Author: Steve

Wow! That was exciting! We had a wind storm. The wind blew all night. We weigh 25,000 pounds. We’re parked on a cement slab. Our hydraulic jacks
are down. But it felt like we were sleeping on a boat…. A boat that was
underway. It bounced us all over the place. Some of the expensive motorhomes have weather stations on them. When they
stop, they raise the weather stations and get all the current readings.
There are a couple of those motorhomes here in the park at Dakota Ridge.
They both agree. We had 80 mph winds overnight Thursday night. Lots of wind damage around the next morning, tanks blown over, flags
missing, bird feeders gone, awnings blown off, but we rode it out just fine,
and the next morning, Judy found both our rugs and the Christmas wreath off
the front of the Bounder. That was exciting.

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From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:01 PM
To: Bill Taylor (E-mail); David Taylor (E-mail); Tom Taylor (E-mail)
Subject: dakota ridge The morning view out the side window now. It evolves (or devolves).

We did it! We figured out the water. The freezing. It froze the first night at three degrees. The next day, Judy stuffed
insulation around the hoses leading out of the utility cabinet. The water
froze the next night. Judy bought a drop light, plugged it in, and hung it
in the utility cabinet all night, turned toward the exposed water lines to
keep them warm. It froze again. We put a remote temperature sensor in the
utility cabinet. It never got below fifty degrees. Last night we were sitting in the living room, watching the temperature
plummet. It was down to ten degrees. The water quit working. Now, every
time this happens, we can still get water out of our freshwater tank with
the pump. We just can’t get the outside water. I went out and messed with
the outside faucet. I found a button to push. The heater taped to the
all-weather faucet needed to be reset. It was never a freezing problem in
the motorhome! The water provided by the RV Park was freezing. It was
freezing before it got to us. The water came back on within an hour. The low got down to four degrees.
This morning, the water worked. It worked! Problem solved! Life on the road.

The winter weather hookups. The external propane tank next to the rig. The warm water hose, attached to their all-weather faucet. It’s a twenty
foot hose section, wrapped with heat tape, encased in foam, wrapped in duct
tape. They leave extra foam sticking out of each end. There is enough
extra foam on the faucet end to wrap around the pressure regulator, then
wrap the whole setup in duct tape. The motorhome has an electrical outlet
in the water utility cabinet. The electrical plug is on that end of the
hose. It all works.

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From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 5:28 PM
To: Bill Taylor (E-mail); David Taylor (E-mail); Tom Taylor (E-mail)
Subject: dakota ridge There is another Bounder pusher in the park. It has a customized Bounder
back end.