The RVer's Bible

So, you finally arrived in the USA form Mars, and thought it would be a fine idea to peruse America in a recreational vehicle?

May I suggest to you, intergalactic traveler, buy this book!  In it you will find practically everything you need to know about RVing.  

And for Earthlings, included in this guide are tips and topics you didn't imagine you needed to know in the first place. 

                                                                                               

Kim Baker and Sunny Baker    1997

Nice Round Hat

After borrowing 15 crochet books from the Library . . .  I finally learned to read crochet.  Sort of. 

Round 1 said:  3 ch, 11 dc into ring, 1ss in 3rd ch. 12 dc. Huh?

I am not fluent yet.  The hat I tried had few instructions in this new language-code. 

When I translated it into English, it was pretty easy and fun to make. 

The Everything Family Guide to RV Travel & Campgrounds

 This book is a good guide about what to look for when buying your RV, and what to avoid.  

It also has information about towing. And a chapter about bringing pets on the road.

The appendix has a sampling of RV parks and campground for each state.  

Park suggestions in Canada are in this section also. 

By Marian Eure    2005

Oregon, The Beaver State.

	State Motto -   “She Flies With Her Own Wings”

On November 9, 1857, the Constitution was approved by the vote of the people of Oregon Territory. The Act of Congress admitting Oregon into the Union was approved February 14, 1859.

The Oregon Blue Book is the state's official directory and fact book.  

http://bluebook.state.or.us

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is home to the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear, fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581). 

http://www.omsi.edu/home

                                                      

Oregon has nearly 363 miles of  public coastline made up of diverse terrain that changes from rugged cliffs to evergreen forests to Sahara-like dunes and boundless sandy beaches.
  

http://www.rockawaybeach.net/        

http://www.Explore-Oregon-Coast.aspx

The Complete RV Handbook

This book lives up to its name.  And one I’ll keep in the rolling library.  It has lots of checklists, including a departure list to remind you not to drive off with your TV antenna up, or leave your hammock tied to a tree.  It is jam packed with trouble shooting tips from hot A/C to low water pressure.  

My favorite part is 

chapter 18, Going Full Time.  

It answers much about the Pesky Permanent Address problem. I’m so glad there are others before me! 

By Jayne Freeman.  2005

Happy Penultimate Day!

A fantastic title for Young Readers. 

One Christmas season while working for some extra cash at a retail store, I said, "It’s at the end of the penultimate isle," when asked for the restroom.  I am pretty sure they didn’t know what the heck I was talking about, but they followed my direction anyway.

Athletes are precise 

in deed and word. 

Isn’t it the Penultimate frontier? 

I enjoy seeing esoteric words such as penultimate and its ilk in print.  Sometimes I get to hear penultimate, my current favorite word, in BBC podcasts.  It seems to be a common word in Great Britain.  

        

From two separate points, each eye sees its own rainbow.

        On this first annual Penultimate Day,
heretofore unnoticed every December 30,
we shall celebrate some noted penultimates:

Y    
Ti                              
November  
Alaska    
Indigo

Woefully under-used is the problem of Penultimate

And last but not least, This Little Piggy, who had None!  On this special day, he doesn't have ‘none’ anymore - he has a great new title.      
                                                                                     

Little Piggy Penultimate

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penultimate

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-penultimate-mean.htm

http://www.myfavoriteword.com/P.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Little_Piggy

http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/sky/colors1.htm

http://eo.ucar.edu/rainbows/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

http://www.classicsforkids.com/teachers/training/handsigns.asp

The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing

    I wonder if this book is for complete idiots or is the guide complete?  Maybe that’s why this book is written with a little humor, and it is pretty complete.  In the back there is a section a called Where To?. A nice glance of interesting tidbits about each state.  Included is a resource section with lots of web sites.  Not many pictures though, and I do like pictures. 

By Brent Peterson.  Second edition, 2006