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Spring 2024 - Page 3Scope RV Camping MagazineHere’s an RV vacation where you can include yournon-camping relatives and friends!WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICKBy Harold Merton Usually when we feature camp-grounds in this publication it is ex-pected that readers might consider the location for a day or two stay. This feature however is a sugges-tion for a week or longer camping vacation that can include other family members and friends who do not own RVs but might like to join you to enjoy a great vacation in the Canadian outdoors. Better yet this campground is located in New Brunswick so costs are in Canadian dollars not US dol-lars with a premium of over 40%. It was several years ago when my wife Elizabeth and I visited this Yogi Bear Campground in New Brunswick. A very close friend and owner of the then Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Amherstburg, Ontario Cal-vin Borrowman suggested to me that we really should go to the New Brunswick park owned by his friend because it was outstanding! We did and found it to be one of the best campgrounds we had ever visited. Sadly neither Calvin or Elizabeth are no longer with us but the memo-ries are still fresh in my mind of the wonderful times we had there. For this reason I have invited the New Brunswick park owners to sub-mit us a story that we could use in this issue of Scope because I think our readers would be interested in visiting it, especially with friends. This park is located just across the Canada/U.S. border and is conve-nient to both Canadian and U.S. readers. Yogi Parks have long been considered a fabulous place for kid campers! They keep the younger ones busy from dawn to dusk if they are interested. The nice thing about this park is they have a number of what are know in the industry as “camping cabins” - a great convenience for non-RVers. I have long said that if I owned a campground one of the rst things I would build is a collection of little rustic cabins that non-campers Kids enjoy nding rocks at the Mining CompanyThere’s a great water slide complex at this Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in Woodstock, New Brunswick.Photos courtesy the campground.PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5could rent so they too could enjoy the life those of us with RVs enjoy. It is also a great way to get new families into camping! This park has done that and they have a number of levels of conve-nience at various levels of cost. I am sure we all have close ends and relatives that would love to go camping with us. Elizabeth’s own family did this many times and we all enjoyed the experience. They rented units right on the campground and it was a great fam-ily event for all. The activities available at this Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-ground are outstanding and many of them are included in your camp-ing fee. With this article you will nd pic-tures showing kids enjoying some of these activities and of course many of these kids consider this ad-venture one of their most cherished childhood vacation memories. Read on and consider that this might be a great vacation for your family and friends this coming sum-mer. It is not nearly as far as driving to Disney and you are vacationing in Canada! Please make reservations early as the place is very popular!

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PUBLISHED SINCE 1965CANADA’S FIRST RV CAMPING PUBLICATIONCanada’s Oldest Camping and RV PublicationMerton MediaTelephone (519) 867-3993Advertising Rates FULL PAGE $200*HALF PAGE $120*QUARTER PAGE $70*Smaller ads at comparable rates*With advertiser supplying pdf or JPEG le of ad ready for pagesPublished BY Canadian Campers Publisher accredited in Photo-Journalism by Professional Photographers of Canada, Inc.SPRING 2024VOLUME 59, NUMBER 1 - ISSUE # 216Regular FeaturesTravel ArticlesOur CoverMade by MacThis publication is produced on Macintosh computers684Scope RV Camping Magazine, 1799 St. Clair Parkway, Courtright ON N0N 1H0 Telephone (519) 867-3993Website: www.clickoncamping.ca www.clickoncamping.comEditorial PagePhoto columnAn Independent Magazine Founded and Owned By Harold MertonPublished Under Licence ByMERTON MEDIA1799 St. Clair ParkwayCourtright ON N0N 1H0Publisher and Advertising ManagerHAROLD MERTONEditorial AssistantELAINE MERTONEditorial AssistantSHAUN MERTONWarehouse ManagerSHANNON MERTONWebmasterELSPETH SMELSEREditorial Contributors Lynn Acre - Barb TurnerDoreen Dalley -Dora LewisRhonda O’Neal - Dena FelvesGerald Prsch - Donna PowellKathy Collier - Ray SuennenDora Lewis - Misty Stuckwich Jill Serbousek - Kathy HowellCraig Weber - Shari WeberKarin Snyder - Deb SwansonMichael Bakich - Ashley CallingbullAne & Tommi - Deb SullivanFoodland Ontario - Art HamiltonMarci Macintosh - Denise WeissNancy Guppy - Colin YenAdam & Frankie FossEscapees RV ClubChicken Farmers of CanadaCamping Today MagazineWinnebago IndustriesGoRVing.ca - General RV616568697284101FCRV CampventionOntario FCRV Retiree CampoutOPA Fall RallyOPASpooky Wooky CampoutFCRV Michigan Bluewater CampoutOur cover picture this issue is a beautiful shot provided by Winnebago of one of their new Access trailers. See the story in this issue.Special Features917505557INSIDE THIS ISSUETHIS IS OUR FIRST ISSUE OF OUR 59th YEARSCOPE IS ONE YEAR OLDER THAN THE SUPERBOWL!Best Alaska destinations Page 84Photo by Wild AlaskaClub ActivitiesNew York State ParksVisit the Erie CanalVisit Terrell, TexasVisit Nocogdaches TexasGreat Lakes factsBest Alaska Destinations RevealedTexa Teardrop to Haida Gwai islands1820444437721263335Newfoundaland IcebergsWe test Pampered Chef Egg CookerFMCA Offers Where To CampElectrical vehicle repair proves costlyA x for RV air conditioners w/o portsRVing with dogsTest Free Style Libre 2We test instant hot water heatersHow to determine GVWRSolar eclipse coming New Jeep GladiatorRVing with Wi-FiAshley Callingbull-Growing DownThree generations of reghtersWinnebago introduces new AccessFMCA offers Where to CampCampgrounds Yogi Bear Jellystone Park New Brunswick 3638289909310375398795RVing with Wi-Fi Page 82Upcoming EventsFCRV Retree Rally - MineolaFMCA Fiesxta Del SolFMCA Glamorama CampoutToronto Sportsmens ShowThe Big One - Toronto RV Show4043454760Our AdvertisersRock Glen Family Resort 2Adventure RV 8Campers Cove Campground 18Mert’s Shirts 24Sauder’s Camping Service 25Golden Pond RV Resort 26The Big One - Toronto Show RV Show 37Great Escape RV 38Toronto Sportsmen’s Show 59FCRV Membership Form 83Precision Power Sports 96Golden Pond RV Park 98Scope Motor Home For Sale 105Recipe Column Pages start Cooking a whole chickenTasty chicken recipesAsian recipesRecipes

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Spring 2024 - Page 5Scope RV Camping MagazineJellystone Park in New Brunswick offers a great fun vacation!Continued on page 104By Peter and Janet ClarkJellystone Park Hosts Jellystone Park Woodstock, New Brunswick is located in the heart of the Beautiful St. John River Valley. Families are special at Jellystone Park NB! We specialize in providing the best family camping experience through our many free planned daily activi-ties for all ages. Yogi Bear loves to see everyone as he tours around Jellystone Park each day with the Rangers. Our tradition over four decades has focused on quality, cleanliness, and friendliness while providing an adordable all-inclusive family vaca-tion. Our award-winning park offers a clean and safe place for your family to have fun while creating memories to last a lifetime. You can feel safe when camping with Yogi Bear and the Rangers while reconnecting with family and friends! The Water Wizard’s Water Zone is a multi-level, interactive water attraction - complete with two water slides, 37 interactive water features and more! With our Water Zone attraction plus our existing favourites, Jel-lystone Park in Woodstock, NB has something for everyone: Do one activity or do them all...the choice is yours:● Two Giant Water Slides with a Heated Pool● The Water Wizard’s Water Zone (with 2 more water slides)● 18 Hole Mini Golf● Jumping Pillow & Kiddie Jumping Pad● Target Tag GameJanet and Peter Clark hosts at the Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park in Woodstock, New Brunswick.A shady campsite at Jellystone Park in New Brunswick. Photos by the campground.Kids love the Yogi Bear Charac-ters and of course Yogi himself is the most popular.● Gemstone Mining Sluice & Cave● Daily Jellystone Park Train Rides (ages up to 9 years old) Jellystone Park has over 160 campsites plus 32 cabins. Plus, our camping prices are All-Inclusive - Pay One Price! The Campsite & Cabin prices in-clude unlimited use of the following amenities (during operating hours) - two giant water slides, mini golf, jumping pillow, kiddie jumping pad, target tag game plus the multi-level

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EDITORIAL PAGERestaurant servers with iPads = Extra $$$BY HAROLD MERTON, PUBLISHERPage 6 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineContinued on page 54 You may have noticed that a lot of restaurants are now equipping their servers with iPads rather than a pen and paper to take orders. You may think that they are mov-ing up with the latest technology to improve service but I feel it is an un-seen plot to pad the bill or as I call it “Nickel and Diming you!” A case in point is John’s Restau-rant in Sarnia, Ontario. I have been patronizing John’s for years but lately I have been so dis-satised with their antics to “pad the bill” that I recently had a talk with Heather the dining room manager and told her that I was done with John’s because they keep padding the bill. I had ordered a $25 meal and was asked if I wanted the gravy on the potatoes. I replied yes and when the bill came they had added $1.49 for gravy on the mashed potatoes. Can you imagine a hot turkey meal without gravy! I had planned to have a hot turkey sandwich because the sandwich had always been just white meat. I don’t like dark meat turkey! I won’t eat dark meat turkey so I have been in the habit of having to pay $2 extra for my meal there be-cause I don’t want any dark meat! However the hot turkey sandwich always contained just white meat. “That’s $2 extra she told me!” I asked just how many pieces of meat would be switched on a sandwich and she could not answer the question. I estimate it might be three or four. That’s 50 cents extra each white piece. Wow! The kicker was one day my son and I went in for a meal and we both had the hot turkey dinner. I asked for only white meat and they advised me it was $2 extra. I approved it but my son just took his regular. When our meals came they had put all my dark meat from my serv-ing on my son’s serving with just a tiny piece of white meat on the top. Mine was all white meat but I felt it was very unfair to charge me $2 extra and put my dark meat on his serving instead of white meat. We let it pass but I didn’t forget it. When a server comes to your table with an iPad keep in mind that under every button push they enter, an upcharge is registered and will appear on your bill at the end of your meal. I have relatives who live in the Mt. Brydges area and come to the Sarnia area occasionally for sport-ing events. They recently told me another hor-ror story from John’s. My sister-in-law had a meal that included rice pudding for desert. She likes rice pudding! She opted for a dollop of whipped cream on her’s. When the bill came that dollop of Ontario tow truck industry undergoing major shake up! A major shake up of the tow truck industry in Ontario began on Janu-ary 1st., 2024! Fed up with the violence and cor-ruption that ran rampant in the in-dustry, the Ontario Government is making major changes in the licens-ing of tow truck companies and tow truck operators designed to clean up the industry in the province. Anyone with a criminal record will be banned from not only be-ing a tow truck operator but also owning or operating a tow truck company and the ban will extend to other close relatives and associ-ates, so bad operators can’t just say “Oh it’ s my wife’s company now!” A major problem exists in the GTA and the new regulations are designed to stop the violence and recent re bombings in the industry that has now spread to a wider area of the province. The city of London recently had a number of tow trucks set on re! In addition some tow truck opera-tors steered towed vehicles to body shops that charged exorbitant rates because the shop crossed the tow ruck operator’s palm with silver. It was even reported that some op-erators went to several body shops with the wreck in tow seeking the highest kickback. This of course was not good for the vehicle owners or their insurance companies. The Ontario Government elded hundreds of complaints of wrong-doing and even some police ofcers were charged because they offered the tows to operators who would give them a kickback. In addition some tow truck opera-tors drove like absolute idiots trying to be rst to hook the crashed ve-hicles and this in turn caused even more accidents. The new legislation is aimed at cleaning up the corruption in the industry and making the experience after a crash a little more tolerable for the unfortunate motorists. It will be a shock to some tow truck operators that they will no longer qualify for a licence to operate however the ministry is determined to make these new regulations stick and they will be monitoring the situ-ation very closely. On the other hand good tow truck operators should enjoy a higher volume of work due to a decrease in the number of trucks on the road. There may be some good deals on tow trucks coming up very soon!

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Spring 2024 - Page 7Scope RV Camping MagazineOur annual iceberg pictures from NewfoundlandBy Harold Merton Our regular readers will recall that each year our correspon-dent in Twillingate, Newfound-land sends us a selection of ice-berg pictures that she captured during the previous year in the Twillingate area. Doreen Dalley, a retired school teacher, has been sending us these pictures ever since a group of Ontario FCRV mem-bers under the leadership of Sharon and Rudy Sandau of the Sarnia 4Ts took 19 RVs to the island for over a month. There were to have been 20 rigs but one lady fell off her bike at another FCRV event and broke her arm. While there we found that the iceberg season was over but in a small tea shop I found a mat-ted picture of icebergs shot by Doreen and offered for sale in the gift section of the tea shop. I bought that picture and then contacted her later asking per-mission to use it in Scope. Doreen readily agreed and I used that picture the rst year and ever since she has been sending me some each year so that our readers can enjoy a Canadian sight that they might not be able to see. The icebergs break off and slowly oat south passing down the coast of Newfoundland. The prime season for viewing icebergs is early may to early July, depending of course on Mother Nature. The year we all visited Newfoundland the ice-bergs had run their course. Again this year Doreen has created some wonderful images of the icebergs that we share with you here. Note the size! Thanks again to Doreen for letting all of us enjoy her local sights.The uke of a whale shows in the foreground of this iceberg picture.The setting sun casts a colourful glow to the ice in this shot.A small powerboat is dwarfed by the iceberg in this picture. Photos special to Scope by Doreen Dalley.

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Spring 2024 - Page 9Scope RV Camping Magazine FCRV’s Campvention 2023 was held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Richmond, Indiana and was hosted by the Great Lakes Region. Connie Black, IL, was the chair. Her co-chair was Linda Hennie, OH. There were 195 registrations resulting in 181 campers on the grounds, 12 second families, and two off grounds. FCRV 2023 Annual Campvention held in Indiana The executive said “it was good to see many of our Canadian friends in attendance!” Many attendees contributed photos the on-line photo album with photography headed by Barb Turner, FCRV’s Publicity Chair. On this page and others fol-lowing you will nd plenty of pictures of campers having fun at his annual event! If you have an interest in joining this International Camp-ing Association you will nd a membership application form in this issue.This panoramic view shows some of the campers in the activity building. Photos by Barb Turner and crew.Campers report to the check-in people.Canadian members Camy Hicks, left and Lynn Acre, right, at the 2023 Campvention.Campers enjoy a quiet moment at FCRV’s Campvention held in Richmond, Indiana.Continued on page 10

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Page 10 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV Campvention parade & All Hat LuncheonBy Rhonda O’Neal The FCRV Parade was chaired by Carl and Sue Fromholzer with about eleven entries that included oats, walkers and golf carts.Here are the winners:National Award – A tie between the Youth and Teens.State/Province – Connecticut.Chapter – New York Blue BirdsIndividual – Mike and Marilyn RauschTrustee Award – Ontario The All Hat Luncheon was chaired by Deborah Swanson. Over 150 people joined in with their hats, some funny, unusual and questionable (?), for lunch with the Teens serving.A part of the Canadian entry in the Campvention paradeMike and Marilyn Rausch took the individual award in FCRV’s Campvention parade.The youth got to use their cardboard cars again on the oat after they built them for their drive-in movie. Photos by Barb Turner and crew.Mary Brown leads this Canadian group in the parade.Editors note: The All Hat Luncheon is a pro-gression of the Red Hat Luncheon as it was originally called. That event was for the ladies where Red Hat Chapters existed across North America but the gentlemen wanted to get in on the action so it became the All Hat Luncheon with men wearing all types of hats including construction hard hats. It just goes to show that everyone wants in on the fun at Campven-tion.

