Trip report

[lbrjet]

Just completed a trip which began 8/15 and ended today. Started in Liberty, IN and arrived in Gold Canyon, AZ this afternoon.

Towed 3,083 miles and averaged 8.9 MPG

Towed one 11,000 pass, a couple of tens, a few nines and several in the seven and eight range. Even the 3600 foot Union pass we did today was a good pull; starts at 650 feet and rises to the pass in 12 miles. My GCWR is 16K and the scale read 15.6K.

Both the truck and trailer performed flawlessly.

Camped in these Colorado towns over a 4 week period:
Colorado Springs
Loveland
Central City
Grand Junction
Gunnison
Montrose
Cortez

Camped in these Utah towns over a 6 week period:
Bluff
Moab
Torrey
Escalante
Cannonville
Glendale

Then split up a week between Las Vegas and Laughlin.

Right now I couldn't be happier to have that wonderful trip behind us and spending the next 5 months in the Arizona sunshine.

Cheers

[campigloo]

I could really do without posts like this. Makes me jealous and gives me hitch itch.

[lbrjet]

We had a blast but it was tiring. Did something every day for ten weeks in CO and UT. Didn't do too much in our first month in AZ (nov). A lot of relaxing.

[rjweiss]

Looks like a nice trip

Ron W.

[lbrjet]

Got thousands of pics but don't know how to post them with my IPAD. A sampling of places visited:
Pikes peak
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado National Monument
Grand Mesa
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, both sides
Mt Crested Butte Area
Ouray area
Mesa Verde National Park
Garden of the gods
Four Corners
Monument Valley
Natural Bridges National Monument
Up the Moki Dugway
Canyonlands National Park, both sides
Arches National Park
Many other sites around Moab
Goblin Valley
Capital Reef National Park
Fish Lake National Forest area
Canyons of the Escalante National Monument
Burr trail road
Kodachrome State Park
Bryce National Park
Red Canyon
Zion National Park, both sides

[jmtandem]

You went many nice places. Any pics to share?

[fdwt994]

I can't imagine why you would leave this beautiful, perpetually grey and cold Indiana winter! :R

Enjoy your time in AZ, you are doing exactly what I hope to do one day when we reach retirement. BTW, love the floorplan of your camper.

[2500_Grunt]

Trouble free trips are good to hear! Welcome to AZ as the weather is perfect right now.