A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Working Under the Couch
We have a 2018 Pleasure-Way Lexor TS. Many of the Pleasure-Way models have a rear sofa that converts to a bed using a power recliner. Today’s project was lubricating the power sofa cables and gears. Here’s the view of the couch from the back of our 2018 Lexor TS. We began the annual maintenance with…
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Escape to Kerr Lake
11 March 2021 Forecasted daytime highs in the 80’s gave us an excuse to leave the confines of our neighborhood and go visit a new (to us) campground on Kerr Lake. Built by the US Army Corps of Engineers damming the Roanoke River in the early 1950’s, Kerr Lake reservoir has over 800 miles of…
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Simplified Power Connection – SmartPlug
Switching to a SmartPlug Two years ago we simplified the shore power connection by adding a new locking collar (Power Cord Pain Solved). In that post we mentioned considering the SmartPlug and here we explain why and how to upgrade. While the traditional 30 amp shore power connector works (right), a SmartPlug (left) has several advantages.…
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Generator Oil Change – Onan QG 2800 – 2018 Lexor
After receiving a $275 quote at the Cummins Onan Service Center in Greensboro, NC we elected to do our own oil change. A CD from Onan came with our RV, but it didn’t include the manual for our specific generator. We found the manual for our Onan QG 2800 HGJBB (Spec A-B) here. Other Onan…
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2020 Greetings
Wishing you a healthy and Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! We are hopeful for vaccines enabling everyone to explore more in 2021. From Mark & Beth at svIntuition
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Fort De Soto Pandemic Camping
We reserved a site at Fort De Soto County Park near St Petersburg, Florida for one of our first camping experiences in the time of Covid-19. Reservations were made on-line and check-in was completely contactless. We drove directly to our reserved site where this permit was taped to the power box. As first timers, we were…