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Spring 2024 - Page 15Scope RV Camping MagazineThe Teens at FCRV’s CampventionContinued on page 62By Marci Macintosh, Teen chair We started the week out work-ing on rose petals for the oat that would come at the end of the week. Most of the teens had not paper-mached before but picked it up quickly. Not every-one loved sticking their hands in the glue, but each teen was a good sport about trying it. The TP Insurance Rafe tickets were handed out at the meeting at the beginning of the week, and many kids participat-ed vigorously for the cash prize. We held a Rose Garden Party Sunday night, a Glow Party Monday night with black lights and glow paint, and a Beach Party Tuesday night with over a ton of sand hauled in to create a beach in the outdoor area of the teen center. The Family Fun Day lunch fundraiser was a success and paid for two offsite activities through the week with enough left over to donate $400 to the Circle You Help Center in Richmond. The teens seemed to enjoy the service, and the membership that participated seemed to enjoy the meal along with Family Fun Day. While no one, except Jeff Rob-inson, was an expert at Disc Golf, we all had a good time learning from him on the rst of three offsite activities. By the end of our time on the course, many of us were trying new techniques to throw and saw an improvement. Two hours was not enough time for a whole course, but we enjoyed every ‘hole’ that we played. Tuesday, the Shaneyfelts and Scott Semper provided break-fast for the teens to fuel up for a busy day. We went hiking the White River Gorge Trail and picked up four bags of trash along the way. The trail included inter-esting sights such as the Star Gennett Building and historical sidewalk with tributes to record-ing artists that graced the studio. Due to the interest in the historic landmarks and with starting and returning to the Veterans Park, we only made it two miles along the trail. After hiking and trash pickup, the teens donned their bow ties and tea towels to serve the adults attending the Any Hat Luncheon. The Teens were involved in multiple noise parades through-out the week. One was midday on their way back from an offsite activity, and two others were at night. One even had four of the Centerville Fire/Rescue trucks as the main attraction! The teens enjoyed the noise parades, and so many of the adults were good sports about the disruption. On Wednesday, the teens bounced back and forth between the TP Insurance Rafe Set Up and Preview and sports. They played volleyball and softball on Wednesday and joined in on bocce ball on Thursday. In the midst of those activities, the teens squeezed in ‘trick-or-treating’ for non-perishable food items to donate to a local food bank. The response of adult participation to this activity was overwhelming. The TP Insurance Rafe was Wednesday evening, and many prizes were given away with the Blackstone Grill and trip to South Carolina being very popular, but all the prizes were very desirable. Thursday, after bocce ball, was a slow down with a ‘drive-in’ movie, Super Mario Bros, for the youth and teens. After the movie, we worked on oat assembly again with decorating the truck as the primary activity. Then, everyone was off to get ready to walk the red carpet at the Dancing through the De-cades Family Dance. The band was superb and a lot of fun. But then it was back to nal oat construction through the rest of the night. The teens were up on Friday morning for oat judging and walking in the parade. It was our honor to hand out a promotional gift for the 2024 Campvention in Herkimer, New York as we walked in the parade. Our oat was constructed backward, so the truck drove the whole parade in reverse. We were honored to tie with the Youth for the Na-tional Award in the parade. Our nal offsite activity wasA group of the teens that served at the Any Hat LuncheonPhotos by Barb Turner and crew.

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Page 16 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineThe youth at FCRV’s annual CampventionBy Deena Felver,FCRV Youth Chair We started out the week on Sun-day with the kids starting to paint their boxes for the drive-in movie. They had a blast with the paint and had a lot of different cars made up. They nished them up on Monday morning with either nishing paint-ing them or putting stickers on them. We had a variety of different types of cars. After Family Fun Day we had our Cinco De Mayo Day where we played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and got to burst pinatas. We divided the kids up into two groups for these games. After we got those activities done, we let the kids sit down and paint three cookies a piece that Pat Co-hee had made. Then they took the cookies home to eat or share with their families. But I think that they ate them instead of sharing them. On Tuesday we had a fun day with making a craft of a ship in the morning and passing out pirate ban-dannas for them to wear when we had our water day with the YARs Chapter. In the afternoon the YARs came and set up their activities for the youth which consisted of walk-ing the plank and walking with a peg leg. And then they nally got to go on a treasure hunt and nd their prize which was a treasure chest lled with goodies. Finally they got to play in the splash pad and sprinkler that was set up for the water day. On Wednesday we decorated their Halloween bags that they used that night when we trick or treated the campers. They nished their bags. Some of the kids made paper airplanes and had a contest to see whose plane would y the farthest while others made a hand-print campre. Before the evening program, the youth got to trick or treat by walking around the building to get their candy or treats that the adults brought. When we nished walking around, we walked down to the ice cream place. Everyone got some ice cream. Thursday was our 911/Veterans Day. We made ag picture frames and snow globes. When the youth nished their projects, they played with the other activities in the youth center that were set up. In the afternoon the youth got to get their box cars out and watch the drive-in movie of Mario Brothers. Some of them got so relaxed they fell asleep in their cars while others The youth paint their car boxes for the drive-in movie and parade.This boy decorates his three cookies. They were to be taken back and shared with their fami-lies but some didn’t make it that far. Campvention photos by Barb Turner and crew.watched the whole movie. Friday was the parade where their oat was the youth watching the movie in some of their cars and some walked with their cars on them. The oat had something on it representing what the theme was every day of the week. We tied with the teens on the oat! I would like to thank Pat Cohee, for all of her help and all the other volunteers who helped in the youth center making our activities at this year’s Campvention a great suc-cess!Ever wonder what those outlets were for. This may help!

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Spring 2024 - Page 17Scope RV Camping MagazineBy Lynn Acre Thirty-three units arrived at the Norwich Community Centre on Monday June 12, 2023 for the 47th annual Ontario Retiree Rally. There was no early bird day this year. The rally ofcially opened on Monday evening, in the newly renovated Hall in the Community Centre. The Brantford Sundowners & Golden Wanderers hosted the evening’s entertainment of Nickel Card Bingo. Ruth & Michael Tazair orga-nized the Washer Toss Tour-nament on Tuesday morning. Seven games were played simultaneously which shortened the tournament to about 90 minutes. Tuesday’s Schedule Members of the Meandering Mohawks lined up in the kitchen to serve a lunch of fresh subma-rine sandwiches & cookies. Guest Speaker, Jenn Hew-son, owner of Take Back Your Health gave a talk after lunch on Bioreso-nance which is holistic medicine based on Quantum Energy. Ontario FCRV Retiree Rally held in Norwich, Ontario. To learn more go to her website www.takebackyourhealth.ca or phone her at 519-280-0592 On Tuesday evening, the Nor- wich Volunteer Fireghters set up in the parking lot and sold BBQ’d hamburgers and sau-sage-on-a-bun with soft drinks. “Two Guys with Guitars” There was live entertainmenton Tuesday evening when two talented guys with ve guitars and one mandolin entertained the enthusiastic crowd with a variety of classic rock & country songs. Wednesday Morning Devo-tional Service At 9:00 am Don Lumley (Bullwinkle) played guitar for the singing of two songs before Lynn Acre gave a powerpoint presentation called ―Lessons from the Three Little Pigs. Attendees were reminded that only a rm foundation in Christ can withstand all the “Hufng & Pufng” of life’s trials. A collection was taken for the Norwich Food Bank which raised $160. 00 in cash as well as two big bags of non-perish-able food items. Retiree Olympics were en-joyed by both participants and spectators. They did have a good time! Thirty-seven campers attended a tour of the Delhi Tobacco Mu-seum & Heritage Centre. Angela and Andrew, intro-duced the museum’s collection and answered questions during the self-guided tour. The original crop in the area was timber, especially white pine but once it was depleted the only crop that thrived in the sandy soil was tobacco. More recently ginseng has been introduced. The upper oor of the museum was dedicated to the vari-ous groups of immigrants who settled in the area. A portion of a stick kiln was ac-cessible for visitors to enter, the aroma of tobacco still lingered in the air. Hanging above, a sample of dried tobacco leaves tied to sticks could be seen. The Meandering Mohawks prepared a great lunch of submarine sand-wiches and cookies. Photos by Lynn Acre. Robert Chamberlain takes part in the shoe toss - a popular game in the Retiree OlympicsContinued on page 19

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Page 18 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping Magazine The FCRV Retiree Program invites everyone to attend the 52nd Family Campers & RVers Interna-tional Retiree Rally at the Mineola Civic Center & RV Park, 1150 N Newsom St., Mineola, TX 75773. This year’s theme is “Hors-ing Around,” and coordinators George and Karen Reynolds promise, “This is one round-up you don’t want to miss! Let’s all “giddy up” and go to Mineola, corral the herd, and horse around together!” Remember, the rally is open to ALL, not just retirees.FCRV to hold 52nd annual Retiree Rally in Mineola, Texas in March Registration: https://fcrv.org/retiree-rally-2024/ For more infor-mation on the site please visit their website: https://mineolaciviccen-terandrvpark.com/ This is one rally that a great many campers really enjoy and it comes at a time of the year when many of the snowbird RVers are already in the southern states. Have a look at our coverage in the previous issue of Scope to see the fun! You do not have to be a member of FCRV in order to attend any of their rallies. They welcome every-one! Simply register for the event and indicate that you are a newcomer. They’ll be waiting with open arms for you and we can almost guara-nee you’ll be very glad you came!George and Karen Reynolds are coordinators of the 2024 FCRVRetiree Rally to be held in Mine-ola, Texas March 18 to 24, 2024. All RVer are welcome - not just retirees!ADVERTISING IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER!PLEASE TELL OUR ADVERTISERS THAT YOU SAW THEIR MESSAGE IN SCOPE!Campers at the 2023 Retiree Rally

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Spring 2024 - Page 19Scope RV Camping Magazine Each stick would have been set into place by a kiln hanger. This type of kiln was heated with wood. The furnace door was visible from the outside of the kiln. A cure man was given the responsibility of keeping the furnace burning at the correct temperature. Quance Planing Mill Robert Quance Sr. & his brother Peter bought the existing sawmill and our mill in 1974. The sawmill included the planing mill which later was known as The Sash & Door Factory. It was here that rough lumber was planed for the construction of barrel staves, facia boards, Ontario Retiree Rally continuedBrian Chateld, left, tosses a ball during the bocce tournament.Rally campers enjoyed a visit to a local sawmill. Photos by Lynn AcreRocky and Don Lumley of the Michigan Aqua-Jets entertained with a sing-along during the evening entertainment at the Retiree Rally..Ted Shelley of the Brantford Sun-downers called the cards for the evening Card Bingofancy moulding, ooring, furni-ture, houses, barns, shingles, softs & stair rails. This factory was in operation up until 1970. Quance Dam Frank Quance built the original dam to provide power for his our mill. It was later purchased by the Big Creek Conservation Authority which has since become the Long Point Region Conservation Authority. The Quance Park is a beautiful area surrounding the dam. Continued on page 22Museum representatives Angela, left, and Andrew, right, acted as docents for the campers’ tour.

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Page 20 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineFMCA major rally and expo scheduled for March FMCA’s 108th International Convention & RV Expo is coming up March 20-23, 2024, at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona. If you are a full-time RVing fam-ily with kids, or grandparents who enjoy taking the grandkids on travel adventures, you are invited to join hem for the “Fiesta Del Sol” con-vention. Register for the conven-tion online or by phone (800-543-3622) Then, sign your kids up for the Youth and Family Activities Pro-gram by clicking https://join.fmca.com/az24youthactivities/. FMCA’s Youth and Family Activi-ties Committee will have activities to involve young attendees and their parents or grandparents and promote “family” at their interna-tional conventions. The goals: fun for all genera-tions and the chance to make new friends. For more information about the program or to get involved, contact Youth and Family Activities Com-mittee chairperson Charlsanne Miskell at fmcayouth@gmail.com.By Go RVing It can be such an experience to travel the countryside with your friends and family in a recreationalvehicle (RV). Not many Canadians can say that they’ve had an opportunity to travel from coast to coast and sightsee some of Canada’s most popular at-tractions from the comfort of an RV. However, if you plan on taking a road trip in your RV then it is impor-tant to ensure that it’s properlyinsured. With each province requiring a certain level of coverage for recre-ational vehicles, it’s benecialto learn what a typical motorhome insurance policy covers, if it’s the same for all RVs and how yourmotorhome insurance policy can help provide peace of mind.WHAT DOES A TYPICAL MOTORHOME INSURANCE POLICY COVER? Like car insurance, a typical motorhome insurance policy may provide the following basic protec-tion:· Liability Coverage – Provides protection to you if you are held li-able for the injury or loss of lifeof an individual because of a col-lision. This type of coverage can also help with the cost of damage to the impacted individual’s vehicle or property.· Accident Benets – Offers cover-age for medical bills, rehabilitation, funeral costs, or loss ofincome due to a disability as a result of a collision.·Direct Compensation Property Damage – If your RV is in a colli-sion with another motorist insured in your province (and they are found to be at fault) this type of protection can help cover the cost of damage to your RV and certain items within it.IS MOTORHOME INSURANCE COVERAGE THE SAME FOR ALL RVS? The short answer is no. Depend-ing on the type of RV you own; you may require different types ofinsurance. For example, if you have a move-able or towed trailer, it can be added to your home insurance policy. You could benet from this cover-age as some insurance companies may offer all risk coverage and replacement cost if the trailer was bought new. If you have a stationary trailer (i.e., xed on a piece of land and not often transported), these types ofstructures would need to be added to your home insurance policy. If you have a traditional mo-torhome (class A, B, or C), you will need to get motorhome insurance. This type of insurance is designed to help protect the RV if it’s in a col-lision with another driver deemed to be at fault, or if you were not at fault for any damages incurred by your vehicle. Your insurance providermay be able to offer additional coverage options to protect your RV from all types of damage (e.g., re,theft, windstorms, hail, explosion), protect the contents of your RV, of-fer alternative transportation ifyou can’t drive your RV, and more.HOW DOES INSURANCE WORK IF I TOW A CAR BEHIND MY MOTORHOME? If you plan on towing your car behind your RV, it’s important that your car insurance is up to date. Even if you have motorhome insur-ance, the coverage for your RV will not extend to your car. Therefore, ifsomething were to happen to your car while hitched to your RV, your car’s insurance would kick in toprovide the protection you need.Motorhome insurance coverageContinued on page 76

