RV Museum To Continue To Exist… (GA76)

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

I’m currently in my 22nd year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click Here

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The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Lake Minden RV Resort in Nicolaus, California. I’m scheduled to leave here May 26th.

 

 

Since my RVing life is changing (see above), I’m starting to re-visit previously visited places. So rather than constantly re-blogging past entries, I’ve decided to do something different.

 

 

In 2011-2013, Mary and I did a 682 day, 12,679 miles in the motorhome and 8,000 miles in the Bronco, circumnavigation of the United States, which I called The Great Adventure. I called it so because other than my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in June in Connecticut, I didn’t know where we would be going or when we would be there!

 

 

So, unless I do something really different and unusual warranting a new blog entry, I’ll be posting entries from that trip.

 

 

 

This entry was posted April 10, 2012…

 

 

 

I ran across this article a couple of days ago indicating the RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana has found a solution to its financial problems. It’s great news that this special RV place will continue to exist. You can read the good news by clicking this link…
http://www.rvlife.com/Special/hall-of-fame-clears-hurdle.html

 

 

In the event you missed the Blog posting when Mary and I visited the RV Museum on August 25, 2010…you can read that posting by clicking this link…
http://wp.me/pDCku-CR

 

 

Here are three photos to entice you to click the above link…

 

 

 

 

 

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana is a very special place. I encourage you visit it if you find yourself in the area. You’ll like it!

 

 

 

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! MARY WROTE A MANY GREAT BLOGS…SO WHENEVER SHE PUBLISHED A BLOG POSTING THE SAME DAY THAT I DID…YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HER BLOG BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK! DO IT NOW…!!!

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/budding-champions/

 

 

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

 Yesterday was mostly sunny and 75 degrees. Forecast for today is partly sunny and 72 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2017

RV Museum To Live On…

I ran across this article a couple of days ago indicating the RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana has found a solution to its financial problems. It’s great news that this special RV place will continue to exist. You can read the good news by clicking this link…
http://www.rvlife.com/Special/hall-of-fame-clears-hurdle.html

In the event you missed the Blog posting when Mary and I visited the RV Museum on August 25, 2010…you can read that posting by clicking this link…
http://wp.me/pDCku-CR

Here are three photos to entice you to click the above link…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view...

The RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana is a very special place. I encourage you visit it if you find yourself in the area. You’ll like it!

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

RV Museum Still Open But Facing Hard Times…

Mary and I visited the RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana on August 23, 2010.

Like lots of places in today’s economy they are struggling financially. To read about their problems click this link…

http://news.rvbasics.com/rvmh-hall-of-fame-still-open-but-facing-tough-times/

To see the photos of the old RV’s I took while visiting there, click this link…

https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/RVMuseum082510#

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2011
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

The Travel Log…

One month ago yesterday Mary and I visited the Avenue Of the Giants in the Humboldt Redwood Forest in Weott, California. In case you missed that Blog entry…here’s the link…
http://wp.me/pDCku-2wS

During our drive that day we visited the Humboldt Information and interpretive Center…where we saw a most unusual RV made from a single Redwood Tree…hollowed out and mounted on a Nash Quad Chassis. Here are some photos that I took…

In all my years of RVing…including my visit to the RV Museum last year in Elkhart, Indiana…I have never seen an RV quite like this one.

Here are some interesting facts about this RV from the brochure we got at the Visitor’s Center…

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It is the largest single piece of hewn timber in the world.

It is the creation of one man, Charles Kellogg who hollowed it out with axe and adz.

It has kitchenette, folding lavatory, toilet, clothespress, 12 lockers, folding double bed, stove, dining table, bookcase, dresser, electric lights, running water, guest room with single bed, lockers, etc…

The walls, ceiling and floors are all one piece.

It weighs six tons.

This particular log is about 4,800 years old.

The Nash Quad Chassis pulls on all four wheels and has front and rear steering.

