love not packing keys anymore, simple and easy upgrade. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

The Maritimes are on our bucket list! When Curtis fully retires we want to do a full Canadian road trip over several months. I will add the Miramichi River to the ‘must see list’. Thank you for the recommendation 😊

Thank you for watching and your comment. Good news is, it has been beautiful and warm during the days now. Cold nights with the clear nights, but that is okay. Summer is near 😎 Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good evening, Thank you for watching and your comment. You will love them. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. Semi retired, my wife Debbie retired in 2020. I work just the summers now. We are Canadian snow birds. We purchase our travel insurance through Costco. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

That is good Always nice when snow leaves and spring finally arrives 👍😎

Thank you for watching and your comment. Yes, lots and lots of rocks- It is such a beautiful area.

Thank you for watching and your comment. Enjoy it when you go in the fall - we will be back.

Thank you for watching and your comment. It is such a beautiful area.

Everywhere kept mentioning Calgon beads and I could only find lilac scented ones so I did some research and found this Calgon Liquid Water Softener, 32 Fluid Ounce a.co/d/cxORiSc It does the job 😊 Cheers, Curtis & Debbie

Thank you for watching and we will check it out 👍

Thank you so much for watching and your kind comments. It is crazy what people do at times in campgrounds and RV Parks 😯🙃😯 good to hear that you found this informative 🙏😊 Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. We just use a high quality residential toilet paper. We have found it is not an issue and we use TST Max to help break it down and control odour. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you again for watching and your comments. Glad you found it informative. 🥂

Thank you for watching and your comment. Glad to hear that you found it informative. Have a great weekend Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good morning Jay, Thank you for watching and your comment. Glad to hear that you found it informative. Have a great weekend Cheers, Curtis and Debbie

Too funny Doug, thank you for watching and your comment. When we head south, my goal is not to wear shoes, boots, or pants for the season. Sadly, this year I did need to them too often. But in these videos the weather was warm. Safety first 😎 Cheers,🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good afternoon Jay, Thank you again for watching and your comment. Aging isn’t much fun, sure seems to sneak up on you. But, that is life. But we are wise in our years, right🙃 😊🥂😊 July in the desert sounds like a crazy time in an RV. We have seen 107F, but that is the hottest for us in this RV. Have a great weekend Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comment. We stayed one night at Cattail, nice place. Havasu is great, we will be back. Let us know where you stay and how it is. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good morning Mike, Thank you for watching and your comment. Our 250 RDS uses a rack and pinion slide and we have had no issues with it. No repairs or adjustments have been made to date on it. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

@@nextchapterstartsnow Glad to hear it is holding up well. All the slides on the new 250 RDS are schwintec slides, which gives me pause considering the potential weight on the slide. They made some improvements, but in my mind, took a step back by adding the schwintec slide. I asked ORV about the new slide and was told that, because the gear is now metal instead of plastic, they feel it will perform better. I consider ORV to be one of the better made trailers, but time will tell if there are slide issues on the new ones.

Interesting- you wonder why they would make a change from the 2022 models. I am just glad ours are working out well. We moved our pantry on one of our upgrades, we were glad to get the weight off that one side. Never liked all that weight in the slide. Good luck with your search and let us know what you end up getting. Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

@@nextchapterstartsnow Smart move reducing the weight on the slide. We put a deposit on an Alliance Delta 252RL that has to get hauled here. Composite flooring, walls & ceiling. It has a rear dinette, not as nice as yours though, 2 AC's, 50 amp but can run both AC's on 30 amp, 30 BTU furnace, warrantied for full time living (as far as RV warranties go), fireplace and reclining sofa. Alliance is a shoot off on Grand Design after they were acquired by Winnebago. The owners created Alliance and Brinkley. It's light weight and not the quality as an Outdoors, but no where near the price either. We (Me) really want an Outdoors, but can't find a 250 RDST a reasonable distance away. It has a 6295 dry weight & 8250 lb GVWR with a 632 hitch weight. Our 24 7.3 F350 SD shouldn't have an issue. I love that truck!

Good morning Mike, Sounds like a great unit. You should love that and your truck will do extremely well with it. Let’s us know how you like it. Enjoy your journey Cheers 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Good morning Mike, Thank you for watching and your comments. We still believe that Outdoors RV build one of the best travel trailers, if not the best travel trailer on the market. However, with that said, they are still an RV (they are not built like a high end home) and we have never been happy with our shower, that is very disappointing and the ‘paper’ cupboards are not good. The hardwood doors and trim frames are well made. We are going to upgrade the rest of our cupboards and our shower, so that will change our feelings on our unit. One item we went with the 250 RDS T is that back window, still love it. I will attach some pictures of why we love it. Looking back now, if we could go back in time we would have gone with the 280 KVS with those opposing slides. Our big dog Huxley, just takes up toooooo much floor space. The extra length is not ideal, but that room inside would have been so much nicer. Yet, we are making this unit work for us. Hope that helps, let us know if you have any additional questions. Let us know what you end up buying. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Thank you for watching and your comments. Let us know what you think of the museum when you go. True Blue is hands down Debbie’s dream truck, right colour, her favourite Ford SD generation, diesel, and a lift. 🤔👍😊 Thank you - safe travels as well. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie

Yes, I think he’s going to owe me after all of these excursions! In our newsletter I said it was just building up good wife points that I intend to cash in 😉

Thank you for watching and your comment. You should enjoy Old Tucson - we are glad we went to see Tombstone (was very cool to be standing there with all that history) plus it is on the way to Bisbee, that we loved. Let us know what you think when you visit Old Tucson. Cheers, 🥂 Curtis and Debbie