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Spring 2024 - Page 21Scope RV Camping MagazinePampered Chef’s ceramic egg cooker gets top marks!MICROWAVE EGG COOKER Make hot, healthy breakfasts in no time at all in the Ceramic Egg Cooker! Crack up to four eggs into the container, shake them up, and pop them in the microwave for a fast homemade breakfast. You can add your favorite toppings for a quick omelet, poach eggs, or make a packet of instant oatmeal that won’t boil over. The lid’s vent hole lets steam escape as you cook, and includes a silicone gasket to keep the lid secure.MICROWAVE MUG CAKES AND MUFFINS Rather whip up something a little sweet for breakfast—or for des-sert? This egg cooker is great for making mug cakes in the micro-wave, too! Try a Chocolate Mug Cake or a Blueberry Lemon Micro-wave Mufn for a sweet alternative.SPECS1-year guarantee2-cup (500-mL) capacityThe lid’s vent hole releases steam while cooking and a silicone gasket keeps the lid se-cure. There’s also a siliconesleeve for easy grip and heat pro-tection. It is also dishwasher-safeBy Harold Merton I’m not a chef! In fact I don’t really cook very much! My wife Elizabeth spoiled me as she was a fabulous cook but I lost her to cancer and now I have to fend for myself. Fortunately I have a good friend Kathy Knight who is a Pampered Chef consultant and she steered me to one of the company’s great products - their ceramic egg cooker. With this item I can crack two eggs, drop them into the cooker, shake it up a bit and then micro-wave it for one minute and twenty seconds and I have a nice plate of scrambled eggs that I really enjoy. You can also make omelettes, mug cakes and mufns in it! Most RVs have microwave ovens and so this $22.50 item would be a good addition to any rig. Even kids could make their own snack with this. Because the unit is ceramic it heats up itself in the microwave so they have a band of silicone rubber that goes around the cylinder that you take a hold of to handle the vessel once the cooking is com-plete. This is one item that I use a lot and the convenience in relation to Here’s my typical serving of scrambled eggs made by the Pam-pered Chef ceramic egg cooker. One minute and twenty seconds later I have this great snack. To order one for yourself please go to: www.pamperedchef.ca/pws/kathyjknight or you can tele-phone her at (519) 331-2401 The cost is $22.50 Canadian each.MICROWAVE OMELETPrep 1 minReady in 3 minQuick and tasty this omelet is an excellent way to use up leftover vegetables!Ingredients2 eggs (or 4 egg whites)2 tbsp (30 mL) milk or water⅛ tsp (0.5 mL) salt¼ cup (50 mL) of your favorite stir-ins (see Cook’s Tip)1 tbsp (15 mL) grated cheese of your choiceDirectionsPlace the eggs, water, and salt in the Ceramic Egg Cooker. Top with the lid and cover the vent hole with a nger and shake ten times to combine.Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute and then stir around the edges and bottom of the cooker. Continue to cook in 20 second intervals until the eggs are cooked through on the sides and bottom. Either eat directly from the cooker or run the releasing end of the Cake Tester & Releaser around the outer edges and invert onto a plate.Yield:1 servingNutrients per serving:Nutrients per serving (1 omelet): Calories 170, Total Fat 12 g, Satu-rated Fat 4.5 g, Cholesterol 380 mg, Sodium 490 mg, Carbohydrate 1 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugars 0 g Protein 14 gCook’s Tips: It’s best to use leftover vegetables or meats that are pre-cooked, such as bell peppers, onions, broccoli, bacon, or sausage. Quick cooking vegetables, like green onions or baby spinach, can be added raw.RVs is exceptional. Here is what Pampered Chef says about the product.Microwave omelet

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Page 22 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineCatered Supper: Chrissy’s Catering of Tillson-burg provided another bountiful, delicious meal of roast beef, roasted chicken, mashed pota-toes & gravy, mixed vegetables, lettuce salad and a selection of delectable cakes. Special Rafes Two special rafes were held this year. Gord Smith was happy to win a bar fridge which was donated by Nortech RV Parts & Ser-vice. Doppelganger Wednesday night the dynamic duo of Ken Waltham and Jim Lambert captivated the audi-ence with their awless vocals and expert mastery of guitar, mandolin and harmonica. They can be reached at 289-880-2878 or email at kwaltham@xplornet.ca Everyone started the day with a hearty breakfast on Thursday morning.A special “Thank You” went to Paul McQuiggan for nancing this breakfast out of his own pocket. Bocce Ball Tournament Marilyn & Wayne Rosen-berger, organized the Bocce Ball Tournament on Thursday morning. Three courts were bustling with active games until Guest speaker Jen Hewson spoke about Bioresonance holis-tic medicine. Photos by Lynn AcreOntario FCRV Retiree Rally continuedShelley & John Scott were some of the campers who enjoyed the fabu-lous catered meal by Chrissy’s Catering of TillsonburgGerry Neutel assisted Donna Franklin in the homemade card making seminar.The Washer Toss game was again very popularthe nal two teams were left to battle it out. In the end, Walter Meixer & Adele Waite took rst prize while Brian Chateld and Lynn Acre came in a close second place. Greeting Card Crafts Campers enjoyed a seminar in the the making of a homemade Greeting Card on Thursday afternoon. About a dozen ladies attended the optional activity. Retiree General Meeting Information supplied indicated that there were 33 units in atten-dance . The committee needed 40 paying units to break even. Entertainment: The entertain-ment budget was increased to $1,500 to allow Pat Richardson more options when scheduling next year’s entertainment. Continued on page 23

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Spring 2024 - Page 23Scope RV Camping MagazineOntario FCRV Retiree Rally continuedDoor Prizes: The local mer-chants, while still generous with door prizes, appear to be expe-riencing donation fatigue. There-fore next year, no solicitations for door prizes will be done. Instead they will aim for one valuable door prize per night, to be provided by the participating chapters/individuals. Golf Tournament Results: Eight golfers entered the tour-nament on Thursday afternoon at the Delhi Golf Club. Winners were Robert Chamberlain with the Best Score prize .Jim Sampson won Closest to the Pin and Wayne Rosenberg-er won Most Honest Golfer. Guest Speaker John Eacott, author, historian and former teacher/principal from Tillsonburg spoke to the assembled campers about the history of Norwich. Following a map, John ex-plained how the road systems developed, where the Attawa-ndaron Peoples lived and how they became extinct. He pointed Paul McQuiggan serves up the scrambled eggs at the breakfast.As the rally concluded campers were offered “one for the road” - a coffee and donut. Photos by Lynn Acre.Two Guys With Guitars entertained the crowd in the eveningJim Sampson, centre, presents prizes from the Retiree Olympics to John Waite, left (1st prize) and Lou Acre, right (2nd prize.)out the location of Gunn’s Hill, the highest point in the area. Following the guest speaker, John Waite played and sang during the Ice Cream Social. Once the bowls had been licked clean, Rocky & Don Lumley of Michigan, led a sing-along of silly songs and golden oldies. A donut & a coffee for the road. Nobody left Norwich hungry because complimentary donuts and coffee were available Friday morning, giving campers another chance to gather in friendship. Thanks to Marilyn & Wayne Rosenberger for making the coffee.

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Spring 2024 - Page 25Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV 2023 CAMPVENTION FAMILY FUN DAYBy Gerald Prsch, FCRV International President Family Fun Day was a success again this year. The Trustees had nine different games set up at Campvention for everyone’s enjoyment. There were turtle races, bucket ball, Kubb, and sack races, just to name a few games and challenges. People appeared to enjoy the games at their own leisure. Members were encouraged to take a try at the game and just have fun. The Teens again had hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch sales - al-ways delicious and well supported. It was a fun-lled afternoon, and I hope everyone enjoyed the day.Youngsters enjoy the sack raceHere’s a unique and interesting game. The kids blow their car down the track. Campvention photos by Barb Turner and crewLocator board helped nd friends at CampventionBy Donna Powell, Team Leader Larry Roop was our locator board person this year. Larry said he had over 200 names on the board. He enjoyed helping people connect with people at FCRV’s Campvention, thanks to Marilyn Rausch’s map. He also was our information person. The information booth had a variety of questions concerning location of events and the times that they were to be held. He also helped with questions about loca-tions in Richmond; such as the Chocolate Trail, the Cardinal Green Way Trail and local restau-rants. Larry said “it was a great place to meet old friends and make new ones”.Larry Roop manned the locator board and information desk at FCRV’s Campvention held in Richmond, Indiana.Campvention photos by Barb Turner and crew1005 REITZEL PLACERR#1, ST. JACOBS, ONNOB 2N0PHONE (519) 664-2633FAX (519) 664-3930www.sauderscamping.com

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Page 26 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineFMCA offers great sources for “Where to Camp”It’s All About Camping . . . But Where? Thanks to the recent RVing boom, securing a campsite is sometimes difcult. Fear not, intrepid traveller! Numerous online sources can help you nd a spot. Most have apps, too, to make the info gathering even more conve-nient. Here’s a sampling of sites: Have your heart set on camping in Yosemite or elsewhere? Visit Ab-solutecamp and indicate which park or campground you’re looking for. You’ll be notied by text when a spot opens up, which, if you act quickly, you can reserve from a link in the text. AllStays maintains info on 37,000-plus campgrounds in the United States and Canada — national, state, county, and city facilities; independent campgrounds; military parks; and more. Visit Campendium and type in the search box to see immedi-ate campground suggestions. Get info about sites at commercial RV parks, state and national parks, and national forests, along with free camping options. At Campground Views, nd and embark on virtual tours of RV parks and campgrounds across the United States. Enter a city or des-tination; select criteria of interest; and read about available facilities. Find and book camping and glam-ping sites via the Campspot search engine. Type in a location, a date range, and the number of guests; it provides a list of facilities, including campground fees. GoCampingAmerica, a camp-ground database produced by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, helps RVers nd campgrounds and nearby at-tractions. The “Plan Your Route” feature enables you to input a starting point and destination to reveal campgrounds along the way. The database is also searchable from GoRVing.com. You can nd available campsites in the United States, Canada, and other countries and book directly from Hipcamp. National, state, regional, and Army Corps of Engi-neers parks are included. This site also encourages campers to “leave it better” upon their departure. Reserve America calls itself “the go-to community for outdoor recre-ation activities in North America.” It hosts a catalog that includes public and private campgrounds, along with tips, trip suggestions, and other options for shing, fall leaf-peeping, and more. Spot2Nite, an online reservation platform built by RVers, provides access to immediate campground bookings at more than 500 private campgrounds and thousands of RV spots across North America. It works with ve property manage-ment systems. The Dyrt offers resources and connections to a community of campers, plus blogs, forums, and more. Search 40,000 camp-grounds, check an online map, review a campground, and read what others have to say. If you’re planning this year’s RV trip you might try using these sources!

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Spring 2024 - Page 27Scope RV Camping MagazineAdult games at the FCRV annual CampventionBy Kathy Collier Adult Games Chair We had more participants than we’ve had in the previous ten years! Many of them were our newest members. And, they came to play! There are more ofcial games now available to play at National (and all levels of campouts). In addi-tion to horseshoes, ladder golf and washer toss, volleyball is back, and we have added bean bag baseball, Cornhole and Kubb. The games played will depend on popularity and ability to set them up. The rules are available on FCRV.org. There were two off-site events; a golf outing with 18 players and bowling which had 65 prepaid but only 59 able to attend. On-site Cornhole was played with about 50 players and bean bag baseball had about 20. Kubb, being very new, had some players at the Family Fun Day. The Ohio State Association donated some washer toss boards to FCRV. Fortunately, our FFCC chapter had even more. By having so many boards and dividing them so one board was used for each court, we were able to keep things moving. For Cornhole to take place, we absolutely must rely on members letting us use personal sets. Members came through, as usual, and there was fun to be had. Please expect some changes in how the games are run and played, to keep things fair and moving. This year, horseshoes had the least players, but took the most time.THE WINNERS WERE:Ladder GolfLadder Golf Men’s 1st place – Frank Russell, NY2nd place – Fred Roddam, ALLadder Golf Women’s 1st place – Kathy Krzwenski, OH2nd place – Jayne Kutko, WILadder Golf Doubles 1st place – Patty & Joe Wittmeyer, James Carey takes part in one of the adult games at Campvention.NY2nd place – Darris Douma, NJ & Ron Servant, COHorseshoesHorseshoes Doubles 1st place – Rick Boatwright, CO & Darris Douma, NJ2nd place – Rick Walorski, CO & Duane Keegan, ILHorseshoes Men’s 1st place – Darris Douma, NY2nd place – Jack Smye, OntarioHorseshoes Women’s1st place – Jayne Kutko, WI2nd place – Kathy Hartwig, MIWasher TossWasher Toss Doubles 1st place – Andrew Schultz, MN & Nikki Lucek, MN2nd place – Brian & Karen Chat-eldWasher Toss Men’s 1st place – Andrew Schultz, MN2nd place – John Beck, CAWasher Toss Women’s 1st place – Nikki Lucek, MN2nd place – Shirley Dethlefson, OHToilet papering a rig is a tradition at FCRV campoutsWe don’t know why or who was the recipient but toilet papering a rig is a custom at many camping events. Quite often it is to initiate a new camper or a new RV but it can be quite a shock to the owners when they return. Fortunately it is very easily cleaned up. Campvention pho-tos by Barb Turner and crew.PLEASE TELL YOUR CAMPING FRIENDS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS CANADA’S OLDEST RV CAMPING MAGAZINE FREE OF CHARGE ATwww.clickoncamping.ca

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Page 28 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV Annual Campvention continued - SeminarsBy Ray Suennen, FCRV Seminars Chair A wide range of seminars were provided for the varying interests of our Campvention attendees. There were 23 seminars on the schedule, and additional seminars were provided by the vendors at their booths.RVing seminars included: Troubleshooting Tips For RVers, Helpful Tips & Ideas for RVers, Multi-Carrier Internet For RVers, and Group Travalongs to Attrac-tions & Events. Health and safety seminars included: Emergency Medical Transportation Insurance Cover-age, Personal Safety Awareness, Drug Awareness, Active Shooter Response, Stop the Bleeding, and Solar Eclipse & Eye Protec-tion. Other activity seminars included: Geocaching Treasure Hunting, Lawn Care 101, Garden & Lawn Care, Square Dancing Demon-stration, and three Line Dancing Lessons. The outdoor seminars included: The Centerville Fire/Rescue Department provided live hands-on Fire Extinguisher Training and ex-A practical seminar gave campers hands on experience using a re extinguisher. Centreville Fire/Rescue conducted the event. Photos by Barb Turner and crew.tinguishing a burning hay bale with a re hose, and Cast Iron Dutch Oven Demonstration making a Pineapple Upside-Down cake and using three stacked Dutch ovens to bake a meatloaf, potatoes, and beans. An additional unscheduled event was the Centerville Fire/Rescue Department conducting a noise parade on Wednesday evening at 10 PM.Pets come to FCRV’s Annual Campvention too!Some participants in the Campvention Pet ParadeBy Donna Powell, Team Leader Did you come and enjoy our Waggle Rose Paws Parade? It was so fun! We were sponsored by Waggle Pet Monitoring Sys-tems that donated one of their pet monitoring systems to use as one of two grand prizes. We had 18 entries, some with two dogs. Each entry was introduced as they walked up to and around our stage. Each entry then performed a trick or showed their performance. As they came down from the stage, the owner and dog(s) had their picture taken by our photographer, Barb Turner. Thank you, Barb. After our judges, Jan Cushing, Wisconsin; Wayne and Lois Zuhoski, New York, saw each entry, they deliberated on who the winners would be. During their tallying up the winners, we drew for two door prizes. From one of our commercial vendors This n That, a large container of bones, went to Lexi, The Waggle Rose Paws ParadeContinued on page 76

