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Carolina In The Morning
Carolina In The Morning
That would be Carolina any time. South Carolina, cool summer mornings with a cup of hot coffee & the sounds of the many native birds start your day off with a melody of songs.
The sounds of the still undisturbed lake laping gently at the docks, an early morning fisherman waves as he glides by ready to catch the first fish of the day.
The jet skis not yet breaking the silence, but soon the lake will be filled with boats, wave runners and jet skis, laughing people enjoying Lake Greenwood. Moon Landing RV Park & Marina nestled lake front in Cross Hill SC is getting ready for the influx of summer campers and lake enthusiasts.
There will be a steady stream of rv’ers, boaters,& fisherman in and out of the campstore buying live bait, gas, picnic supplies, & some staking their claim on a campsite and boat slip for their vacation.
Time away from time clocks traffic, and must "dos" . Waking up early is a choice for a few days, they don’t want to waste one minute of a day filled with sun, water and fun.
Campfires light up the night and smells of burgers, and barbeque fill the air. Soon the park will be slient as the tired campers rest up for tommorrow and dreaming of what it would be like to live like this all the time. Some people turn that dream into reality. Staking their claim to a life of freedom, giving up large living spaces and small territories for small spaces and unlimited territories. Watching the vacationers come and go the full timers settle back knowing that this is the way life should be. There’s always time for another cup of coffee and always another day to enjoy the lake, their way, any day.
Life couldn’t be any finer than in Carolina especially when it is spent with friendly people, great weather, and beautiful Lake Greenwood at Moon Landing RV Park & Marina in Cross Hill SC.
Life is good.
We’ll see you soon!
Greener Battery System Installed in New Liberty Coach Triple Slide
(Stuart, Fl and Chicago, IL) — Liberty Coach, a leader in the motor coach conversion industry for more than 40 years, has announced the introduction of a new eco-friendly battery system.
The newest Liberty Coach Prevost H3-45 Triple Slide-out now features brand new, environmentally friendly battery technology with the introduction of a lithium iron phosphate battery system. The advantages of the traditional lithium-ion battery coupled with the safety features of phosphates, makes the lithium iron phosphate battery the technology of the future. This new system uses a non-toxic disposable battery that has a much longer lifecycle than the older battery system. Also, because fewer of these new batteries are required to power the various on-board electronics and other systems in a triple-slide coach, there is a tremendous weight savings as well.
“By changing to the new lithium iron phosphate battery technology, we were able to eliminate 1,150 pounds of total weight from our H3-45 Triple-Slide model,†said Frank Konigseder, vice president of Liberty Coach. “Additionally, whereas the older batteries typically would last about three years, these new batteries have on average a 10-year life cycle.â€
While Liberty Coach is very happy with the performance and environmental benefits of this new system, going green doesn’t necessarily come cheap. The lithium iron phosphate battery system has a higher price tag than the previous battery system. However, some of this additional cost is offset by the battery’s increased life expectancy which also helps save money when getting a coach ready for resale.
Many high-end motor coach owners trade in their coaches every two or three years. Up to now, when a coach was being made ready for resale, typically the batteries were one of the first things to be replaced. This new system may change all that.
With this new system, all batteries communicate on a proprietary network which continuously monitors each battery cell. The status is displayed on an output monitor that enables Liberty Coach to utilize the generator automatic starting system more efficiently by controlling the start/stop of the generator based exclusively on amp hour usage.
“The history of each battery is maintained in a non-volatile log which can be retrieved at any time,†Konigseder explained. “This may eliminate the need to replace batteries on used coaches in the future since we now have an accurate way to determine the need based upon the actual usage of the batteries in each coach.â€
This system is now being installed on all Triple Slide H3-45 models. By mid-summer, the company anticipates installing it in the double-slide models as well which will save 500 pounds of total weight in those coaches.
