tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53931952009-11-08T20:16:37.159-07:00Tioga & George travel the roads of the west searching for adventureTiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-91856457670859193232009-11-08T19:59:00.005-07:002009-11-08T20:16:37.168-07:002009-11-08T20:16:37.168-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/cranes-rv-refrigeration.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7PM - Cranes RV Refrigeration</span></u></a><br />MsTioga and The Team are Nite Camped at Cranes RV Refrigeration in the City of Vallejo, California. We drove north from Santa Cruz this afternoon. Tomorrow morning, Cranes will remove Mr. Dometic's bad cooling unit and install a remanufactured cooling unit. Then, we will have our Mr. Dometic refrigerator working again.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Why didn't we make a post until 7pm?</span></span></span></b><br />Well, I really do not know? My Son Dave phoned me a few minutes ago wondering if I was alright. Did I have a senior moment or something? Hmmmm? I just forgot to make a blog post!<br /><br />This was a real good day though. In the morning Tioga and I drove over to the Santa Cruz Diner and waited for Son Joe to walk there to meet us. We had a nice breakfast, and then drove down to the Santa Cruz beach.<br /><br />There is a place where MsTioga may park at the beach. We have Day Camped there many times. It is called, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">"Twin Lakes"</span></i></b>. Joe and I hung out there watching the waves come in, the birds flying, the sail boats sailing.<br /><br />Joe told me, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">"I like hanging out here with you, Dad."</span></i></b> [Music to my ears! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" />]<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/wonder-of-wifi.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/Tomorrow.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=105" target="_blank"><u>MsTioga Datastorm Location Map</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.12052,-122.2534&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.12052,-122.2534+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-9185645767085919323?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-86842516457536160632009-11-07T08:08:00.008-07:002009-11-08T20:05:38.304-07:002009-11-08T20:05:38.304-07:00<!-- google_ad_section_start --><a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/wonder-of-wifi.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7AM -The wonder of WiFi!</span></u></a><br />The TiogaRV Team is in the City of Santa Cruz in California. We are here to spend a wonderful weekend visiting with Son Joe! We Nite Camped next to a little park where it is quiet.<br /><br />Mr. HP, our rather new Notebook Computer, turns on. He is not connected to the internet. Then, an amazing thing happens. We plug our new little antenna into one of Mr. HP's USB ports. Like magic, this tiny Hawking Antenna [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&amp;FamID=60&amp;ProdID=386" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] looks around, finds an unsecured WiFi signal and we are online!<br /><br />Oh my! The Wonder of WiFi!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-07-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-07-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Hawking Wireless Dish Adapter</span></b></div><br /><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2PM - Santa Cruz Diner &amp; Star Trek.</span></span></span></b><br />Son Joe and I went for a late breakfast to the Santa Cruz Diner. I love this diner, because the food is fantastic and it is an old fashioned restaurant, the way such places were fifty years ago or more!<br /><br />After breakfast, we walked back to MsTioga and watched Star Trek, the 2009 movie. Joe and I both love movies, and this Star Trek is a great story!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-07-2009B_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 370px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-07-2009B_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">MsTioga's rear window signs.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">NOTE ABOUT THE NEW ADS:</span></span></span></b><br />If you Read Weng's blog, you may know that AdSense disabled her account. My Son David suggested using InfoLinks in Weng's blog to replace AdSense. I decided to test InfoLinks on my blog too.<br /><br />The InfoLinks ads are now appearing in my blog. This is an experiment for now, and I have to decide whether to keep InfoLinks on my Tioga-George blog.<br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/mr-dometic-died-yesterday.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/cranes-rv-refrigeration.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.975158,-122.02163&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.975158,-122.02163+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-8684251645753616063?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-22763837005621594502009-11-06T07:03:00.016-07:002009-11-07T08:23:11.183-07:002009-11-07T08:23:11.183-07:00<!-- google_ad_section_start --><a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/mr-dometic-died-yesterday.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mr. Dometic died yesterday!</span></u></a><br />Yesterday evening we found that Mr. Dometic, our noble hard working refrigerator, had a temperature of 65°F. Checking the back of the fridge, we found that the propane burner was working fine. But the coils which should be at least warm, were completely cold!<br /><br />Our experience has been that when this happens to a Dometic refridgerator, this means that the cooling unit is gone. Likely the ammonia refrigerant leaked out somehow. So, the cooling unit needs to be replaced!<div><br /></div><div>If you are an RVer, than you know that when a cooling unit goes down, the freezer remains cold. Only the refrigerator section does not cool anymore. In the pic below, Little Mavicita has captured the dreaded "yellow cake", the sure sign of a cooling unit gone bad.</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-06-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-06-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">The dreaded yellow cake!</span></b></div><br /><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What to do?</span></span></span></b><br />So, what are we going to do? Well, first of all we are going to defrost the freezer and clean up Mr. Dometic. Then, we will shop around for a rebuilt Dometic cooling unit. There are companies that rebuild Dometic cooling units for about $600. A new Dometic cooling unit might cost $1,000!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Selecting a cooling unit rebuilder.</span></span></span></b></div><div>I'm thinking about ordering my rebuilt cooling unit from RVCOOLINGUNIT.COM [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://rvcoolingunit.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. Have you heard about this company? RVCOOLINGUNIT.COM received some recommendations in the RV.NET forum.</div><div><br /></div><div>What do you think? Have you bought a rebuilt cooling unit for your RV?</div><div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We made a decision!</span></span></span></b><br />Several Readers have written both in ShoutBox and in emails, advising to buy a new Dometic refrigerator, not a rebuilt. However, we on the TioogaRV Team have considerable experience with Dometic. We have had installed in MsTioga, two brand new Dometic refrigerators in the last six years! Both of these new Dometic fridges went bad.<br /><br />The last time that Mr. Dometic went bad in 2006, we had a full service warranty contract with Dometic. This contract provided for a "NO COST" replacement when a failure occurred. </div><div><br /></div><div>And here is what happened in 2006:</div><div><ul><li>A factory rebuilt cooling unit was installed, and it was bad upon installation.</li><li>Another factory rebuilt cooling unit was installed, and it was bad on installation also!</li><li>Dometic decided to ship us a brand new refrigerator. Brand new! And now that brand new refrigerator has gone bad in only three years.</li></ul><div>We have made arrangements with Cranes RV Refrigeration Inc [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://www.gasrefrigeration.net/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. Cranes is located in Vallejo, California and will exchange our bad cooling unit and install a replacement rebuilt cooling unit this coming Monday.</div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Talking about our Mr. Dometic</span></span></span></b><br /><ul><li>Our Mr. Dometic is a Model RM2620. The current Dometic recall does not include this model number.</li><li>We never, ever park out of level with our Mr. Dometic turned on. </li><li>We cannot use an electric fridge, even one that only uses 6 amps. This is actually 6 amps per hour, which would mean at least 60 amp hours to power the fridge during the nite!</li><li>Cranes RV Refrigeration is the company that we are going to use for our rebuilt cooling unit. Here is a [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://www.gasrefrigeration.net/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] to Cranes website.</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/crab-season.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/wonder-of-wifi.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.975158,-122.02163&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.975158,-122.02163+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-2276383700562159450?