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Rhonda is planning another loop of the west for this summer. You know she plans everything down to having every reservation before the coach rolls. She is finding lots of popular RV camps BOOKED. The reservations people she is talking to are commenting that it looks to be their busiest season ever. I suppose the economy has been good long enough that the RV business has rebounded and fuel is still relatively cheap. 

Just sayin that if you plan on traveling this summer, it might be good to make some calls.

not much info, and no interior pics

https://littlerock.craigslist.org/rvd/6027836425.html

On March 7, 2017, a Van Hool transit bus was hit by a train in Bilouxi, MS with devastating results, 3 dead and 35 injured. Most of the passengers were from communities near Austin, Texas. 

Why would I mention this on a Newell related forum. Simple, what happened to that bus could have just as easily happened to any driver of a Newell, a Prevost or any RV with a long wheelbase and a low ride height. The bus came up to an elevated grade train crossing. He was following the GPS (rather than the instructions provided by the dispatcher but that is an issue not related to us unless you aren't following your wife's instructions). In attempting to cross the tracks, the driver hung up the center of the bus and could not get the bus to move off the tracks. Unfortunately, within about 5 minutes a train using that track was unable to stop (they rarely can since their stopping distance is measured in tenths of a mile rather than feet) and hit the bus broadside.

What can we learn from this? Several things:

First, we must be aware and cautious of grade changes in the road. it is very easy to drag the underside of your coach on uneven road sections such as drive approaches, drainage swells, and grade transitions. Most of the time these are not sufficient to stop the coach but they hold the potential for serious issues if you are not vigilant and mindful of the potential to get hung high center or have the drive wheels drop into a lower surface leaving the rear end of the coach hung up with the drive tires barely touching the ground.

Secondly, once the center (or rear) of the coach starts dragging, we have the advantage of being able to raise the air suspension manually to gain a little extra clearance. This is important to remember. Trying to brute force your way off a high section of road without raising the coach may work or it may take enough weight off the drive axle that you don't have the traction to get moving again. Another alternative assuming you are going slowly when you first hear scraping is to back up and see if there is a different angle you can take to reduce the high portion of the road/driveway or a different route you can take to avoid it totally. 

Thirdly, this is another reminder that although GPS is one of the greatest innovations to aid the traveler, blindly depending on GPS can get you into a world of trouble. Ever follow a GPS route that leads you on worse and worse roads until after miles and miles you find yourself staring at a locked gate? I have, in a long wheelbase one-ton van towing a 34' Airstream trailer. Ever taken a short-cut route that GPS shows will get you to the highway only to find that the road they show turns into a dirt 4 wheel drive path before it gets to the main road? I have, fortunately that was in a car rather than an RV.

Fourth, railroad crossings are not to be taken lightly. 2665 people were killed in 2015 at highway-rail grade crossings. 76% of those occurred in 15 states https://oli.org/about-us/news/statistics...s-by-state . California, Texas and Illinois lead the pack with 52, 22 and 22 deaths respectively. Mississippi was number 10.

In the case of the bus in Mississippi, there was a warning sign "Low Ground Clearance" which I have never seen before. Be careful out there!!!

I need to run (2) Ethernet cables from outside the coach to the entertainment center above the driver. One is for internet and the other for TV over the Internet. My thought was to mount the Ethernet hub in the water and dump compartment on the drivers side where the coax cable TV hookup is. Does anyone know the cable path to the entertainment system area, and the easiest way to run new cables?

I also was thinking for ease of not having to run cables, about "Ethernet over power" adapters, which use the 120v power system as the cable plant for Ethernet. Anyone used these or other technologies to avoid running cables?
Thanks Mike

This goes in the "How can I not know this by now" file. Our 12 kw Perkins has been getting a little touchy about starting up. So much so that I blew the glass 20 amp fuse in the Gen control box in the gen set while cranking it. I notice that even when warm, it take 2 or 3 tugs on the dash momentary switch to fire up the gen set. I have a "mystery" switch on the dash panel labeled "fuel pump" which I have not touched in our 3500 miles of travel. I am thinking it's for the gen set? If so, should it be on the entire time the gen set is on, or just for start up? When I turn it on it runs  and does not cycle off like an auto fuel injection pump.

2010, quad slide, bath and a half.

http://www.newellcoach.com/newell-coaches/coach-1294/

2010, quad slide, ISX 650 HP with Allison transmission. Bath and a 1/2, 45,000 miles. Beautiful wood floor in salon.

 http://www.newellcoach.com/newell-coaches/coach-1406/

Quad slide 2012 model. Bath and a 1/2, ISX 650 HP, Allison 6 speed transmission. Murphy Bed with opposing coach and 55" TV mounted on the bed.

http://www.newellcoach.com/newell-coaches/coach-1449/

It is like zero here and I started up coach . Coach started with block heater but no air . Is there something I can do ? Or wait for warmth maybe wrap coach up with blanket lol . It stinks we r headed south in few days ! Thanx for help

I had a ballast fail in one of the lights, time to convert to led.
Rigid led strips and a dc buck converter to keep the supply steady at 12v.
Light output in each fixture is about 300 lumens, noticeably brighter than the tubes they replaced.
About $6/ fixture in parts.

 Scott