DGLEICH wrote:
Hey Matt Colie
I have talked to my husband on costs and such. they have decided to stay the first night at rv resort to learn the rv and how it works from others there. They will use the tow jeep to run to walmart and get new sheets, pillows, blankets and food. and cleaning supplies! they WILL stay in rv. so that helps with costs. everyone tells us mark kept his fuel tanks full, so that should help on costs also.
i will let them know about having stuff for 3 days....
Thanks!
dianne
Dianne,
That is a very intelligent thing to do!
When ever I can, I urge new owners of any RV to camp the first night in their own driveway.
You also said "They", will he have a Co-Driver? If yes, one can be navigator and that takes a lot of load off the driver.
Will they have a laptop? If they do, they can look on-line for lots of help and instructions.
If they set one phone to be a hot spot, they can carry wire on the road. This can be a significant benefit. That phone will have to be on charge all the time as this trick can destroy the charge. It may also eat data, but it is worth it.
Finding an owners group on-line would also be a good thing.
Have him download (at least) Gasbuddy and RVParky. You can get food lots of places, but you have to know where you are going to fuel cheaply and sleep will be needed. Both are also available on the web and are easier to work from a keyboard.
Advise them to make a stop at a "Walmart" early on and provision for 3 days. Joliet can be bad in April, and if things get bad, they can hunker down some where and watch the chaos through the warm windshield.
Remind them every chance you get that the two good ways to get dead are driving tiered and pushing weather.
Also Wish Them Three days of Boring Driving for us all.
Matt - Here if you need me.
Matt & Mary Colie
A sailor, his bride and their black dogs (one dear dog is waiting for us at the bridge) going to see some dry places that have Geocaches in a coach made the year we married.