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Matt_Colie
Aug 28, 2017Explorer II
Boy, I was real ready to have at this, but ours is tame.....
About a hundred years ago (seems like) we traveled with no kids, just a shaggy dog, and we did it with trailbikes on a trailer that was also the kitchen. We did this in a Vega (remember them?) with a hatch tent (remember those?). It was a pretty successful rig. When in it. we were comfortable.
We were returning from a long (both time and distance) visit to family 8~900 miles distant and this was about half way. It was late and we were tired, wife is riding shotgun with the AAA camping guide and a flashlight and figured out that there was a campground (crampground really) not far ahead. She got out the charts (maps) and we got off the highway and drove probably 5~6 miles down gravel roads to get there and start dinner for the three of us. I set up the tent and she got food for all. We had not yet noticed where we were. It started to rain too. (I know, it usually does that on the first day.)
The campsite was about 50 yards from a steep grade on I-80. We tried to sleep, but trucks were either climbing hard or jaking down that grade all night long. We never ever again stayed at a KOA until Google Earth, RVPark Reviews and wire onboard.
Matt
About a hundred years ago (seems like) we traveled with no kids, just a shaggy dog, and we did it with trailbikes on a trailer that was also the kitchen. We did this in a Vega (remember them?) with a hatch tent (remember those?). It was a pretty successful rig. When in it. we were comfortable.
We were returning from a long (both time and distance) visit to family 8~900 miles distant and this was about half way. It was late and we were tired, wife is riding shotgun with the AAA camping guide and a flashlight and figured out that there was a campground (crampground really) not far ahead. She got out the charts (maps) and we got off the highway and drove probably 5~6 miles down gravel roads to get there and start dinner for the three of us. I set up the tent and she got food for all. We had not yet noticed where we were. It started to rain too. (I know, it usually does that on the first day.)
The campsite was about 50 yards from a steep grade on I-80. We tried to sleep, but trucks were either climbing hard or jaking down that grade all night long. We never ever again stayed at a KOA until Google Earth, RVPark Reviews and wire onboard.
Matt
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