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oatsmoeller
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Mar 04, 2015

New Class B family!

Hi everyone! We are new here, my wife and I are starting a 6-month road trip on April 1st in our 1995 PleasureWay. We will be spending the next 4 weeks preparing, including spending a lot of time on this site. We are grateful to have access to an active community with interests similar to ours that we can lean on for advice along the way.

Just saying hi for now, but we are definitely looking forward to meeting some new friends along our path!
  • Thanks everyone!
    Bill -- I just downloaded the kindle version, it sounds like a great start for us!

    Regarding our trip, we're still working on the map. Wifey finished working at the end of February, her first task was getting the house ready for renters and preparing for a garage sale. Next week is cleaning our van and making more progress on the map.
    We started with a google map, and started dropping pins all over it when we read articles or heard about neat places. It's 12 months in the works, but really needs an overhaul and fresh start with multiple layers (campgrounds, national parks, Breaking Bad filming locations, etc...).

    We live in Austin, we're headed west, our first big stop is Big Bend. From there we'll probably head up into New Mexico, then Arizona, then back down to southern California, up the coast to Oregon, maybe weave through Idaho, then Seattle, and straight up to Alaska! Hoping to be in Alaska during late June, maybe spend 3-4 weeks up there. Then back down through Montana, Colorado, and back to Texas. The beauty of a 6-month road trip is we can go where we want and stay as long as we want. And you're right -- the class B allows us all sorts of flexibility to make that happen.

    I'll post a link to our map when it's available, but that could be a few weeks. We just started a blog but there's minimal content thus far, but feel free to check it out! www.oatsmoeller.com
    We're planning to add an 'about us' section for friends like you in the next day or 2.
  • oatsmoeller wrote:
    Hi everyone! We are new here, my wife and I are starting a 6-month road trip on April 1st in our 1995 PleasureWay. We will be spending the next 4 weeks preparing, including spending a lot of time on this site. We are grateful to have access to an active community with interests similar to ours that we can lean on for advice along the way.

    Just saying hi for now, but we are definitely looking forward to meeting some new friends along our path!


    Sounds like a fun trip!

    You might be interested in reading 'Boon Dockers: A journey through America one Walmart at a time', about a couple who traveled the USA for six months in their Class B van.

    Currently free for the Kindle at Amazon. Find it at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BQEUO28/ref=pe_385040_117923520_TE_M1T1DP

    Bill
  • Just curious where will your road trip all take you. Oh and welcome to the group.