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-35913396612411596762009-11-05T05:53:00.019-07:002009-11-06T07:15:15.423-07:002009-11-06T07:15:15.423-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/crab-season.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Crab season!</span></u></a><br />Crab season apparently begins this weekend and many RVers gather to party in the lot where MsTioga is Camped. Yesterday when we first arrived, there were no RVs here. But minutes later, other RVs began arriving for this crab party.<br /><br />We were talking to one of these RVer celebrants, who told that the harbor rents out space here at this time of year for $30 per nite! And sure enough we got a "Warning Notice" during the nite which was placed on MsTioga's windshield! Imagine that?<div><br /></div><div>So now at 5am, we are moving to another parking lot about 200 yards away. A parking lot for the restaurant, shops and Oceano Hotel. MsTioga refuses to pay $30 rent just because the crab season is opening! </div><div><br /></div><div> Well, maybe we would pay this rent if free crab was included! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Note:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> If you click on one of the Google Map links below, you may see that we are Camped at the north end of famous Half Moon Bay!</span><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Great Reed Brothers Story!</span></span></span></b><br />Sometimes things happen which are just plain impossible. Sometimes too many coincidences are involved. The odds too great to happen. Yet things happen!<br /><br />Yesterday Reader David Reed emailed wanting to visit MsTioga and The Team. We emailed back and forth with David, and we made a date to meet this morning. An amazing set of events had to happen before David arrived at our Camp. After David arrived, and while we both were sitting inside MsTioga talking, David's brother Ron walked by MsTioga while talking on a cell phone.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I had not received the "Warning Notice" written about above. If I had not moved because of that Warning Notice. If I had not decided to rotate MsTioga 180° so that Mr. Datastorm would have an easier time finding his satellite. If I had not tried to logon to the nearby Oceano Hotel WiFi. If I had not opened MsTioga's front curtains for a clearer shot at Oceano's WiFi. If brother Ron had not stopped to talk on his cell phone right next to MsTioga. If brother David had not glanced out of MsTioga's window just when his brother Ron stopped next to MsTioga.</div><div><br /></div><div>All of these things had to happen for these two brothers to meet this morning. These two brothers had last seen each each other for two years! </div><div><br /></div><div>You may believe in coincidence. We on the TiogaRV Team used to believe in coincidence too. But no more! Time and time again, things like "The Great Reed Brothers Story" have happened to us. Now, we believe different. We believe in the magic of destiny. </div><div><br /></div><div>Brings tears of happiness to our eyes, to share this story with you! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile1.gif" /></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-05-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-05-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">David and Ron Reed meet inside MsTioga <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">[L-R]</span>.</span></b></div></div><div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Pescadero State Beach.</span></span></span></b><br />We have made an Afternoon Camp at one of the few pieces of California State property we found along the Pacific Coast that does not have posted a demand for a visiting fee. Wow!<br /><br />The waves are rolling in only about 75 yards from MsTioga. Our plan is to stay here close to Sundown. Then make a Nite Camp a bit inland at a place we scouted out a few minutes ago. We have named this Nite Camp location, Bird Park Camp, because it is on bird sanctuary land.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">6PM - Bird Park Nite Camp.</span></span></span></b><br />MsTioga and The Tioga RV Team have just setup in our Nite Camp in Bird Park, a sanctuary for birdies on California State Property. We are pushing the limits a bit staying at this place. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained!<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-down-highway-one-trail.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/mr-dometic-died-yesterday.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.25615,-122.4077&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.25615,-122.4077+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-3591339661241159676?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-90197045805084804772009-11-04T09:37:00.012-07:002009-11-05T06:12:30.471-07:002009-11-05T06:12:30.471-07:00<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-down-highway-one-trail.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); ">Heading down the Highway #1 trail!</a></span></u><br />You may have noticed that we have been going down the coast road. The Highway #1 trail. Well, it is not exactly a trail, it's a road that follows the Pacific Coast of California. MsTioga wants to explore this road a bit, looking for free Nite Camps! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br />Hwy #1 will take us south so that we may be in Santa Cruz this weekend, to spend time with Son Joe who lives there.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sometimes computer stuff is tough!</span></span></span></b><br />This morning we installed a new wireless router. It is a D-Link brand. The installation was pretty easy. But guess what? We could not connect to our modem! Also could not connect to our Motosat D2 controller.<br /><br />So, we phoned D-Link for support. D-Link it turns out, has farmed out their support to a company located here in California. If you want real help from this company, you must pay for it. $32/hour.<br /><br />OK! I needed real help, so I paid for that help. Turned out to be one hour's worth of help. $64 bucks got us going again. There are still some bugs that need to be worked out. Still cannot connect to the Motosat's D2 controller. But we are using Steve O'Bosky our Datastorm dealer and the Datastorm Users Forum for this problem.<div><br /></div><div>Are you one of those who finds that computer problems sometimes are tough? Hmmmmm? I have been using computers since 1980. And I still have problems with them.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What has happened this morning!</span></span></span></b><br />Now is time for me to do a little introspection into my brain. Because this morning has been extremely challenging for me. Something was wrong with a component of my internet system. Things pointed to the wireless router. So, I changed out that router.<br /><br />The router would not hookup correctly, so I phoned for support as I wrote above. However, I had to phone support up again, because Mr. Datastorm's controller would not hook up right. Now that is fixed.</div><div><br /></div><div>But that is not all. Isn't there always some more? Hmmmm? <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Datastorm is still having problems getting online. Takes a half hour or more. So, I should change out the MODEM too. But I am reluctant to do another change out this morning. Because there always is something that goes wrong with these change outs.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, for now, I will reflect on all of the things that are going right with the TiogaRV Team. And I will get a perspective on the stuff with Mr. Datastorm that is giving me concerns.<br /><br />Then, I am going to put all that aside and proceed exploring down the Hwy #1 trail. All of this computer stuff will eventually work its way out.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">1PM - Camped in El Granada.</span></span></span></b><br />The entrance to where we are now Camped, is El Granada. We like that name because it means The Pomegranate in Spanish. </div><div><br /></div><div>As you may see in the pic below, MsTioga is surrounded by crab pots. We were told that we likely would not be bothered staying overnite with these crab pots.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-04-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-04-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">MsTioga among the crab pots.</span></b></div><br /><br />After we visited with Uncle Joe yesterday, Little Mavicita took a pic of the Golden Gate Bridge. The pic came out pretty good and Little Mavicita wants to share it with you.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-04-2009PanoC_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 550px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-04-2009PanoC_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco Bay.</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/flu.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/crab-season.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.50445,-122.4809&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.50445,-122.4809+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-9019704580508480477?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-66259124819327812432009-11-03T08:28:00.009-07:002009-11-04T09:47:48.094-07:002009-11-04T09:47:48.094-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/flu.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The flu?</span></u></a><br />Yesterday while on-the-road, I began having allergy like symptoms. Runny nose that would not stop! This morning I woke up without the runny nose, but feeling like I have the flu! A cough with some upper lung congestion.