Hi Brats,
Marcia and I are sitting in our new RV at Salt Fork State Park in Ohio and reveling in luxury (to us anyway). For the last ten years we had a Coleman pop-up and loved it. But three years ago we saw a KZ Spree 240RL (rear lounge) at the Cleveland RV Show and decided that we liked its open floor plan, huge windows, built-for-a-couple design and decided that we would buy one in five years when Marcia retired. Of course, they discontinued it last year. Internet searches put us a day late on great deals: $10,000 off retail in this soft market. Last month we were in SC at a wedding and I found a used one at a dealership (used four days by a couple who found it too small for ALL of the grandkids!) in WV just three miles from our route of travel. Anyhow, we saw it, liked it and wrote a check for an immaculate RV for only 40% of retail! Last week we sold the pop-up to a good friend, happy in the knowledge that his family and kids will enjoy it as much as we did.
We picked up the trailer yesterday and got 13.5 mpg from the first tank through our diesel cruising at 65 mph on the mountainous WV Turnpike! We are finding it easy to get used to AC, a real refrigerator, an oven, a microwave, huge awning and so on. In less than two weeks we are headed for the Black Hills for a few days, then the Big Horn mountains west of Sheridan, WY and finally the Snowy Range of Medicine Bow National Forest west of Laramie. We're taking Boomer, of course, and also our canoe for some trout fishing in those high mountain lakes (close to 11,000 feet). Can't wait!
Questions, please. Someone mentioned that they had programmed campgrounds and Flying J's (I think) into their Garmin Nuvi GPS. How is that done?
Also, what truck stops and so on, have free WiFi?
Finally, although we would do this only as a last resort, I understand that some stores, truck stops and restaurants allow overnight parking of RV's. Which ones allow this and has anyone taken advantage of this? Of course, we would prefer a nice campground and would have security concerns, but does anyone have experience in this area?
Thanks in advance for your help. I'll post pictures in our album when we get back home.
Regards,
Nick
"Valkyrie"
Marcia and I are sitting in our new RV at Salt Fork State Park in Ohio and reveling in luxury (to us anyway). For the last ten years we had a Coleman pop-up and loved it. But three years ago we saw a KZ Spree 240RL (rear lounge) at the Cleveland RV Show and decided that we liked its open floor plan, huge windows, built-for-a-couple design and decided that we would buy one in five years when Marcia retired. Of course, they discontinued it last year. Internet searches put us a day late on great deals: $10,000 off retail in this soft market. Last month we were in SC at a wedding and I found a used one at a dealership (used four days by a couple who found it too small for ALL of the grandkids!) in WV just three miles from our route of travel. Anyhow, we saw it, liked it and wrote a check for an immaculate RV for only 40% of retail! Last week we sold the pop-up to a good friend, happy in the knowledge that his family and kids will enjoy it as much as we did.
We picked up the trailer yesterday and got 13.5 mpg from the first tank through our diesel cruising at 65 mph on the mountainous WV Turnpike! We are finding it easy to get used to AC, a real refrigerator, an oven, a microwave, huge awning and so on. In less than two weeks we are headed for the Black Hills for a few days, then the Big Horn mountains west of Sheridan, WY and finally the Snowy Range of Medicine Bow National Forest west of Laramie. We're taking Boomer, of course, and also our canoe for some trout fishing in those high mountain lakes (close to 11,000 feet). Can't wait!
Questions, please. Someone mentioned that they had programmed campgrounds and Flying J's (I think) into their Garmin Nuvi GPS. How is that done?
Also, what truck stops and so on, have free WiFi?
Finally, although we would do this only as a last resort, I understand that some stores, truck stops and restaurants allow overnight parking of RV's. Which ones allow this and has anyone taken advantage of this? Of course, we would prefer a nice campground and would have security concerns, but does anyone have experience in this area?
Thanks in advance for your help. I'll post pictures in our album when we get back home.
Regards,
Nick
"Valkyrie"