SE Utah in March?
Newbie here. We are planning a vacation to Utah for the 3rd week of March. While I go backpacking and kayak camping every year around that time in Moab, for the rest of my family, it will be there 1...
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Hey everyone,
Its been a while since I post last but wanted to thank everyone. Your advice and direction has been helpful.
Its now T-minus 3 days till our family's first RV trip!!! We decided to go with Road Bear for our rental as we've heard nothing but good things and their fleet consists of new or less than 2 yr old models. Going with a Coachman 25ft Class C.
Our itinerary is as follows:
Saturday night we are staying in Fletcher View Campground in the Mt. Charleston area.
When then head over to Zion for 2 nights, then Moab and Dead Horse State Park for 2 nights before heading back and hitting Snow Canyon State Park for a night.
While the kids and I are excited, I have to admit I'm a little (ok, a lot) nervous. Due to flight considerations, I'm getting into Vegas around 2:30. The RV folks told me to expect at least a 30-60 min orientation to get oriented to the RV. We will then hit Walmart to stock up.
More questions:
1. How 'involved' is it to get the RV setup on the campsite? I ask this because with the above time schedule, we maybe hitting Fletcher View around 5:30 6pm. I want to give myself some leeway. The site only has electrical hookups (ALL our campsite reservations are with electrical- thanks to you guys for helping me to look for that regarding running the furnace blower overnight). The sites appear level according to some online reviews. Is it just a matter of leveling it and plugging in? I don't know if its something that requires a lot of Daylight, given we maybe getting there an hour before sunset. Just nervous about the idea of fiddling with stuff while it gets dark and then everything becomes exponentially more difficult.
2. The temps look ok so far, but that 1st night at 7000' at Fletcher View might get down to 35. We will be hooked up to electrical and plan on purchasing a small ceramic heater at Walmart. There are 5 of us crammed into the RV, so I figure our collective body heat might help keep us warm. If it gets down that low, would you guys drain the water tanks before going to bed, or do you think at 35ish is should be ok?
Once we get back, I will post a debriefing of our trip. I've shown pictures of Class C RV's to the 2 older kids and they are wondering when we can BUY one! And we haven't even gone on the trip yet!
Its been a while since I post last but wanted to thank everyone. Your advice and direction has been helpful.
Its now T-minus 3 days till our family's first RV trip!!! We decided to go with Road Bear for our rental as we've heard nothing but good things and their fleet consists of new or less than 2 yr old models. Going with a Coachman 25ft Class C.
Our itinerary is as follows:
Saturday night we are staying in Fletcher View Campground in the Mt. Charleston area.
When then head over to Zion for 2 nights, then Moab and Dead Horse State Park for 2 nights before heading back and hitting Snow Canyon State Park for a night.
While the kids and I are excited, I have to admit I'm a little (ok, a lot) nervous. Due to flight considerations, I'm getting into Vegas around 2:30. The RV folks told me to expect at least a 30-60 min orientation to get oriented to the RV. We will then hit Walmart to stock up.
More questions:
1. How 'involved' is it to get the RV setup on the campsite? I ask this because with the above time schedule, we maybe hitting Fletcher View around 5:30 6pm. I want to give myself some leeway. The site only has electrical hookups (ALL our campsite reservations are with electrical- thanks to you guys for helping me to look for that regarding running the furnace blower overnight). The sites appear level according to some online reviews. Is it just a matter of leveling it and plugging in? I don't know if its something that requires a lot of Daylight, given we maybe getting there an hour before sunset. Just nervous about the idea of fiddling with stuff while it gets dark and then everything becomes exponentially more difficult.
2. The temps look ok so far, but that 1st night at 7000' at Fletcher View might get down to 35. We will be hooked up to electrical and plan on purchasing a small ceramic heater at Walmart. There are 5 of us crammed into the RV, so I figure our collective body heat might help keep us warm. If it gets down that low, would you guys drain the water tanks before going to bed, or do you think at 35ish is should be ok?
Once we get back, I will post a debriefing of our trip. I've shown pictures of Class C RV's to the 2 older kids and they are wondering when we can BUY one! And we haven't even gone on the trip yet!