<br /><br />The thing that bothers me most about this, is that yesterday I invited Reader and friend, Pete Olson [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://peteolsonmusic.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] to visit me inside MsTioga. If I had suspected my runny nose was actually the beginning of the flu, I would not have put Pete at risk!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">1PM - Uncle Joe's resting place.</span></span></span></b><br />Every time we drive thru the City of San Francisco, we visit Uncle Joe who rests in the National Cemetery in the Presidio. The cemetery is a gorgeous place which is located close to the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge.<br /><br />I am the only person left who knows exactly where Uncle Joe rests. When I have passed, no other person will likely visit Uncle Joe. So, we decided to place a permanent marker locating our Uncle Joe. <div><br /></div><div>He rests [<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.798290,-122.465867&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>] at the green arrow. He is right next to the water hose bibb.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-03-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-03-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-03-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-03-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Uncle Joe and George.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">3PM - Nite Camped in San Francisco.</span></span></span></b><br />It may be commonly perceived that Nite Camping on the streets of San Francisco is not possible. The TiogaRV Team is testing that perception!<br /><br />We have made a Nite Camp just north of the famous Golden Gate Park and a couple blocks from the Pacific Ocean.<br /><br />If the powers of San Francisco knock on MsTioga's door tonite, we may be moving this Camp!<br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-for-coast.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-down-highway-one-trail.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.77175,-122.5088&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.77175,-122.5088+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-6625912481932781243?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-15709525110679644282009-11-02T08:44:00.006-07:002009-11-03T08:38:51.960-07:002009-11-03T08:38:51.960-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-for-coast.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Heading for the coast!</span></span></u></a><br />This morning MsTioga and The TiogaRV Team are leaving Son Dave's home and heading for the Pacific Coast. We want to explore the north bay, the area north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-01-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-01-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">George and Dave in the kitchen.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">10AM - Carquinez Bridge and Suisun Bay.</span></span></span></b><br />MsTioga drove over to our friend, Mr. Dick who lives in Martinez. Mr. Dick showed us his huge new computer and we visited for awhile. Then MsTioga headed west on Hwy #4.<br /><br />We came to the Cummings Skyway turn-off to the Town of Crockett. Being explorers, we took this road thru barren hills. Little Mavicita spotted a gorgeous view of the Carquinez Bridge and the Suisun Bay and asked MsTioga to stop for a pic. So, she did!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-02-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/11/11-02-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">View from Cummings Skyway</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Carquinez Bridge and Suisun Bay</span></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">3PM - Nite Camped in Novato, California.</span></span></span></b><br />We have made a Nite Camp behind a Trader Joe's grocery store in the City of Novato. We picked this location after cruising this town. Nite Camping in California is challenging, and this place might be a safe place for us.<br /><br />Trader Joe's is Aunt Shirley's favorite grocery. We will be sure to go over there to do some shopping! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/trip-north.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/flu.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=105" target="_blank"><u>MsTioga Datastorm Location Map</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.11165,-122.5668&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.11165,-122.5668+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-1570952511067964428?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-81938487046169036272009-11-01T07:46:00.006-07:002009-11-02T08:52:15.201-07:002009-11-02T08:52:15.201-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/trip-north.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Trip North!</span></u></a><br />Mr. HP and I just updated our 2009 Trip Plan for November [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/TripPlans/2009-Trip-Plan.htm" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. As you may read, MsTioga traveled 2,068 miles during October. Much, much more than our usual monthly distance. The trip out of Mexico was exciting. MsTioga put the pedal-to-metal to achieve max WARP speed! Even so, everybody on the TiogaRV Team agrees we had a real good time during that trip.<div><br /></div><div>We also updated our Budget Expense Reports [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/BudgetInfo/BudgetInfo.htm" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. We had a loss to our savings because of this huge trip. But as you may see, things did not come out that bad, in part due to the generosity of several Readers who sent donations to help out! Thank you sooooooo much! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Note:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Our Trip Plan and Expense Reports may be seen anytime from links off of our Home Page. There is a link to our Home Page at the bottom of all of our Web Pages, including our Tioga-George Blog.</span><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/halloween-accident.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/heading-for-coast.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No map links while at Dave's Home.<br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-8193848704616903627?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-68841688335516322682009-10-31T10:13:00.006-06:002009-11-01T08:07:19.233-07:002009-11-01T08:07:19.233-07:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/halloween-accident.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Halloween accident!</span></u></a><br />This morning Son Dave had a terrible Halloween accident. A large screw fell from the sky and went clean thru Dave's head! But strangely, Dave is still able to prepare breakfast, as you may see for yourself in the pic below!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-31-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-31-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Dave screwed by Halloween bolt</span></b>!</div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">1PM - MsTioga broken down!</span></span></span></b><br />We had just left an oil changing place where MsTioga had her oil changed. The engine starter seemed sluggish. I may have mentioned this engine starter problem before. Anyway, we pulled MsTioga over and I went to clean the cables that attach the engine battery.<br /><br />On re-attaching the cables, the connection broke! Literally came away!! I did not know what the thing that broke was, and I phoned Son Dave for help. Dave suggested that I put a pic of this broken thing on the internet for possible identification by a Reader. So Mr. Datastorm went up to get us online.<br /><br />While Mr. Datastorm was doing his thing, I looked for this unknown part in our Chilton Ford Manual. And guess what, there is a whole section on this same part!<br /><br /><b><i>It is called, "Starter Motor Solenoid Relay Switch".</i></b><br /><br />When Mr. Datastorm was online, we looked for an AutoZone store and found one not too far away. Using our TracFone, we called AutoZone, and they have one of these things in stock! Man-O-Man!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-31-2009C_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-31-2009C_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Starter Motor Solenoid Relay Switch.</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/battery-isolator-part-2.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/11/trip-north.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No map links while at Dave's Home.<br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-6884168833551632268?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-58148584478380633762009-10-30T07:24:00.013-06:002009-10-31T10:19:51.823-06:002009-10-31T10:19:51.823-06:00<!-- google_ad_section_start --><a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/battery-isolator-part-2.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Battery Isolator-Part #2</span></span></u></a><br />Yesterday when I installed the new battery isolator, two wires connected to the center terminal fell away, their butt joints didn't hold. I could not see where these wires were formerly connected because they went down into a hard-to-reach part of the engine compartment.<br /><br />This morning I was reading the electric schematic for the isolator, and see that one of the functions of this device is to connect the secondary battery to the engine starter. There is a "Auxiliary Start Switch " inside MsTioga which when depressed, trips the isolator allowing the secondary battery to power the engine starter. This "Auxiliary Start Switch " does not work now, probably because those two wires that fell away are not connected anymore.