Ferry to ALASKA - RV Times

Edition 154
JULY/AUGUST 2013
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COVER:
Our van at Moon Lake.
CONTENTS
14 Ferry to Alaska
RV Trip with a Difference
VASSILOPOULOS
16 Lake Havasu City
‘Build it and they will come’
BEGIN
18 Knee-High Fun in
Nanaimo, BC
Bring along the kids!
ECCLES
14
20 Spring Serendipities
RVing close to home can be fun.
BORN
22 First Plot Complications
Forgetting things, needing
directions, down on the oil ...
DOOK
23 Confessions of a
Beadaholic
Shopping in 80,000 sq feet of
beads can be daunting!
CARLTON HOSSACK
26 Kenny Dam Power Trip
ATVing with friends, including
our dog Cooper.
MEGYESI
28 Guadalajara to
Puerto Vallarta to
La Penita by ATV
Our total distance was 380 kms.
THACKER
30 Couldnʻt find the
Perfect RV for me
So I built my own.
JONES
Pages 16-17, London Bridge,
reassembled in Lake Havasu City.
COLUMNS, etc.
RVT Publisher’s Life and Times .......... 6
Classified Ads ..............................40
Distribution Locations ...................46
Humour .....................................11
RVOABC .................................42-45
RV Clubs Listing ...........................38
Word Angle Search - 3rd BC Areas .....32
RVT Subscription Form ...................41
CARTOONS:
~ Along the Way ............................ 5
~ Embers ....................................25
COOKING:
~ Delights ...................................37
FAIRS & FESTIVALS:
~ AB ..........................................33
~ BC ......................................34-35
~ WA .........................................36
RV PARTS and RV SERVICE ...............31
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