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Spring 2024 - Page 29Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV Campvention Poster CompetitionBy Dora Lewis, FCRV VP of Programs The Conservation Poster Con-test gives all members of F.C.R.V. the opportunity to share their tal-ents, by sharing ways we can help conserve our planet for the next generation. All work is done on a 22 X 28 inch poster. Each poster must pertain to some phase of Conservation. Posters are judged on Adherence to National Conservation Board, Originality, Neatness, and Adher-ence to or development of the theme. Age of categories up-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14,15-19 20-up. One winner in each age level from each State/Province can enter in the National Contest at Campvention.Conservation Adult:1st place Marilyn Rausch, Indiana2nd place Jonne John, New York3rd place Kathy Hartwig, MichiganHonorable Mention:David Batista, Connecticut Conservation 11-12 years:1st place Otto Mcintosh, Michigan The Camping Is Poster Contest is a poster contest that gives the youth of F.C.R.V. an opportunity to show what camping means to them. Posters must be done on a standard 22 × 28 inch poster board. Posters can be done by coloring, drawing, lettering, all entries should be the youths own work, ages are 5-12. Youths under 5 years may participate in a coloring contest with an ofcial color page. Posters are done at the State/Province level, only one win-ner in each age level can enter the National level contest held at Campvention.AND THE WINNERS ARE...Camping Is 0-4 years:1st place Ellinor Smith, KansasCamping Is 5-6 years:1st place Jordon Longberry, Indiana2nd place Layla Domanski, New York3rd place Dayna Kendle, ColoradoCamping Is 7-8 years:Some of the winners in the FCRV Campvention poster contest.Photo by Barb Turner and crew.1st place Teagan Melsrah, Connecticut2nd place Conner Smith, Kansas3rd place Jocelyn Jefferio, PennsylvaniaCamping Is 9-10 years:1st place Kennedy Longberry, IndianaCamping Is 11-12 years:1st place Otto Mcintosh, MichiganOUR NEXT ISSUE OF SCOPE WILL BE RELEASED INJULY/AUGUSTBy Misty Stuckwisch, FCRV Crafts Chair Crafts were well received this year. I had 45 signed up for one session and 46 for the other. Everyone seemed pleased with the options I had, and the day/time appeared to work well. Assisting me were Gaye Bex & my Mom, Sherry Nolan. I was very thankful for the extra hands! Many compliments were received about the crafts, and someone even suggested we do the Christmas ornament every year to have a collection showing each Campvention on their tree! A big “Thank You” to everyone that participated in the crafts! I look forward to teaching you all again. Betty Andrews also brought an additional craft of painting rocks. She taught them how to paint a rose using commas. Some left their rocks around the grounds to be found.Crafts at FCRV’s Indiana CampventionCrafts were a popular activity at Campvention

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Page 30 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV Annual Campvention continued -EntertainmentBy Jill Serbousek, FCRV Entertainment Chair This year we tried to get a va-riety of music and entertainment so that everyone could experi-ence something new or beloved to them. We hope everyone had a great time. On Monday night we kicked it off with the Michelle Robinson Band who played mostly coun-try and a fun bluegrass rendi-tion of some Lady Gaga. We enjoyed listening to guitar player Brian Gilliam whose Uncle Larry and Aunt Sandy are Colorado FCRV members. Several dancers kept dancing through the show, and the band hung out afterwards to get some ice cream and meet and greet their new fans, young and old. On Tuesday night we invited Matt Waters and The Recipe to the stage. They played original rock/soul/blues and kept us entertained with many instrumental solos including a trombone, sax, and ute. They even had an excel-lent cover of ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ by The Beatles. On Thursday night we held the event we had all been waiting for. The Dancing Through the Decades event was a big hit. We walked the red carpet in our costumes and fancy outts then danced the night away to Stays In Vegas band who played dance music from the 60’s to today. There was a dance-off to choose the winner of the best dressed costumes where everyone showed us their stuff to Uptown Funk. The winners of the contest (chosen by the band) were Melissa Barnes with the best single outt, Mike & Marilyn Rausch with the best couple outt, and best group went to Cassie Coniglio, Ally Coniglio, Bri Coniglio, Scott Semper, Jeff Robinson, Becca Coniglio, and Beth Coniglio who represented every decade. We closed out the week with a catered dinner from C&W Bar-B-Q. We had pulled pork and chicken, green beans, coleslaw, mac-n-cheese and hash brown casserole. Following dinner, we welcomed comedian Scott Long who entertained us for a little over an hour as he “got to know” some of our FCRV members and had us laughing out loud to end the week. We sold leftover pork from din-ner to members and raised $115 that was donated to a local food bank (thanks to Geoff & Marcie, for dropping it off).The Michelle Robinson Band entertained campers on Monday night.Jay Leno’s Stanley SteamerStanley Steemer cleaning truckWhy is Stanley Steemer spelled wrong!By Harold Merton Have you ever wondered why the Stanley Steemer cleaning services ads on TV have “Steamer” spelled wrong! Well I did and I did a little bit of research and found out why. It appears that descendents of the creators of the Stanley Steamer automobiles had launched a lawsuit against the cleaning company and that meant they had to change their name. They chose to spell “steam-er” with two “e”s in order to keep the name as close as possible.The real Stanley Steamer automobile The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manu-facturer of steam-engine cars. The company was founded in 1898 and incorporated in 1901. The cars made by the company were called Stanley Steamers. They were produced from 1896 to 1924. In the early 1900s steam was used to power locomotives, steamships, even sewing machines. It seemed natural that steam could power cars. Of all the steam driven cars made in the early 20th century, the Stanley Steamer was the best-known and most popular.

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Spring 2024 - Page 31Scope RV Camping MagazineFCRV Campvention TP insurance a major success!TP InsuranceBy Kathy Howell Wow! is all I can say for the partici-pation for the TP Teen tickets and Rafe! This group is amazing. We had twelve teens participate in selling the rafe tickets. They sold over 4800 tickets! After expenses and money for next year’s rafe prizes, the teens raised over $1,200 to go toward next year’s activities. Each teen that sold tickets received a cash prize.Our teens:Colton Hicks, Michigan sold 1,300 tickets, prize $150Tavin Barlog, Indiana sold 1,100 tickets, prize $100Grace Carey, Michigan sold 600 tickets, prize $75Alexis Simpson, Connecticut sold 382 tickets, prize $30Ian Burns, New York sold 300 tick-ets, prize $30Kaitlyn Musselwhite, Missouri sold A young girl draws a winning tick-et in the TP Insurance rafe draw at Campvention.300 tickets, prize $30Gabriel Batista, Connecticut sold 200 tickets, prize $20Christina Mitchell, Maryland sold 200 tickets, prize $20Jayden Paddack, Indiana sold 155 tickets, prize $20Brady Pothier, Ontario sold 146 tickets, prize $20Ashlynn Cady, Illinois sold 140 tickets, prize $20Donuel Gonzales, Connecticut sold 100 tickets, $20 We brought 105 prizes to Campvention and received 60 donations of prizes once we arrived. After all the prizes were rafed, all the tickets from all the buckets were placed in a large container and tumbled. Think about how many tickets that would be, 4,800 times 26—124,800! That is a lot of tickets!! Five small children were asked to draw a winning ticket, and ve $100 cash prizes were awarded. We also had a few “insurance claims” from campers that were TP’d. Clean-up took place, and good fun was had by all.FCRV International Band at annual Campvention By Craig Weber, Director The 2023 FCRV International Band had twelve volunteers this year. After only ve one-hours of practice, we were able to pres-ent about an hour-long concert on Wednesday night, featuring “The Washington Post March”, “The Marches of the Armed Forces”, “Excerpts from West Side Story” and an audience participation number such as “We Will Rock You”, “Hey Jude” and “Sweet Caroline”. Thank you to all Band Members and especially Horst (who we count as our International Member) for your time and dedica-tion. Anybody thinking about joining the FCRV International Band for next year, watch for articles on-line and in FCRV’s publication Camp-ing Today starting in January.Members of the FCRV International Band performed at the organiza-tion’s annual Campvention in Indiana, At left is Craig Weber the direc-tor.You do not have to be a member of the Family Campers and RVers to attend their functions.If you are a newcomer to their events simply let them know on your registration form and they will welcome you with open arms! They really mean it when they advertise COME CAMP WITH US!

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Page 32 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineDave & Linda Hennie receive Hank Nathan AwardBy Shari Weber Dave and Linda Hennie re-ceived the Hank Nathan Lifetime Achievement Award at Campven-tion in Richmond. President Gerry Prsch pre-sented the award at the annual meeting Thursday afternoon. More than 25 member families supported this nomination. This is a unique presentation in that Linda’s Mom & Dad, Don & Wilma Plummer also received this award in 2009. Dave and Linda have been mem-bers since their marriage in 1970. They were nominated for this award for their leadership, achievements, and service of more than 25 years. Been continuous members of the Day-Hi-O Trailseekers for 51 years. Held ofce of President, Vice President, Secretary and/or Trea-surer several times in local chapter-Day-Hi-O Trailseekers. Dave was President and Linda was Secretary of the Trailseekers. Members of the Full-timers Retiree Chapter since 2001. Members of the Midwest Quackers. Southwest Area Delegates for Ohio Retirees. Dave and Linda were members with their families prior to their marriage in 1970 when they received mem-bership as a wedding gift. Dave and his family since 1963, Linda’s family since 1961. They are now lifetime members. Linda & Dave manage the Retiree Program, nd sites for the annual rally, and assure there is a chairper-son for the rally.Current – Dave Acting Ohio State Director Manage membership and programs for Ohio, train and inform eld staff.Current – Linda - Parliamentarian Interpret Constitution and By-Laws for the Board of Trustees, Executive Board, and Advisory Council.Linda and Dave Hennie are win-ners of the coveted Hank Nathan Lifetime Achievement Award. Both Dave & Linda are active in their church.They have two children, seven grandchildren, and a great grand-child arrived in May.By Barb TurnerFCRV Publicity Chair Based on a suggestion by Marci Mcintosh, Michigan, ‘Back to Our Roots & Traditions’ sparked inter-est and was shared on Facebook as a reminder to long time members and an introduction to our newer members. The posts encouraged participation and answered ques-tions that were asked. Our mem-bers responded. Swaps/Trades were shared at Campvention. Members made items to share with others who had made items or to just share to perhaps revive the tradition. ‘Swap-ping/Trading’ provided an opportu-nity to interact with others. There were interesting items to save as memories of a fun week. A memorabilia display was set up in the commercial area. Members displayed items from their/our past. Of particular interest was the site map for Campvention 1983 at Buck Creek State Park , Spring-Back to Our Roots & TraditionsA wrap up of the 2023 FCRV National Campventioneld, Ohio where the acreage was cleared by Ohio members to hold the event. The site map was the plan for parking the units where each unit was ‘given an address’ before arrival. Upon arrival, the units were directed to their ‘address’. Also, of particular interest were Campven-tion program books from Campven-tions held in the 1960s. Missouri displayed a huge banner that holds 53 chapter patches from the chap-ters Missouri once had. Next year is the 75th anniversary of NCHA/FCRV when we gather in New York. Bring your memorabilia to share! The noise parade provided by the Centerville Fire Department & EMS Unit brought back a tradi-tion when the hosting area became involved with Campvention. The re department & EMS unit had provid-ed safety seminars during the week. The idea of them providing a noise parade was suggested to them. They responded with lots of noise! Their reception was enthusiastic!! Thank you, Centerville! With Campvention 2023 conclud-ed with 195 registrations (181 units; 12 second families in a unit, and 2 off-grounds) enjoying the week in Richmond, Indiana. FCRV looks ahead to Campven-tion 2024 in New York June 23rd to June 29th, 2024. Note the dates! Plan your swaps/trades and memo-rabilia to share! See you in New York!And it wasn’t just people who enjoyed Campvention in Indiana!

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Spring 2024 - Page 33Scope RV Camping MagazineElectric vehicles prove to be more costly to repairI wonder if this statement is true! Electric-vehicle owners are facing an unexpected downside as repair costs after a collision tend to be sig-nicantly higher compared to their gas-powered counterparts. The complexity of electric vehicles (EVs) and the scarcity of skilled technicians for such repairs contrib-ute to these increased costs. Last year, the average repair cost for an EV after a crash was $6,587, compared to $4,215 for all vehicles, according to CCC Intelligent Solu-tions. The higher repair expenses, along with longer wait times, contrast with the maintenance savings promoted by dealers and automakers to at-tract buyers to EVs. The added costs are also con-tributing to higher insurance pre-miums for EV owners. While some companies, like Tesla, have their own repair centers, the industry is exploring ways to bring down repair costs as more spare parts become available and independent repair shops get trained in handling EVs. There is a down side to EVs too!A huge bill for the replacement of the battery in a Chevrolet electric vehicle.To reach the batteries in an electric vehicle. Contributed photo.Now that’s very convenient.Solving a common motorhome problem!

