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JIMNLIN
Jul 30, 2017Explorer III
nephi007 wrote:
So we pulled our 2016 trailer this month to a relatives' property in the northwest and spent 2 weeks there using the rig as a base and agreed that if we go in any direction that takes more than a day to get back we will stay in a motel and then return. We flew back home and will fly back mid August for 1 more weeks' stay and winterize rig, leave it there and drive back (900 plus miles) in tow vehicle. Between the gas cost, bumpy interstates, and things rattling loose in the night on the rig,campground fees/crowding (we don't boondock) it made sense for us. Of course, we are losing the adventure of being anywhere at anytime and we have done that and enjoyed it. I think if/when I get a better built rig (i.e. Outdoors RV or a Nash) I will rethink this . For the cost of a good rig 28K we could spend a lot of time in motels and just driving places. We won't give up the Rving lifestyle just reconfigure it. Until then we will enjoy!
We've started and stopped several time with having a RV around. We have always did the rv thing if we felt like it or stayed in a motel.
With family in Florida/Utah/Washington, and were in Oklahoma, sometimes there isn't enough time or it doesn't make sense/cents to drag a rv trailer along.
In May had to make a trip to Provo/UT to pick up a grand daughter college. Its a two day trip up and 2 day trip back and stayed in motels. Now I have to do it again in late August and probaby christmas. Being a paw paw has its advantages.
If I was a germ-a-phobic I wouldn't be caught in a motel room or in a public rv dump station. IMO... that is silly.
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