Recent content by texnet

I have had many different GPS units and programs dating back to the days of a Garmin that had a small 1.5 " B&W screen that only gave minimal detail with no maps!  Currently we use Trailer Life Directory Campground Navigator 2010 to plan our trip, but I use a Garmin 7500, has 7" screen, for...

This may/may not work but just a thought.  If you pressurize the inside of the RV then go over the areas where you feel the leak is with soapy water you might find the leak.  I had a leak one time and thought about finding the leak this way but I found it quickly and thus did not try the...

Permanone can be found at most camping supply stores.  I found it at a local Academy Sports and Outdoors stores, but it is not listed on their website.  I haved used this for the past 10 years when I go on missions trips to El Salvador and Nicaragua to keep the mosquitoes away and on campouts...

Yes it is the Altair!!  Last time I turned it on, about 10 years ago, all the leds lit up and it computed!

Ed's last store, before going to work for Tandy, was a fairly large electronics store on I-35 in South Fort Worth near what they was called Seminary South Shopping Center.  Ed and I both worked for Tandy for a period of time but being as large a company as Tandy we didn't see each other very...

My wife and I made the trip August 17, 2009 to October 1, 2009 which is about 45 days from Granbury.  I had planned on taking a few days longer but got started about 5 days late and had to be back no later than October 1st so it cut our trip a little shorter than we wanted but still had blast...

Head to Glen Rose, specifically Dinosaur State Park, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/dinosaur_valley/.  No water there but it is just a few minutes to the river and about 1/2 hour to Lake Granbury.  You also have Meridian State Park and Cleburne State Park which are less than...

My wife and I headed to Alaska August 17, 2009 and spent 6 weeks on the road.  Next time, probably 2011, we plan on making the same trip but plan to take 3 months as we want to stay in some places longer than we did.  This was our first major RV trip and we had a ball!!  For a almost daily log...