Our week in Newport.

Spending a week, well 4 nights anyway, of Summer like weather in January was great.  Good weather at the coast anytime of the year is what we enjoy.  After getting home we kind of shifted into vacationing mode.  Here are some pictures from the week. 

The first outing of 2014

So after days of fog we decided to take Smokey out of lockup and run away to the Coast.   We picked up Smokey around 9:30 and brought him home.   I un winterized everything and Sophie put things together inside.  I had my teeth cleaned and headed to the Coast around 2PM.   Once we left home the sun was out and we had a very nice drive.  In Lincoln City the weather was warm.  We did some shopping and then drove to Newport.  No one was here so we pulled into our favorite spot, hooked up water, elect, cable TV and settled in for supper and watching the sun go down.  

The view from our RV.  

LED lights in the RV

Since I have been playing with LED lights I offered to order some direct replacement bulbs for the 1156 bulbs in most of our RV lights.   Here are some pictures of how they look in use.  

The bottom one is the old style ones used for many years.  They do get hot when in use.   Then above that is a 13 LED 5050 SMD light bulb.  It has a blue color to it.   Then at the top is a 18 LED 5050 SMD light.   This gave me the most light and white color that I was looking for.  And at the cost of $1.55 it fits my budget.   

The 13 LED light on left and regular light on right.  You can see the blue color.  

This is the 13 LED on left and 18 LED on right.  

Original lights.  

18 LED's.  More light less power and heat.  

Towing a car behind a MH

Plenty of info out there but I believe this is the real info. 

Towed Motor Vehicle Brake Requirements By State

This table documents statutory requirements pertaining to brakes on a motor vehicle in tow behind a motorhome or other vehicle in non-commercial applications. Information was compiled from an analysis of each state's published statutes pertaining to motor vehicle brakes. Note that this a layman's interpretation of the statutes, not expert opinion. It is presented for information only. Comments regarding errors in this data are welcome. Email Link  Summary: Five states; Alaska, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin, have a verified brake requirement based on the towed vehicle weight. Most states have a general performance requirement based on stopping distance from 20 mph. Those apply to all vehicles or to combinations of vehicles. Three states; Hawaii, North Dakota and District of Columbia, have statutes that are not available online and therefore are not tabulated.

State	Brakes Req'd	Weight (lbs)	Statutes / Section	Other Reqmts	Performance Reqm't	Links	Notes
Alabama	No	-	35-5-212	None	n/a	Alabama Statutes
Alaska	Yes	5,000	13 AAC 04.205	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Alaska Statutes
Arizona	No	-	28-952	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Arizona Statutes
Arkansas	No	-	27-37-501, 502	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Arkansas Statutes	Enter Statutes number in Query field
California	No (Note 1)	-	26458 c 3	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	California Statutes
Colorado	No	-	42-4-223	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Colorado Statutes
Connecticut	No	-	14-80h	None	n/a	Connecticut Statutes
Delaware	No	-	4303	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Delaware Statutes
District of Columbia	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	Not available online
Florida	Yes	3,000	316.261	None	n/a	Florida Statutes
Georgia	No	-	40-8-52	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Georgia Statutes
Hawaii	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	Not available online
Idaho	No	-	49-933	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Idaho Statutes
Illinois	No	-	625 ILCS 5/Ch. 12 Art. III	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Illinois Statutes
Indiana	No	-	IC 9-19-3	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Indiana Statutes
Iowa	No	-	321.430	Performance	45 ft from 20 mph	Iowa Statutes
Kansas	No	-	8-1734	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Kansas Statutes
Kentucky	No	-	189.090	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Kentucky Statutes	PDF Document
Louisiana	No	-	RS 32:341	None	n/a	Louisiana Statutes
Maine	No	-	1902	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Maine Statutes
Maryland	No	-	22-301	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Maryland Statutes
Massachusetts	No	-	Chapter 90: Section 7	None	n/a	Massachusetts Statutes
Michigan	No	-	257.705	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Michigan Statutes
Minnesota	No	-	169.67	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Minnesota Statutes
Mississippi	No	-	63-7-51	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Mississippi Statutes
Missouri	No	-	307.170.3	None	n/a	Missouri Statutes
Montana	No	-	61-9-301 thru 321	Performance	35 ft from 20 mph	Montana Statutes
Nebraska	No	-	60-6,244	Performance	35 ft from 20 mph	Nebraska Statutes
Nevada	Yes	1,500	NRS 484.593, 9	None	n/a	Nevada Statutes
New Hampshire	No	-	226:27	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	New Hampshire Statutes
New Jersey	No	-	39:3-67	Performance	45 ft from 20 mph	New Jersey Statutes	Enter "brakes" in search field
New Mexico	No	-	66-3-840	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	New Mexico Statutes
New York	No	-	Article 9 375	None	n/a	New York Statutes	Type "Vehicle 375" in search box
North Carolina	Yes	4,000	20.124 f	None	n/a	North Carolina Statutes
North Dakota	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	Not available online
Ohio	No	-	4315.20	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Ohio Statutes
Oklahoma	No	-	Title 47 Section 12-301	Performance	25 ft from 20 mph	Oklahoma Statutes
Oregon	No	-	815.125	Performance	35 ft from 20 mph	Oregon Statutes
Pennsylvania	No	-	Chapter 175	None	n/a	Pennsylvania Statutes
Rhode Island	No	-	31-23-4	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Rhode Island Statutes
South Carolina	No	-	56-5-4850 (h)	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	South Carolina Statutes
South Dakota	No	-	32-18-10	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	South Dakota Statutes
Tennessee	No	-	55-9-204, 205	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Tennessee Statutes	Click Folder, then Title 55, then Chapter 9
Texas	No	-	547.401	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Texas Statutes	Scroll to Chapter 547, then to 547.401
Utah	No	-	41-6a-1623	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Utah Statutes
Vermont	No	-	Title 23 1307, 1308	Performance	30 ft from 20 mph	Vermont Statutes
Virginia	No	-	42.2-1066, 1067	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Virginia Statutes
Washington	No	-	46.37.340, 46.37.351	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Washington Statutes
West Virginia	No	-	17C-15-31	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	West Virginia Statutes
Wisconsin	Yes	Note 2	347.35, 347.36	Performance	50 ft from 20 mph	Wisconsin Statutes	Scroll to 347.35 and 347.36
Wyoming	No	-	31-5-950	Performance	40 ft from 20 mph	Wyoming Statutes
Note 1	California: Towed motor vehicles are exempt from weight-based brake requirements. Must comply with the performance requirement.
Note 2.	Wisconsin: 347.35 (3) (am) Brakes not required it toad weight is less than 40% of towing vehicle weight and the combined vehicles meet the performance requirement.

Links To Reference Sources

DMV.org Online Data Base

Happy new year

Ringing in the new year at the Keizer elks lodge with friends.  There was a gathering for supper at our house followed by a trip to the lodge with dancing and then breakfast to start the new year.  

Today I took both of my Winnebagos out.  Yeah not at the same time.   I will be changing the accelerator nozzle on Smokey to see if that cleans up the acceleration from an idle.   Other than that I think the carb is working better than ever.