Bucket List Trips

Costa Rica Comes Alive (Video + Stills)

"Rainforest Nature Nation" celebrates unusual creatures of Costa Rica, starring the Walking Stick, Bullet Ant, Blue Jeans Frog, Sloth, Iguanas, Leaf Cutter Ants, White Faced Monkeys, and the Strangler Fig, among others. Also featured are Crocodiles ...

Making customs declarations when entering Mexico

I was wondering if anyone had ever made declarations of items they were bringing into Mexico at the border and if so what was the process they went through. For example, did the customs officials go through your rig and look at everything in it or ju...

Toad Insurance?

In the past we have pulled a 5er SOB so one vehicle policy covered the tow vehicle with the 5er added to the same policy. This time Motorhome pulling a toad and it looks like we have to have two policy, one covering the Motorhome & one for the the t...

Parking for Alaska cruise

I am planning a trip for next July and I would like to include a stop in Seattle and a cruise to Alaska. I am looking at a 7 day cruise out of Seattle and would like to ask if anyone has any idea as to where I could park my truck and FW while on the...

Border Charges

Charges to our credit card for car deposit and immigration papers on 11-30-2013. The second figure is the international charge for using a credit card – we have not seen those fees on our debit card yet but apparently our credit card does charge this...

Any bad stretches near you?

I got this idea from a questioning post for I-59. I was just thinking if we could post any know road condition issues near us, we might beat the trip planning people in getting up to date information.I have two regarding I-70 in Indiana; east and we...

YELLOWSTONE TRIP

LOOKING TO TAKE A TRIP IN EARLY SEPT 2014 TO YELLOWSTONE FROM PERRYVILLE, MO VIA CHEYENNE ,WY & RETURN PAST MT RUSHMORE. WOULD LIKE ANY ADVISE ON SIGHTS & ROUTES. WILL OVERNITE PAST KC,MO, & THEN CHEYENNE & ON IN. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON CAMPGROUNDS FOR Y...

Little Rock to Bakersfield

Leaving on December 2 from Little Rock to Bakersfield, CA in a 5th wheel, any suggestions on the best route this time of year, we are allowing 6 days?

New X-Ray Scanning south of Nuevo Laredo

Just a FYI...We just completed a trip from Laredo to La Penita and crossed at Columbia Bridge. On highway 85 south of Nuevo Laredo we were pulled over for an inspection and required to go through an X-Ray screening. This is a large complex and fairly...

Anyone bought a truck/Rv registered in a company name?

I know you need to get a notarized letter even if you own the company yourself. Anyone gone through this. A friend of mine is thinking of going and he owns the company his truck is registered under.

Hwy 34 To Estes Park

Highway 34 from Loveland to Estes Park is open. That is really good news.Per CDOT :"Motorists are reminded that the highway is in temporary condition, and although the highway is paved, the lanes are narrow and some areas do not have shoulders. The ...

Bonner Bridge (NC Rt 12) Closed

Just announced this evening, the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet is closed with little or no notice. Unsafe conditions called "sand scouring" under the bridge pilings is the cause. Length of closure is unknown tonight. The only way off the island ...

Atlanta to west coast and back

Planning to take our Class A from Atlanta to the west coast and back this fall/winter. Looking at doing the big loop. Going the northern part in the fall returning the southern loop in the winter. Traveling for 4-6 months. What advice can anyone ...

Trans Labrador highway

For all those thinking about taking this route, here is my report on our trip there last summer. We travel with a 35'-0 fifth wheel trailer. We had spent a month in Newfoundland and wanted to take a different route back home to Utah. Being the advent...

Tax Law changes as they may effect Snowbirds & Expats

This is copied / linked from YucaLandia/Surviving Yucatan.© Steven M. Fryhttp://yucalandia.com/living-in-yucatan-mexico/new-2014-tax-laws-for-mexico/rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Good Sam Community

Conversations