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Couldn't have said this better myself. Thank you for writing it all down for us all!

@@OurJourneyInMyles I see you ignored the comment about the chocolate covered strawberries maybe you think I’ll forget by next time lololol

​@@kirkchubbs8284 I thought is was amazing that you picked up on the fact that somehow they became "health food" in my mind, ...and I figured,......more is better!

Awesome! Thank you Rob! We have a couple great topics we want to talk about.

When I was in our home, I was totally a "repurposer" of tons of things. It is fun to invent things from stuff you inherit and accumulate,......

We have been together since 2009,...........moved in together in 2010,...........got married in 2017,................best time of my life with the kindest & most understanding and patient woman I have ever known.

I LOVED your comment, and called Sue over to gloat and show it to her, but then I saw it was from you Cyndi, a great friend. I will send the usual $20 to you via your PayPal Link,..........or is this a $30 bucker?

Love that comment! It made both Sue & I blush!

It is a little patch of heaven for many folks that are here,.....whether renting or owning.

That sounds like a slice of Heaven. We also loved to camp at Jetty Park,..........but never saw a launch yet!

Glad you enjoyed it! We have a few review videos coming up. The new "Camp Margaritaville RV Resort" in Auburndale FL and our testing of the Garmin 10" screen RV1095 model. Spoiler alert: It is amazing!

Thanks Bryan! We will do it again, and make sure we have a good subject!

Always love your comments Adam. All kidding aside to folks,..........save as much as you can when having fun is easy to do with free, physical adventures you can immerse in and experience.. When you get older, vacationing and having fun requires adventures that are a little more "prepackaged" for you. This means these adventures in life will be more expensive, and not quite the wow factor.

More to come! Those videos are fun for us to make!

Glad you enjoyed it! I have to let Sue talk more so I can catch my breath, AND never let her hold the camera. It makes me look fatter.

Welcome aboard! Thanks for taking the time,..... Next video is a review of one of the better campground resorts we stayed at recently in Auburndale FL,....Camp Margaritaville!

Thank you! Will do! We are humbled.

You got it Steve!

That is awesome! Sometimes you have to jump on an opportunity. Stay safe on that bike!

Sounds like your day was colder on the bones, but much warmer in the heart. Congratulations on such a successful life!

Thanks for all the kind words Sherri. Sues mom is doing much better. This resort takes 1.3 miles to walk the perimeter. I will say hi to Pat & Paul for you!

@@OurJourneyInMyles Wow! That’s a big park to walk. Thank you for saying hi to your friends for me. Have a great week and a happy Friday and a Happy Easter. 🐇

That’s good that she’s mom is getting better. I hope you have great weekend and a Happy Easter.🐣🐇🐰

Wow,.........you have encouraged us.

You got it Larry,.......we have plenty of things we always wanted to talk about. We will up our game.

Wow, thank you! The truth is that most folks drift off after 10 minutes. We are already 3 times longer with our videos as compared to other channels. Besides,...we would have to edit out all the radio programs and music we listen to so we don't get a copyright strike.

Thanks for watching Michael. Safe safe wheeling that tanker keeping us all rolling along,.....

You got it!

HSN has always been a danger zone!

Yes! The outside dining in the back area was really nice,....

Thanks for the tips! The Capones "Tommy Gun" pizza is the one for me!

If a person likes there home and location, and can afford to keep it, that is ideal. We are out of the real estate market and that is scary,......

Thanks! Will do Walt!

Thank you Barry,.....

Sue is really going to live it up tomorrow,........she is going to Costco!

Glad you enjoyed it Pine Ridge.

Wow! That is what we were doing 7 years ago. Good for you,.....

Thanks for the visit Eric,..

Look at Post #20 in the attached thread: www.irv2.com/forums/f103/any-concerns-with-full-length-slides-433349-2.html

We just love the feeling of NOT having anything but our rig & eachother. It is a risk not having a home if one spouse has a catastrophic health event. We are rolling the dice,.......

Wow! I like to look at snow, and experience a storm while inside,......but can't deal with it anymore. I have turned into a whimp!

Wow! Sounds great! Good luck with the super C search & purchase.

BTW I truly enjoyed meeting you guys in person at the Tampa RV show😊

OK,.....sounds like you were having way more fun on your March 10th than we were! Glad you stopped by to say hello to us. It means a lot,.....

Thanks,......I will check them out!

We are glad you do. We have a number of things we would like to bring up and discuss. Comments like this will give us the push to do them,.....

Sue was doing a lot of the talking,...........that is why.

We love our Keurig & Instant Pot! We will stick with RV stuff,.......

