Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / April 2006

To summarize:  We had a great time!
Now for the rest of the story.
We took our 25 foot Prowler travel trailer from San Francisco to Pismo
Beach, then to San Diego and returned from San Diego to San Francisco.

I loath NY

Big 3/4 page ad in today's Contra Costa Times.
Prices for one day only April 18.
www.dell.com
or

you good folks are at ties about fuel prices. i am also but i have the
ability to use my sea anchor to drag me with the tides. i also have the
ability to use the wind as a driving force and wind generators to
provide power to recharge my full dozen batteries. must check in with my

The BC Ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert" has returned to seasonal service
on the British Columbia coast one month earlier than normal.  Her winter
refit was accelerated in order to reduce the impact of the sinking of
the vessel "Queen of the North" four weeks ago.

My wife and i are going to take the Monaco factory tour tomorrow at
the factory in Indiania and are wondering just what it will be like..
Is it truely  a tour of the factory or just a glorified sales
presentation??

Anybody had any experience with Oregon 58 from US97 to Eugene? If so,
anything I should know before taking it? I'm thinking about going that
way as we mosey north after Escapade ends next week.
For comparison, I have driven 126 from Sisters to Eugene. 37-foot DP,

Departed Valley of Fires at 0730.  Perfect day, clear skies, no wind.
Lots of destruction on U.S. 54 between Duran and Vaughn then some
between Vaughn and Santa Rosa.  I-40 also being rebuilt from the bottom
up between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari.  Looooonnnnnggggg overdue.

Want to show your writing talent? Going to see the new Robin Williams
comedy called RV, which opens in theaters on April 28? Then why not
write a review for Road Trip! Magazine, a new national magazine that
caters to the RV crowd. Can't offer much, but if we use your review, we

we are planning a trip to Alaska for about a week.
Anybody knows what's the main difference between 22" and 22" sp
motorhome? This might be the first time we drive a RV, so need to learn
everything from the start ...

My RV dealer just installed a new inverter/battery charger on my MH and
informed me I should NOT leave the MH plugged in for more than a week at a
time when not in use. I was told the fridge would not last and the battery
would boil the fluid and shorten it's life. I was told to ...

Tuesday morning we left Port St Lucie, FL, for Nashville. Tuesday night
we stopped in Lake City, FL for the night, and fueled up. All day we had
been driving into a stiff wind. 10.8 mpg.
Wednesday night, we stopped Altoona Lake, north of Atlanta, and filled

We're looking at a 1967 Shasta 13.5 foot trailer and need to know whether a
6 cylinder, 4.7 liter Chevy S-10 Blazer would be driven to death pulling
that little sweetie over the Sierras, up and down the California gold
country--and then back home to Arkansas again.

A thought experiment I invite you all to join in.
Say you are a single bachelor living alone..... no
dependents
What in your mind is the perfect 'combination" of

Well, this sucks.  I was going to write a brief report of our spring break
vacation (I will), but for now I'm throwing the following out there for the
sake of discussion.
I was washing my trailer after our trip and I noticed the roof along the