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Page 34- Spring 2024Scope RV Camping Magazine By Karin Snyder, Food Bank/Lap Robes Chair I’m looking forward to the upcom-ing Retiree Rally! My name is Karin Snyder, and I am the new commit-tee chair for the Food Pantry and Lap Robes. I am ying by the seat of my pants so here we go!! Excited to move forward with this. Excited to pick Rose Hill Com-munity Pantry as the recipient of March 2024 Rally contributions! It’s an amazing story how this couple has dedicated so much to benet other people!! God Bless!! We are excited to nd out about Mineola Caring and Sharing. They collect aluminum cans in their trailer behind Brookshire’s, a local gro-cery store within walking distance from the camping area. The funds are a signicant contrib-utor to their annual budget particu-larly as prices for food and other items continue to rise. Their primary focus is to provide food, gifts, toys, and household items each year at Christmas to several hundred families in the area. We are very impressed with what this organization does. Please remember to save cans for them!! I would like to encourage every-one to start saving their pull tabs from pop cans, beer cans etc… not from vegetable cans as they are not aluminum! Of course these will be donated to Ronald McDonald House. We will have a little competition so start saving up and ask your friends and family to do the same!! We are still working on nding the recipient of all the beautiful lap robes you all make! Thank you to all the talented people that donate their beautiful creations to this cause. Remember that lap robes can be knitted, crocheted, quilted, made of eece, or purchased. Typical size for wheelchair patients is 27″X36″ . Lap robes sizes chart: Small -36″x45″, Medium -30″x60″, and Large -45″x60″. God bless all the busy hands at work! Thank you again! More info to follow at fcrv.org! If anyone has any suggestions or comments, please do not hesitate FCRV Campvention Food Bank and Lap Robes Some of the quilts and lap robes donated by attendees of the 2023 FCVRV Campvention in Indiana.to reach out! karinsavon4you@gmail.com God bless and thank you to all!By Go RVing Here are some handy tips and tricks to combat high gas prices and budget on the road:•Use cruise control to maintain speed and stay fuel-efcient. Constantly changing speed by ac-celerating or decelerating can eat up gas.•Sparingly use AC, so fuel doesn’t deplete so quickly. Consider dress-ing light, using windows, and travel-ing at night or early in the morning.•Make sure your vehicle is well maintained before embarking on a trip. Check your oil reserves, tire pressure, and air lters. Keeping your RV well taken care of will help you get the most out of your fuel.•Use a trip planner like GasBuddy. It calculates when and where to get gas! Tools like these can help you avoid getting gas in “hot spots” with higher prices and avoid getting gas too soon.•Many RV owners take additional measures to reduce fuel consump-tion through simple steps like driv-ing 85 instead of 100 km per hour, packing lighter, reducing the weight in the RV, and turning off utilities to save energy when travelling.•Camp closer to home or consider dry camping to save fuel that would otherwise be used for trips to further destinations or help out with mileage that can be hurt by using hookups. Even if gas prices are rising in Canada, you can still take that RV trip you’ve always dreamed of. Make sure your RV is well main-tained, plan and budget accordingly, and you’re good to go. Remember: RVing is still less ex-pensive than other forms of travel, even with gas prices on the rise. The open road is waiting for you!Getting the best gas mileage in your RV!

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Spring 2024 - Page 35Scope RV Camping MagazineA x for RV air conditioners that have no recharging portBy Harold Merton One thing that has really bothered me about the RV industry is that the manufacturers of RV air con-ditioners in many cases have not installed recharging ports on some of their air conditioning units. Most AC systems have ports where a technician can hook up gauges and refrigerant supplies to recharge the system when the refrigerant runs low. It is not supposed to leak out but over the years AC systems, especially those on RVs, slowly lose their refrigerant charge which means the unit will stop cooling. My own motorhome has a Duo-Therm AC roof unit and this past year it ceased to cool. When I was a secondary techni-cal teacher I took a summer course on automotive air conditioning at Fanshawe College in London and earned a provincial air conditioning certicate which allowed me to work on automotive AC systems. I was quite proud of that achieve-ment as it was the only examination in my lifetime where I got 100% on an exam! I was really shocked when I found out that my Lexington motorhome’s Duo-Therm air conditioner did not have recharging ports. I guess the manufacturer just expects you to go out and buy a new one but that is not really a very smart move when the unit probably just needs a rell of the refrigerant. My son Shaun had questioned Amazon Canada a year before about a recharging system and none was available but then he re-cently received an email from them stating that they now had a kit that would do just that. For about $70 Canadian we got the kit which gives us everything we need. So if you have been told your unit cannot be recharged because there are no ports then this might be of great interest to you. Any licensed air conditioning tech-nician should be able to quickly in-stall the ports on your roof top unit and then be able to add refrigerant as needed! If your’s is a few years old then you might need the old-style R22 refrigerant. I recently found out that Canadian Tire Stores stock small aerosol cans of R22 for about $30 each. Most ACs do not use a lot!Amazon’s AC recharging kit in-cludes everything you need to in-stall new ports, monitor the pres-sure and add refrigerant.The automotive air conditioning supplies shelf at the Sarnia Canadian Tire offers a lot of AC products. I do not shop at Canadian Tire stores due to their unacceptable, unfair and impolite return policies.for two light rail lines, money for transit operations and safety and money for more homeless shelters. In return it is reported that the city has accepted that the province is going to acquire the land it needs for its plans at Ontario Place on Toronto’s waterfront These plans include a privately-owned large water park and spa being built by European company Therme. This is something Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has vocally criticized Province taking over highways continuedin the past! She however admitted that the City of Toronto does not have the power to stop those plans.

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Page 36 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineTV commercial actor in many commercialsBy Harold Merton I don’t know if everyone pays as much attention to TV com-mercials as I do but I have noticed a very interesting fact about one of the actors in sev-eral TV commercials running in Canada at this time. There is a bearded man in his 30s that has been very fortunate in getting parts in not one or two but at least ve current commer-cials. I’ve seen him in ads for Cover Direct (a Canadian insurance company, a credit reporting service with a dog called “Hic-cup”, a Sobeys Food, Fidelity Insurance (U.S>) Homesense department store and Google Maps. Perhaps it is great that he gets so much work but I personally think the commercial loses a bit of credibility because the same guy is supposedly touting so many things.Just some of the TV commercials this bearded actor is appearing in on Canadian TV at this time.It makes one wonder about the credibility of the commercial when it is the same guy wearing so many different hats.Photos by Harold MertonAnd just as we are about to go to press the rascal has pulled off an-other one - this time for McDon-alds. He must have a great agent!Sarnia 4Ts hold annual Thanksgiving dinnerMembers of the Sarnia 4Ts chapter of FCRV and their family members met for their annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Atawandaron Scout Camp near Grand Bend, Ontario. The club has held the event for sev-eral years while they are enjoying a camping weekend in a special section of the campground that they help maintain each year. Photo shows just one of the tables in Beaver Hall. Photo by Harold MertonA sign for the times!

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Spring 2024 - Page 39Scope RV Camping MagazineCooking a whole chicken - Here’s how!Simple Sage, Garlic & Lemon Roast Chicken For some people, the prospect of cooking a whole chicken can make them feel… well… a little chicken. But with a few simple tips and a little know-how, whole roasted chicken can be easy. (And an easy way to save money too!) So why not answer chicken’s call and give this delicious Sage, Garlic & Lemon roast chicken a try? This simple yet delicious recipe is an ideal starting point for mastering the art of roasting a whole bird.Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc This simple roasted chicken recipe is bursting with avour and pairs well with fresh, seasonal vegeta-bles.Serves: 4Prep Time: 30 minCook Time: 1 hour 20 minIngredientsImperialMetric3 lb roasting chicken1 whole head of garlic3 lemons15 sage leaves1 tsp olive oil¼ tsp sea salt¼ tsp black pepper, freshly ground½ tsp paprika, sweet or smoked2 tbsp maple syrupFood Safety Before you start, wash all surfaces and your hands with soap and warm water, and remember to wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards after they touch raw meat or eggs. Avoid cross-contamination by us-ing a different cutting board for your meat and other ingredients. Make sure you’re cooking to safe temperatures and chilling any left-overs within two hours. For more food safety tips, visit the Food Safety at Home Section on the Chicken Farmers of Canada website listed at the end of this story.Steps Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Remove giblets and neck from the cavity of the chicken. You can dis-card or freeze to use later when you make your next batch of soup. Wash 15 fresh sage leaves and set on kitchen towel to air dry. Add 3 sage leaves to the cavity of bird. Use a whole head of garlic. Cut 4 cloves of garlic into thin slivers. You can smash them with the side of the blade of a large knife to make it easier to peel away skin. Mince the last cloves of garlic and set aside as they will be sprinkled over top of chicken before roasting. Cut rst lemon in half lengthwise and slice thinly into half moon Simple sage, garlic and lemon roast chicken. Photo and article courtesy Chicken Farmers of Canada.slices. Cut second lemon in half horizon-tally and add both halves to cavity of the bird. The lemon in the cavity steams and helps keep the chicken tender and juicy. Juice the other lemon and set aside. Use your ngers to carefully loos-en skin from top of chicken breasts on both sides and at both ends. Carefully stuff in a slice of lemon, sliver of garlic and a fresh sage leaf across top being careful not to pierce skin – Keep going until you are out of space! You can stuff the extras into the cavity. Use your hands to coat chicken breast and legs with olive oil. Sea-son with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and sweet paprika. Mince garlic and sprinkle over top of chicken. You can truss the legs if you wish but this is not necessary.Roast for one hour at 375°F (190°C). Drain off fat and discard. Pour fresh lemon juice over chicken followed by maple syrup and roast another 20 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in thigh regis-ters 180°F (82°C). Take the chicken out when done, and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing. For more chicken recipes visit the Chicken Farmers of Canada website at: https://www.chicken.ca/recipes/Claire Rosenberger OPA Scholarship winner Claire Rosenberger re-ceived a $2,000 scholarship from Maureen Blenkinsop of the Ontario Provincial Assn. of FCRV. Claire is the daughter of Tim & Lynn Rosenberger and the Grandaughter of Marilyn and Wayne Rosenberger. She was only one week old when she attended her rst OPA campout. She will be studying Baking and Pastry Arts Management at Algonquin College.Claire Rosenberger with her Grandparents Marilyn & Wayne Rosenberger.

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Continued on page 41 FMCA has a lifestyle blog called FMCAdventure. Each week they share content from guest bloggers, FMCA mem-bers and staff, and other companies within the RV industry. At the end of each month, they round up the various blogs from the previous weeks and share them with everyone. Here is one we feel you might nd helpful! RVing with your dogs!By Ane and Tommi New to RVing? We once were too! Like, really new. We went from **nev-er** RVing, to full-timing in a class A with two dogs. Going from zero to full-timing can be intimidating but don’t let that stop you. We’ve compiled a list of the top things we’ve learned over the past ve plus years of full-time and part-time RV life with dogs, in both a class A and a van, in the hopes that it helps others get started.Think About What Kind of RVer You Want to Be One of the most important things you can do before you begin RVing is to put some thought into what type of RV life you want to live. Does your dream life involve full-hookup RV parks in prime locations, with lots of new friends and amenities, your AC running, and long, hot showers? Or maybe you think con-serving resources while boondocking and being alone out in nature sounds ences can change once you’re actually on the road but a bit of prep will make a big difference. We did many months of research and YouTube watching of full-time RVers who shared their real-life ex-periences (think Gone with the Wynns before they transitioned to sailing) before we decided that a class A would work best for us. All of that research paid off, and although at times we may have wished for a smaller rig, the big class A with a Jeep in tow was perfect for us (two adults who need space to work and two large-ish dogs). And when we transitioned from full-time to part-time RVing, we sold our class A and Jeep and opted for a van in-stead to make impromptu weekend trips easier. The dogs (we now have 3) can cope with less space for a few days, but we wouldn’t full-time in a van with this many big dogs. It’s a tight t but everyone gets along!Most RVers we know have had multiple rigs. It’s okay! Especially if you’ve never RVed before, it can be hard to know what will work for you and your dogs, until you’re actually using it daily. If you plan to travel with dog(s), ask yourself questions like these: If I have multiple dogs, do they get along well enough to stay in the RV alone togeth-er, or do they need to be separated in some way? Can everyone in my party t comfortably inside for a long rainy day? Do I want a crate for my dog in the RV? If so, where would it t? Do I want my dog secured via a seatbelt — if so, ideal?Thinking this through before you buy an RV will help ensure you buy the right rig for you and your dog(s). If you want to stay in RV parks you’ll need to keep in mind that some parks have strict rules around breed restrictions, maximums on the number of dogs per RV, if dogs can be left unattended, and even age restrictions on rigs. On the ip side, boondocking means you’ll need to be more restrictive when it comes to water and tank use, and you’ll probably need to plan your route around favorable temps so your dog doesn’t get too hot or cold in the RV without hookups.The RV Park at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. Another thing that will need to factor into your decision is if you’ll have an ad-ditional vehicle you either tow (referred to as a toad) or that someone in your party drives separately. For our rst few months of RVing, we didn’t have a toad — we only had the 38′ motorhome which meant we had to take it everywhere and didn’t have a daily driver for errands or exploration. This meant we stayed in RV parks more, just for convenience and to be within cities that were walkable and had rideshare services.Research and Choose the Best RV for You Once you’ve decided on what type of RVer you plan to be, you’ll need to start researching rigs. Of course, your prefer-RVing with your dogs! - Valuable tips from FMCAPage 40 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineSometimes it’s a tight t for everyone in the RV. Photos by the authorsFurry members of the family enjoy RVing too! Tommi and Lily at Trona Pinnacles in California.

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Spring 2024 - Page 41Scope RV Camping MagazineRVing with dogs continuedContinued on page 97make off-grid RVing more comfortable? How long will my driving days be? Do I want to make impromptu stops dur-ing my travel days — including for dog pee breaks — and will my vehicle(s) t at a random parking spot? Will I want four-wheel drive and/or high clearance for my explorations? (in my van or in my toad; generally, the more capable vans have less space inside).Train Your Dogs for RV BasicsStimpy, who is just 10 lbs, some-times gets a free ride in this car-rer. (Photos by the authors)The authors with two of their dogs and their Class A motorhomeThe three dogs at a campsite in Utah. If you plan to RV in the future, there’s training you can do ahead of time to help your dog/s succeed on the road. Basic manners will always be helpful, but the command we found the most helpful as RVers was “wait”/”okay”. More on that here but essentially our dogs know they’re not allowed out of the RV (even with the door open) until they’re given the “okay” command. This is incredibly important for safety reasons since we are often unloading the dogs at the side of a busy road and don’t want them bolting out the door. If you plan to have a crate in your RV for your dog, getting them used to it ahead of time at home is best. Our dog Mushy had some anxiety during driving days, and the crate was his safe spot. If we left the two dogs unattended, it also ensured that they wouldn’t get in a ght when we were out (rare, but better safe than sorry). At home, you can feed your dog their meals in the crate, move it into a commonly used room and put a comfy bed in it, so the dog sees it as a favor-able spot, not a punishment. If your dog isn’t used to being in a vehicle, taking them on short trips to fun destinations will help transition them to a lifestyle that includes a lot of driving. Remember to have enough ventilation reaching the back seat so the dog never feels like your car is a sauna. This is also the time to practice car basics like “stay on the back seat” (if desired), “no roaming near the gas pedal” (we had a chihuahua that was guilty of this), and “dogs are not allowed to change gears” (looking at you, Delta). Separation anxiety can be common in dogs and usually leads to unfavorable behaviors which can be very problem-atic in an RV. Plus, if you are staying in RV parks often, a barking dog left alone is a sure way for you to get a phone call from the ofce! Best to work on any issues like this ahead of time, before beginning RV life.Don’t Skip State Parks, National For-ests, BLM, etc You’ve probably heard that U.S. Na-

