The Perfect Family Trip: West Coast Edition

Busskipper wrote:

tragusa3 wrote:


Thanks for this. It is so hard to just blow through Colorado, but being central like it is, I know we will pass through many more times. I don't feel like I want to sacrifice Pacific coast time for Colorado stops this time. But it is hard.

You are still Blowing through Colorado - with the longer drives I get you to Golden after a few hundred Miles - you will need a Dump refill and recharge Stop - Golden Clear Creek is Perfect, if you can get in. The rest are just way points to get the Map to Work :)

I'm slow this morning...what is SLC?

Salt Lake City - You had two days there - I just blew those off - Putting one in Golden and the other wherever works.


Busskipper, you are one of the few that has confidence in how easy the miles will come. I hope you're right. You probably are. I wish winter wouldn't have come...it would be nice to get out on a few medium sized trips to get a feel. We will when spring breaks through.

Easy for Me to have Confidence in YOU - You will be doing the Driving, not me :) - Seriously, Pulling a Trailer with a Truck will just plain "wear you out" - Driving the Bus/Coach/MotorHome is just easier, so much easier. so much less stress, for you and the rest of the crew - more space for them = Happier - With your Little Toad you will not even Know it's Back there - Having followed your earlier Adventures, it's just like driving a really nice car it will surely be a Pleasure.

Might just need to make a one day run to Orlando - or to the Beach (600 miles +) spend the night and come back over Christmas/New Years - it will certainly prove the Point and help work out the Kincks :)

Life will be so different in the Bus - When my Kids were young we did 928 miles once (My personal record - Understand I LOVE to Drive) on a trip out West in the Old 78'26 foot GMC - that was easy to Drive, when they were young and entertained in the back.

Hope this Helps,

The only reason 2 days were in SLC was for a break in the driving and we'd never been and like the skyline pictures. Not really great reasons. I thought maybe we'd find a must do in SLC. Maybe Golden would be better.

It's funny you mention a run down to Orlando. We had planned on doing exactly that for Christmas. It would make a good shake down trip. However, our summer plans, at the time, were to hang out in Colorado, which is cheap. This new trip was a surprise. Mind you, we just payed cash for the coach, garage for coach and other random expenses. We had planned a less expensive summer to give our savings recovery time, but we will surely spend twice to three times the money on this trip. So, we cut out any significant trip until summer. Local, weekend stuff for us. Besides money, my wife is taking 8 weeks off in the summer, don't want to push our luck.

We've done a few days over the years with the truck/trailer at about 700 miles. As the years go by, it is harder and harder. I have no problem up to 500, but everything after that is becoming painful. Or was!