Did anyone else have a great Rving year

[Dog_Trainer]

This was a great Year for us and our Rv adventures. This is our 1st full year of retirement.
We spent the 1st 3 months in fl. at our snowbird spot. Had a great time there. Once we got back to Mi. we made a few spring trips of 4-5 days each about 180-250 miles from home.
The middle of June we met the DW's brother and SIN on our Mi. west side (they came out from Ca.) in their 26' TT we spent 3 weeks with them and our Oldest DD traveling up the W.coast of Lk. Mi. then into the UP and left them to head home from Escanaba.
I asked my DW where she would like to go on a late summer / fall trip and she aid she would kie to see the Ca. Redwoods and maybe the Grand Canyon and of course stop in Vegas along the way
We left home and drove through our UP again and across the northern US stopping for a few days in Philipsburg Mt. where we had lived for a year in the early 80's. We continued on and again met up with her brother in Walport Oregon where we stayed a few day along the coast exploring areas around Newport. Then down the coast to Cresent Ca. where we spent several days exploring the Ca. N. coast and the redwoods. We continued down the coast and split up from my BIL around Auburn Ca. where he lives.
We meandered our way across Ca. and stopped in Vegas also saw the red rock area. Then down into AZ. and the south rim of the GC. where we spent a few days. We left the GC and stopped in Albuquerque and the Balloon fest. then south through Roswell NM. staying for an afternoon to see the aliens.
Carlsbad caverns were next and if you have never been they are well worth the visit. From Carls bad we went to Ft. Worth then angled our way towards home for the next week. Our last stop was Sipsehwanna Indiana and a good comfort food meal with the Amish.

All in all on that trip we drove 6700 miles towing and 8,000 miles total on my truck. We saw a huge amount of Elk, Deer, Prong horns we even caught a glimpse of a Cougar on our way out of the GC. a wonderful trip.
We just returned from a favorite hangout in Manistee Mi. where we spent 5 days.
The end result has been a great Camping season for us no major troubles or break downs. We are looking forward to heading out to Fl. right after Thanks giving. Our Lord has been kind to us allowing us to be on the road for about 5-6 months this year.
How did your Year go I hope it was a good one.

[Harvey51]

Congrats, Dog Trainer, on your retirement. The first summer after retiring is very special.

I had four, 4 day trips this summer. Noteworthy because one was travelling with young relatives to Jasper, and on another we discovered a great kayaking location - a series of lakes connected by a creek. The kayaking place is just off highway 40 on the cache lake campsite road. One nice day's drive from home. Another trip to old favourite places west of Dawson Creek, BC. Also a one day drive.

[CavemanCharlie]

I'm just a weekend camper. But, I had a great year.

There is a small amusement park near me. http://www.arnoldspark.com/new/

I took 7 different kids from 4 different families out camping, and to this amusement park. Some of these kids were from families that don't have the money to take them to places like this. Some of them were from families that were; lets just say; not so great.

It felt really good to see the smiles on their faces and them having a good time. Their home life is sometimes rough. They don't always get a chance to smile and have fun. I'm glad I was able to bring a little joy into their lives.

[Acdii]

YES YES YES and YES. First time RV'ing and did 4 trips this year and enjoyed them all. Have 4000 miles on the trailer so far.

[atreis]

With work (limited vacation) and school we mainly camp a few weekends plus a 2 week vacation. Yes, we had a great camping year! Thoroughly enjoyed all of our trips this year, some to spots that were very new to us. We also did some good backpacking this year - first three-night trip with all 3 kids. (Heavier pack for me since the youngest can't carry more than her own changes of clothes, but it was still good.) Next year: Backcountry kayaking in Canada with the kids, plus camping and hopefully another three-night backpacking trip.

[Veebyes]

Another good one. April to late July doing a Canadian Maritimes trip with a full month on Newfoundland. Saw plenty of icebergs. Not many moose.

September to mid next month kicking around the Mid Atlantic again doing a few bluegrass festivals & avoiding hurricanes.

About 150 nights on the road again this year.