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Page 42 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineBy Deb Swanson, Past Comptroller The 2023 Wildlife Grants were awarded to:Sempervirens Sempervirens protects 56 square miles of Redwood Forest and cre-ated the rst California State Park: Big Basin Redwoods. Their work affects wildlife from large mammals to endangered species such as red-legged frogs, coho salmon, and marbled murrelet. They received a grant of $1,000.00https://semperrens.org/Hobbitsee Wildlife Refuge Is a repeat recipient. They will use the funds to complete their new wildlife hospital. They will receive a grant of $500 http://www.hobbitstee.com/Dakota Zoo – Is a repeat recipient. Their funds will be used to purchase meds for the rare species of Pen-guins that are in their care. They will receive a grant of $500. https://www.dakotazoo.org/ We also conducted a Wildlife Photo Contest this year: The rst place winner was Bob Kalberer2nd place was Pat Cohee and3rd place Ron Cohee.FCRV Wildlife Annual Report - New directors appointed Last July I submitted my resume for the open position of FCRV Wild-life Director. I was excited when I was informed that I had been accepted. I have been associated with the outdoors for a long time. As a youth I was in the Cub and Boy Scouts. I enjoyed camping, hiking, and shing. Later while in college I was a member of Alpha Phi Omega, an extension of the scouting program. I have been into wildlife viewing and photography since my younger days and continue to enjoy wildlife where we may nd it. My wife Cheryl and I joined FCRV, and Colorado’s Hi-Country Campers in 2010. We enjoy our camping friends and being out in the countryside. We have attended several state campouts, as well as Campven-tions and Retiree Rallies. We have met numerous people throughout the country and Canada and have held the ofce of Secretary for the last six years and Field Director this past year. Since my retirement from my corporate accounting position, I have volunteered at the Broomeld Birds of Prey Foundation, which is a rehabilitation facility. I now volunteer with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and I volunteer-ing at Barr Lake State Park in the Nature Center, answering visi-tor questions, and selling various hunting, shing licenses and park permits. I have had the great opportunity to lead school groups as a naturalist. I hope to rekindle the spirit for wildlife and for keeping their habits healthy, so we do not lose these magnicent animals, birds, and sh. I would also like to see a wildlife photo contest at Campvention and entertain the idea of having mem-bers build birdhouses for a silent auction as a fundraiser. I will be contacting the state directors asking for gift baskets for a live auction as a wildlife fund raiser. My e-mail is fcrvwildlifedir@gmail.com.FCRV’s newly appointed Wildlife Director Tom Martinez of Colo-rado and his wife Cheryl.A message from FCRV’s new Wildlife Director General RV Center, the U.S.’s largest family-owned RV dealer, has expanded its footprint with the acquisition of Stoltzfus RV’s and Marine, an RV and boat dealership in Pennsylvania. Located approximately 35 miles west of Philadelphia in West Ches-ter, PA, this is General RV’s second Supercenter in the state and 17th location nationwide. General RV also has an Eliza-bethtown Supercenter near Har-risburg, PA, that includes RV sales, service and parts. With the acquisi-tion, General RV positions itself to increase opportunities to serve RV enthusiasts and owners across the region, including Delaware, Mary-land, New Jersey and New York. “As a long-time, family-owned business, we are committed to stra-tegic growth and further enhancing our current and new customers’ purchasing and ownership experi-ence,” said General RV President Loren Baidas. “This means iden-tifying new locations and acquisi-tions of dealerships who share our operational values. This location and the current team there align with our goal to not only grow in key markets, but continue to be the leader in the RV industry on all levels – customers, employees and community.” The location has two buildings that include an in-store parts depart-ment, a dedicated pre-delivery inspection facility, more than 20 service bays and an RV showroom. The facility includes 16 acres of new and used RVs ranging from affordable travel trailers to luxury motorhomes. Existing employees will remain with the store as Gen-eral RV explores opportunities to grow the business. “There are plenty of reasons why we are excited to join the General U.S. based General RV opens new locationContinued on page 43

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Spring 2024 - Page 43Scope RV Camping MagazineNew Free Style Libre diabetes system no better than original!By Harold Merton Readers may recall that we did a story on Abbott’s Free Style Libre diabetes system in a previous issue. Our major complaint was the sys-tem was not accurate enough for the $100 patch system that lasted only two weeks. It is my personal belief that the company is making a fortune off a product that is not yet perfected! If one uses their system and also takes a blood glucose reading it will not be the same as a nger prick blood reading. The Abbott system indicates about 1/2 to 1 point lower than it ac-tually is giving users a false sense of security. Well they have now come out with an “improved” (their word not mine) system called Free Style Libre 2. Unfortunately my personal test showed it is not as good as the previous version! The system is still not accurate but what annoys me most is the reader needs charging a lot more often than the old one did. I get just one day out of it before it shuts downs and tells you to “recharge” it. The company reps say that it does a lot more and is constantly trying to communicate with the patch on the users arm but while some people may nd this more useful I nd it a real pain! In addition I found that if the reader slips in your hand and as you grab it to prevent it falling, if you accidentally touch “new sensor” button on the screen it shuts itself off and will not work until you put on a new sensor which means another $100 sensor. I lost a good week’s service on this slight accident and they refused to replace it. Big pharma is making a killing off the illnesses of thousands of Ca-nadians and Abbott (which has a huge part of the diabetic market) is taking advantage of the situation. The only reason I still use the sys-tem is because I know that I have to add a bit to the reading I get and it works as a reference point. It is convenient not to have to prick ones’ ngers but at what cost!Abbott’s new Free Style Libre 2RV family,” said Bob Cox, former President and CEO of Stoltzfus RV’s and Marine and current Gen-eral RV operations manager. “In the process of considering a transition, we wanted to partner with a compa-ny that had a great reputation in the industry and held the same values as our family. General RV was the obvious choice.” This is the third new location Gen-eral RV has announced in 2023. Earlier, General RV broke ground on a second dealership South We-ber, Utah and its rst-ever Super-center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Both of these locations are expect-ed to open in late 2024.General RV new location continued1335 Wilmington PikeWest Chester, PA 19382 1335 Wilmington PikeWest Chester, PA 19382 Sales: 484-496-8334Service: 484-496-8231 Other General RV locationsBirch Run, MichiganBrownstown, MichiganClarkston, MichiganGrand Rapids, MichiganMt. Clemens, MichiganWixom, MichiganJacksonville, FloridaOcala, Florida Our Pretty Picture DepartmentLondoner and former teacher associate Dirk VanZanden sent in this beautiful shot of his Melbourne motorhome amid beautiful scenery shot on his way to his winter camping headquarters in Arizona.

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Page 44 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineFMCA to hold Glamorama campout June 5-9, 2024Continued on page 89 Mark your calendars to take “One Giant Leap For Glamarama” on June 5th through 9th at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio. The GLAMARAMA ’24 committee has been working hard to make this Great Lakes Area rally the best rally yet. This year they are offering four nights of camp-ing, three nights of entertainment, card bingo, morning coffee and donuts, Saturday morn-ing breakfast, picnic lunch, vendors, seminars, games, crafts, and plenty of chapter activities. While you’re at Annie Oakley’s stompin’ grounds, you may wish to visit some of the histori-cal sites nearby, like the Garst Museum, Annie Oakley Memorial Park, and more. Or you might want to partake in the other option-al events, such as a golf outing, Neil Armstrong Museum Tour with transportation provided by a chartered bus, or the Ladies’ Luncheon. In ad-dition, they are also providing each attendee with vendor bucks, and for the volunteers, an addi-tional night of free camping and additional vendor bucks. Campsites will be available in the following cat-egories: dry camping, 30-amp with water, 50-amp with water, 30-amp full hook-up and 50-amp full hookup offered as rst come, rst served. There will be optional honey wagon services available and there are also two dump stations on site. Registration is now open for GLAMARAMA ‘24. Come join them – it’s going to be a great event!https://member.fmca.com/Events/Calendar-Of-Events/Meeting-Home-Page?meetingid={C1D80E0C-C98E-EE11-8179-000D3A9BC91A}GREAT LAKES AREA The fan-favourite dog retrieval tri-als will return to this year’s Toronto Sportsmen’s Show thanks to title sponsors, Canada’s own Inukshuk Professional Dog Food. The event will be taking place at Mississauga’s International Centre this Spring, March 14-17, 2024. With tens of thousands in atten-dance, The Retriever Trials and Hunting Dog Area are always a huge hit. These unique features of the show always create a massive amount of excitement on the oor. People love watching these talented dogs demonstrate their impressive expertise in the middle of all the Sportsman Show action. The Retriever Trials and Hunting Dog Area will have demonstrations on training methods, as well as tips and tactics to help hunters train their dogs for more success in the Popular dog retriever trails to return to Toronto Sportsmen’s Show The popular dog retrieval trials return to the 2024 Sportsmen’s Show.eld. The show itself will highlight various vendors that all lend a hand in creating the optimal outdoors experience with your canine hunting companions. “This feature is a personal favou-

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Spring 2024 - Page 45Scope RV Camping MagazineScope tests instant tankless hot water heater systemBy Harold Merton A little over ten years ago when I built a new home on the St. Clair River south of Sarnia, Ontario I looked into tankless hot water heater systems. They cost a lot more but it made sense to me that it was better to use a system that heated the water when you needed it rather than heating it and then letting it sit to eventually cool off until you needed it. Tankless or instant systems just heat the water when you open the hot water tap. There is no reserve tank and so the water you get has just been heated. I takes a few seconds to travel through the pipes in your home or business until it reaches the tap that is turned on but a few seconds wait is well worth it! At that time I asked others who had recently had additions built on their homes to see if they had re-searched instant hot water systems and the ones that had did not opt to go for the new system. Not one person had opted for the tankless systems so I was a bit doubtful and stayed with a tank system! Tankless systems sell for about $2,000 plus installation as com-pared to $600 to $800 for a tank system so the increased cost is a major factor for some people. One excuse I got was that be-cause Canada is so cold in winter months it was almost impossible to heat water this way because the incoming water was so cold! It turned out that answer was a lot of hogwash! Tankless systems work quite well in Canada. Home Depot seems to be a major supplier of tankless systems and I was under the impression that a top of the line brand was Rheem. (The same company also manufac-tures Rudd). That too is a lot of hogwash! (read on). When a sale came up I decided to purchase the top of the line Rheem system even though my Rudd tank system was working quite well. I had purchased the tank heater about two years prior to building my new home and it was simply moved from the old building that we eventually tore down, into the new building. Those tank system have an exterior control panel that are quite costly to repair. When they fail you are looking at $300 to $400 just for the control not counting installation so when mine went “bonkers” and kept putting itself into “vacation mode” (where it shut itself down) I decided it was time to install the tankless system. Because I had purchased the unit myself I had to nd a licensed installer and I found a local contrac-tor who was happy to install the unit I had purchased. I did have to wait a few weeks for an opening in his schedule though. I had to spend about $300 addi-tional for tap system to go on the wall and did so. My installation took place in the spring of 2023. I must say I was very pleased with the install and in the performance of the new tankless system. Because my old Rudd tank sys-tem was acting up we had to keep turning it on to make sure we had hot water and my gas bill climbed to over $600 a month in the spring when we were not using the gas furnace or replace. My gas bill dropped dramatically to less than $100 a month because I was simply not heating up a tank of water to sit and be reheated again. It takes about 30 seconds for the hot water to reach my tap because of the size of the building but a few seconds wait is totally acceptable. I thought I had made a great deci-sions in buying what I considered a top-quality brand and was looking forward to no maintenance for a Our previous tank style hot wa-ter heater was replaced because the control panel failed and it just was not worth the approximate $300 for the part to repair it.The new Rheem tankless hot wa-ter heater as installed with the cover removed. It takes up a lot less room. Photos by Harold MertonContinued on page 46

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Page 46 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineScope tests the tankless hot water heater system continuedwhile. Wrong! In about four or ve months into the installation I sud-denly had no hot water and there was a loud beeping sound coming from the mechanical room at two o’clock in the morning! I got up and went to see what the heck was going on and the hot water heater control was ashing an error code “11”. There’s a support telephone number on the unit so later that day I called and I must say that the Rheem folks on that line were very helpful. After I got the serial number and the model number they were able to tell me what the problem was. The “igniter” had quit! Imagine after just a few months of service a major part had failed! I suddenly realized that Rheem being a quality product was more hogwash! My late wife Elizabeth kept all the receipts for important things and un-fortunately I just can’t nd anything in that vein any longer so there is no Rheem guarantee because they say it was manufactured in 2021 and that’s beyond the year. Yes if you think that I buy the excuse that the products don’t stay in the retail chain for a long time you’re crazy! It is very possible that this unit was warehoused and in a store for quite some time! I was amazed that a company like Rheem would use cheap products that would fail in just a few months. They gave me their website to order the part from and it was not expensive - just $23 US but convert that to Canadian and add shipping and import duties and it amounts up. My son found the same part on Canadian Amazon for about $50 so we ordered from them. It was supposed to take a number of days to arrive as it was sourced in the U.S. but it arrived a couple of days sooner than anticipated! Shaun was able to install it in about 20 minutes and sure enough it had Chinese lettering on both the replacement part and the original factory-installed part. Apparently these igniters are com-mon on some BBQs and Shaun has replaced a couple of them in his BBQs previously. I am really disappointed in Rheem for using such cheap, unreliable products. The same heater is in the Home Depot today for about $2,000 no doubt with cheap Chinese manufac-tured igniters in them too! I give a big thumbs up to the tank-less hot water heater system, but a big thumbs down to Rheem! Over the years I have visited countless small campgrounds that always had trouble having enough hot water available for the peak-use times and this type of system would have been just the answer. Yes things have changed! I strongly recommend the con-cept of instant hot water systems but unfortunately the bitterness of cheap quality in Rheem makes it so I cannot recommend Rheem or Rudd products. There are lots of other good brands out there for users to pick from and there are lots more heating companies that have a lot more experience in installation of these products these days! My Grandaughter and her husband re-cently took advantage of a Govern-ment of Canada energy program that allowed them nancial benets for a whole new heating system. The deal they got included a free tankless hot water heater although they had to pay for the installation. Great deal! Tankless hot water systems cost a little bit more than a tank system but I am sure that I will recover that dif-ference in the savings on gas costs in the future! Rheem however should be ashamed of themselves! A Federal Court has quashed a cabinet order that listed plastic manufactured items as toxic.because the ban was too broad and the court said the government exceeded its constitutional bounds. When bill S-5 came into effect in June after receiving royal accent, it amended the Canadian Environ-mental Act and gave the govern-ment the right to restrict import and manufacture of plastic items. A recent ruling by Justice Angela Furlanetto noted that it was “unrea-sonable and unconstitutional “ to list all plastic manufactured items as harmful and the government acted outside its authority. Canadian Federal Court quashes recent plastic straw ban “There is no reasonable apprehen-sion” that all listed plastic manufac-tured items are harmful she wrote. However Stewart Elgie, a law professor and director of the Envi-ronment Institute at the Univer-sity of Ottawa, said the decision is unlikely to bring back straws and stir sticks. The case against the government was brought forward by the Re-sponsible Plastics Use Coalition, a not for prot corporation consist-ing of companies from the plastics industry including Dow Chemical Canada, Nova Chemicals Corp. and Imperial Oil. However industry spokesmen say don’t expect an immediate return of plastic straws as progress on this is likely to take some time.I would not want to pay the fuel llup on this one! I might be nice to drive!