Liberty Coach continually researches and tests new systems, materials and components to make sure the most reliable, user-friendly, and technologically advanced systems are being utilized in their coaches. For more information about Liberty Coach go to http://www.LibertyCoach.com or call (800) 554-9877.
RV News Feeds, RSS News Feeds and associated terminologies.
Channel: Often used interchangeably with "feed". Each RSS channel can contain up to 15 items. These items can be articles, blog entries or virtually any kind of document found on the World Wide Web. An RSS channel is the Internet equivalent of a radio station or TV channel, broadcasting news and information to anyone who wants to receive it.
Feed: A special Internet document that describes an RSS feed. Feeds are written in a variation of the XML computer language. That’s why you often see an orange "XML" button right next to the orange "RSS" button that helps you to find an RSS feed on a web site.
Hosting: The process of a company providing a place on their servers for your functions. An ISP or Web ‘Hosting’ company has a computer that will serve or ‘host’ your web site. Hosting can apply to many functions on the Internet such as Web Sites, Email Accounts, Domain Name Servers and yes, even RSS Feeds! We host RSS feeds, Podcast files and posts for our members.
Item Post: A single item, blog entry or web page that you share with everyone who is interested in your topic. Each item/post is described in your RSS feed file. The actual content of the post could be anywhere on the Internet.
Pinging: Testing whether a particular web site is online, by sending a message and waiting for a response. We make it easy for you to ‘ping’ services such as Yahoo!? to let them know that your feed has been updated.
Publish: Get your RSS feed file hosted and make it available to everyone on the Internet.
Publisher: The person responsible for the content of an RSS feed or channel. This person usually writes or locates relevant news items and updates his or her RSS channel.
RSS: Really Simple Syndication. Basically it is a format to publish information. RSS is a new standard for how people receive news, information, and communicate. Just so you’ll know, RSS once called Rich Site Summary. If you see this term somewhere, remember it’s the same RSS you know and love.
RSS Directory: A web site with a categorized list of RSS feeds. There may be any number of categories and any number of feeds in any category. It’s similar to other web directories such the directory on Yahoo!?
RSS Formats: There are several formats. The latest and fastest growing is 2.0 It has the most functionality. All Feeds created with our service meet RSS 2.0 standards. They are also fully compatible with RSS 0.91 and 0.92 – which makes them work in all known feed readers.
RSS Feed Aggregator: Used interchangeably with feed reader
RSS Feed Reader: Typically a desktop software application that understands XML & RSS and turns it into visual content that looks very much like a web page.
Search Engine: A program that searches documents for given keywords and returns a list of the documents or Web pages where the keywords were found. Also applies to Web sites that catalogue other Web sites by topic. By entering your subject or title, you access their database, which hopefully provides you with a list of Web sites containing pertinent information.
Syndication: The process by which a site is able to share information with other sites. For example, you provide RSS content such as news items, a blog, etc., on your web site and allow people using feed readers to show your news on their web sites.
The Woman’s Guide to Solo RVing
This eBook provides answers to ALL the questions asked by solo women, who are either planning to go on the road or else have already taken the plunge.
The Woman’s Guide to Solo RVing
by Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz
This eBook provides answers to ALL the questions asked by solo women, who are either planning to go on the road or else have already taken the plunge. From the basics of Can I go it alone and How do I deal with loneliness to the specifics of How to drive alone and What I need to know about maintaining complicated RV systems, authors Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz provide the information in easy-to-understand language. As they did in their popular book, RV Traveling Tales: Women’s Journeys on the Open Road, and in Hall’s classic book on working on the road, Support Your RV Lifestyle, Hall and Zyetz have incorporated the experiences of seasoned RVers, in this case solo women, into the book. Ten women are quoted in their own words, giving real-life advice on a range of topics critical to solo women travelers.
