Introduce Yourself!

[TeamGoodSam]

Hi all, and welcome to the Good Sam Community — we’re excited you’re here! Take this chance to say hello and tell us a bit about yourself.

Whether this is your first time here or if you’ve already jumped into the conversations, kick today off with a quick, friendly hello. It’s always great to run into familiar faces further down the road.

So what’s the inside scoop? Your RV of choice. Where you like to travel. Where you call home. Need an icebreaker? Tell us where you would go if you could RV anywhere in the world. And finally, be sure to welcome others as they join!

[padredw]

I have been using the predecessor of this forum for many years. I am totally lost in this new version. Unless I can get some help in using it, I will just drop it as a sad failure.

[WisTexan]

Don't drop, I am new to this - together we can all learn and build on this and teach each other.  There is another couple on here who purchased a 2008 Monaco who was looking for manuals.  I know the site where they can get the free factory manual and original brochure and register / transfer the ownership information even though Monaco does not build these units any longer because the original company went bankrupt and sold all their assets (I lost a lot of money on that stock - lol) and then were subsequently sold again.  I tried sending him the information, BUT it appears that our messages have completely fallen off this site.  I also just purchased a 2008 Monaco and the site is amazing - the manuals and brochures  available are so complete and detailed and free.  I hope they received my information before our messages disappeared.

[padredw]

Fifth wheel, 34' HitchHiker II. Almost 200000 miles. Northeast Texas. More later

[Idaho23]

Hello, I am lost as well.. New to Good Sam and this type of chat. We recently purchased a 2018 Coachman Prism 25 foot motorhome, had three trips in it, we really enjoy traveling in it. We live in Idaho, first trip we went to Yellowstone, then we went to Redwoods, the Avenue of the Giants & last week we went to the Grand Canyon (south side) .... WOW!! Amazing! We are now home, winterized the motorhome and have a few repairs and will put it away for the winter. Start planning our next adventure. Cheers to you. 😁

[padredw]

Thank you for the courtesy of your reply. (I tried to post a reply just now and it vanished into the cloud). Idaho is a beautiful state. We stayed some years ago at Red Rock RV near Island Park  for a visit to Yellowstone, and more recently at Henry's Lake State Park in that same area. We live in Northeast Texas in the Piney Woods and rolling hills--very different from the stereotype of Texas than many have. We have a fifth-wheel trailer on which we have logged over 117,000 miles. If I can ever help by sharing information about our area--or for that matter almost any area in the USA, just send me a PM (Private Message). We have trips planned in the Spring to Florida and to a spot in Texas even nearer to the total eclipse in 2024. 

[WisTexan]

Texas is a lovely, large place and a place where part of my heart shall always be.  I lived in New Braunfels Texas from 2006 to 2018 with my late wife and until 2021 by myself; our youngest son lived in New Braunfels and Canyon Lake until purchasing his ranch in Martindale; and then lived in Martindale and owned businesses in New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, San Marcos, San Antonio and numerous places in Wisconsin until his passing in 2021.  While my heart, mind and memories shall always be in both Texas and Wisconsin and I consider myself to be a Wisconsin-Texan missing Texas, so many things and all my friends and loved ones there; home shall always be Wisconsin because I was born, raised and spent most of my life there, and most of my family is there and lays to rest there.  Lives situations and events have taken me (at least for the time) to Lees Summit MO, but I long for Texas and Wisconsin, getting back to the motorhome world will help me see both, in addition to getting back to seeing so many other places again.

[Idaho23]

Greetings Padredw, It worked, I want to return to the Henry's Lake area and do some FLY fishing. My wife and myself travel with our two dogs, Coco (female) is a **bleep**-zu / Maltize mix & Teddy (male) is a Yorky-Doodle. We are plesently supprised how well they travel with us. I believe in the spring we are going to go th San Diego many things to see there and we have some friends there. I don't check my e-mail offten enough, so today I am catching up. Be well my friend and travel safe, Blessings to you and your family. 🙂 🙏

[padredw]

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[Idaho23]

HI, that is a great photo, I can't seem to understand how to upload a photo yet. First I need to get my photos from my phone into my computer, then I believe I can upload a photo. 

Did you all have a good Thanksgiving? We had my folks over for dinner and I cooked the turkey on the Traeger Smoker Grill .... Yes it was tasty.

Have a blessed day my friend! 😀

[padredw]

Testing reply

[profdant139]

Still testing reply -- this is profdant139.

[profdant139]

It worked -- I think I am logged in.  Now to find all the old forums.

[Idaho23]

Yo, Profdant139, it works. 

[pianotuna]

profdant139 you have to search for something you know was in the particular forum--for example "solar".

[WisTexan]

Originally from Wisconsin, my late wife and I have been part of RVing since approximately 1977 when we purchased our first Jayco pop-up camper; eventually going to our first 32-foot 2005 Hurricane class A motorhome with no slides in 2005 in New Mexico; upgrading to a 38-foot 2006 Damon Challenger class A with 3 slides in 2006 in Texas.  I sold it two years after my wife passed away because it just wasn't the same and didn't feel right without her.  But now I have decided to come back with a 42-foot 2008 Monaco Camelot class A motorhome in Missouri.  We have seen so much of our wonderful United States of America, and other places of the world, and lived in several places, but my heart and mind will always be in Wisconsin and Texas and home will always be Wisconsin where I was born, raised and lived the majority of my life, and where most of my family is and lays to rest.