Comments on: Free, I like free! /free-i-like-free/ Taking our lives on the road Fri, 29 May 2015 01:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Kat /free-i-like-free/#comment-7371 Tue, 26 May 2015 16:02:24 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7371 Julie, HI! Yes, we were talking about what a coincidence meeting others from the DC area! Glass Beach is definitely worth seeing, especially on a sunny day when the glass sparkles in the water. You can park on Elm St, and there’s a path from the lot to the coast. When the path splits, go left (right is the empty Glass Beach). The beach will be less than 1/4 mile with some steep stairs. It wasn’t labeled when we were there so we just guessed. Also if you were interested in our campground reviews, you can look on the sidebar about halfway down. There’s a link there that will take you to our reviews.

Have a fantastic road trip! Hopefully see you on the road in the future! It was great to meet you and Doug.

]]> By: Julie Dahmer /free-i-like-free/#comment-7353 Tue, 26 May 2015 04:13:55 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7353 Hi, Kat. We just met you and Mike–and Opie!–today at Crater Lake and got your card. I am looking at your blog with very slow WiFi but read your post on Glass Beach. I had never heard of it but it is now on my must-see list for the next 4 unplanned days of our trip between here and San Francisco. I look forward to reading more good suggestions for our eventual RV trip West. We are just traveling by rental car this time., central OR to SF. Enjoy the rest of your trip-with-Labs! Julie and Doug from Silver Spring, MD (and for the past 5 years, Maine).

]]> By: Kat /free-i-like-free/#comment-7224 Wed, 20 May 2015 17:39:56 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7224 In reply to Tomi Newcombe.

The best business cards are the ones with a photo on one side and information on the other, then we definitely remember them! Mike scans the business cards we get and keeps them on the computer with added information like when we met and any memorable moments.

Yeah, we hated the bedspread too. It was scratchy, didn’t wash well, and was just kind of ugly. We got rid of it and bought a queen comforter set. Changing the sheets is a pain, isn’t it? We have the same problem, you have to just crab-walk around to make it work. We don’t use a dust ruffle since we use the under-bed storage a lot and it would just get in the way. The comforter is long enough to cover the mattress and side. You can see a photo of the comforter here: http://tinyurl.com/mmtgj7r

We put away the larger (white) comforter and use only the blue lighter comforter unless it gets really cold. We don’t make the bed every day though, we just kind of make sure the bed is covered up since I also got tired of trying to squeeze in and make the bed every morning.

]]> By: Kat /free-i-like-free/#comment-7222 Wed, 20 May 2015 17:27:49 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7222 The beach was really neat! I’ve never seen that before. I definitely agree that the coastline of CA is very different, depending on where we are. Have a great time in Placerville, must be wonderful to visit family after being away for a while. We are headed to Glacier also, our current tentative plan is to hit it around mid-July. If our timing works out, that would be great! As we get closer, Mike updates the schedule on the sidebar of our blog. Let us know if you’re in the area at the same time.

]]> By: DebbieM /free-i-like-free/#comment-7187 Tue, 19 May 2015 01:21:16 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7187 We missed that beautiful glass beach! Pretty cool though, huh? The coast of CA is magical. So different from the bottom to the top! We just arrived back in Placerville (our previous permanent home) to visit family for a couple of months. Then we head towards Glacier NP. Any chance you’ll be that direction in July/Aug?

]]> By: Tomi Newcombe /free-i-like-free/#comment-7182 Mon, 18 May 2015 05:11:49 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7182 Great idea on the business cards. I take it you write the date and where you met on the reverse side? Smart, very smart!

Kathie, quick question…you have the same unit as we do, 36 LA. What do you use for a bed cover if you don’t mind me asking? I didn’t care for the bedspread that came with the unit very much. Kinda stiff, not my favorite pattern. We had a Travasak from our previous MH so I have been using that. But the room around the bed was, well, roomier in the previous unit. I have grown tired of making it and changing the sheets after laundering is tiresome. Do you use a dust ruffle at all?

]]> By: Kat /free-i-like-free/#comment-7175 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:28:28 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7175 In reply to Wheelingit.

Hm, good question. So we are not as brave as some, on the road from Willetts to Ft Bragg, we did see some motorhomes, 5ers, and trailers on the road, but I don’t think we’d do it. Some of the turns are definitely tight, and it’s quite an incline. We did smell one trailer burning their brakes when we passed them. However it is almost an hour from Willetts to Ft Bragg so if you want to do things there for more than a day or two, it might be worth staying in Ft Bragg instead of driving into it.

]]> By: Kat /free-i-like-free/#comment-7174 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:25:13 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7174 In reply to Julie Bennett.

Julie, we really loved Ave of the Giants. You’re pretty brave to drive it with the coach, we just did it with our toad for a couple of days and did some various hikes. It is very beautiful.

]]> By: Wheelingit /free-i-like-free/#comment-7173 Sun, 17 May 2015 15:42:45 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7173 Very nice that the botanical gardens allow dogs! Fort Bragg is one of the places we have yet to visit. Would you consider staying in Fort Bragg with the rig, or is the road just too windy?

Nina

]]> By: Julie Bennett /free-i-like-free/#comment-7172 Sun, 17 May 2015 15:28:01 +0000 /?p=1611#comment-7172 I hope you are planning to drive the Avenue of the Giants! We lived it so much we did it two days in a row- first in the mini convertible then with the coach!

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