<div><br /></div><div>I have a choice this morning. Whether to pay the auto electric shop to try and re-connect the isolator as it was before. Or, just let it go as-is. If as-is, then the secondary battery may be used to start the engine using a jumper cable. I hardly ever used the "button switch" in the past.</div><div><br /></div><div>What to do?<div></div><div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">8AM - Discount Auto Electric.</span></span></span></b><br />We had a Team Meeting, and it was decided to go make our appointment at Discount Auto Electric. The owner of the shop is Tony Mazzola and the mechanic is Enrique. Right after the shop opened, Tony told me to drive MsTioga up to begin the work.</div><div><br /></div><div>It turns out that Enrique is from Mexico, in the State of Zacatecas. I know Zacatecas very well, and stayed there for about a month<br /><br />Very quickly, Enrique figured out what I had done wrong in my electrical hook up. Now both batteries are receiving a charge from the alternator. And, I am able to use Auxiliary Start Switch if ever MsTioga's engine battery goes dead.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cost of today's repair: $37.50US. Not a bad price for the USA!! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Mechanic Enrique from Zacatecas</span></b>.</div><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2PM - Son Dave's Home.</span></span></span></b><br />MsTioga and The Team have arrived at Son Dave's home in the City of Concord, California. Dave and his foster kids love Halloween. As you may see from the pic below, Halloween is special at Dave's Home [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://daves-foster-home.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>].<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009PanoB_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009PanoB_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Halloween at Dave's Home!</span></b></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009B_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-30-2009B_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Lego fun at Dave's home!</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/isolater-broken.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/halloween-accident.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No map links while at Dave's Home.<br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-5814858447838063376?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-3183134984765042602009-10-29T08:31:00.008-06:002009-10-30T07:44:13.432-06:002009-10-30T07:44:13.432-06:00<a face="arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/isolater-broken.html" target="_blank" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7AM - Isolator broken!</span></u></a><br />Lately MsTioga's engine starter has been sometimes sluggish. As if the engine battery is not fully charged. On inspection, a broken isolator switch was found. The connector that goes from the isolator to the ignition switch is wiggly, and the nut cannot be made tight.<br /><br />We do not know if this isolator is the cause of the starting problems. So, we are going to shop for a new isolator to eliminate that concern.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Readers like MsTioga in California</span></span></span></b>.<br />Lately our daily visitor count has been over 3,000 readers. Before MsTioga entered California, we were averaging about 2,500 readers per day.<br /><br />What is it about California that you like soooooooo much? Hmmmm?<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">11AM - Traffic jam!</span></span></span></b><br />We found Sundown RV in Atwater, CA by searching on the internet. At Sundown we bought the isolator switch and filled MsTioga's propane tank.<br /><br />Continuing north on Hwy #99, MsTioga came upon something that we do not see much anymore. A traffic jam! <div><br /></div><div>We pulled off in the Town of Livingston, California and made a Breakfast Camp in order to give traffic a chance to clear up.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-29-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-29-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Traffic jam on Hwy #99.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">2PM - Installed isolator.</span></span></span></b><br />We have arrived in the City of Modesto and installed the new isolator switch. However, I must have not wired the switch correctly, because the house battery is not receiving a charge current from the alternator.<br /><br />We looked for an auto electric shop. We have an appointment to return here in the morning to straighten the wiring problem out.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">5PM - Found electric diagram.</span></span></span></b><br />Sometime back, Fleetwood supplied me with an electric diagram of MsTioga's circuits. Looking at this diagram, I found where the mis-wired cable was located and attached it correctly. Now the house battery receives charge current from the alternator. But the emergency start switch is not working now.<br /><br />So, in the morning, perhaps the auto electric shop may fix it all up.<br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/exploring-by-wandering-around.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/battery-isolator-part-2.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.6384,-121.0026&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.6384,-121.0026+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-318313498476504260?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-45688566472419249502009-10-28T05:07:00.019-06:002009-10-29T08:41:00.742-06:002009-10-29T08:41:00.742-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/exploring-by-wandering-around.html" target="_blank"><u>Exploring by wandering around!</u></a></span><br />We on the TiogaRV Team like to travel without doing much research about where we are going. MsTioga likes to explore by wandering around. We have stumbled on to glorious places this way. That's how we came to find the Pueblo of Santa Rosalia in Baja California del Sur where we spent three winters. And also how we found the Pueblo of Aticama and La Playa de Matanchen.<div><br /></div><div>Could we have researched these places? Or is it only possible to find them by traveling short distances, and then curiously wandering around exploring?<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">10AM - Oracle of Aticama suggests!</span></span></span></b><br />This morning, Francisco Kohler [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://aticama.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] [aka Oracle of Aticama] suggested that I wander around the local Harbor Freight outlet here in the City of Fresno. So, I did! Too much stuff for my brain to absorb. Sure was a good wander though!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">12 Noon - In-N-Out!</span></span></span></b><br />Is anybody able to resist going to an In-N-Out Burger for lunch? Those fries! Those buns!<br /><br />We on the TiogaRV Team could not resist today.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-28-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-28-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">In-N-Out Burger.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b>Note:</b> The above In-N-Out post was made from the In-N-Out parking lot where we found WiFi access. Amazing how many WiFi access points there are available to us.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">4PM - Tons of RVs on the move.</span></span></span></b><br />As we travel north on Hwy #99, we see tons of RVs on the move. Where are all of these RVers going? </div><div><br /></div><div>We are in Chowchilla, California now. It sure is not T-shirt and short pants weather in Chowchilla. Only 64°F here. However, down in Mexico, in the Pueblo of Aticama right now, it is 86°F. </div><div><br /></div><div> When will these RVers head to Mexico? Hmmmm?<br /><br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/every-team-member-is-essential.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/isolater-broken.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.12756,-120.2206&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.12756,-120.2206+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-4568856647241924950?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-30848461031337030772009-10-27T12:01:00.009-06:002009-10-28T05:29:37.156-06:002009-10-28T05:29:37.156-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/every-team-member-is-essential.html" target="_blank"><u>Every Team Member is Essential!</u></a></span><br />Every one of the TiogaRV Team Members is essential to our well being and happiness. Every single one! While Mr. Datastorm was out of order, we kept on, but it was not the same.<div><br /></div><div>Now, thanks to our friend Steve O'Bosky, Datastorm dealer supreme, Mr. Datastorm is better than new. Better than ever!!</div><div><br /></div><div>We have made a Blogging Camp at the National Forest Station along Hwy #180. Mr. Datastorm went up, found his Space Station, and is online at 65 Signal Quality. Very good!</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-27-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-27-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">TiogaRV Team - On the road again!</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1PM - Reader Walter.</span></span></b><br />Friend and Reader Walter Barsam has followed the Adventures of Tioga and George for several years. Walter works at KSFN-TV in the City of Fresno. The last time we visited with Walter, was about three years ago.