Tag Archives: RV

R and R (Races and RVing)

Posted on April 29, 2016 by winnebago70x

We are signed up for the Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon next week.  If you’ve seen the highly acclaimed movie Sideways with Paul Giamatti, you’ll have a good idea of the towns, back roads and vineyards we will be running … Continue reading →

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Dallas Marathon Relay Report

Posted on December 18, 2015 by winnebago70x

We won the Dallas Marathon relay. Sort of.  It was an un-official competition against 2 other teams, and we beat one by 41 seconds and the other by several minutes.  Weather was not as bad as was originally forecast.  At the … Continue reading →

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Texas, West Coast, Texas, East Coast, Texas

Posted on December 12, 2015 by winnebago70x

It’s a geographical club sandwich. About 10 days ago, we headed to the Western Outpost to work a few days and collect the Conestoga to drive it back to Texas for the winter.  I’ve flown the TX-CA route so many times … Continue reading →

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HalloWine, a Northern Sonoma 5K

Posted on November 1, 2015 by winnebago70x

The official start of our 12 week training for the Maui Half Marathon started with a Halloween Day run in Northern Sonoma county about 100 miles north of the Western Outpost.  It was a small race, with about 500 Half … Continue reading →

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Hello Wine

Posted on October 30, 2015 by winnebago70x

We’re taking a quick RV trip into Sonoma this weekend to run the HalloWine 5K (it’s the last 3.1 miles of the HalloWine Half Marathon). Although this has the benefit of allowing S to get her training jumpstarted for the Maui Half Marathon, … Continue reading →

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Visiting the 51st State for Coffee

Posted on October 19, 2015 by winnebago70x

Thursday evening before the long weekend started with a record-setting PAC-12 showdown at Stanford Stadium where the Cardinal had no problem handling the UCLA Bruins.  We witnessed a record-setting all-purpose yards game by the Stanford running back as well as … Continue reading →

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The TireMinder Post

Posted on August 27, 2015 by winnebago70x

The TireMinder kit from Camping World arrived today. I’ve read enough horror stories about Chinese bombs and blow-outs on RV.net, and seen YouTube videos of the foregoing, to have been scared straight into purchasing this product.  You think TireMinder seeded those anecdotes on … Continue reading →

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Additional Questions

Posted on June 25, 2015 by winnebago70x

UPDATED With answers. I have joined the Class B Forum (www.classbforum.com), and contributors have already provided some great questions to add to my list:

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Pre-Delivery Inspection

Posted on June 24, 2015 by winnebago70x

It appears we will pick up our RV tomorrow.  Here is some of the questions I have come up with–some being very specific to our 2016 ERA 70X.  Anything you would add?

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