Comments for Life on the Road

Comment on Why Macs are Good Computers for RVers by Carol

Carol — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:51:46 +0000

This is great to hear! My husband and I are preparing to become full-timers this spring. I’m a self-employed web developer and I’ve been trying to winnow out the tech odds and ends that have accumulated and will not be coming with us. I also need to replace my desktop system with a laptop, and the current laptop will probably become my husband’s and available to me in emergencies. (The current laptop just won’t do the trick as my primary work system.) I’ve been eying Macs, but don’t know anyone personally who owns one and it’s hard to know what’s sales hype and real performance stories. Any recommendations for a work system on a budget?

Thanks for the scoop!

Comment on Taking time by Travelling Blackbird

Travelling Blackbird — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:59:04 +0000

Welcome back. Sorry to hear about the bad night in the RV, and about the flooding troubles. Hope you have an easier time of it next trip!

Comment on Niagara Falls: The American Side by mortaine

mortaine — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:56:58 +0000

For wheelchair access: Skip the Cave of the Winds tour– there’s an elevator, but the rest of the trip is entirely steps and decks– some of which are downright steep, and all are wet! Not only is it not wheelchair accessible, I wouldn’t recommend it for cane or crutch users.

The Maid of the Mist is wheelchair accessible, with some assistance to get on the boat, and a wheelchair user would be limited to the lower deck (where you don’t get as wet). The park surrounding the falls is accessible, and the observation platform is accessible. I don’t know about the Canadian side of the Falls area or the park.

I am fairly certain the speedboat tours are not wheelchair friendly. For sheer safety reasons– the boat gets swamped to an able-bodied person’s chest-height, so the boat operators may consider it too much of a liability to take on someone who would not be able to stand up if they became swamped.

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by joe

joe — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:09:21 +0000

“It shows neither “liberalism” nor “tolerance” to assume that all white Southerners are ignorant hillbillies”.

You scratch the “New” South, the old one is still there, waiting to hang someone.

This nation’s biggest and continuing problem is the south and until that is solved, once and forever; we will always have problems with the south.

Comment on Niagara Falls: The American Side by Travelling Blackbird

Travelling Blackbird — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:02:37 +0000

A great and very detailed review. I have never made it to Niagara, but I would dearly love to. How is it for wheelchair access? Did you notice any particular obstacles?

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by Gina

Gina — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:09:16 +0000

Wow Tina… that seems uncalled for and very much akin to what she is talking about… JUDGING PEOPLE YOU DONT KNOW. You sound like someone who might not be very accepting of others, be it their race or their religion.

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by deb

deb — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:46:33 +0000

thank you for this review, I’ve been talking to my husband recently about going on the road ,we are black with 2 kids, and I believe that there is so much to experience in this life that we don’t get due to the fact that we get use to what is considered “Normal”. I feel boxed and hindered by 4 walls.(smile) It’s also my belief that the way to change peoples attitudes is to show them something different. The images most people get of other races are designed to make money. When the chance presents itself to meet someone different than yourself take a chance talk, you maybe surprised that my dreams are not so differnt than yours.

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by Tina

Tina — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:10:06 +0000

Please, forgive me. I supposed it is easy to misinterpret the convoluted ramblings of a self proclaimed Buddha.

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by mortaine

mortaine — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:30:47 +0000

Tina, may I make a sweeping generalization about your reading comprehension, then? Because you clearly didn’t read the entire sentence, nor the rest of the paragraph.

Comment on Race on the Road: Where is the Diversity? by Tina

Tina — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:11:42 +0000

You know, you make a sweeping generalization about white Southerners and the way we view the world. I think what you encountered speaks more to the lifestyle of those who choose to live out of an RV. Racism rears its ugly head all over the world, in every single ethnic group. It shows neither “liberalism” nor “tolerance” to assume that all white Southerners are ignorant hillbillies.