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- FWIW, here's us camping off a 4X4 road in Death Valley (in March, however):
- Not to mention: Costco and/or McDonald's parking lots, skinny, curvy residential neighborhoods with cars parked tightly on both sides, dead end roads. Pulling my TT, I have tried them all from time to time. Guys like me hopefully learn from making these mistakes.
- Getting around Chicago on I90 is just a matter of timing .Before 5:00am on week days and before 7:00 on the weekends
- Man, the author of that list hasta been some kind of sissy. :)
I towed our old 20' TT through San Francisco once and also a loaded car trailer another time. No problem at all except for potholes and lack of long parking spots. Latest issue of Trailer Life has an article where they towed a 28' TT through Manhattan so it can't be that bad. Heck, I'd do it just to prove it can be done... Hwy 1 north of San Fran. is crazy twisty and SLOW. I tried it once in a sports car and turned back after only a few miles. Some people do take RVs there tho.
Going through Seattle is about the only no go place for us and we avoid it at all costs when towing our TT. - I definitely agree on NYC. Going to Maine, my Route took me through there. On the Way back west, I went 300 Miles out of my Way to avoid it.
- How could he have not included Boston?
- What a funny list. The Dalton Hwy up to and beyond beyond Atigun pass was one of the highlights of our trip to Alaska last summer. Some years ago when the kids were young we took a trip to California with a pop up camper and drove through downtown SF. We even parked in a parking garage with the trailer hooked up. That same trip we drove quite a bit of HWY 1.
What was more hair raising than any of that was driving home last summer through BC on Can 1 going through snow sheds where one lane was under construction and they rerouted two-way traffic through a snow shed meant for one lane. Got some real close up looks at a lot of logging trucks going the other way. - Don't know if the list is silly so much as based on the thoughts of one person.
Reading it amused me to a certain degree.
Hey, sure Second City and NYC aren't RV friendly; any native will tell ya to leave not only your RV on the outskirts but your car as well before you get here
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I do wonder what decade a poster last observed the cars in NYC and what they mean by nice. This isn't Philly and although I love that town their DMV inspections are wayyyyy looser than NY's. Or at least they used to be; rust buckets galore in the early 2000's.
NYC has tons of limos, taxis, and town cars for hire. The newer the better. As well as Mini Coopers for the transplants who canna get the walk 1.5 miles with grocery bags thunk, LOL.
Done St. Louie via air but survived to visit at least 3 times for business.
I think the idea of the CA coast roads are great but have major issues with heights so have avoided them to date. Also the Bear Mountain highway in NY. Shudder. - I agree.... lists like this are silly. It's only one person's opinion. We've been in Death Valley over 100 deg, Dalton Hwy, Madison campground (and the author states to go to Mammoth, instead, but says only if your 30' or less). Ours was 40' and that's what on the campground site. We once lived in St. Louis and it's not all crime- been back and driving through many times. CA1 and Going to the Sun can be done in small RVs.
- 243 in Calif - Mountain Centre/Idyllwild to Banning - EITHER WAY - might be a little goofy with any sizes trailer attached.
