Problems encountered full timing ?
Just wondering what you folks have found in your travels, that you did not expect, or plan for. We are not yet full timing, but have taken several long cross country trips, For example, one of the...
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We don't carry lots and lots of quarters. Not sure what I would use them for?
Roads - yes, they can be a problem; both roads that NEED desperately need to be fixed and those that ARE being fixed. Lost a side mirror coming down I-90 into Montana from the pass driving between concrete barriers with no place to move for sign sticking out into the roadway!
Snow - if we encounter it on our way to Arizona in the winter, we just wait it out. The place we stay in Mesa has solar snow removal equipment, so we've never had to worry about shoveling/scraping etc.
Loop freeways are your friends for getting around big cities. When possible, do them on a Sunday morning. But they aren't always bad - - we drove our MH (towing our car) through San Francisco and across the Golden Gate Bridge without any problems. People on line gave us directions (which streets to use, which lane to use) and it turned out to be only about 5 miles on city streets between I-280 and Highway 101, and not a big deal. Got lots of waves from people walking down the sidewalks, and absolutely beautiful views going across the GG Bridge in the outside lane. Plus, when you go north, there is no toll!
Since we have no deadlines, we are in charge of when and where we travel. Love the US Highways (except Highway 99 from Bakersfield to Sacramento). You just have to learn to go with the flow.
Barb
Roads - yes, they can be a problem; both roads that NEED desperately need to be fixed and those that ARE being fixed. Lost a side mirror coming down I-90 into Montana from the pass driving between concrete barriers with no place to move for sign sticking out into the roadway!
Snow - if we encounter it on our way to Arizona in the winter, we just wait it out. The place we stay in Mesa has solar snow removal equipment, so we've never had to worry about shoveling/scraping etc.
Loop freeways are your friends for getting around big cities. When possible, do them on a Sunday morning. But they aren't always bad - - we drove our MH (towing our car) through San Francisco and across the Golden Gate Bridge without any problems. People on line gave us directions (which streets to use, which lane to use) and it turned out to be only about 5 miles on city streets between I-280 and Highway 101, and not a big deal. Got lots of waves from people walking down the sidewalks, and absolutely beautiful views going across the GG Bridge in the outside lane. Plus, when you go north, there is no toll!
Since we have no deadlines, we are in charge of when and where we travel. Love the US Highways (except Highway 99 from Bakersfield to Sacramento). You just have to learn to go with the flow.
Barb
