Author: Mark Haskell
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Reidsville Camping, Trails, and Trains
24 May 2023 1415 54,860 Leave Home 1541 54,931 Reidsville, NC Lake Reidsville City Park We’re here for an overnight stay and will wander home tomorrow. The park office and store offer a simple place to check-in and get supplies. The forty-six sites here are priced at $28 for water and electric or $30 for…
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Roanoke River Towns
12 May 2023 Small town stops along the Roanoke River in North Carolina. 0753 54,691 73° Leave Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, NC 0825 54,712 Halifax, NC We followed the signs for bus/van parking in Historic Halifax. It was too early for the visitor center, but we did walk around town and found that homes…
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Sleeping with a Southern Screamer
11 May 2023 That’s him, a Southern Screamer. Native to the southeast countries of South America, how did we end up listening to him one night? Well, we had finished spring commissioning our Lexor camper van and decided to take it out for an overnight to test the systems. Looking for someplace new to…
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ProMaster Battery Replacement
Original Battery 2023-5-3 Last week our 2018 Lexor 🚐 (2018 RAM ProMaster 3500) wasn’t switching from defrost to vent or heat. Also, it was difficult to start and the check engine light came on. Running our ODB scanner showed a low battery voltage code. The battery was original (2/09/2017), so we ordered a new Interstate…
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Window Leak Cure
09 April 2023 We had a very small leak on the passenger side rearmost window of our 2018 Lexor. Blue painter’s tape cured it temporarily, but it was time for a more permanent repair. These are CR Laurence windows, installed in a Pleasure-Way Lexor TS which is a professional conversion based on a RAM ProMaster 3500…
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Separated Battery Separator
19 February 2023 Troubleshooting the Battery Charging System On our way home from New York, we noticed that the house batteries weren’t charging. This was apparent because we run our 3-way refrigerator on DC power while driving and it was quickly drawing down our house batteries. Note: We updated the installation in June of 2025…
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