Recent content by Mike Goad

Sounds really great that there is progress.  I'm sure it can be frustrating, but it's fantastic that the therapist took the initiative to get something going!

With our dinky little motorhome, we managed anywhere from 12 mpg with a head wind up to near 16 mpg on our 4550 mile trip in July and August.  It's on a Dodge Sprinter chassis with a Mercedes diesel -- and that mileage is with towing a Honda CRV. I did have trouble a year or so ago towing the...

We were in Yellowstone earlier this month.  There were motorcycles all over the place, some riders wearing helmets, some not. Given the hazards of traffic and wildlife, I'd suggest helmets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKN9Ag6Pwc&annotation_id=annotation_683733&feature=iv Buffalo attacks a...

"A few hours after Country Coach?s CEO announced the RV maker had struck a deal with creditors that would allow it to resume operations, the company?s lawyer said no agreement has been reached...." "Country Coach and Wells Fargo, one of the company?s main creditors, ?are working together in...

Apparently a Moody's "Bottom Rung" list has identified 283 U.S. companies that have a about a 50/50 chance of failing this year. (more) One of the companies on the list is "Affinity Group Holding Inc." According to Business Week: "Affinity Group Holding, Inc., a member-based direct marketing...

There is a message on their forum from their CEO, or as he puts it, "the horse's mouth.

Would that dealer be at Lowell, Arkansas?  The 2006 Heartland Bighorn 5th wheel we traded in last July doesn't appear on their online inventory.

The news release does say that people wanting to collect firewood have to have a permit to do so, but the it's the same one that already existed.  I'm pretty sure it stipulates dead or downed timber.

Here's some photos that I took on Saturday from a drive up Highway 7 in Arkansas north of I40.  This was one of the areas hard hit in the ice storm of January 26 - 28. There is a lot of damage yet to be cleared up in publicly accessible areas.  There will be a lot of areas that aren't going to...

Very COOL!  ::) (pun intended) Interesting photos!

Sounds like you lucked out, Dave.  We were south of the worst of it.  Yesterday, we drove up Highway 7 to see some of the damage.  It was pretty bad.  I'll post some photos in a later post. Our Navion iQ was parked on the side of the house with all of the trees.  After seeing and hearing...

Camping World, the nation's largest and fastest growing RV and outdoor retailer, will award the winner of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 13 with a customized Little Guy Teardrop Trailer detailed with their winning team's paint...

It's going to be in the 70s here in Arkansas -- and that should be a blessing for those north of us who are still without power from the ice storm of 10 days ago. We'll be spending most of the day working outside.  :) No frost here.  ::) (next trip: April)

Our first major trip with our fifth wheel back in January 2007 started with an accident on the first day and was curtailed early when I got sick.  >:( I read a blog post earlier that said that an accident like yours is one of the five most common claims on RV insurance.  :-\ We don't have the...

We stopped using our debit card for most purchases last year and started using a credit card instead -- which we pay off every month. As a result, we saved significantly on Christmas this year.  We redeemed our points for gift cards which we used as gifts for our kids and their spouses.  ;D