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From the Bookshelf

Fr om the Bookshelf | Reading for the Road By Marcella Gauthier #12371

RVing to the Land of the Midnight Sun: Washing- ton State to Alaska Jim Hendrickson #112617 • Publisher: Smashwords.com 2015 • ISBN: 978-1311626035 • Download: $3.99

This issue’s assortment of books includes a technical guide about new lighting systems for your RV, and two books about travel trips, the first about an RV trip to Alaska, the other the story about a family’s road trip around America. In conclusion, I feature a book of interviews with older Americans on the lessons they’ve learned on their journey through life. The ABCs of L E Ds: Installing and Replacing Light Sources in Your RV Robert G. Lowe • Publisher: www.RV-PartsPlus.com 2015 • 877-266-5398 • ISBN: 978-0-9939561-0-2 • E-book: $3.99 Rob Lowe has a wonderful Website ( www.RV-PartsPlus. com ) with valuable information and products specifically designed for the RV market. Especially interesting is his blog discussing the interactions of chassis/starting and coach/ house batteries. This e-book, at an incredibly low price of $3.99, is an absolutely invaluable source of information to assist you in installing LED lights in your RV. With great

This is another travel book by Jim Hendrickson, whose travel books I reviewed about a year ago. Jim is an adven- turer to the max. This time he is traveling from his home in the Pacific Northwest as far north into Alaska as he can go with only a car and a small travel trailer. His final destination of Prudhoe Bay is accomplished in the compa- ny of three other travelers, a Chinese programmer for Google from San Francisco, a lady from Philadelphia and

illustrations explaining the ben- efits of LEDs, Rob shows, and explains, what lighting systems you may already have in your rig and how to replace them with efficient, long-life LEDs. LEDs use 10 percent of the power consumption of ordinary lights. With the price of LEDs drop- ping, the savings in initial costs and energy consumption is quite

her friend, Doreen, from Wales, both ladies in their 80s and friends since childhood. Traveling with an experienced guide in a van, at the Arctic Circle they held a brief ceremony of stepping over the line complete with celebratory slices of chocolate cake. Jim’s descriptions of places visit- ed and people met along the way are in his usual fashion, very well-described. You feel as though you are along for the ride. This book could also serve as a guide in planning future trips to Alaska.

significant. The book has easy-to-follow instructions that make installing the lights quick and reasonably effortless.

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Marcella has a lifelong love of reading. She says she can’t remember anything before she could read, and writing is her second love. Her first long story, about a girl and her hero horse, was written when she was only 12 years old. She has worked as a technical writer for over 40 years, and, when she can, she escapes on a road trip in her 1978 classic Airstream trailer.

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