We needed to find a Camping World store today as we've finally decided to update Auntie Violet's GPS unit. We had been looking at the 7 inch Magellan RoadMate RV 9165T-LM that was developed in conjunction with Good Sam Club specifically for RVers. The older Garmin that we have does not have the capacity to program it with the height and width of your rig. Now that we are on the east coast, we keep reading about 10 foot high overpasses and narrow bridges. When we were reading reviews for campgrounds in New York State, we kept reading about directions that didn't take these things into consideration.
So we decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and get the new GPS. And wouldn't you know, the nearest Camping World was in New Jersey! We combined the trip there with a trip to Costco at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This Costco looked like it has been there for a very long time. And it is the first one we've ever been to that didn't have Forry's Polish dogs! They did have an all-beef hot dog that he said was pretty good, but just wasn't quite the same -- maybe because they didn't have sauerkraut to go with? I had an Italian sausage with grilled peppers and onions that was really good. (We've never seen that at a Costco before either...)
It was a bit cheaper trip today. It only cost us $6.25 for road tolls today versus the $13.75 we paid yesterday. Of course, we went a lot further yesterday as well! It does give Forry something to rant about however. He had set up our GPS to avoid toll roads when we were in Florida. We avoided them, but I think we drove an awful lot of extra miles in the process. We decided when we got to Pennsylvania, we would change the setting, in order to make both better time and better mileage.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Filling Diesel With the New Pilot RV Plus Card
Everyone who has a diesel pusher knows what a hassle it can be to fill up on diesel sometimes. You can pull into the truck area and use their really fast diesel hoses or can risk the low roofs on the auto side with their really slow pumps. Once in a great while you can find a station with designated RV pumps somewhat out of the normal traffic flow.
But our motor homes have big tanks. Most of the pumps have cash limits on how much diesel you can pump. Often it's $50 worth. If you're lucky, you can insert the same card again and it will let you do it one more time. Or you go into the store, get in line with the truckers, give your credit card to the clerk and ask to have the pump turned on. Often they ask how much fuel you want? So you've got to guess: when did we fuel up last? How low was the gauge? How much was it a gallon? So you give them a guess and they fill out a charge slip for you to sign. Then you go back out and tell your spouse they can go ahead and start fueling. Then you go back in, get in line, get your credit card back and get a new charge (for the fuel you actually used). By the time you get back outside, hopefully your partner will have pulled out of the refueling line and is waiting to pick you up.
Then Pilot/Flying J came out with a Frequent Fueler ADVANTAGE card that you could insert at the pump along with your credit card. It allowed the pump to turn on without a trip inside AND gave you a 3 cent per gallon discount. You still had to go in and sign the charge slip. But it was a whole less hassle!
Recently we read about the arrangement that Good Sam Club had made with Pilot/Flying J to issue a new Pilot RV Plus charge card that would give an 8 cent discount. We sent the application in and got an email in a week or so saying we were approved, but they were swamped with applicants and it would be a while until we got our card. The cards finally came during our two month stay at Mouse Mountain RV Park, so we didn't get a chance to use them until yesterday. With the cards was a letter giving us a password to activate the cards. We had also gotten an email telling us the User ID (I think they did it separately so that intercepting one would not have been enough...) and control numbers.
Yesterday we pulled into Flying J #626 on State Road 2, Exit 305 on Interstate 9 near St. Augustine. They had an RV island over on the right with one side vacant, so we pulled right in. With a bit of trepidation as to what would happen, I inserted the new card. The screen asked for the Control Number, I punched it in and VIOLA! the pump turned on. We pumped $383.95 of diesel (76.628 gallons) with nary a pause! The receipt came out showing the price to be $4.019 a gallon -- 8 cents less then the listed price on the pump. Forry pulled in the fuel slide-out and off we went!
All in all, a VERY GOOD -- and FAST -- experience!
