Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A long, hot travel day
Today with left Rifle Falls at 5:20 AM. We had 460 miles to go, so we wanted to get an early start. We got 160 miles under our belts before breakfast! We drove I-70 to I-15 and ended in St. George. We made it here by about 4:00. It is HOT in St. George. It was 110 when we arrived, and had cooled off to 98 by 8:30.
We are “camping” in a classic RV park (which we really don’t like). The RV’s are parked right next to each other. There’s not a tree in sight. However, it had 3 things we were looking for: a swimming pool, near the interstate, and internet access. I wanted internet access so that I could finally push some of the pictures I’ve taken (and the blog entries that I’ve written) up to the web.
Tomorrow will be a busy day. We plan to leave around 6:00. It’s 2 hours to Las Vegas. We’ll have breakfast there and then we’ll go to the Chevrolet dealer and park the motorhome next to our trailer. We’ll move all the stuff from the motorhome back to the trailer. Then we’ll drive the motorhome and the Suburban across town (20 miles), drop off the motorhome, drive back to the Chevrolet dealer, hitch up, and head north toward Reno. We’ll get as far as we get, and then we’ll stop for the night in another RV park (hopefully with another pool).
The motorhome has treated us very well, other than the gasoline that was in the water tank when we got it (and still makes the water scary, even though I’ve dumped it and refilled it several times). Our gas mileage ranged from 9.8 MPG, to 6.8 MPG, which is better than I expected and better than I think we would have gotten in the Suburban/trailer. Other than missing some of our own stuff and having to switch back and forth in Las Vegas, it’s been a very positive experience.
We are “camping” in a classic RV park (which we really don’t like). The RV’s are parked right next to each other. There’s not a tree in sight. However, it had 3 things we were looking for: a swimming pool, near the interstate, and internet access. I wanted internet access so that I could finally push some of the pictures I’ve taken (and the blog entries that I’ve written) up to the web.
Tomorrow will be a busy day. We plan to leave around 6:00. It’s 2 hours to Las Vegas. We’ll have breakfast there and then we’ll go to the Chevrolet dealer and park the motorhome next to our trailer. We’ll move all the stuff from the motorhome back to the trailer. Then we’ll drive the motorhome and the Suburban across town (20 miles), drop off the motorhome, drive back to the Chevrolet dealer, hitch up, and head north toward Reno. We’ll get as far as we get, and then we’ll stop for the night in another RV park (hopefully with another pool).
The motorhome has treated us very well, other than the gasoline that was in the water tank when we got it (and still makes the water scary, even though I’ve dumped it and refilled it several times). Our gas mileage ranged from 9.8 MPG, to 6.8 MPG, which is better than I expected and better than I think we would have gotten in the Suburban/trailer. Other than missing some of our own stuff and having to switch back and forth in Las Vegas, it’s been a very positive experience.
# posted by Craig @ 10:50 PM 
