Correction
In the “Quilting And Crafting On The Go” article (August 2022 issue), a quilting pattern was misidentified. The author created her “Citrus & Sunshine” quilt using the “Jump Rings” pattern by Natalie Earnheart. Family RVing regrets this error.
Toilet Table
Had a little chuckle when I read your article on “RV Toilet Types” in the September issue. I have one of my own that I use as an end table. It belonged to my grandparents and probably dates back to the late 1800s or early 1900s. Just wanted to share a smile with you.
― Ralph Bertermann, F187805
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Train Info Off Track
I love reading your articles and seeing all the photos of places we’ve been and places we would like to visit. One of the photos and its description in the “Rear View” column of the September 2022 issue (page 108) do not match. The White Pass & Yukon Route railway does have some steam locomotives on display in the Skagway, Alaska, train yard, but the photo shows three diesel engines pulling the passenger cars. We took the train tour back in 2004 and enjoyed the ride and scenery up the mountain pass.
― Becky & Chuck Smalley, F445221
Clearwater, Florida
More To Explore In PA
After reading the “Hershey And Beyond” story in the September issue (“Family Matters,” page 82), I’d like to add an excellent area to explore in Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe is a wonderful town with opportunities to bike a 20-mile downhill trail along the Lehigh River; trail bike in the surrounding mountains; kayak down the river (with occasional rapids, as the river is a dam release); and shop and eat at numerous small restaurants and stores. There is a campground just outside of the town center, and numerous B&Bs as well.
We’ve made two trips there from Massachusetts and plan to return. Lots to do!
― Beverly Baccelli, F412429
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Tongue Weight Limits
In the September 2022 issue there is an article featuring a tray mounted on the tongue of a trailer that can carry up to 300 pounds (“One Tray Above It All,” page 36). No caution was given to make sure that the combined weight of the tray, whatever is put on it, and the tongue weight of the trailer itself do not exceed the maximum tongue weight of the tow vehicle.
― Frank Kelly, F285891
Prospect, Connecticut
A Pen Like No Other
I saw the Fisher Space Pen in the “RV Products” column of the September issue, and I just wanted to say a bit about this product. I have used these pens since the 1970s. As a police officer in the 1970s, I found these pens will write on auto glass, even when it is wet and in heavy rain. I could put case numbers on ANY type of evidence. When I went on to the FBI, I continued to use same in evidence collection. My favorite is the Bullet pocket pen, which goes into any pocket ˛ your pants pocket or a jacket sleeve pocket made for pens. Simply put, it’s worth the money and NO OTHER pen, or ink, writes on anything, anywhere, any time. I’m now retired, but I am never without one.
― James White, F397881
Atlanta, Georgia
Bumpy Roads
This summer we took our RV and pulled our motorcycle in an enclosed trailer back out to the Black Hills two weeks before the Sturgis rally, and 80 percent of the roads we were on were horrible. I would like to read a report in the magazine each month from six or seven members who travel in all directions on good roads if they find them. That would be very interesting, so a suggestion for the magazine. We have a cabin reserved for next year’s Sturgis rally, and I’m leaving the RV home, because I’m not going to have the roads beat it to death.
― Jeff Willer, F531510
Galesburg, Illinois
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