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G has a "swell" time kayaking

G has a "swell" time kayaking
G has a "swell" time on Lake Michigan in an inflatable canoe

Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico

Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico
Dawn on the Gulf of Mexico

Warren Dunes Sunset

Warren Dunes Sunset
Warren Dunes Sunset

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Roadtrek Featured Models - July 21, 2019


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Updated September 23, 2019
The "New" Roadtrek website is up and running.  You can see the current model offerings, but no idea of delivery status. The manuals section is there as is a list of dealers......

This is an opportune time to download the official manuals for your Roadtrek if you haven't already done so. We carry PDF versions of these and other manuals such as the Onan generator with us when travelling.

The Chevy  models are no longer offered. The Roadtrek company will be showing their Ford Transit based model during an "Open House" in Elkhardt IN  September 23-26, 2019. The Ford Transit model will be there. This may be the same one that the "old" Roadtrek was showing before bankruptcy.  No word yet on availability.

https://www.roadtrek.com/

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I've wondered which models Rapido will be building. Here is the current Roadtrek website information. It seems the Chevy based 210P and 190 are no more!  The 170 had been removed from the list some time earlier by Roadtrek....


Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Swallows keep insect pests at bay



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We enjoy the acrobatics of barn swallows as we walk along the lakeshore in Michigan.  These birds and the dragonfly are are friendly insect catchers.  We sit on a breakwater or at a bench and watch them dive and swoon capturing insects.

 I do know the barn swallows can make a mess beneath their nests.  It is possible to provide them with a conducive environment where they build in places where their droppings are a part of nature.

They are so small and so fast! They can change direction unexpectedly. But they aren't afraid of us sitting and chatting, so they come very close, possibly because of the insects attracted to us.  Photographing them in flight can be a challenge!







 

Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Roadtrek RV Business Sale Progress


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According to the document in the link at the end of this post the purchase of Roadtrek by ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ is proceeding. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐—š๐—ก๐—” ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† using the โ€œHymerโ€ or โ€œCaradoโ€ brand ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. La Mesa has provided a US$1 million deposit. Here are some key aspects of the agreement. Read the document at the link for additional information and to view the source:
"๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (Rapido Group) ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ relating to the Roadtrek Business: a. โ€œRoadtrekโ€ branded recreational vehicle inventory, including raw chassis, work-in-process and finished goods and all related raw material and spare part inventory located in Ontario; b. fixed assets and equipment; c. certain prototype vehicles; d. the lease for 20 Tyler Street, Cambridge, Ontario (the โ€œLeaseโ€), including the security deposit but excluding tenant inducements; e. intellectual property solely relating to the Roadtrek Business; f. information technology systems, including hardware, software, licences and associated contracts; g. goodwill; h. business records; i. motor vehicles; and j. all dealer tags in the Receiverโ€™s possession. .....

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ $๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ on โ€œRoadtrekโ€ vehicles forming part of the Purchased Assets for a two year warranty period starting on the date of purchase by a consumer, but only for warranty claims made by the original purchaser. No warranty shall be provided in respect of certain itemized vehicles identified as Excluded Warranty Vehicles under the Roadtrek APA [Agreement of Purchase and Sale] which shall include vehicles potentially subject to the second row seating issue (described in Section 10.0 below). [From section 10.0: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฉ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—›๐—š๐—ก๐—” ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ (๐—–๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ (๐—™๐— ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ) ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ, ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฎ (๐—ฐ) ].......

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€. The Roadtrek APA contemplates that the Roadtrek Buyer may, but is not required to, offer employment to current or former employees of the 026 Page 14 Company (such employees who accept employment offers being โ€œNew Hiresโ€). The Receiver understands that the ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ post-Closing, with the stated goal of growing its workforce to more than 200 employees by the end of 2020. Closing Conditions The Closing of the Roadtrek Transaction is subject to the following........". and so on.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

At the Michigan Dunes


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Panoramic view from one of the dunes................................









That dune doesn't seem very high............

View from that dune............

G relaxing after the walk up.....




Panoramic view


Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/


Monday, May 27, 2019

At the Summer "Lily Pad" in Michigan


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We hop from campsite to campsite.  We have several "permanent" spots we call our "lily pads", and we use our Roadtrek to hop from one to another.  Here's a nighttime view of the one in Michigan, photo by the campground.  The circle indicated our decorative lights........

Before and after photos of the northern lily pad in Michigan.  Before the additions:

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After adding the deck, better stairs, new fire pit, etc.:



At Weko Beach, view of Lake Michigan
Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/