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Spring 2024 - Page 47Scope RV Camping MagazineGVWR meaning: RV weight and safety tips - EscapeesContinued on page 48By The Escapees RV Club If you’re an avid RVer, you’ve probably come across the term GVWR, which stands for Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. But do you truly understand its signicance? GVWR indicates the maximum weight that a vehicle can safely handle when fully loaded, en-compassing everything from the vehicle’s own mass to the cargo, passengers, and onboard facilities. This rating isn’t just a suggestion, it’s a crucial guideline that every RVer must adhere to for the sake of safety. Ignoring this weight limit can lead to severe consequences, including decreased fuel efciency, increased wear and tear, and, most alarm-ingly, a heightened risk of accidents on the road. This article delves into the es-sence of GVWR, its implications for RVers, expert insights, and practical steps to ensure your RV remains within the recommended weight limit. After all, the key to memorable adventures is not just where you go, but ensuring you get there safely.GVWR Meaning: What Is It? GVWR, or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, is a term every RVer should be intimately familiar with. GVWR represents the maximum allowable weight of a fully loaded vehicle, including the vehicle’s own weight, passengers, cargo, and in the case of RVs, all onboard ameni-ties and supplies. For those driving trucks with travel trailers or fth wheels, the GVWR is crucial in determining if your truck can safely and legally tow your trailer. Motorhome drivers aren’t exempt either; they need to be aware of their rig’s GVWR to avoid overload-ing. Exceeding this weight can lead to signicant wear and tear on your vehicle, reduced fuel ef- ciency, and, most importantly, compromised safety on the road. As seasoned RVers, it’s imperative to understand and respect the GVWR of your rig. After all, our adventures should be memorable for the right reasons, and adhering to weight limits ensures a smoother, safer journey.Why Understanding GVWR is Es-sential for RVers Understanding GVWR is essential for RVers because it ensures safety on the road. Overloading an RV beyond its GVWR can compromise your braking capacity and vehicle integrity, decrease acceleration and fuel efciency, and increase wear and tear. By adhering to this weight limit, RVers can prevent potential accidents and prolong the lifespan of their rigs.Did you know? RVs are the only vehicles on the road operating at 100% capacity 100% of the time. Semi-trucks have weight ratings, too, but they’re not always at full capacity – they travel back and forth to jobs, but not always full (and sometimes empty). RVs, on the other hand, are al-Weighing a trailer at an Escapees event. Photos by the EscapeesThe Escapees RV Club places great emphasis on safety and RV weight. Here they conduct a SmartWeigh inspection.

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Page 48 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineEscapees explain GVWR continuedContinued on page 49ways full to their maximum capacity, especially for full-time RVers. Overloaded RVs can cause many problems – from wear and tear on your RV, tire issues, stress on your RV frame, and even worse: an increased potential for accidents.An Expert’s View on GVWR for RVers According to Escapees Education Director, Jim Koca:“Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is a term that every RVer should know for any vehicle or trailer they own. Vehicles and tires are designed to carry certain loads that consist of fuel, uids, human cargo and, of course, our stuff. All vehicles and trailers on the road have a gross vehicle weight rating. The GVWR is determined by the manufacturer and is the maximum weight that a vehicle or trailer can carry. The vehicle or trailer should never be loaded beyond what the manufacturer has listed on the Data Plate. When the GVWR is exceeded, mechanical problems, tire failures, poor vehicle handling performance or increased stopping distance can occur and may result in an accident. In addition, there may also be legal and nancial liability if you are operating the vehicle above the manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating. As an accident investigator, I have seen the disas-trous results of vehicles and trailers exceeding their weight rating.” Jim Koca spent 42 years in accident reconstruction as a law enforcement ofcer, where many accidents occurred as a result of weight and tire issues. You can learn more about RV safety from Jim in the RV Foun-dations course through the Escapees online learning platform, RVers Online University. Do you want to learn more about RV preventative maintenance so you can save yourself costly repairs and protect your investment?Visit RVers Online University today to learn more about RV preventative maintenance, RV safety, and much more! Taught by RV-industry experts, RVers Online University helps you save money and enjoy life on the road.How To Find GVWR On Your Vehicle or RV There is a plate with information on every vehicle and RV, known as the data plate. To nd the GVWR on your vehicle or RV, check inside the driver’s door sill for a plate with numbers and abbreviations, like GVWR. If you have a travel trailer or fth wheel, the data plate is typically located on or near the front of the trailer on the driver’s side. How is GVWR Calculated? GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) is not some-thing you calculate; rather, it is determined and set by the manufacturer. The GVWR represents the maximum allowable weight of a vehicle when fully loaded. It includes the vehicle’s curb weight (the weight of the ve-hicle itself without passengers or cargo) plus the weight of passengers, cargo, fuel, and any added equipment or accessories. Manufacturers determine GVWR based on the vehicle’s design, the strength of its frame, the capability of its axles, brakes, tires, and other compo-nents.Data Shows Over Half of RVs Are Overweight Looking at historical data of all RVs that have been weighed by SmartWeigh, a service that measures indi-vidual wheel weights, the data shows that approximate-ly 57% of all RV types are overweight in some area. The data shows that RVers are overloading their tires, axles, gross vehicle weight, or their gross combined weight ratings (GCWR). SmartWeigh went to an RV rally for 5th wheels, and after weighing 35 RVs, 30 were found to have a weight issue. Many didn’t have a big enough truck to pull the RV, or the axles were overloaded on the RV. Other Important Towing Terms to KnowIn addition to Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, there are other abbreviations to know when it comes to determin-ing weights, towing capacity, cargo carrying capacity, and more. Let’s take a quick look at these terms. •GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating): The maximum allowable weight of a fully loaded vehicle, including its own weight plus passengers, cargo, and any added equipment.•GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating): The maxi-mum allowable combined weight of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle (or trailer) combined, including passengers, cargo, fuel, and other equipment.•GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating): The maximum weight that can be placed on a single axle, either the front or rear.•Curb Weight: The weight of the vehicle in its natural state, without passengers, cargo, or any additional items. This includes uids like oil and fuel.•CCC (Cargo Carrying Capacity): The maximum weight of all personal belongings, occupants, and added The GVWR plate from a vehicle

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Spring 2024 - Page 49Scope RV Camping MagazineEscapees explain GVWR continuedequipment that can be safely added to the RV or vehicle.•UVW or Dry Weight: The weight of the vehicle without any uids (like water, fuel, or oil) or cargo. Essen-tially, the vehicle’s weight straight from the manufacturer.•Payload: The maximum weight of passengers and cargo that a ve-hicle can safely carry. It’s the differ-ence between the vehicle’s GVWR and its curb weight.•Tongue Weight Rating: The maximum weight that the trailer can exert downward on the hitch/towing vehicle.•Pin Weight: In fth-wheel trailers, it’s the weight that presses down on the fth-wheel hitch. It’s equivalent to the tongue weight but specic to fth-wheel setups.GVWR vs. Towing Capacity GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rat-ing) denotes the maximum weight a vehicle can safely handle, including its own weight plus cargo and pas-sengers. Towing Capacity, on the other hand, refers to the maximum weight a vehicle can pull behind it, such as a trailer or another vehicle, without compromising safety or performance.How to Weigh Your RV and Tow Vehicle Weighing your RV and tow vehicle accurately is paramount to ensuring safety and optimal performance on the road. Not only does it help you adhere to legal weight limits, but it also prevents overloading, which can compromise vehicle integrity and fuel efciency. One of the most comprehensive and precise ways to weigh your RV is through the SmartWeigh program offered by Escapees RV Club. For those unfamiliar, Smart-Weigh provides RV owners with detailed weight measurements, fo-cusing on individual wheel positions to give a granular understanding of weight distribution. SmartWeigh offers a more detailed assessment than standard weighing methods. You can get the weight of your RV and tow vehicle together and sepa-rately to get a full picture of your RV weight and potential loading issues, plus you get a consultation with an RV weight and loading expert who will help you correct any issues.To utilize SmartWeigh, start by scheduling an appointment at one of our SmartWeigh locations. When you arrive, make sure your RV and tow vehicle are travel-ready, with full fuel, water, and propane tanks and all your regular travel items on board. https://escapees.com-educa-tion Rivian engineers Lilly Macaruso and Alex Anderson, team #187 Limestone Legends, made history at the Rebelle Rally when they drove an R1T across the nish line, the rst fully-electric vehicle ever to win the competi-tion. In total, four teams driving R1Ts crossed the nish line at the rally, all placing in the top half of the nal Rally Rankings. An independent owner team, #139 Headings United, placed 11th, and the two rookie teams from Rivian, #196 Evergreen Edge and #186 Red Canyon Risers, ranked 20th and 30th respectively.THE COMPETITION VEHICLES Rivian also won the Bone Stock Award this year, with the highest-scoring stock vehicle in the competition. As totally unmodied vehicles, these Quad-Motor R1Ts entered with the same capability and versatility that they come with from the factory. “All the vehicles we competed in this year are the same as the vehicles you would have in your driveway.” The Quad-Motor R1T is at home in many types of terrain thanks to its software-determined Drive Modes that include ve distinct off-road modes. As the longest off-road rally course in the U.S.A. at over 1,500 miles, Rebelle offers the chance to put them all to the test. “Training and off-roading over the last months curbed my range anxiety. Learning the unique pedal control of the truck taught me how to efciently and condently drive the vehicle across different terrain.”-Rachel Zech Evergreen Edge Driving an all-electric vehicle for eight days across desert, forest and rock was a new experience for Riv-ian’s rookie teams. It meant getting to know the vehicle more intimately than ever before, to have the condence it takes to be out there with nothing more than a map and compass. At Rebelle, all the technology we’ve built into the R1T distills down to the purest driving experience there is, trusting your machine (not to mention your navigator) to get you where you need to go.Rivian electric truck R1T wins Rebelle RallyRivian R1T crosses the nish line to win the rally.

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Page 50 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineFall OPA Campout held in Brigden, OntarioBy Harold Merton The Fall OPA Campout of FCRV was held in Brigden, Ontario a small rural community fairgrounds south of Sarnia. It was hosted by a partnership of the Sarnia 4T’s & The Tri-County Travellers. An Early Bird Day was held on the Thursday before and gave attendees a chance to leisurely gather. More than half of the attend-ees rolled in early. A pizza party was presented to those in attendance by 4Ts member Harold Merton with the cooperation of the Hungry Hillbilly Restaurant that is located very close to the grounds. Many of the campers took the short walk to enjoy a home-cooked meal at the quaint country restau-rant nearby. On Friday the rest of the reg-istered units rolled in and were received by Karen and Brian Chateld of The Tri-County Trav-ellers who handled the campout registration. The Ploughman’s Diner (one of the buildings on the fairgrounds) was the headquarters for the cam-pout indoor activities. Friday evening began with the singing of both the Canadian and U.S. National Anthems as there were some U.S. FCRV members in attendance. Emcee for the event was Scare-crow Dale Cull in keeping with the Corny Campout theme of the event. OPA President Jack Smye and campout co-chairmen Sharon and Rudy Sandau welcomed campers as well as Provincial Directors Lynn and Lew Acre and Regional Direc-tors Fayye and Terry Swanburg. The Friday entertainment was Corny Card Bingo with prizes hav-ing a “corny theme”. Many people won boxes of corn cereal, cans of corn etc. Bev Vandevyere called the cards. A great time was had by all. Saturday’s activities included Washer Toss where about 20 people took part. The Penny Sale was again popu-MC Scarecrow Dale CullRVs camped at the Brigden Fairgrounds for the Fall OPA Corny Campout. Photos by Harold MertonFCRV ofcials and Campout Co-Chairmen in the Ploughman’s Diner Continued on page 51

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Spring 2024 - Page 51Scope RV Camping MagazineOPA Fall Campout in Brigden continuedlar with tables full of donated items up for grabs. Camy Hicks, Connie Skillings, and Karen Chamberlain assisted in draws & the distribution of the prizes. The sale raised nearly $90 for the “Ways and Means Fund”. Karin Brown Reily and her mother Mary Brown sold copies of all the cookie recipes collected during this year’s Spring Camper Cook Contest. Bob and Connie Mather of Cha-tham, Ontario were rst timers and enjoyed the weekend. After the Penny Sale campers enjoyed an Ice Cream Social and then began picking up door prizes. There were so many donated items that some campers ended up with two! Saturday’s evening entertainment was four retired gentlemen who comprise the Resolution Quar-tet. They were so good that OPA President and active barbershop singer Jack Smye just had to join in with some harmony (as well as Dale Cull) after their show during Dave Skillings and Rudy Sandau dole out the corn for campers.Photos by Harold MertonDave Skillings right, cooks up the burgers for lunch while Robert Chamberlain looks after quality control.A pause between dealings during the evening card bingo. Left to right are Mabel Douglas, Jack Smye, Marilyn Rosenberger, Wayne Rosen-berger and Sharon Sandau.Campers put the “xin’s” on their burgers. Left to right are Dale Cull, Karen Chateld, Karen Chamberlain and Lew Acre.Sharon Sandau lets her bean bag y in the Cornhole compeition.Continued on page 53

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Page 52 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineOPA Fall Campout held in Brigden continuedRocky and Don (Bullwinkle) Lumley entertained with a sing-along around the evening campre. Photo by Lynn AcreDale Cull, centre in red shirt, and Jack Smye, right join in the harmony with the Resolution Quartet members during hospitality after the evening enter-tainment. Photo by Lynn AcreRocky and Don Lumley take ad-vantage of a break in activities to take a well earned nap. Photo by Harold MertonCampers look over the offerings during the Penny Sale. From left are: Shelley Scott, Lynn Acre, Helen Finkbeiner, and Brian and Karen Chateld. Photo by Harold MertonCampers gather to enjoy a little informal hospitality at the campout. Photo by Harold MertonAction during the Penny Sale shows the drawing of winning tickets by from left: Connie Skillings, Karen Chamberlain and Camy Hicks while Ben Vandevevre makes the announcements. Photo by Harold Merton

