That’s our little RV between the two rather large units. I’ll concede that those folks are generally not travelling around the continent, but it does give some perspective on how Ken and I will be living until September, or so. Ken estimated our square footage to be 182 Sq Ft. We are tight, but warm, cozy and comfortable. We are carrying more clothes, entertainment and sports gear than usual. Ironically, we plan to carry less food than we normally do. Waste not, want not. We’ll just have to shop more often.
We prefer preparing most of our meals. However, we did find the best little Mexican Restaurant we’ve been to in years just off the I15 turn off towards the town of Hurricane. Its attached to the back of a newer gas station – great food, lovely staff and Ken was able to find a Bock style beer at the station. Good times, all around.
We pulled into an RV park for the first two days so that we could organize, shop, charge the battery that had gone into sleep mode and get into the camping mindset. We hope to spend the majority of our time in state and national parks, once they’re open. We’re looking for hiking, golfing, cycling and touring opportunities outside of any large cities. There are advantages to the nicer RV parks. Laundry, good shower facilities, club houses and proximity to services make those parks a necessity, at times.
I am glad that we started our travels in a part of the country that we know well. Otherwise, we’d be disappointed by the weather. I haven’t had a chance to take my e-bike out for a good run, yet. It will happen soon.
Today we drove through some minor snow squalls to get to Page, Arizona. We went out for a walk at the Big Bend in the Colorado River, leading into Lake Powell which lies behind the Glen Canyon Dam. Despite all the rain, the levels are still low – you couldn’t see moving water around the bend in the river. Its still beautiful, and nausea inducing when you get too close to the unbarricaded edge. Even though I know next to nothing about geology, I love walking over the sedimentary rock admiring the striations, colour changes, and the wind and water erosion patterns.
The snow was still melting as we drover over the bridge above the dam. There were numerous waterfalls cascading down into the gorge. By the time we got back to walk over the bridge, the falls had completely dried up.
We are settling in for a warm evening now. Perhaps tomorrow we can post a picture of the spot where Forest Gump stopped his long run.
It’s like the RV version of Up! Watch out for boy scouts and Lou Grant!
Your picture of your campsite reminds me of the time we were doing our trip down the Mississippi River with the boys. We arrived at our campsite, well laid out, nice concrete pad to park our car, and a nice grassy flat spot to set up our tent. No one around and right on the Mississippi, although it was little intimidating as the water line was right at the line of the bottom of our tent. At around 9 pm, two RV monstrosities parked on either side of us, out came the lawn chairs, the barbecue, the beer, and by 9:45 everything was back in the units and they were bedded down for the night. It was dark, so all we could do is picture the activity from the noises. At 5:30 am, both units were gone and we were again alone, and breathing fresh diesel fumes. It was our first experience in true RV camping!
On our trip to Calgary last September, Nancy observed a Motor home pulling a full size RV behind it. In keeping up with the “Jones”, the suggestion would be to acquire a palatial RV, a new Ford F350 duelly, connect your 1575, and tow your Highlander. It would fit right in with your current neighbours. The F350 has Ecoboost so is environmentally friendly and economical.
Looking forward to your experiences, as each turn of the road will lead you into things you could not possibly have dreamed existed.
Great Story Greg. I hope we don’t need to get the Ford 350 (ecoboost or no ecoboost). Thanks for dropping by and leaving us with a funny comment.