It is a most unusual and interesting RV

Here are some links which will provide you with more information about Charles Kellogg and his Travel Log…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1521510
http://www.charleskellogg.com/
http://www.humboldt.net/~hrsp/kelloggbrochure.htm
http://www.rvtravel.com/publish/news/historic_log_rv.shtml

In other news…

Yesterday…here at Mary’s home…it was 29 degrees at 7:30 AM when I took this photo of her porch rail and distant tree on the left…covered with frost…

The day continued on to be sunny and 51 degrees. Mary and I spent some time in the motorhome going through and cleaning up/out some of the interior storage cabinets. 20 days until my departure to the sunny and warm south land.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2011
For more information about my three books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

RV Trip Favorite Photos #374-386

Jim says:

While Mary and I are taking care of business here at her home…there is little “new stuff” to Blog about daily. So I’ve decided to share with you some of my favorite photos from our recent 298 day, 16,000+ mile RV trip around the United States.

Since scenery and people snapshot-type photos require little special photography skills…and being limited by the abilities of my digital camera…I none the less took some photos that I really liked. They are presented in no special order of favoritism. If you desire to see more associated photos and information about this area, you will need to find this date in the archive files of this Blog.

Today’s photos were taken at the RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana on August 25, 2010……



In other news…
Yesterday 39 degrees with rain. 23 degrees at 5:30 AM this morning. Brrr! Departure date for Jim is November 29, 2010.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2010
My three books may be purchased at http://www.lulu.com
Just enter Jim Jaillet in the search box.

Mobile Mansions

Jim says:

Yesterday I finished reading Mobile Mansions with a sub-title of Taking Home Sweet Home On The Road by Douglas Keister. I bought this book while at the RV Museum in Elkhart, Indiana a few days ago.

It’s 160 pages with lots of photographs and text about the history of Motorhomes and presents photos/information about many of the most unusual motorhomes from the past. If you like RV’s and enjoy reading about them, I highly recommend this book to you. I paid $25.00 for this book, you can buy it at Amazon for $18.21 plus shipping. here’s the link…

http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Mansions-Intl-Taking-Sweet/dp/1586857738/ref=si_aps_sup?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283076034&sr=1-1

Here’s the book profile from the Amazon website…

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
What do Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Mae West, Howard Hughes, John Madden, the Partridge Family, Ken Kesey, The Who, and Barbie have in common? Each had a home on wheels-be it an old converted school bus, a massive RV cruiser, or elegant house car. These celebrity motorhomes are only the frosting on the cake in Douglas Keister’s entertaining and informative new book Mobile Mansions.
From the Inside Flap
Mobile Mansions takes you on a captivating exploration of homes on wheels-everything from early diminutive camp cars to modern-day diesel-belching, lumbering leviathans complete with saunas, balconies, and gourmet kitchens. From the eclectic to the exquisite, the luxurious to the rare, this detailed RV guide showcases the diversity of some of the most lovingly restored RVs on the road today.
In this reference for pop culture connoisseurs as well as RV-loving enthusiasts, Keister documents an amazing range of vehicles, including small camp cars from the 1920s, house cars from the 1930s, campers from the 1950s, and finally modern-day motorhomes that first appeared in the 1960s. Well-known brands like Winnebago, GMC, and Travco are featured as well as one-of-a-kind vehicles like the Lamsteed Kampcar, built by Anheuser Busch, the Zeppelin House Car, and Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion car.
Also included in this ultimate guide to RV nostalgia are descriptions, as well as a sampling of photos, of the RVs of cultural icons: Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Mae West, Howard Hughes, John Madden, the Partridge Family, Ken Kesey, The Who, and Barbie. Each had a home on wheels-be it an old converted school bus, massive RV cruiser, or elegant house car.
Entertaining and informative, Keister offers a fun-to-read, informative history of the recreational vehicle illustrated with luscious full-color images, rare vintage photographs, and a sampling of period advertisements. Step inside a wide variety of mobile mansions and feel yourself swept up in a wave of wistfulness, rediscovered adventuresome, and a longing to hit the road.

In other news…
Mary and I are still in Decatur, Illinois. Yesterday we did some shopping and got rid of Mary’s latest recycle collection. We also went to a local 1800’s festival. It was too hot for me so I stood under a shade tree while Mary walked around. One more day here and then we move on tomorrow.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2010
My three books may be purchased at http://www.lulu.com
Just enter Jim Jaillet in the search box.