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One thing that would concern me is that these generators are manufactured in China, not known for their quality and serviceability. While they say that they have automatic voltage regulation I wouldn't count on them producing clean enough current for use where sensitive electronic devices are used. keith_h is correct when he suggest that any generator you purchase be an inverter generator which will have better regulation technology than those that are intended for use where better regulation is not an issue. I would also be concerned about the engine on imported generators as many of them

I took that same hike about 4 years ago and he is not kidding when he says the brush is thick. As an active railfan I have hiked many abandoned rail lines and this one was by far the hardest one that I have done. Somewhere I have a pictures of the bridge that he is talking about that was taken before it was dismantled and I'll try to find it to post.

A few years ago we made the mistake of going to Universal for one of their Halloween parties. I think they had six different "haunted houses" set up and you were supposed to be able to go through all of them with the opening from 6:00 PM until midnight. When we got through the gate is when I thought we had made a mistake by being there and by the time we got in the first house it was already nearly 9:00 PM. I have never witnessed such a crowd before or since then--it was unbelievable, one could barely take normal steps, it was worse than awful. We left for the gate after going through the

Why do so many people use the comfort stations if they have bathrooms in their RV's? I've camped at the Fort for many years running now and I haven't been in one of the bath houses for years. No offense to those that had rather use the bath houses, but that's the reason I made sure my TT has a good bathroom, I always hated to have to go to the bath houses when we were tent camping. I had enough of communal bath rooms when I was in the Army. I do understand that when camping with a large group, the bath houses come in handy and perhaps this is why they are used so much.

I have never put them on a golf cart, but I've used these 12 Volt LED lights on other applications. If your cart has a 12 volt lighter in it, these lights will plug directly into it and they can be sequenced together like any other Christmas lights. If the cart doesn't have a lighter, the batteries in the cart can be half-tapped for the correct voltage, but that requires someone that is familiar with that procedure. http://www.christmas-light-source.com/12-Volt-LED-Lights_c_253.html

And, be sure and don't be asleep when he comes by to spike you, i'm still trying to live with the fact that he came by and I missed him. Maybe next year.

I hope we don't encounter anything like that as we are going to be camping in Pigeon Forge in about 2 weeks. I told DW that we were subject to freezing our backsides off, but she insisted we go for a few days.

I agree, me and DW can never eat anywhere near the amount of food that comes on most meals. For that reason we split a meal wherever it is permitted to do so and we have never had any trouble doing this at Disney anywhere we have dined. It may not be permitted everywhere, but we have never been denied at any Disney restaurant and have been to most all of them. As for the original question about lying about a child's age for admission purposes, or any other purpose, a Christian has no choice to make--anything but the complete truth is a lie.

It wasn't on at the Fort when I was there a couple of weeks ago. This is probably due to the fact that it cannot be had without getting the package it come in and they don't want to take them all. Although, one would think that Disney could get it by itself since they own ESPN.

We were there at the same time you were staying in the 800 loop. Rode by a couple of times, but never caught you there. What a beautiful family--those are really beautiful photos, were they done by Disney or someone else? I really liked your post and could identify with several of the points you made.

My experience at MK last Friday has caused me to wonder about these security people. I'm coming into MK from the boat dock and head for the entrance that you can walk through if you don't have bags or something to submit to search. There are two guards standing there and right ahead of me are two women that are pushing large strollers with all kinds of bags and pockets going through this entrance. There is a young, and I do mean wet behind the ears, female guard that lets them right through only with a slight bend down to look at the bags, didn't even slow them down. In the meantime, I wal

Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours, yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion is to look out to the earth, yours are the feet by which He is to go about doing good and yours are the hands by which He is to bless us now. St Teresa of Avila I couldn't help but to think of this verse when reading stacktester's po

It should be mentioned that, if the trailer has ST rated tires like most of them do, the top towing speed is limited to 65 mph. Before you tow any trailer at top interstate speeds I would challenge you to calculate the time you might save by driving that speed, or higher, against the actual time it will take you driving at 65 Mph or less. You might be surprised when you find what a small difference there is and then compare that savings with the extra danger you are putting yourself in to save an hour or so. I would second the advice about trying the camper out before coming to the Fort.

That scenario smacks of a company that doesn't need the business and/or has no interest in accomodating a customer doesn't it?

We will be there come this Friday. Sign will be out.

Very interesting reading although I had read most of it before. We went to River Country several times and the only bad thing I remember about it was that I had a "conversation" with an arrogant life guard that had chastised me for no good reason. She finally just walked away when I proved to her that she was wrong. One of the worst CM's I've ever encountered at Disney. On another note, we were at WDW the week after 9/11 and it was pretty empty at the time. I remember that quite well because my DW was pushing me in a wheel chair due to me recovering from a serious leg injury.

Being an active and longtime fan of class 1 railroads, the Disney RR is of special interest to me. Thanks for the dedicated site for it and I will have to look into David's books on the subject.

Replace the smoke detector with one that uses photoelectric technology. The detectors that come in campers use ionization technology and are easy to false. A detector that uses photoelectric technology is less susceptable to false alarms. Ionization detectors can trip in high humidity areas such as found near bathrooms and they are susceptable to interference from fluorescent lights. They are more easily falsed when placed anywhere near an air vent and furnaces or ovens. The NFPA guidelines recommend that a detector not be placed within 3 feet of an air vent or within 10 feet of high humi

Always keep your trailer tires inflated to the maximum cold pressure. As indicated, this is the pressure that the tire should be inflated to when they are cold. Best to check them and inflate them in the early morning before they have time to heat up. The fact thay you are not loading your trailer near it's maximum capacity should not entice you to run less pressure in your tires. Hope you have a fun trip.

I hear you Lou, hope to meet you in October and by that time I'll probably have a couple of more sets.

Actually, I would have loved to ask him that question, but since he didn't stop, or slow down much, I didn't get the opportrunity. At the rate of speed he was traveling when I first saw him, my only guess is that, since that sidewalk is so nice and curvy, he looked on it as being a road race course. What makes it really bad in most of that area is the fact that the sidewalk is raised 3 or 4 inches above the ground level so you can't just run off of it with your bike, you have to stop and put it off or risk serious consequences. Good thing I saw him at just barley enough distance to have tim

I'm sure that it is not any of the Fiends, but us people that love to ride our bicycles have, over the years, seen the carts become a nuisiance. There are so many of them now and some of the operators are just plain rude. On our last visit, a cart ran a lady complety off of the shared path to the marina. Ran her off into the brushes and wrecked her, stopped, looked back and then continued on their way without even an apology. This has happened more than once, one ran me completely off of the sidewalk path heading up to the Outpost. For some reason, some of these cart operators think they

Our next trip is this coming October and they have already sent us two sets of bands. Anyone have any idea why?

We have done this a couple of times and have had no problems. We were told to tell the guard that we were attending an early function at MK and they wouldn't have a problem with it and found that to be true.

Yes, that's what the Tailgater is--a dish that is contained in an enclousure. When it is hooked up to the 211 class receivers it scans for the satellite signals and sets up the receiver automatically. It has the same limitations of a regular dish as in it needs a clear view of the proper satellites not obstructed by heavy foliage.