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Personal updates from owner of app developer @Dejal. Touring the US full-time in a 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome: @SinclairTrails.
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On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Sandstone Falls area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Sandstone Falls section features a 1500 feet wide waterfall on the New River.

Waterfalls

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On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited the Grandview area of New River Gorge National Park, the newest full National Park in the US. The Grandview section overlooks a bend in the New River.

River through valley

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@dejus

On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 314 miles, about five hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia. The beginning of our westward migration, heading towards our home base in Washington state. 🚌

Welcome to West Virginia sign over freeway

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Paladin has started bapping at a bee ornament hanging above the driver area in our motorhome, as a way to get attention. Sometimes he can be such a brat. 🐈‍⬛ #Caturday

Cat bapping at bee ornament in motorhome

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On the Sinclair Trails blog: We visited Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, where “23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862”.

Cannons on battlefield

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@dejus

@bradenslen fascinating; I didn’t realize there was an European bison.

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@odd Teddy Roosevelt.

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@dejus

On the Sinclair Trails blog: While staying in the DC area, we attended a couple of baseball games. The first was the Atlanta Braves playing at the Baltimore Orioles stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. ⚾️

Baseball stadium

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@dejus

@cliffordbeshers my initial thought is a metallic cover over an electrical outlet on a wall.

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Paladin enjoying a shoebox. 🐈‍⬛ #Caturday

Cat in a shoebox

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On the Sinclair Trails blog, a different war, but perhaps a fairly appropriate post for Independence Day: We visited Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, including a third-party museum and visitor center.

Gettysburg Cyclorama

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@dejus

On the Sinclair Trails YouTube channel (like & subscribe!): A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 102 miles from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. Including a bunch of kids requesting Jenn sound the coach air horn, which she obliged. 🚌📹

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@dejus

On the Sinclair Trails blog: We drove our coach 102 miles, about two hours of driving, from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. This was a last-minute change to our route, to avoid spending the weekend at NIRVC, and so we could pick up another state. 🚌

Welcome to Pennsylvania sign

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@dejus

@mitchw I enjoy your memes here, and will miss them.

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@manton sounds fun. My Bryce blog posts might have some useful info for your trip.

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@Burk that is an excellent idea. I should do that with my dash cam SD cards.

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@dejus

@odd I rely on cell service with my motorhome, so buffering is sometimes an issue for me in low cell areas.

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@val that picture was from the customer lounge, that has windows overlooking the storage area. Our coach was in a service bay on the far side. Owners can go in there, though it’s discouraged for safety and security reasons.

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@dejus

@mandaris thanks!

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@dejus thanks for the workaround. My pics are showing up now.

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@manton looking at my timeline on the Micro.blog website, my last post with a picture appearing was 2024-04-16 at 13:25. Minutes later at 13:37 was another post without its picture. So that gives you a pretty small window of when it started.

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@manton my last two photo challenge posts are missing their photos. They do have photos on my WordPress site.

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@mandaris thanks!

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@DazeEnd we enjoyed that too.

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@DazeEnd been there. I found it kinda depressing. Not too surprising, perhaps.

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@manton hope it’s more clear for you. I’m in Paris, Texas, and it’s socked in currently.

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@starrwulfe it’s fine. He’s indoor-only, so his house just happens to move. He’s not a fan of travel days, so we give him some medication to chill him out a bit on those days, so he’s not bothered by it.

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@jean we really enjoyed that park; a nice drive, and the Grove of Titans was impressive. (Our visit.)

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@dejus How many of those places do you recognize? I bet there are a few stumpers. Let me know which ones you recognize, and which ones you’ve visited. See the end of the post for a full list.

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@danielpunkass less complete release notes. It seemed truncated in the in-app updater.

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@odd it’s tricky to get the coach dashcam footage and 360 footage to line up. I just use iMovie; it’s possible Final Cut Pro might make that easier, I don’t know.

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@odd it’s a 360 degree camera, mounted on the roof of the truck. I can change the viewing angle when editing the video.