I recently spent a couple nights boondocking with about 75 other RVs on a plateau south of Overton, Nevada. I was too busy coming and going to talk with any of...
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Tony Jones
silvertex0101
Nov 17, 2009 5:31 am
I think the area is called Poverty Hill. I would feel better about the response if someone else can verify. Tony [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Paula
pjmatalr
Nov 17, 2009 7:06 am
When we were told about it by some of the locals in Overton, they called it the Plateau and indicated that no one supervised it and stays were unlimited. Some...
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LL
khunlinda2003
Nov 17, 2009 2:09 pm
on which road is this boondocking site? ... on a plateau south of Overton, Nevada. ... there about the place, but it seem to be a mini version of Slab City. ...
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Dave
helgesondave
Nov 18, 2009 12:25 am
State Route 169 ... From: LL To: boondockinglocations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:08 AM Subject: [Boondocking Locations] Re: Overton...
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Gene Teggatz
edteggatz
Nov 18, 2009 5:14 am
As most of you know, to join the group, you have to say something about RVing. (No comments, no admittance.) In the last 6 months, we have seen a number...
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roberttx333
Nov 18, 2009 3:07 pm
Recently subscribed to this group, but haven't said anything. Was reading Gene's blog and saw something that caught my eye he said he was using a fuel additive...
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eddpiano
Nov 18, 2009 4:09 pm
The first summer I took up solo RVing, I decided there were no wrong turns in life, only unexpected adventures! This decision was only partly based on the...
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Dave
helgesondave
Nov 18, 2009 4:10 pm
My wife and I enjoyed a short stayed at Slab City a couple of winters ago. As we are able to spend more time south in the winters we hope to stay there again. ...
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Gene Teggatz
edteggatz
Nov 18, 2009 4:29 pm
Bob, I have the detailed numbers for the diesel additive on a spreadsheet. We put on about 1500 miles with the additive, and we were 0.2 mpg better verses the...
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g_strome
Nov 18, 2009 4:41 pm
State route 169 is a long road. How far south of Overton? Is this site right off the highway or on a side road?...
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Robert Watson
roberttx333
Nov 18, 2009 6:38 pm
Thanks for the reply, I'm not running diesel, but the savings was interesting. Was on the highway sometime ago buying $4.00 a gallon gas. Didn't make me real...
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Don
PianoTuna
Nov 18, 2009 7:24 pm
Hi Bob, The "rule of thumb" for solar installations is a minimum of 60 watts per 100 amp-hours of storage, and a maximum of 130 watts (though there are some...
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Paula
pjmatalr
Nov 18, 2009 7:27 pm
You go through the Valley of Fire State Park and when you come out of Valley of Fire State Park on the east side and turn north toward Overton you will drive...
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Dave
helgesondave
Nov 18, 2009 8:57 pm
3 -5 miles just as you climb out of the valley that contains Overton. Boondocking on both sides of the road. ... From: g_strome To:...
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Jim M
beech699
Nov 19, 2009 12:07 am
Can we get an approximate long/lat for the area. Looking on Google earth there are several places where it could be located on hwy 169 with roads on both...
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Dave
helgesondave
Nov 19, 2009 1:53 am
36 28.909N 114 27.271W If you check the coords out on GoogleEarth you will see RVs parked on both sides of the road. While there are not as many parked their...
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Pete Grady
pegrady_1999
Nov 19, 2009 2:46 am
Hi, I just joined the boondocking locations group. When I tryy to look at messages I get an error message that says... Your browser is not accepting our...
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David E. Damouth
dedamouth
Nov 19, 2009 3:08 am
I'm reading this group using the current version of Firefox, with no problem. It seems likely that there is still something messed up in your settings. I...
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David E. Damouth
dedamouth
Nov 19, 2009 3:20 am
I'd be very skeptical about your results, since they were not "blind" It's well known that people who do tests will subconsciously make the test come out the...
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eddpiano
Nov 19, 2009 3:24 am
How far is it to water and dump site?...
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dutch_12078
Nov 19, 2009 3:54 am
This has been an intermittent Yahoo problem for the past several hours. It's occurring sporadically across a number of groups. Give them some time to get it...
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Pete Grady
pegrady_1999
Nov 19, 2009 3:55 am
Thanks, I didn't have quite the options you mentioned, but it was close. Â I allowed all history and that seems to work. Â Thanks for the help. Regards, Pete...
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Gene Teggatz
edteggatz
Nov 19, 2009 4:07 am
Dave, To each his own. We always record our fuel stops etc. No notes about wind or speed. But over a period of time, it all seems to work itself out. In my...
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Gene Teggatz
edteggatz
Nov 19, 2009 4:10 am
Ed, It is about 4 miles from the Slabs to the water and dump site (and all services ) in Niland. Gene Location is:...
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John Lindquist
rvingjohn
Nov 19, 2009 3:19 pm
One post per day per person, If you want to share your life with a friend, OK, but wht do the rest of us have tu read it...... Send E Mails to your friend, but...
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Don
PianoTuna
Nov 19, 2009 3:58 pm
Hi John, That "suggested rule" is not very workable--particularly if someone asks a question which arises from a post. Then there is sometimes "more than one...
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pegrady_1999
Nov 20, 2009 2:33 am
I'm new here. My wife and I live in Boise, ID. We boondock almost every weekend from mid March through mid October, more or less. We know of A LOT of places...
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Gene Teggatz
edteggatz
Nov 20, 2009 3:33 am
pegrady, You pose an interesting question. Yes, I have run into it before with a group of boondockers that we're a member of. They were (or are) paranoid...
