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iCamp Elite

iCamp Elite is a fully laminated travel trailer. The body is reinforced with aluminum tubing frames. High gloss fiberglass skin is laminated over structural Styroform®. The interior walls are covered with wall paper for luxury and easy care. The furniture is sandwich-structured, made with solid wood and high grade plywood and finished with semi-gloss PU paint for style and durability. The furniture is curved with a style and for the most space usage.

Unloaded vehicle weight 2366 LB | GVWR 2890 LB | Net Cargo Weight 524 LB | Hitch Weight 130 LB

iCamp Lite

iCamp Lite is a completely revolutionary tent trailer for camping. The body is stylish, lightweight and aerodynamic, fabricated from modular fiberglass. When the tent is open to both sides, the trailer converts into a spacey three-room tent with two beds and one living area.

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My brother-in-law became very involved in fantasy football a few years ago. I never understood how it worked, but he spent hours picking his players, trading them, and losing money on them. I think the players were just as real to him as his wife.

Recently, I read of the challenges of managing a fantasy baseball league. Why you would want to spend your nonworking hours on the computer, rather than coaching a little league team is a bit beyond me. I guess any activity that makes you use your brain is a good one.

Someone has developed a helpful tool to winning fantasy baseball leagues. Below I have posted the pertinent design features. You may want to try this out.

Fantasy Sports Prophet’s Fantasy Baseball software:

• Is web-based, so you may access it from anywhere.
• Ranks all the players based on predictive modeling programs developed by scientists.
• Assists with draft picks with a draft assistance tool, which provides you with up-to-date data so that you may make the right decision about any player.
• Manages a full season roster, complete with mid-season projections.
• Allows access all stats, injury reports and major updates available,

If you are thinking of purchasing this software, use this 10% off special promo code: BMC200. If not, visiit the website and see about improving your fantasy life.

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While looking for information on the touring bike rides in my previous post, I happened upon CruiserStyle.com, a cool website for people who are looking for a cruiser bicycle, like the one below. One-speed is all I can handle and I love the whitewall tires. These bikes remind me of the bikes I had as a child. You could go anywhere as long as your legs held out!

26″ XYZ Deluxe Beach Cruiser for women in Vanilla

Truth be told, I still have a one-speed cruiser with fat tires because I feel most comfortable riding this style of bicycle. CruiserStyle has a bike, similar to the one pictured above, with seven gears for those high-tech bikers who know how to use them. I just never got the hang of it. They also have beach cruisers for men and children, including some stretch cruiser bikes. You have got to see these! The bike pictured above is available in flat pink, pink, and baby blue for $145. This is about 1/3 of what I spent on my son’s last bike, which was left to rust in the back yard.

If you want one of the bells like you had when you were a kid, a basket big enough to be useful, or fenders, they have all these accessories too. The only thing they were missing were the tassels for the handlebars that stream out when you are cruising. They are hard to find nowadays.

Well, I enjoyed this trip down my nostalgia bike lane, I hope you did too! Check out CruiserStyle.com if you are in the mood for a basic bike.

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I am the worst letter writer, including email letters, but I love to stay in contact with my friends and family. When we travel, I often buy postcards with the intention of mailing them to my loved ones. Somehow, I wind up with a big pile of postcards and my loved ones have no idea where I am.

VistaPrint offers many different services, including printing of postcards, address labels, magnets, checks and stamps! They will even mail them for you. This is a service more for businesses, but I sure could use it. I saw an offer for 100 free postcards, so I went to the site to see what it involved.

They have so many designs that you may search by keyword. I used “travel” as my key word and found the design pictured below.

You may upload your picture to use in place of the stock one. You may also easily change fonts and layout. Postcards are less expensive in regards to postage and use less resources than a letter, so I think this may be the way to go.

If you would like 100 free custom postcards, you must use the coupon code “BlogPostcards100” at checkout to receive the 100 free postcards from VistaPrint.

I can recommend VistaPrint because I have been using them for my business cards for years. I have never had a problem with the service or the product and using VistaPrint definitely saves you money.

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RVer Alert

Are you adding deodorizing chemical to your holding tanks that contain formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, quaternary salts or other harsh chemicals? When you dump your tanks in a dump station that feeds into a wastewater treatment plant or leach lines, the poison is spread to the groundwater. Check the labels on your chemicals. Dispose of toxins properly and buy an alternative. You should use environmentally friendly biodegradable ingredients to control odor.

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Our Government at WorkFEMA trailers are toxic to the people living in them. FEMA has known about the formaldehyde outgassing problem since 2006, but have not taken action except when people complained. FEMA is now the target of a class-action lawsuit, as they should be.

Formaldehyde outgasses in high heat and humidity, so we put flood victims from the Gulf Coast in them? Why?

Toxic Chemical Outgassing in New Trailers and RVs

Toxic Trailers (PDF) - right click to view or save report

From the report:

• Sierra Club testing has shown that 83 percent of FEMA trailers tested in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama have levels of formaldehyde above the recommended limit of 0.10 ppm.
• An estimated 150,000 FEMA trailers were distributed in Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Texas following hurricanes in 2005.
• The problem is apparently not just regarding FEMA trailers. The Sierra Club tested 13 different types of the RVs used as FEMA trailers and all models had some tests showing elevated levels.

June 4, 2007
ABC News: Embalmed in Your Own RV

May 16, 2007
Are FEMA Trailers Making Residents Sick?, CBS News: Homes For Those Displaced By Katrina Can Contain High Toxin Levels - CBS News

February 15, 2007
Mardi Gras Overshadowed by Toxic Trailers

Tags: formaldehyde, deodorizers, holding tank chemicals, outgassing, FEMA, RVs outgassing

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