@@OurJourneyInMyles 👍👍

Awesome! Thank you! We have been to RiverBend,........you guys are living in style.

Thanks Matt!

It really is a balancing act to get your timing right when to travel/retire/get a home base. Hope we end up doing it correctly.

Thanks for the tip,......I will check them out!

Thanks for watching Juan!

Say Hi to Justin Townley & Todd Springs for me! Those guys were a dream to work with.

Awesome! Thank you! That sounds like a good plan,........ We are really looking forward to our upcoming Caravans. They are packed with things to do and see,.........we just rest up after the caravan is completed!

Yes,........I have discovered the last 10 years that growing old is better than not growing older anymore.

I will start looking harder when we are out and about.

Thanks for the kind words! I have found that augmenting our can collecting with selling pencils on the corner during down times has really helped with our RVing costs.

We use a wireless DJI Microphone setup that some viewers bought for the channel thru paypal tipping.

We will be announcing soon TWO Adventure Caravans we will be going on. That will keep us on the road for over 70 days!

Glad to help! We thought is was a fascinating look at history that has been overlooked,......

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We are up in the air with those plans at the present time. 50/50 so far.

Thanks,...

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I am hoping to find the Kirkland Brand (3) pack of "reader" sunglasses at Costco for 24.99!

That is a 2012 Newmar Dutch Star. Pat & Paul take great care of that baby! Ft Myers is a fun little town to just wander around in.

Yes

On the freeway at speed, it drives better, and is more solid with the Honda attached. It is not noticeably faster with the 4800 lbs gone. The motorhome is just SLOW,....period. Some of the ease of driving with the tow vehicle OFF is psychological. You get used to watching your rear most tires during all turns.

We has started to stretch out there in the morning. I watch her while I drink coffee.

Calisthenics, body weight exercise, bands, TRX, pickleball can give a good workout and not take up much room in the coach.

Yes!

That is awesome! When I had our stationary home, you would be amazed at the stuff I brought home!

Come on Charlie! You can't send a message like that and not tell us what changes are in the works! Or at least give us a hint and some teasers? Or,............I guess a person can just do it the "old fashioned way" and just tune in to your channel and find out for ourselves! www.youtube.com/@CharlieGraceAdventure/videos

No,...........we are going to the 2024 NIRVC Music City Motorhome Expo Experience on June 4th in Lebanon Tennessee.

We are finishing up a Aim rally in Los Vegas. We just got back from dinner and a show.@@OurJourneyInMyles

Hey Randy. Sue just finished up our review AND TUTORIAL of the Garmin RV1095 10 inch screen GPS Navigator. It took her over 40 hours to do this video. The wait will be worth it,.....she did a great job! THEN on April 21st we will show you our stay at the Auburndale Camp Margaritaville Resort,.......

We of course got a discount on the system for the weeks of filming & editing involved. Factoring that out, what you see in the episodes is about $30k. Remember, I replaced and relocated my old 10 year old inverter that other folks may chose NOT to do, AND I did NOT re-wire the sub-panel to run anything different than before which other folks MAY chose to do! I cannot run A/C on batteries. I didn't care about that. Every install from brand to brand, model to model, is a different challenge, and needs to be quoted. In our installation, the highest quality components were used. I don’t think anyone makes batteries as awesome as Lithonics!

Thanks

Yikes! 80's today here!

Now this is a great comment! But, I would suggest to first just try a sedative, and sick around a while for more episodes of "Our Journey In Myles". This usually works.

