Good morning all.  Hope this day finds you well - not to rub it in for those having crummy weather but we are supposed to hit 72 today - the downside is a rain/snow mix forecast for the next 2 days, but sunny and in the 70&#39;s on a weekend is a great thing.  Mebert, I know you addressed your question to Jackie, and I cannot say how their RV functions, but I imagine they are all pretty much the same.  When looking for an RV park, we aways look for one that has &quot;full hook-ups&quot;.  This means they will have elec, water, and sewer at your site.  In our motorhome, the stove, refrigerator, water heater and heat run off of propane.  The fridge converts to elec. when plugged in, but runs on propane while we are traveling.  You do have to be hooked up to electricity for the blowers on the heater to work but in a pinch, you can run it off the generator.  The microwave, air conditioners, tv&#39;s, DVD players, etc. run off of elec.  Hooking up to elec. at your site involves nothing more than plugging in.  Greg hooks the sewer hose to the dump hole while setting up the rig, but keeps the valve shut (you wouldn&#39;t want those odors backing up into the coach if you kept it open all the time).  There is a meter inside the coach that lets you know how full your tanks are.  Greg does dump them on a daily basis though.  You should always dump black water first, which is the toilet, and then dump the gray water after, which is your sinks, shower, washing machine if applicable and in our case, bathtub (it is just a small one - no laying down and relaxing in it).  Dumping the gray water last aids in rinsing out the hose after the &quot;waste&quot; has gone thru it.  Unfortuneately, we do not get to use our motorhome like Jackie and Tony do and I am living vicariously thru her travel journals.  Especially right now, because in Aug, Greg and I are taking our coach along the Oregon coast and Jackie is helping to map our route right now, even though she doesn&#39;t know it.  I make notes of the parks she says to avoid, the ones that are &quot;must stay ats&quot;, the restaurants they enjoy and the sights that are worth seeing.  It really is like being at home when in the rv - Greg likes to kick back in his recliner at the end of the day and watch tv, just like at home.  We try to find parks that have cable, but if they don&#39;t - we do have Dish TV satellite onboard - it is just a matter of getting the dish set at the right co-ordinates.  We also look for a park that can give us a pull-thru site as opposed to a back-in, because you cannot back up with the towed vehicle hooked to the rig.  If we are only doing an overnight stop, we normally do not unhook the car.  I am sure Jackie can give you much more info, as she is an old hand at this.  We bought our rig in the summer of 2004 and that first year, we took weekend getaways every other weekend, the next 2 year, we did 2 two week cross road trips, and I think that this summer, we will only be doing 1 two week trip.   When Greg retires and we don&#39;t have the time constraints we do now, we would love to do what Jackie and Tony are, and certainly hope to meet them on the road someday&#33;&#33;&#33;  Sorry to have rambled on - I just love talking about it and basically everything about rv&#39;ing.  I will be praying that the weather clears for you and you have no problem getting out on your flight Wed.   Jackie, I would love to try the deep sea fishing while we are there, but don&#39;t think my stomache could take those swells in a smaller craft.  Enjoy eating those fish.  Tonia, your dinner for tonight sounds wonderful.  I love fried chicken, but I just can&#39;t seem to get it right.  I think I am always afraid of it being underdone, so I cook it to death&#33;&#33;&#33;  Mary Lou and Mebert, stay dry, warm and safe.  Well, need to go get dressed (yep Rose, I am still in my jammies - gosh, I love being retired&#33;&#33;&#33;) so we can get out and enjoy this beautiful day that God has given us.  Bye for now...