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Just in case you're interested, here are some links to some of the websites we use as we travel about.

GasBuddy.com helps us find the cheapest gasoline. Works best in bigger towns.

RVParkReviews.com is where folks like us post reviews of RV parks. Very valuable.

SatelliteFriendly.com is where folks like us post info on where you can park your RV and get satellite TV and/or internet. It's relatively new, but getting more sites every day.

WeatherUnderground.com is better than the US Weather website, because it posts weather observations from private weather stations all over the place. Plus the forecasts are good.

Google Movies helps us find flicks to see locally, no matter where we are.

Google Maps lets us look at aerial photos of RV parks and other things as we pick places to visit. It uses the same imagry as Google Earth, plus has road maps.

The Open Road Forums at RV.net are an incredible resource of RV-related information and advice.

DatastormUsers.com is the forum for users of mobile satellite internet services.

Gizmo Richards' Tech Support Alert is a tremendous resource for all things computer. The listings and reviews of free software are exceptional, and recommendations for paid stuff are very valuable. Much of the information is free, and the annual subscription of $10 gets you everything else.

We're also sometimes asked about the software we use for various things. Here's a partial list:

JAlbum is free software, and we use it for building the slideshows of our pictures

Namo WebEditor isn't free, but it's inexpensive, and we use it to build the web pages for this website.

Cute PDF Writer is a free virtual printer that lets you create PDF files from anything you can print. Very handy.

Corel PaintShopPro isn't free, but it's a very handy photo editing suite, and it's lots cheaper than Adobe Photoshop.

Firefox is our internet browser of choice, and we use Thunderbird for most of our email.

AVG Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware has a free edition which we use.

Microsoft Office 2007 is far from inexpensive, but we need the compatibility for some things.

We use Quicken to manage our checkbook and investments, TurboTax do our taxes, and the free on-line banking services of Bank of America to pay as many bills as we can.

DeLorme Street Atlas USA is not very expensive, and provides very good trip routing and navigation. We use it to plot all our motorhome trips, and the associated GPS unit then navigates as we drive.

And finally, our web hosting and domain registration is through GoDaddy. It's not perfect, but it's a pretty good compromise.