<br /><br />Walter works in the engineering department. He gave me a tour of the station which has been greatly modernized since my last visit.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-27-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-27-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Walter Barsam and MsTioga.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5PM - Nite Camped in Fresno.</span></span></b><br />MsTioga traveled 51 miles today. No more moving along a maximum WARP speed. We are back to our normal daily journey. Searching for adventure and being on the road for only an hour or two each day.<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/tweeking-mr-datastorm.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/exploring-by-wandering-around.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.743693,-119.77378&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.743693,-119.77378+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-3084846103133703077?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-58819593898751729952009-10-26T07:47:00.007-06:002009-10-27T12:15:13.866-06:002009-10-27T12:15:13.866-06:00<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/tweeking-mr-datastorm.html" target="_blank"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Tweaking Mr. Datastorm!</span></u></a><br />As you may have read in Steve O'Bosky's ShoutBox post, today Mr. Datastorm will be serviced to try and maximize his output. We on the TiogaRV Team want our Mr. Datastorm to be completely tweaked! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><div><br /></div><div>Steve is looking over all of Mr. Datastorm's backup parts and equipment in order to make sure that if anything breaks down, we have the stuff needed to do repairs on board MsTioga.</div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, Mr. Datastorm wants you to know that we are making this morning's post using his system! And he wants you to know that he is feeling great to be working again!!<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Where will MsTioga go next?</span></span></b><br />We had a Team Meeting this morning, and Mr. Wave6 our hardworking portable catalytic heater [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/olympian.htm" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] asked a very good question! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Where will we be going after Mr. Datastorm is working fine again?</b></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>There was a BIG discussion! MsTioga has not been in the USA in almost two years and she would like to visit with family and friends. We will go north to visit Son Dave [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://daves-foster-home.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. Then go south along the California coast visiting Son Joe, Uncle Seymour and Aunt Shirley and Cousin Jacky.</div><div><br /></div><div>We also wish to visit our friends John &amp; Mimi Porter who live in the San Diego area. And other friends who we may meet along the way.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2PM - Resting by the creek.</span></span></b><br />After Mr. Datastorm was all tweaked, Steve drove me around his property on a golf cart! Really! He did! The property is pretty large, and the golf cart took us way up around and high up the hill where the views were gorgeous.<br /><br />Then we went down to the creek where there is a swing. After we talked for awhile, Steve went up to his trailer for a nap. I stayed on the swing and Little Mavicita snuck down and took a pic of me!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-26-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-26-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">George on the swing at Steve's place.</span></b></div><br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/steve-obosky-day.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/every-team-member-is-essential.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.6849,-119.0456&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.6849,-119.0456+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-5881959389875172995?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-13531290653526904202009-10-25T08:00:00.006-06:002009-10-26T08:01:53.329-06:002009-10-26T08:01:53.329-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/steve-obosky-day.html" target="_blank"><u>Steve O'Bosky Day!</u></a></span><br />MsTioga and The Team have driven a long way in order to bring our Mr. Datastorm to be with friend and Datastorm dealer, Steve O'Bosky. When we meet Steve today in the City of Visalia, California, we will have driven 1,643 miles in nine days. <div><br /></div><div>Of course it is Mr. Datastorm who is most excited about meeting Steve. Because Mr. Datastorm is getting his new transmitter from Steve! And other goodies too! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Changing out the transmitter.</span></span></b><br />It was another long mileage day for MsTioga. 230 miles. We are now in the Town of Miramonte, California. This is where Steve O'Bosky is living and where Mr. Datastorm is getting repaired.<br /><br />Steve installed a new transmitter on to Mr. Datastorm's antenna. The old transmitter had one watt of power. This new transmitter has two watts!<br /><br />As soon as the new 2-watt transmitter was installed, Mr. Datastorm was able to go online! Wow! Everybody on the TiogaRV Team is sooooooo happy for our Mr. Datastorm! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-25-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-25-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Steve on MsTioga's roof installing the new transmitter.</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/do-we-need-datastorm.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/tweeking-mr-datastorm.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.6849,-119.0456&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.6849,-119.0456+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-1353129065352690420?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-50744476488508090382009-10-24T07:45:00.011-06:002009-10-25T08:18:18.523-06:002009-10-25T08:18:18.523-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/do-we-need-datastorm.html" target="_blank"><u>Do we need Datastorm?</u></a></span><br />We have received several emails and one ShoutBox post wondering, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><i>"Do we need Datastorm?"</i></span> During this trip north, we seem to have easily found WiFi access and made our blog posts.<div><br /></div><div>Yes! We do need our Mr. Datastorm. Although we are finding WiFi in cities and towns, often MsTioga and The Team do not make our Camps in populated places. Way out in the forests and deserts, for example. And also in Aticama and the gorgeous lake at Santa Maria del Oro.</div><div><br /></div><div>We need Mr. Datastorm in order to be who we are, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Vagabonders-Supreme!</span></i><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">One week on the road north.</span></span></b></div><div>This morning when MsTioga heads into the depths of the State of California, she will have been on the road one week. It was one week ago while we were in the City of Tepic, that we decided to return to the USA and get Mr. Datastorm fixed up.</div><div><br /></div><div>This has been a challenging trip! Two times MsTioga has gone to a mechanic for repairs. Once to fix a leak in her dash air conditioner. And once to replace her busted water pump. To say nothing of moving along at maximum WARP speed! </div><div><br /></div><div>MsTioga has never gone so far, so fast during any other trip! 1,234 miles in seven days. That's 176 miles per day [average]. We are sooooooo proud of MsTioga! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Pinon Hills.</span></span></b><br />MsTioga traveled 204 miles today. A bit more than we had planned. Mr. HP connected to WiFi in the desert Town of Pinon Hills. It is a poor connection, only 1-bar on the WiFi scale. So, we may move a bit to get a stronger signal. [<b>Note:</b> We moved 200 yards east and now we have a 4-bar signal!! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" />]<br /><br />For supper tonite, the menu is fried chicken salad! We take a chicken breast, cut it up into chunks, bread and fry them. Then make a salad with 1000 island dressing. Love this stuff!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">6:30PM - Looking for WiFi again.</span></span></b><br />Immediately after making our 4pm post, our WiFi connection evaporated! So, after eating supper, MsTioga wandered around in the gathering dusk while Mr. HP scanned the electronic horizon for a signal.</div><div><br /></div><div>Several WiFi signals popped up, but none proved good. So, we continued wandering. About an hour later, we arrived in the City of Palmdale where we connected with the "It's A Grind Coffee House" WiFi. That's where we are now.<br /><br />This story of looking for WiFi highlights the great value of having Mr. Datastorm on board when he is working. Early this afternoon we spotted a free State of California campground in the desert, and we wished to stay there for the nite. However, we were without any internet connection.<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/meeting-wanderwolf.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/steve-obosky-day.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.5810,-118.098554&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.5810,-118.098554+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-5074447648850809038?