But our motor homes have big tanks. Most of the pumps have cash limits on how much diesel you can pump. Often it's $50 worth. If you're lucky, you can insert the same card again and it will let you do it one more time. Or you go into the store, get in line with the truckers, give your credit card to the clerk and ask to have the pump turned on. Often they ask how much fuel you want? So you've got to guess: when did we fuel up last? How low was the gauge? How much was it a gallon? So you give them a guess and they fill out a charge slip for you to sign. Then you go back out and tell your spouse they can go ahead and start fueling. Then you go back in, get in line, get your credit card back and get a new charge (for the fuel you actually used). By the time you get back outside, hopefully your partner will have pulled out of the refueling line and is waiting to pick you up.
Then Pilot/Flying J came out with a Frequent Fueler ADVANTAGE card that you could insert at the pump along with your credit card. It allowed the pump to turn on without a trip inside AND gave you a 3 cent per gallon discount. You still had to go in and sign the charge slip. But it was a whole less hassle!
Recently we read about the arrangement that Good Sam Club had made with Pilot/Flying J to issue a new Pilot RV Plus charge card that would give an 8 cent discount. We sent the application in and got an email in a week or so saying we were approved, but they were swamped with applicants and it would be a while until we got our card. The cards finally came during our two month stay at Mouse Mountain RV Park, so we didn't get a chance to use them until yesterday. With the cards was a letter giving us a password to activate the cards. We had also gotten an email telling us the User ID (I think they did it separately so that intercepting one would not have been enough...) and control numbers.
Yesterday we pulled into Flying J #626 on State Road 2, Exit 305 on Interstate 9 near St. Augustine. They had an RV island over on the right with one side vacant, so we pulled right in. With a bit of trepidation as to what would happen, I inserted the new card. The screen asked for the Control Number, I punched it in and VIOLA! the pump turned on. We pumped $383.95 of diesel (76.628 gallons) with nary a pause! The receipt came out showing the price to be $4.019 a gallon -- 8 cents less then the listed price on the pump. Forry pulled in the fuel slide-out and off we went!
All in all, a VERY GOOD -- and FAST -- experience!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Another Recovery Day
One of the things we've begun to notice more and more is how long it takes us to recuperate from a busy, active day. It seems like we get busy and do a couple of days of sight-seeing, then need a day to rest up. Today was definitely one of those days.
We had slept in and had a late breakfast (more like brunch!) and were just sitting around enjoying a second cup of coffee when there came a knock on the door. One of the campground staff was delivering our box of mail which had come yesterday while we were gone. Forry had to very quickly slip on his jeans so that he could answer the door... ;-)
Daughter Mary Mae had sent along our mail along with some prescriptions that I had been waiting for. We spent the next few hours opening mail, paying the one ranch bill that came, and reading magazines.
I was pleased to see that in the new Good Sam Club magazine Highways, life members will no longer have to pay dues for the President's Club membership at Camping World -- they have waived all future President's Club dues! While we have always appreciated the President's Club discounts, it will be nice to save a little money by not paying for annual dues.
Since we are leaving Sun Valley Campground tomorrow (we had stayed an extra day waiting for the mail), Forry wanted to get gas for Toad. We made a quick trip into Chillecothe; mailed some letters; bought some orange juice, blueberries, yogurt and mouthwash; and gassed Toad ($3.07 a gallon with the 30 cent Kroger's discount) before coming home for dinner.
We had slept in and had a late breakfast (more like brunch!) and were just sitting around enjoying a second cup of coffee when there came a knock on the door. One of the campground staff was delivering our box of mail which had come yesterday while we were gone. Forry had to very quickly slip on his jeans so that he could answer the door... ;-)
Daughter Mary Mae had sent along our mail along with some prescriptions that I had been waiting for. We spent the next few hours opening mail, paying the one ranch bill that came, and reading magazines.
I was pleased to see that in the new Good Sam Club magazine Highways, life members will no longer have to pay dues for the President's Club membership at Camping World -- they have waived all future President's Club dues! While we have always appreciated the President's Club discounts, it will be nice to save a little money by not paying for annual dues.
Since we are leaving Sun Valley Campground tomorrow (we had stayed an extra day waiting for the mail), Forry wanted to get gas for Toad. We made a quick trip into Chillecothe; mailed some letters; bought some orange juice, blueberries, yogurt and mouthwash; and gassed Toad ($3.07 a gallon with the 30 cent Kroger's discount) before coming home for dinner.
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