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10-16-2013, 11:45 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Puyallup, Washington
Posts: 32
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Hello from Washington State
Hello Everyone,
Jeana & I have been "Camping" since we met 25 years ago. Our progression has been; back of a truck, tent, 99 TrailLite Bantam, 2006 FR Wildcat 5th wheel and now our soon to be delivered FR 2014 Columbus 240RK 5th wheel.
As educators we have been fortunate to spend around 8 weeks a year in the 5th wheel with the family. We look forward to continuing that trend in this beautiful new rig. Maybe we will be fortunate enough to meet some of you on the road.
Rick
2009 F250 Super Duty 7.3
2014 FR Palomino Columbus 240RK
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10-17-2013, 06:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 13,727
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Welcome from a retired educator. Congrats on your 2014 Columbus 240RK!
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10-17-2013, 06:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 7,916
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Congratulations and welcome from Arkansas.
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10-17-2013, 11:24 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Posts: 33,762
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Welcome to FRF!! 
i think you mean a 340RK, not 240RK.
the 340RK and the 370FL are both on our short list of 5th wheels for our retirement.
we'll soon be moving to Washington. the DW is from Skagit County and all her family lives in that area. we'll be moving to our 5 acres on Camano Island.
hopefully the rain shadow will be more effective for us there, so we won't go crazy.
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Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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10-17-2013, 09:06 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Puyallup, Washington
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You are correct of course, I did mean 340RK! One would think that with the amount of money I spent on the thing I would know what I bought.
Yes, the rain in the winter can take its toll. I live and work more in the convergence zone then the rain shadow.
Regardless, wonderful places to camp here in the beautiful northwest.
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10-17-2013, 09:17 PM
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Anacortesians
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA
Posts: 1,166
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Welcome, Rick. We're Class A people in Anacortes. Sometimes we're like Sequim, other times more like the rest of western WA. Interesting that, in the last couple of days, the Seattle area has been plagued by fog and we haven't see any.
We can get fog almost as bad as England, where we originated. We gauged fog density by looking out of the original Mini. Dense fog meant you couldn't see the end of the hood from the back seat. Heavy fog meant you couldn't see the end of the hood from the driver's seat.
What we get in WA is mist! If you can see the front of a 35' bus from the back, it ain't fog!
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No longer RVers or FR owners
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10-17-2013, 09:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Idaho
Posts: 9,839
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Good evening and welcome to the forums from SW Idaho.
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10-17-2013, 11:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Coupeville, WA
Posts: 476
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tofun4me
You are correct of course, I did mean 340RK! One would think that with the amount of money I spent on the thing I would know what I bought.
Yes, the rain in the winter can take its toll. I live and work more in the convergence zone then the rain shadow.
Regardless, wonderful places to camp here in the beautiful northwest.
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Hi from the other side of Saratoga Passage. Rain shadow helps but it doesn't necessarily convert to sunny days.
Wave when you are at your property.
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10-18-2013, 08:52 AM
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2011 Forest River Stealth
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Paso Robles, Ca
Posts: 356
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Welcome from the central coast of California
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11-04-2013, 11:14 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Puyallup, Washington
Posts: 32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
Welcome to FRF!! i think you mean a 340RK, not 240RK. the 340RK and the 370FL are both on our short list of 5th wheels for our retirement. we'll soon be moving to Washington. the DW is from Skagit County and all her family lives in that area. we'll be moving to our 5 acres on Camano Island. hopefully the rain shadow will be more effective for us there, so we won't go crazy. |
We really liked the 370FL as well. Who would not love the size of that front living room. However this is more of a transition trailer for us. We out grew the Wildcat Bunkhouse but we still have a lot of years till retirement and snowbirding. So..... the 40 ft fiver or diesel pusher is still another 8 years off. Currently we spend more time driving then parking so I just couldn't imagine towing that big trailer as many miles and to the places that we travel.
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2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK
1999 F250 Super Duty 7.3L
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