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-8147742164220777652009-10-23T11:20:00.010-06:002009-10-24T08:09:51.714-06:002009-10-24T08:09:51.714-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/meeting-wanderwolf.html" target="_blank"><u>Meeting Wanderwolf!</u></a></span><br />Yesterday, Reader Karen emailed telling that Reader Mike [aka Wanderwolf] is living here in the Town of Ajo where we are Camped. So, this morning we went over and knocked on Wanderwolf's door to say hi.<br /><br />Mike is an artist, as you may see from the paintings all over his RV. The RV is named Wanderwolf [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://wanderwolfandi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>].<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-23-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-23-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Jorge and Mike with Wanderwolf.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">10AM - Heading west!</span></span></b><br />MsTioga is heading west this morning. She figures that we might reach Steve O'Bosky's home sometime late Sunday afternoon. Steve is our Datastorm dealer who will be doing the repairs and upgrade of our Datastorm internet antenna.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5PM - MsTioga in California!</span></span></b><br />We crossed the Arizona border. MsTioga is in California in the desert Town of Blythe. We are Laundry Camped at the Country Wash &amp; Dry. This is the first time we have washed clothes at an automatic laundry in many moons! Lavanderias in Mexico pay people to do our wash for us.<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/crossing-international-border.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/do-we-need-datastorm.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.61146,-114.59106&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.61146,-114.59106+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-814774216422077765?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-46904496337676124992009-10-22T06:18:00.016-06:002009-10-23T11:28:37.163-06:002009-10-23T11:28:37.163-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/crossing-international-border.html" target="_blank"><u>Crossing the International Border!</u></a></span><br />MsTioga wants to cross the International Border today at the Sonoyta/Lukeville border crossing. However, it is 268 miles from our Camp in Hermosillo to the border. Quite far for us. So, we may make a Nite Camp about half way to the border.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9AM - Santa Ana.</span></span></b><br />MsTioga and The Team have arrived in the Town of Santa Ana which is located at the intersection of the highway which goes west to the border Town of Sonoyta.<br /><br />You may wonder how we are online here with Mr. Datastorm not working. Mr. HP, our notebook computer turns on and sits on a table built especially for him [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/MsTiogasGPS-System.htm" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>]. Then MsTioga cruises along until a WiFi spot appears on the monitor. Pretty neat, huh?<br /><br />This is high desert here. Mr. DeLorme, our GPS team member reports an elevation of 2,282 feet. It is cooler here too. Only 69°F outside. This is the coolest temp that we have encountered during the daytime for many months!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2PM - Border Town of Sonoyta.</span></span></b><br />We have arrived in the Border Town of Sonoyta. The International Border is ahead. Mr. HP does not know if he is able to find a WiFi on the other side of the border. So, we have made a post here.<div><br /></div><div>The road from Hermosillo to Sonoyta is very good. Often a separated highway with two lanes in each direction.</div><div><br /></div><div>We on TiogaRV Team do not bother worrying about food confiscation at borders. Not worth the bother. What ever the border people want, they may have.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">US Border Station - Lukeville, Arizona.</span></span></b><br />As you may see in the pic below, there is very little waiting to pass thru the Lukeville Border Station. </div><div><br /></div><div> MsTioga went thru secondary inspection with flying colors. All of Mr. Dometic's food remained. The border people did not take one thing! Not even eggs or chicken!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-22-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-22-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Lukeville Border Station entrance.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Town of Ajo, Arizona.</span></span></b><br />We have made a Nite Camp in the Town of Ajo, Arizona. Mr. HP has found a really good WiFi connection, and we are staying the nite here hopefully connected to the net.</div><div><br /></div><div>We took a drive thru the Town of Ajo. The homes here appear to be owned by lower-middle class income people. But these are much larger homes than those usually found in Mexico. The streets here in Ajo are wide and paved with well maintained sidewalks and city landscaping. It is bewildering to observe the tremendous wealth here in this little desert town. Wealth owned by ordinary people compared to similar people in Mexico.<br /><br />Besides the homes, other things are a bit different from Mexico. As you may see in the pic below, we found a sign that would not be found in the entire country of Mexico.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-22-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-22-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/gruas-treslados.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/meeting-wanderwolf.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.37427,-112.8622&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.37427,-112.8622+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-4690449633767612499?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-88280463210766634562009-10-21T18:11:00.010-06:002009-10-22T06:27:18.556-06:002009-10-22T06:27:18.556-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/gruas-treslados.html" target="_blank"><u>Gruas Treslados!</u></a></span><br />Yesterday when Gaspar told me the name of his company, I heard "Gruas Tres Lados" which in Spanish means "Tow Trucks Three Sides". However, as you may see in the pic below, the name is "Gruas Y Traslados" which means "Tow Trucks and Transfers".<br /><br />Gaspar's business is mainly, moving very heavy loads. He uses a large crane and lowboy trailers to make these moves. A pic of his big crane is below.<br /><br />I do not know why exactly, but Gaspar's business is very slow lately.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-21-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-21-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">A Gruas Treslados tow truck.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-21-2009B_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-21-2009B_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">The big crane.</span></b></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Luck or a miracle?</span></span></b><br />Yesterday when MsTioga's water pump bearing let go, we heard the sound of the fan rattling around but did not know what that sound was. After awhile, the rattling sound got louder, so we pulled over to take a peak.</div><div><br />At the time we were still quite a bit south of the City of Hermosillo and travelling thru an unoccupied area. If we would have stopped a mile back, we would not have found Gaspar to fix MsTioga.<br /><br />But we stopped smack in front of Gaspar's business. Right in front of his driveway! What a lucky thing. Or is it a miracle? MsTioga drove way up into Gaspar's property, far enough from the highway to be able to sleep last nite.<br /><br />If we had stopped last nite even a short distance sooner, MsTioga would have been stuck for the nite alongside the noisy highway with trucks passing by. And we would have had to find a mechanic this morning to replace the water pump.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9AM - Buying parts at AutoZone.</span></span></b><br />Gaspar gathered all of the parts needed for the repair and we drove together to the AutoZone store in Hermosillo. Besides the busted water pump, we are replacing two belts, the thermostat and the tiny hose behind water pump. These other items are replaced because it would be difficult to replace them without removing the radiator or because it is an easy replacement now.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3PM - Radiator installed.</span></span></b><br />It took the rest of the morning to install the new water pump and re-install most of the other removed parts and assemblies. Just now the radiator and its shroud got installed, followed by the fan clutch.<br /><br />It is getting close to the completion of this job!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Ready to roll.</span></span></b><br />The water pump is installed. MsTioga has been checked out, and there are no leaks. We are going to remain in Hermosillo for the nite, and head out north again tomorrow morning. MsTioga is Nite Camped next to a sports field, as you might see when clicking on the Google Earth Map link below.<br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/lost.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/crossing-international-border.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.03598,-110.9556&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.03598,-110.9556+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-8828046321076663456?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-86158333809827394422009-10-20T03:31:00.011-06:002009-10-21T18:31:06.283-06:002009-10-21T18:31:06.283-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/06/TITLE.html" target="_blank"><u>Lost!