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Spring 2024 - Page 53Scope RV Camping MagazineOPA Fall Campout held in Brigden continuedhospitality in some harmony. Lynn Acre conducted the Camp-er’s Own Devotional Service where she examined the perspec-tive of the crow (Wizard of Oz) while nding life lessons for everyone to follow. The offering raised nearly $200 for the Petrolia Food Bank which 4Ts member Mabel Douglas presented a few days later. Twenty-three people took part in the Cornhole Tournament. Mabel Douglas of the 4Ts won with Don Lumley second. David Pegg took third and Bob Mather won fourth. Campers also enjoyed a traditional corn boil and then retired to the eld later for a great campre with songs supplied by our good friends from the Michigan Aqua-Jets , Rocky Rocky Lumley, centre, of the Michigan Aqua-Jets, shows the Pegg chil-dren a new card game. On left is Jessie and her brother Wyatt is at right, they are grandchildren of 4Ts member Barbara Skipper.and Don Lumley. It turned out to be a very enjoyable weekend for everyone! Thanks to all those who made it happen!By Harold Merton If you live in the Sarnia, Ontario area you might like to know of a great local retail outlet for fresh vegetables and fruit. Sarnia Produce Marketplace, a wholesale company, has built a new retail grocery store right next to their wholesale building. They had a small retail section in their old build-ing but space was limited. The company supplies fresh produce to many restaurants and institutions in the Sarnia area and has been in existence for 44 years. I stopped in today, the day I am writing this story, and got the follow-ing: a head of iceberg lettuce $2, bunch of celery $2, four tomatoes $2 and a nice prepared salad for $5. I think their prices are very reason-able and you know the produce is going to be fresh as they are the wholesalers. By the way you can also buy a stone oven-cooked pizza right at the back of the store (the aroma of the wood oven hits you when you walk into the store) and they offer a fresh pretzel with cheese dip for just $5. There is a full line of groceries including dairy etc. so you can get a lot of your needs right there! They are located at 709 Lite Street, in Point Edward, Ontario N7V 1A7 right near the bridge to the U.S.A. Their phone number is 519 336-5561. And they give you the plastic bags to carry your purchases free! None of this ve cents for a bag that costs less than a penny. You can order on-line and pickup if you wish and they have a special phone number to call to pickup when you have been notied that your order is ready. This is one store I can easily gives a thumbs up!www.sarniaproduce.caSarnia Produce Marketplace a great place for fresh produce in the Sarnia, Ontario area The Province of Ontario will take overcontrol of two Toronto highways to help with the city’s growing nan-cial problems and the municipality will then concede the province can move ahead with its plans for a redeveloped Ontario Place, the two levels of government announced recently. The province and the city had been working on a deal for Toronto, which is facing a $1.5-billion decit, and had agreed to avoid new taxes and cuts to front-line services. It was agreed that both the Gar-diner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway, will never have tolls levied by the province. The province is taking respon-sibility for those roads, along with a promise to fund 55 new subway trains which is conditional on a matching federal contribution would give Toronto $7.6 billion in capital relief. As part of the deal the province will also give Toronto up to $1.2 billion in operating funding over the next three years, including support Province to take over two Toronto highwaysContinued on page 76

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Page 54 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineBy Dora Lewis I would like to introduce our new National Adult Activities Director. Kathy Collier is from the state of New York. She has been a member of NCHA/FCRV her entire life. She “whipped cream-like material” came with a $2 upcharge. Of course the wait person did not mention this at the time of ordering, she just pushed the iPad button and wham! another upcharge of $2. Wow! that’s pretty steep for just a little dollop of whatever it was! My $25 turkey meal came with a piece of pumpkin pie. I hate pump-kin pie so I asked if I could substi-tute another kind! Yes but it came with a $4 or $5 upcharge. I told her to keep it - I would not pay that much of an upcharge! They got to keep a desert because I was so angry with them! John’s does not have a spotless reputation in being fair with their customers. When the government discontinued the penny and insti-tuted a rounding up or down system John’s decided to round up on everything. If the bill was $30.01 they rounded it up to $30.05. It was only after an uproar on social media that they started billing fairly! I think they were shamed into it! I thoroughly understand that res-taurant costs have risen dramatical-ly and a recent increase in minimum wage costs them more money but if you can’t make it on the current prices put your prices up, don’t “nickel and dime” your customers with all those hidden charges under the buttons on the iPads. John’s has a lot of senior cus-tomers and I know they hate being upcharged on so much. If they continue they are just going to lose more customers like me who have recently paid $36 for breakfast with the tip. I have a new way of combatting restaurant upcharges. I tell the wait person “If any up-charges appear on my bill that you didn’t warn me about you will forfeit your tip!” It works because I haven’t had an upcharge I didn’t know about since! My friend Kirstie who is a wait person at the Bad Dog in Co-runna tells me she tells customers “Would you like to ADD” whatever comes with it! That works! Add means more $$$. Perhaps it is just a little too much honesty for some restaurant op-erators though because they know when customers are made aware of the upcharges some may decline it and that means a decline in the bill something they may not like! It’s time restaurant operators quit hiding charges with those iPads and secretive servers and it is time patrons started complaining about it too! John’s has seen the last of my money!FCRV appoints new Adult Activities Directorhas been a teen ofcer at local and district level and an ofcer at the chapter level. She has spent the last 10 years working with Karen and Bob Snodgrass, and on many occasions running the adult games at national Campvention. She currently holds a position on the national scholarship board and is also the NYSA scholarship director. She also holds the position of NYSA secretary. In Kathy’s early days, she worked with President William Harper as the Rules Coordinator, duties included, checking, modify-ing and publishing rules of various contests. Let’s all welcome Kathy.Kathy CollierEditorial continued - Servers with iPadsLondon RV Show to run February 16 to 19 Want to spend quality time with your family while getting outstand-ing deals on RVs, parts, gear and accessories? Then you don’t want to miss the London RV Show. It is proudly sponsored by local RV retailers so you get the best, most interactive, experience tucked into one fun-lled weekend.WHAT’S NEW During Feb. 16-19, 2024 you’ll see what’s new in the latest RV models. You’ll get access to show-only deals along with door prizes and one-on-one time with the biggest local dealers in the business. There’s no need to drive for miles only to get lost in a massive venue and huge crowd. Representatives from each com-pany will be on hand to answer your questions and get you outtted with the best RV for your family, and budget. Two of Scope’s advertisers are exhibiting at the show. Both Adventure RV and Great Escape RV will welcome you to their displays. Be sure to check out their offerings!PLEASE TELL YOUR CAMPING FRIENDS ABOUT SCOPE! We need our readers to help spread the word about Scope Magazine be-ing available free to all just by visiting our website. We want more people to enjoy our publication and ask that all readers make a point of telling their camping friends they can enjoy Canada’s oldest consumer camping magazine free just by visiting www.clickoncamping.ca

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Spring 2024 - Page 55Scope RV Camping MagazineOntario FCRV Spooky Wooky campoutDecorated RV site at Spooky Wooky campout. Photos by Lynn AcreBy Harold Merton Members of FCRV’s Ontario divi-sion gathered in the town of Fair-grounds, Ontario for their annual Spooky Wooky Campout. It was held in the community centre of the small town that was unknown to many of the campers before they arrived for the weekend. Friday night things opened with of-cial greetings followed by a movie night with popcorn. There was a full schedule on Saturday with Ghoulish Games, Pumpkin Carving, Wicked Wash-er Toss, Site Decorating and of course Trick or Treating for the kids. The costume parade was popular with youngsters of all ages taking part. The evening concluded with Graveyard Card Bingo. Dale Cull again acted as MC and on Sunday there was a Camper’s Own Devotional Service. This continues to be one of the most popular campouts, well organized, and enjoyed by FCRV members. Activities at the evening Graveyard Card BingoThe costume parade took place after kids had a chance to Trick or Treat among the RVs.Perhaps this is the youngest cos-tumed camper at Spooky WookyKid cop at the costume parade

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Page 56 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineOntario Spooky Wooky Campout continuedCampers take part in the Wicked Washer Toss. Photos by Lynn Acre. This campout is just one of several campouts held by the Ontario Provincial Association of the Family Campers and RVers Association and is the nal one of the camping season.Toast The Ghost contestThe crowd gathered for the costume paradeKids of all ages took partBy Denise Weiss, Campvention Hospitality Chair The Campvention Hospitali-ties truly embody the meaning of “Where strangers become friends and friends become fam-ily”. They provided a place to meet people that were new to FCRV, talk to the ones we hadn’t seen in a while, those we just hadn’t met yet and a chance to get to know the FFCC members and welcome them into our family. We had eight groups signed up to host hospitalities. THANK YOU to those who signed up to host. Everyone I talked to seemed to enjoy them and getting to know the people who hosted them. There were lots of good things to eat and very useful things as well. We had one in the morning; the donuts were a welcome treat and not having to x breakfast was nice. The mid-afternoon ones provided people to stave off the hunger pains until dinner. The evening ones were a nice way to end the day with the after-dinner snack or gift after a full day of activities. I really do appreciate those who stepped up to host them. I would like to extend a special thank you to my co-chair Stacy Davis, what a great friend, co-worker and sup-porter.Campvention hospitalities - integral part of the annual gatheringThese ladies are setting out cup-cakes for one of the many hospi-talities held during the 2023 FCRV Campvention in Indiana.The vehicle on the bottom used to be a nice pickup truck!

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Spring 2024 - Page 57Scope RV Camping MagazineMichigan clubs hold annual Bluewater MixerAction in the Washer Toss game. Photos by Lynn AcreLew Acre dishes out a serving of chicken noodle soup. This cam-pout is renowned for their soup.This group of Canadian campers enjoyed their soup. In foreground are Fayye and Terry Swanburg and behind them Sharon and Rudy Sandau.By Harold Merton Michigan chapters of FCRV hold one of the best campouts of the season every year in Imlay City, Michigan. This past year ten Ontario families travelled to the event to take part. The usual slate of games kept campers busy and one of their most popular features is the soup lunch. I have personally enjoyed this group’s soup at many of their campouts and it is truly well worth the trip. Friday began with a scavenger hunt and card bingo later. The next day they held games, followed by their famous soup lunch and a jewelry-making craft event. In the evening they had enter-tainment and door prizes. This campout has the best quantity of door prizes of any campout I have ever attended. Usually they have enough for a good prize for every camper registered. The local business donars are to be complimented on their generosity. Aqua-Jets member Don Lum-ley acted as MC and of course he bought along his guitar for a sing-along. Lynn Acre and Jeremiah Blankensop received ash-lights as their rst prizes in the washer toss and Sharon and Rudy Sandau received ash-lights as second prizes. Joyce Williams provided ma-terial and the instruction for the jewelry craft seminar that was well attended. A bench made out of recycled bottle caps was presented to the East Michigan Fair Board where the event is held. Michigan FCRV members at the Bluewater MixerContinued on page 58

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Page 58 - Spring 2024Scope RV Camping MagazineMichigan FCRV chapters hold Bluewater Mixer continuedMembers of the host Michigan chapters. Photos by Lynn AcreMC Don Lumley, centre, presents prize ashlights to Sharon and Rudy SandauJeremiah Blankinsop, left and Lynn Acre, right, receive their prizes from Michigan Aqua-Jets member and MC Don Lumley. The group also celebrated the Michigan Lay-Zee Hayseeds chapter’s 50th anniversary. On Sunday the Praise Gang Puppets conducted a service where they sang lively gospel songs and serious songs of healing, The them of “Rivers of Bless-ings” reminded campers that despite challenges we are never alone. I have always enjoyed this group’s presentations. Congratulations to the Michi-gan clubs for another great event!The Praise Puppets are always a popular Sunday feature at Blue Water mixer campouts..1005 REITZEL PLACERR#1, ST. JACOBS, ONNOB 2N0PHONE (519) 664-2633FAX (519) 664-3930www.sauderscamping.coming and well attended we had to kick everyone out 30 minutes after it ended so we could start the next session! Lyle taught a class on how to use your smart phone to share on FCRV’s public Facebook group. Be sure to start posting your activities. Thanks to all the volunteer speakers and those that helped with logistics. See you next year!Seminars continued By Rick & Kathy Boatwright and Bill & Rita Newell We would like to thank every-one that participated in C.A.M.P., whether it was walking, biking or line dancing. Even though it was very hot during the day and warm in the morning, we had quite a few participants. There were three different courses that were measured by GPS: ½ mile, 1 mile and 2 miles. The bike riders used the Two-Mile course. We had three Line Dancing classes with a total of 40 partici-pants from 21 different chapters and 6 different states. The total dance time was 3,363 minutes. We walked every day dur-ing the week with a total of 23 participants from 13 chapters Campers Actively Moving Program (CAMP) and ve states. The total walking mileage was 191 miles. We also had three bike riders during the week from 2 Colorado chapters. Their total mileage was 50.8 miles. We would like to have had more participants in C.A.M.P. but with so many things going on, we understand. We hope everyone had fun at Campvention 2022 and can’t wait to see everyone again at Campvention 2023 in Richmond, Indiana.By Jeff & Shirley Kendle, Campvention Chair This year we asked every-one not to bring their tabs to Campvention. No one wants to haul the extra weight around, plus it makes it much easier for everyone and the plus side is your local charity receives the proceeds. This year Colorado was awarded 1st Place for the state with 171.8 pounds. A donation of $79.09 was presented to the Ronald McDonald House in Aurora, Colorado. The Campre Campers from Kansas was awarded 1st Place for the Chapter award with 19 pounds. A donation of $6.65 was presented to the Shriners Hospital for Children. Thank you to all of the states FCRV Campvention pop can tab reportand chapters that brought their receipts, total donations amount-ed to $89.34.Food Drive for Colorado Care and SharesBy Teresa Walorski We want to thank everyone for so much support in bringing food items and cash donations to Campvention this year.. FCRV brought in $1,530. That will provide about 9,000 meals to families across 31 counties! You all also donated just over 175 cans and about 90 packag-es of miscellaneous food items. Colorado Care and Shares was so grateful. This is such a tough time for so many and this was a huge help to them.Scope RV Camping MagazinePage 126 - Spring 2023

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Page 60 - Spring 2024 Scope RV Camping MagazineSolar eclipse in April 2024 - When and where to see it. Montreal, Quebec is right in its path!Continued on page 67By Michael E. Bakich Used with permission from www.astronomy.com The Great American Eclipse drew millions to totality in 2017. Don’t miss your chance to experi-ence it again in 2024. Millions of people experienced the much-anticipated total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017, the rst to cross the North America since 1979. And, if you saw the 2017 eclipse, you’re no doubt already planning to head to the path of totality when the Moon’s shadow again crosses North America on April 8, 2024. If you skipped the last one, keep in mind that there won’t be another cross-country eclipse for two de-cades, so don’t miss out this time!The nitty-gritty of the 2024 solar eclipse. Every eclipse has a different length of totality. This is caused by the nature of the cosmos as Earth and the Moon orbit not in perfect circles, but ellipses so Earth is not always the same distance from the Sun and the Moon is not always the same distance from Earth. The result is that the longest possible duration of totality is seven minutes 32 seconds. The eclipse on April 8, 2024, won’t come close to that but any period of time under totality is worthwhile, especially this eclipse’s maximum of four minutes 28 seconds. That duration will occur beginning at 1:15 p.m. Mexican Central Daylight Time near Nazas, Mexico, a town of nearly 4,000 residents. In the U.S., the narrow path where totality occurs runs from the Texas-Mexico border through the Maine-Canada border. Everyone in the contiguous U.S. not within the path of totality will see at least a 16-per-cent partial eclipse. And while that may sound cool, it doesn’t compare to 100 percent. When the Moon slides into place over the face of the sun, hazy darkness covers the ground while a beautiful 360° sunset colours the horizon. But your eyes will be locked high above you on two dia-mond rings, a glorious corona, and planets (possibly a few stars, too) visible in the daytime.Save the date for the 2024 solar eclipse. The rst to see the Moon’s shad-ow is a region just north of Penrhyn Island, one of the Cook Islands in the South Pacic. But the loca-tion will only see a 98.5-percent partial eclipse. The real show starts at 11:51 a.m. MDT, when totality strikes Isla Socorro, Mexico. If this small volcanic island is your front-runner for eclipse viewing, be sure to do so at the island’s southeast-ern tip. That way you’ll enjoy three

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