Available in eBook format & CD
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ATHENS PARK HOMES EXPANDING INTO NORTHEAST
Athens Park Homes, Athens, TX, has announced a significant expansion of its marketing efforts into the Northeastern US to become a truly national company offering quality and unique park model recreational homes and cabins. Originally founded just three years ago by a small group of industry executives formerly with Champion Homes, Athens Park Homes was an immediate success and quickly grew to be a predominant company in park model RV homes sold in the Southwest and the West Coast. Production levels were quickly increased and marketing soon expanded into the Southeast and Midwest with similar success. The company is now expanding yet again, based upon demand, with a significant marketing expansion into the Mid Atlantic and Northeastern States. People love our specially designed total tape and textured homes with Fiber-Cement exterior siding by James Hardie say Dick Grymonprez, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Our park homes are attracting the more discriminating higher end buyer.
Athens Park Homes is supporting this expansion with the appointment of a new dedicated sales rep to support dealers in these markets, as well as planning a significant showing of product at the next Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle and Camping Association show in Hershey, PA this fall. Recently joining the company, as Eastern Region Sales Manager, covering the new markets is Paul M. Principe. He was formerly associated with another manufacturer located in Northern, IN. for many years as National Sales and Product Manager for park model recreational vehicles.
The Hershey show is the premier RV show in the Northeast, and will mark Athens Park Homes formal entry into this new market.
For more information please contact:
Dick Grymonprez; Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Athens Park Homes
www.athensparkhomes.com
1-800-738-0392
All Star Luxury Coaches RV Rentals
Need a getaway? Not sure of where to begin?
All Star Luxury Coaches offer clients the chance to drive and travel in a luxury diesel RV, without the expense and responsibility of owning one.
“Renting an RV is a viable alternative to owning one,” Ron Bush, General Manager for the North Carolina office, said. “Sometimes, there is a special occasion or event that warrants the rental of such a vehicle. Perhaps, a concert, a family vacation, reunion, or a long-awaited trip to a NASCAR race – these are all reasons for renting a luxury motor home.”
All Star Luxury Coaches manages over 30, privately-owned, motor homes for individuals who do not get much personal use out of them. The company specializes in high-end, luxury RV rentals in nine states from coast to coast: California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware and North Carolina.
“It’s a win-win situation,” Bush said. “The RV owners are able to recoup money from their purchases and renters are able to reap the benefits of these high-end, well-maintained, luxury coaches. We also strive to provide our customers with new, low-mileage, dependable motor homes backed by quality customer service.”
All Star Luxury Coaches has positioned their office locations near some of the best vacation destinations in the country such as Disney World, the Daytona Speedway, Napa Valley, Yosemite National Park, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hershey Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Safety is also paramount to the customer service staff at All Star Luxury Coaches. Staff will teach and train their customers how to use and maintain their luxury RV rentals and strongly believes in providing them with safety instructions before putting them behind the wheel.
An array of sizes from 35 to 45 feet for these diesel RVs are available. Manufacturers include: Beaver, Fleetwood, Thor, Alfa and Newmar. In addition, for customer convenience, the company also offers one-way rentals between cities that participate in the rental program.
“And,” Bush added, “our coaches are immaculately maintained. In fact, we would venture to say that we have the cleanest coaches in the industry.” Along with the rental agreement, comes a host of other services and products that customers can choose from They include: Campground set-up and tear-down; airport, hotel and port pickups; convenience packages that include linens, dishes, patio furniture, barbecue grills, folding chairs, tables and much more. Bikes and bike racks are also available for both mountain and beach. Automatic DirecTV Satellite, GPS and Mobile Internet are also options along with long-term rental discounts, cargo trailer and car-dolly rentals. “So, whether your destination is a mountain stream, or a sand-filled beach, renting an RV is a fun, surprisingly affordable and comfortable way to travel,”
Bush explained. “When you rent an RV, you save on the cost of lodging and dining out.”
RVs combine transportation and living quarters for a multitude of leisure and outdoor activities and All Star Luxury Coaches has a variety of sizes and prices to choose from and short- or long-term rentals are available.
To learn more, visit: www.allstarcoaches.com or call 866-357-5025.