</u></a></span><br />Yesterday evening I went for a walk. There is a plaza nearby, and I walked up there to look around. Some of the streets here in the City of Novojoa go off on diagonals. Because of that I lost my way back to MsTioga!<div><br /></div><div>I walked and walked and walked! For over an hour I looked and could not find my way back to MsTioga. Wow! I was very bad lost.</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally I asked some people if they knew of an internet store nearby, and they did. In the internet store, I told the lady owner that I was lost. Could I use one of her computers to look at my blog where there was a Google map of MsTioga's location? </div><div><br /></div><div>The lady owner asked her brother, Luis, to drive me back to MsTioga! Wow! That was really a close call!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Heading for the City of Hermosillo!</span></span></b><br />This morning MsTioga will head north for a destination of the City of Hermosillo which is 201 miles away. We will make our Nite Camp inside Hermosillo. That Nite Camp will be close to the International Border!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our DeLorme GPS software [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/MsTiogasGPS-System.htm" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>] tells us that from Hermosillo, the Lukeville, Arizona border crossing is 266 miles away. The Nogales, Arizona border crossing is closer, only 173 miles away. We must decide tomorrow which of these two border crossings MsTioga will use to re-enter the United States.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7AM - Air conditioning problem.</span></span></b><br />MsTioga has noticed that her dash air conditioning is cycling on and off. This is an indication of being low in refrigerant.<br /><br />We have moved our Camp to alongside the Ford dealer, here in the City of Novojoa. Would you believe that Mr. HP has found another free WiFi? Likely this WiFi is from the Ford dealer for their customers.<br /><br />The service department opens at 8am.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9AM - Air Conditioning Shop.</span></span></b><br />The Ford dealership did not have an air conditioning mechanic. So, they referred me to an Air Conditioning Shop not far from our Nite Camp here in Novojoa. The owner of the shop is Jesus Quintero.<br /><br />Jesus checked our A/C system for leaks, and found one leak in a connecting hose close to the A/C compressor. Right now the existing R12 freon is being removed so that the O-Ring seals may be replaced.</div><div><br /></div><div>You will likely find it incredible, that Mr. HP is able to go online once more from the inside of the A/C Shop! There is a shopping center across the street with an unsecured WiFi.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-20-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-20-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Shop owner, Jesus F. Quintero I.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5PM - Good bye water pump!</span></span></b><br />As MsTioga was approaching the City of Hermosillo, a sound began coming from the engine compartment. Soon the sound got louder, and we stopped to take a look. Green engine coolant was pouring out from the bottom of the engine.<br /><br />MsTioga's water pump had gone bye-bye!<br /><br />As luck would have it, we had stopped in front of "Gruas Tres Lados" [Tow Truck Three Sides]. The owner of the company is Gaspar Castañeda. Gaspar does a huge amount of mechanical repair at his business, and he offered to repair MsTioga! Pretty neat, huh? If we had not stopped directly in front of Gaspar's business, we would have been miles away from Hermosillo and a mechanic!</div><div><br /></div><div>Jose, one of Gaspar's sons drove me to the family home where they have wireless internet. I wanted to make this post so that you would not be worrying about MsTioga and The Team!</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-20-2009B_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-20-2009B_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Gaspar Castañeda working on MsTioga.</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/four-million-visits.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/gruas-treslados.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=28.9979,-110.9685&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=28.9979,-110.9685+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-8615833380982739442?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-83619239746787532762009-10-19T09:22:00.012-06:002009-10-20T03:46:43.106-06:002009-10-20T03:46:43.106-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/four-million-visits.html" target="_blank"><u>Four Million Visits!</u></a></span><br />Sometime this morning, our SiteMeter counter went over Four Million Visits! Wow! Everybody on the TiogaRV Team thanks you for following our adventures. <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9:30AM - Posting from Los Mochis.</span></span></b><br />MsTioga and The Team are posting from the counter of a tiny roadside hardware store. We have rented the TelCel device the owner calls "Banda Ancha".<br /><br />We are continuing our journey north, and will post later today where we make our Nite Camp. See you then!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2:30PM - Online in Novojoa!</span></span></b><br />MsTioga cruised around in the City of Novojoa while Mr. HP looked for an unsecured network to go online. And guess what?! We found one. Good signal strength too! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><div>MsTioga has traveled 170 miles today. We will stay the nite here in Novojoa. We have updated our map links using our Mr. DeLorme to obtain the GPS coordinates!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Note about current trip to the USA:</span></span></b><br />Last Friday troubles began with our internet connection. At first we thought that HughesNet, our satellite internet provider was responsible. Now we know that the problem is that Mr. Datastorm's transmitter is toast, completely fried.<br /><br />The next day on Saturday, MsTioga and The Team headed north for the State of California in the USA. We are going to visit with our Datastorm dealer, Steve O'Bosky where the bad transmitter will be replaced.<br /><br />This trip north is one of the longest trips in miles and the shortest in days that we can remember. In only three days, we have traveled 544 miles north from our departure location in the City of Tepic. Right now we are in the City of Navajoa and only 369 miles from the International Border and Nogales, Arizona.<br /><br />MsTioga entered Mexico in December, 2007. When we reach Nogales, she will have been out of the USA for almost two years.<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/transmitter-is-toast.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/lost.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=27.084,-109.444&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=27.084,-109.444+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-8361923974678753276?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-21115835228209570732009-10-18T07:36:00.008-06:002009-10-19T09:37:38.053-06:002009-10-19T09:37:38.053-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/transmitter-is-toast.html" target="_blank"><u>Transmitter is toast!</u></a></span><br />Last evening HughesNet began working normally again. However, our Mr. Datastorm could not go online. Because Mr. Datastorm's transmitter is toast!<br /><br />Yes! It's true! Mr. Datastorm's transmitter does not even make one transmission anymore! Wow!<br /><br />Our Datastorm dealer, Mr. Steve O'Bosky wanted to send us a backup transmitter just in case. But we refused. It goes to show, that if you have an excellent dealer, you should listen to his advice!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7:30AM - Heading north at warp speed!</span></span></b><br />You may have noticed from yesterday's blog post, that MsTioga and The Team are heading north at warp speed! We want to get Mr. Datastorm repaired as soon as possible. It is OK finding stores with internet access to make our posts. But not at all the same as having our own on board internet when Mr. Datastorm is working!<br /><br />We plan to take our time during our return trip south in November. Exploring and searching for adventure.<br /><br />In the pic below is the grocery store with internet access where we made our post here in the Pueblo of Coyotitan. The owners of this store have a daughter living in San Francisco!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-18-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-18-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Grocery store where we went online.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - In the City of Guaymuchil.</span></span></b><br />Upon entering the City of Guaymuchil, we looked thru a neighborhood for an internet store. While driving along, we spotted a new sushi restaurant, and decided to go there for supper. <div><br /></div><div>What a disappointment! I could not eat the food. It was not Japanese food. Must be somebody's idea of Japanese food. It is amazing how many restaurants in Mexico which feature Japanese food and pizza, are operated by Mexican people who know almost nothing about such food!<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Internet store.</span></span></b></div><div>The waitress at the sushi place told of an internet store a few blocks away. But that store was closed. A boy working at a purified water store nearby, offered to show me where there was another internet store.