Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / April 2005

Hi gang,
I'm going to be buying an RV, but I'm not sure what would be a "good" type to
use for full-time RV camp grounds and boondocking (on public lands).  In other
words, I'm sure it'd be a great pain to take a 45' motorhome out to do some

What length of water hose do I need to connect to water at most campgrounds?
Is 25 feet long enough, or do I need a 50 foot hose?

Well, it's getting HOT in Phoenix, so it's time to start getting ready
to roll out.  I will roll out for Albuquerque on 1 May and will stay a
month before going  on up to Gunnison, Co for the Summer.
I'm starting to clean out and rearrange the motorhome basement.  I've

Just saw this on RV.net- it might explain some of the quality issues with
new RVs ;)
http://www.nbc5.com/money/4392128/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65172
or

This is the best stuff to effortlessy clean/wax your RV or trailer.
www.speed-brite.com
they are offering free shipping right now

After spending a complete half a day trying three radios in our
motorhome with no luck on any AM reception and testing the lead by
hooking wire to antenna on roof and checking for continuity I found that
it appeared to be open antena lead. Checking for easiest repair first I

I've written many times to the local rangers but I can't really get
them to answer a couple of questions:
Can I get in the Prairie creek RV area with a 25ft RV? The rule says
till 24ft.

Sunday, April 10 Coachlight Inn & RV-Park Las Cruces, New Mexico
-------- $13-30 with PPA Gravel interior streets and pads N32° 17.514'
W106° 48.401'.  
Today is the day we are going to make it out of Texas.  We rolled out

Friday, April 8 Balmorhea State Park --------Balmorhea, Texas
$18-50-amp paved interior streets and pads.  N30° 56.675' W103°
46.965'    
The transition from Sonora to Balmorhea along I-10 was uneventful.

I meant to post this earlier....
About two weekends back we were heading down I-35W between Fort Worth
and Hillsboro when I looked to the northbound side and got a quick look
at an F350 towing what looked to be a 32-36 ft fifth wheel.  And tied on

Well we made it to Carlsbad at about 3:40 today. Took the easy way by going
up 54 out of Alamogordo to 70 then to 380 to Roswell then south on 285.
Based on the feedback here I decided that might be the best and easiest
route. Lots of pretty country.

We're here in Carlsbad and have been since Monday. Our original plan was to
spend 3 days here then move on to Texas. There's just too much to do here so
we changed our plans. Extended our time in the RV Park and will now be here
until Monday.

Left Florence, AZ at about 5:30am yesterday. Got to Tucson Costco at about
7:30 and got the 6 new tires put on and left Tucson at about 10:30am. From
there to Deming, NM. We're in the Escapees Rainbow Park in Deming and will
be leaving here for Alamogordo this morning.

Last week, while on a camping trip in my 1990 Tioga on a Ford E350 chassis,
the "rear antilock" light came on and stayed on. Hum I said, this could be
expensive. So I went on the Internet to see what I could find out about this
problem. I found out that with the light on I would not ...

We are making travel plans and it looks like our route from Battle Mountain
NV to Tonopah will be via route 305, 50 and 376. Looking at my old atlas I'm
seeing some pretty serious elevations. Have any of you travelers been this
route and can give me a thumbs up or down?