[junmy3]

We sure did and it is still continuing. Spent January in Alabama where we met a lot of new friends. Two months volunteering at a Georgia State Park. A trip to the Grand Canyon with our oldest grandson. We are currently taking two weeks to go up the Natchez Trace Parkway and then headed back for one month to volunteer at the same Georgia State Park.

Next year is planned out as well.

[More_To_See]

Don't know yet. Still out on the road doing a big east coast loop.

But did manage to hit every campground along Skyline Drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Natchez Trace along the way. Lots of real short days and lots of relaxing.

Had been on my way down to Florida until hurricane Matthew decided to head that way.

Sittin' at Lake Conroe right now thinking about heading on down the Gulf Coast to Padre Island and then the Rio Grande Valley, etc and then slooowly back west - probably passing thru Quartzsite to see how things are going there before the big January bash.

Happiness is $1.99 gasoline and all the time in the world. My expenses on the road have been way less than hanging around at home.

[justaboutretire]

This was one of our better years. I have been retired for 5 years now and this year after the dear wife was done teaching pre school we left for an 8 week, 10,300 mile trip cross country. We visited 6 National Parks and 3 National Monuments and a host of other sites that I thought I would never see. Went from New Jersey to Galveston Island, across Texas into New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and back to New Jersey. Only had one issue of a flat tire on the trailer but it was in the campground. It was one of the best times we have had. Did miss the grand kids but that is what face time is for.

[travelnutz]

Every year also for 52 years so far! 79 days of RV'ing with one of our RV's so far this year (2016) and still just over 2 months to go.

[bcbouy]

approximately 22 weekend trips,11 of them long weekends,1 solid month travelling all over the province,i caught my biggest rainbow to date and the wife caught her first bull trout. no problems with the truck,camper or boat so yes,we had a fantastic season.unfortunately the rain set in hard and foiled our last 3 attempts to get some fall camping/fishing in so were done for now.

[Dog_Trainer]

Ivylog wrote:
Yes, a very good year as we did much the same as the OP... three months in Florida and then 7000 miles, 20 states in 58 days ending up at the balloon fest too. Could not leave until mid/late August so we did more miles in fewer days than normal. In hindsight we should have left off going to CA...very disappointing with all the drought, fires, smoke and NO Yosemite Falls plus expensive fuel. Also did an Alaskan cruise and three weeks in Europe. Makes up for last year where we mainly did our snowbird thing in WPB.

We left out Yosemite after hearing the very thing you commented about. The beetles have destroyed many trees, Drought and no falls made us stay away and go on to Nevada without a stop in the park. The Redwoods on the other hand were very cool

[jplante4]

Also our first year retired. The current season started in May 2015. We did some local trips over the summer and then left in November on a 6 month, 16 state, 6000 mile trip around the southeast.



Got back to New England in May and did more local trips over the summer. Just got back from the Delaware Shore and side trip to Assateague where we plan to revisit next year.

Time to winterize and tuck the bus away for the winter. I'll have the RV shop where I store it do some suspension work in December when they give a discount on the shop rate. Some of the roads we hit were pretty rough.

It was an excellent year!

[Ivylog]

Yes, a very good year as we did much the same as the OP... three months in Florida and then 7000 miles, 20 states in 58 days ending up at the balloon fest too. Could not leave until mid/late August so we did more miles in fewer days than normal. In hindsight we should have left off going to CA...very disappointing with all the drought, fires, smoke and NO Yosemite Falls plus expensive fuel. Also did an Alaskan cruise and three weeks in Europe. Makes up for last year where we mainly did our snowbird thing in WPB.

[Dog_Trainer]

lbrjet wrote:
3 months in CA, OR and WA. Not one day of rain and no wildfires. Included 1000 miles of the 101 from Olympia to Petaluma. Great time. Trailer now has 25,500 miles (36 states) and truck has 99,600 miles. Bought both new In 2010.

Sounds like you are having fun. Looks like you have a similar TT to ours. We have close to 25,000 miles on it in just over 3 seasons. All is still working well the trailer tows like a dream. We were also fortunate in not having rain on our trips. It only sprinkled once this summer while we were driving. The rain seemed to come at night.