</div><div><br /></div><div>That is where we are right now, typing at you from the City of Guaymuchil. We will stay the nite here.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Email received from our Datastorm dealer.</span></span></b></div><div>Steve O'Bosky, our Datastorm dealer sent an email. He will not be home and able to work on Mr. Datastorm until Saturday, October 24th. So, we are going to slow down from Warp speed and do a little visiting!<br /><br />We have a friend in the City of Los Mochis where we will be tomorrow! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/heading-toward-united-states.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/four-million-visits.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.452,-108.064&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.452,-108.064+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-2111583522820957073?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-51983991503416262572009-10-17T06:33:00.007-06:002009-10-18T07:54:00.308-06:002009-10-18T07:54:00.308-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/heading-toward-united-states.html" target="_blank"><u>Heading toward the United States!</u></a></span><br />This morning the TiogaRV Team will head north for the United States! This trip is especially to visit our Datastorm dealer and friend Steve O'Bosky, to get our Mr. Datastorm working again.<br /><br />We had planned to visit Steve next April to do this work. However, with Mr. Datastorm not being able to go online at all anymore, we decided to return immediately.<div><br /></div><div>MsTioga and I talked it over, and we decided that to remain in Mexico without Mr. Datastorm working right, would just not be the thing to do. Our whole thing is to be able to just wander around and search for adventure. Without Mr. Datastorm, we would either not be blogging, or forced to remain in places where there were internet cafes.</div><div><br /></div><div>We plan to drive about four hours each day. Wherever we are after a four hour drive, that is where we will make our Camp. We plan to keep doing posting using this method [<a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,51,255); FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/BloggingTextFiles.html" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>].<br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1PM - Mazatlan</span></span></b></div><div>When we arrived in Mazatlan, everybody on The Team looked for an internet cafe. This was a mistake. We should have looked for a place for our Camp. Soon we were north of Mazatlan in hill country with no place for our Nite Camp.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3PM - Pueblo of Coyotitan,</span></span></b></div><div>We came to the Pueblo of Coyotitan and found a taco stand selling pollo asado tacos. I ordered four of them. They are very good tacos!</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Tacos asado stand.</span></b></div></div><div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009B_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009B_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Supper!</span></b></div><br /><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4PM - Nite Camp.</span></span></b><br />We made our Nite Camp in a wide street across from a school. It is warm here, 88°F outside. It is late in the day, and soon the Sun will set and things should cool off fast after sunset.</div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Coyotitan Nite Camp.</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Garvin Nuvi GPS.</span></span></b><br />Our little Garvin GPS keeps track of our trip. In the pic below you may see the detail of today's journey. The ""Stopped Time" is when I was taking naps. I nap a lot when driving far!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009C_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-17-2009C_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/hughesnet-crashed.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/transmitter-is-toast.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=23.795,-106.5998&amp;spn=0.504684,0.630341&amp;t=h" target="_blank"><u>Google Map Link</u></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=23.795,-106.5998+%28TiogaRV%29&amp;output=kml" target="_blank"><u>Google Earth Link</u></a><br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-5198399150341626257?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-5857972361345538362009-10-16T09:38:00.009-06:002009-10-17T06:47:36.129-06:002009-10-17T06:47:36.129-06:00<!-- google_ad_section_start --><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/hughesnet-crashed.html" target="_blank"><u>9:30AM - HughesNet crashed!</u></a></span><br />This morning we tried to go online, and found that HughesNet had crashed BIG time. So, after more than an hour with no results at all from HughesNet, we decided to pack up and head for the City of Tepic. In Tepic MsTioga is able to park in the WalMart lot where we have access to the Vips Restaurant's WiFi.<br /><br />We have sent an email to Steve O'Bosky, our Datastorm dealer asking to begin the transition to new equipment that may resolve this internet problem. Steve will be able to communicate with us thru this WiFi instructing how to install and setup the new equipment.<br /><br />The new equipment consists of a Motosat D3 controller and a HughesNet HN7000s modem. We have this new equipment inside MsTioga just for a situation like this.<br /><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2PM - Still not able to connect.</span></span></b><br />We have been working with Steve O'Bosky all morning long. Ms. Vaio is connected to Mr. Datastorm, and Mr. HP is talking to Steve using WiFi and Skype. A new transmitter cable was purchased to see if that would resolve the connection problem, The new cable did not fix it.<br /><br />Also, we have developed a router problem too. The router is dropping the connection from our D2 controller to the 7000 modem. Wow!<div><br /></div><div>The conclusions are that the problem could be either:</div><div><ul><li>Mr. Datastorm's transmitter.</li><li>HughesNet having isolation problems.</li><li>Router going bad.</li></ul><div>We are thinking about heading north, and returning to the USA and Steve O'Bosky's place and having Mr. Datastorm checked out.</div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">When the going gets tough!</span></span></b><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">The tough go out to eat!</span></i> So, we are going over to Pollo Feliz for a BBQ chicken lunch! When we return, Little Mavicita will show you what the chicken looks like down here in Mexico!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-16-2009A_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-16-2009A_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">4pm - Our chicken lunch, partially consumed!</span></b></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Most things are working fine!</span></span></b><br />Although Mr. Datastorm is not working, most things are working great. It is very important for us on the TiogaRV Team to remember this!<br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/we-are-staying.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/heading-toward-united-states.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No maps while Mr. Datastorm is not working.<br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-585797236134553836?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393195.post-13952926122430120542009-10-15T07:29:00.005-06:002009-10-16T09:47:45.746-06:002009-10-16T09:47:45.746-06:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/we-are-staying.html" target="_blank"><u>We are staying!</u></a></span><br />Yesterday evening while I was eating supper, Benito, owner of El Viejo Aztlán, dropped by to talk. He told that only one table was served in his restaurant all day long! Business is really slow. There are three employees working the restaurant during the week. Even when there are no customers.<div><br /></div><div>Benito asked me if I was going to stay longer. Last nite was my last paid nite. So, I paid him 200 pesos [$US15.20] for four more nites.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess that we are staying! <img src="http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/SmileyFaces/smile4.gif" /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-15-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 7px auto 10px; WIDTH: 600px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/2009/10/10-15-2009PanoA_Copy.jpg" border="2" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Benito's El Viejo Aztlán Restaurant.</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- Begin Daily Footer Google Map --><br /><div align="center"><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/lake.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/yesterdaygrey.jpg" alt="Yesterday" border="0" /></a><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="320" height="1" /><a href="http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/2009/10/hughesnet-crashed.html"><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/tomorrowgrey.jpg" alt="Tomorrow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No maps during the HughesNet transition.<br /><br /><img src="http://vagabonders-supreme.net/trans.jpg" width="550" height="1" /><br /></div><br /><!-- End Daily Footer Google Map--></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4377559648966894"; /* 728x90, created 8/16/08 */ google_ad_slot = "0978928645"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5393195-1395292612243012054?l=blog.vagabonders-supreme.net'/></div>TiogaRVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789229952691004801noreply@blogger.com