We love you guys. Just mess'n with ya.@@OurJourneyInMyles

Folks should always refer to the free, online PDF documents, that the Family Motorcoach Association compiles (The Dingy Towing Guides) listing all the approved cars and trucks by model and year, that you can pull behind a motorhome. Additionally, it proves notes on any added preparation needed before towing can start for the day. www.fmca.com/motorhome/videos/player/24/38 I would probably NOT RECOMMEND pulling a Honda Odyssey. We are taking a chance,….we have a lot of money on the line with the faceplate mod and Air Force 1 Braking Mod. We paid top dollar to get an extremely low mileage 2013 EX-L, (about 23k miles) so the transmission was in as good a shape as possible. Are you willing to risk this like we have? We corresponded with someone on irv2.com in June of 2017 that was pulling a 5 speed Honda 2013 Odyssey for over 25k miles. This prompted us to “go for it!” He has since (about 1 year ago, had a trans failure.) He maintains he thinks it was NOT related to towing it. He liked his Honda enough he put a rebuilt trans in! We love our Honda and will do the same if we have an issue. WE CHANGE THE TRANS FLUID every year! We needed to pull a garage for our expensive bikes! After many conversations, WE DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE, AND PULL ONE AS WELL. We tow a 2013 EX-L Honda Odyssey. This is the latest year model (2013), and highest trim level (EX-L) model you can THEORETICALLY tow. Honda DOES NOT recommend towing it. Yes, I know, you are not supposed to tow it! Honda decided it wasn't worth the warranty claims of damaged Odyssey transmissions when NOT shifted into neutral following the EXACT instructions they provided way back in 2004. (YOU MUST SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL FROM DRIVE ONLY, NOT FROM REVERSE!) They gave up on the Odyssey towing public, because of this Odyssey peculiarity and said you can’t do it. I corresponded with a few other brave souls that had over 20,000 miles towed on their Odysseys before I was man enough to do it. We have PULLED it about 50,000 miles since June of 2017, and we have DRIVEN it 70,000 miles. SO FAR, SO GOOD. The 2013 Honda Odyssey Touring was a 6 speed, and CAN NOT be towed. In 2014, EVERYTHING went to 6 speed. You can search for the Honda Vin number decoder on the internet to make certain your Honda is a 5 speed to see if you would be OK. Any other years you would want to buy, you would want to research the internet and vin # to make sure you are not buying another 6 speed! We liked our (2) 2015 6 speed Honda Odysseys so much, that we sold them to get our (1) 2013 5-speed Odyssey. We are Full Time, and just need one car now. YOU DO NOT NEED ANY ADDED LUBE PUMPS! THIS IS THE TOWING PROCEDURE WE USE,…….EASY AS PIE,….. It has been simplified, directly from the 2004 Honda Odyssey towing instructions, which is the last year they "allowed" towing. The "PV1A Transmission” is the ONLY Honda Odyssey Automatic transmission you can tow, IF YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS from Honda back in 2004 when they allowed the PV1A to be towed. It MUST be this 5-speed transmission. I left in a lot of the Honda legal jargon at the end just for your info. • Start the engine and get it to operating temperature. (I am usually still packing something up.) • Press on the brake pedal. Shift the lever through all the positions (P,R,N,D,2,1). • Then shift up from 1, 2, Shift to D, then to N. DO NOT GO INTO REVERSE! Let the engine run for at least three minutes, then turn off engine. THIS IS THE KEY, AND THE ABSOLUTE ISSUE THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED. SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL FROM REVERSE WILL SET YOU UP FOR PROBLEMS, AND/OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. How many times you can do it wrong, I don't know. I am absolutely vigilant on this procedure. You must shift to neutral from DRIVE. • Make sure parking brake is OFF. • Leave the ignition switch in ACCESSORY (1) so the steering wheel does not lock. Make sure the radio and any items plugged into the accessory power sockets are turned off, so you do not run down the battery. (Our tow electric cord has a trickle charger line to keep the battery from going dead. We have an SMI Air Force One brake system,.......Honda is around 4,600 lbs. loaded.) If you travel more than 8 hours in one day (including stopping time), you must stop and repeat the above procedures. NOTICE: The steering system can be damaged if the steering wheel is locked. Always leave the key in the ACCESSORY (1) position to prevent damage to the steering system when towing behind another vehicle. CAUTION: Severe automatic transmission damage will occur if the car is shifted from reverse to neutral and then towed with the drive wheels on the ground. NOTICE: Improper towing preparation will damage the transmission. Follow the above procedure exactly. If you cannot shift the transmission or start the engine, your vehicle must be on a flatbed truck or trailer. If you tow a Honda/Acura vehicle with automatic transmission, the fluid must be changed every two years or 30,000 miles, whichever comes first. Although experience has shown that the Honda/Acura transmission and powertrain are capable of being "motorhome towed", America Honda does not assume responsibility for any vehicle damage or liabilities incurred due to the towing device, towing vehicle, lighting hookup, or other towing equipment or towing procedures; any responsibility for these items is assumed by the owner/operator. If you have additional questions, please call American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (National Consumer Affairs) at 800-999-1009. Good luck,…..as I said,…….I would think it is not a good, sound, financial idea,……although we are taking the chance!

@@OurJourneyInMyles You fly by the seat of your vintage pants! yea I've heard of people towing the 5 speed version. I'm tempted but its a bit heavy for our Class C though we do have the Godzilla engine and have 7000lbs free clearance til GCVWR. We have Lectric bikes and they fit nicely in our 2007 Chevy HHR which is a fantastic toad. Cheers to you

i like supper too. ...sometimes three times a day😁😁😁😅🤣

Meatloaf/Pizza/Stuffed Peppers

Only because he's such a nice guy!

Thank you so much 🤗 CrossRoads!