tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601827694162592942024-02-06T19:53:42.035-07:00Landmeier RV Travels"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring." -David BowieCharnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-74799401461921344002018-09-21T19:59:00.000-06:002018-09-21T19:59:32.728-06:00BRECKENRIDGE AND BUENA VISTA, CO<br />
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After our last visit here 2 years ago Breckenridge made our list of places we would definitely make a return visit. Our plans this year drew us so close to Breckenridge that we decided to spend a week here. We stayed again at Tiger Run but chose a larger and more upgraded site called a Deluxe premium site. Check out my<a href="https://landmeierrvtravels.blogspot.com/2016/09/breckinridge-colorado.html"> last post of our stay at Breckenridge </a>for general park amenities. Here are a few pictures of our site on this trip.<br />
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We ended up here about a week earlier then our last visit and still happened to be here for this years Breckenridge Oktoberfest.<br />
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After a beer in town we headed over to the gondola station in town and rode the free ride to base camp at Peak 8 where we could start our hike up to the top of the Colorado Superchair and the Vista house.<br />
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We chose the Swinger trail, about 4 miles to the top and an elevation gain of 1240 feet. We started at 9965ft and finished at 11,195ft. All of our time spent in Salt Lake City, skiing, mountain biking and hiking the high elevation peaks in the Wasatch made this hike seem easy. The hike is actually a downhill bike trail but is open to hiking and biking. We didn't see too many mountain bikers on the trail and the trail had a lot of room for sharing. We stopped at the Vista house to share a sandwich and have a well deserved 2nd beer before heading back down. The nice thing about this hike is we could ride the chair down from the top and then pick up the gondola back down the mountain. The Colorado Superchair is not free if you want to ride it to the top but if you hike to the top they don't have scanners and don't check so the ride down is free.<br />
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We also hiked the McCullough Gulch Trail. Great hike up to an alpine lake and a waterfall about 1/2 way into the hike. A moderate trail that did have a little rock scrambling at least to the 1st lake. The trail goes beyond the 1st lake to a 2nd lake but the trail becomes more advanced after the 1st lake so we opted not to go further.<br />
The fall leaves were abundant on the hike.<br />
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After a fantastic week in Breckenridge we moved on to Buena Vista, CO where we were going to attend the Newmar CO State Chapter Rally. We enjoy attending these rallies; it is a great way to meet other Newmar owners for socializing and sharing travel stories. The rally was held at the <a href="http://arrowheadpointresort.com/">Arrowhead Point Campground</a> 5 miles outside of Buena Vista. The park had 50amp full hook up sites that were spacious. We had a back in site that was easy to get in and out although the roads around the resort can be tight but if taken slow are maneuverable. It was a basic park and okay for a night or two.<br />
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Besides a visit to Buena Vista we went to the town of Salida, 30 miles south of Buena Vista. The town is known for its art community and I had fun walking the streets and visiting many of the shops. It is also along the Arkansas river and the community has built a paved trail along the river which was fun to walk on. I found this great shop called <a href="https://www.bungledjungle.com/">The Bungled Jungle</a>, you can't not buy something here but just walking through the store and meeting the owner is worth a visit<br />
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Our group went on a boat ride at Twin Lakes which is one of two ways of getting to the historic <a href="https://www.usbr.gov/gp/multimedia/archive/glimpse/interlaken.html">Interlaken hotel/ Dexter House</a>. By boat or a 9 mile out and back hike to get to it, there is no road access out there. Fun to walk around and since it was originally built in the late 1800's I was amazed at the detail and the facilities it had back then.<br />
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<i><b>Next stop: The Land of Enchantment: Taos/Santa Fe, New Mexico</b></i><br />
<span id="goog_62909430"></span><span id="goog_62909431"></span><i></i><b></b><br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-14702114422576153952018-09-06T10:13:00.004-06:002018-09-06T10:13:55.631-06:00Gateway to Colorado: Silt and Glenwood Springs, CO- September 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We begin our fall trip heading to one of our favorite places, Breckenridge. Since it was the holiday weekend we planned a few stops on the way. We try not to drive over 200 miles in a day so we spent one night in Green River, UT; not a destination I would call interesting but it allowed us to get our feet back into RV travel as well as give the RV a good cleaning after Mike found a dead mouse in the RV a few weeks ago. We have been storing the RV inside for the past 4 years when we are not traveling and have not had any problems. We remove all food stuffs every time we put the RV into storage after a trip. After finding the dead mouse and removing it we started the process of checking the entire coach, removing all droppings and giving the RV a good cleaning. We found the mouse lure, a packet of parmasean cheese like the ones from the pizza places that was in the silverware drawer and the mouse chewed the end off and had a feast. Lesson learned, all food needs to be removed. After a couple of days of cleaning everything and rechecking for droppings we have found no additional signs to indicate any other stowaways but we will continue to monitor and if we find any signs the traps go out.<br />
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We stayed one night at the <a href="http://www.shadyacresrv.com/">Shady Acres RV Park</a>, not much here to talk about other than the site was plenty long so we didn't need to unhitch and the sites had lots of space between RV's. We had an end spot so it was even more private. The park was OK for an overnight but not on the radar for any return visits.<br />
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Our next stop for 4 nights was at the <a href="https://koa.com/campgrounds/colorado-river/">Glenwood Springs West KOA</a>, about 15 miles west of Glenwood Springs in the town of Silt, CO. We don't frequent KOA's that often since they tend to be set up as a more family friendly park but the reviews and the idea of getting a site on the Colorado River was attractive. I am glad we had the time to stop here and relax for a few days because this had to be one of our favorite KOA's so far. Being the holiday weekend it was full so I'm glad I reserved this location in advance. It is in it's 4th year of operation and although the trees have several more years to mature there is plenty of grass in between the sites. In addition, their are some great full hook up sites right on the Colorado river with fire pits, gas grills, and a covered patio. These sites are back in and were plenty big enough for our 45ft RV and room in front for our tow vehicle . There is a nice community room, laundry facilities, pool and spa. Mike hit the spa the 1st day and it was not hot enough for his liking, not sure if it was working or not but we didn't return. <br />
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As for location the park is great, you are 7 miles from the towns of Rifle to the west and 7 miles to the east is New Castle. Glenwood Springs is 15 miles to the east and from there south are the towns of Carbondale and Aspen.<br />
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We took a drive to <a href="https://newcastlecolorado.org/our-community/history-highland-cemetery-museum">New Castle</a>, a quaint little town with a coal mining history but not much else but made for a nice walk with the dogs.<br />
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Glenwood Springs and since I was still recovering from my collarbone surgery
from a mountain bike fall 5 weeks ago and there was going to be no mountain biking
this trip I needed to search for hikes in the area. I found one of Colorado's
scenic hikes, <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/hanging-lake">Hanging Lake Trail</a>, it is right off of I-70 about 7 miles east of
Glenwood Springs. Get there early; the parking area is
small and there is no overflow parking and if you park incorrectly they will
tow vehicles. Best advice is to go on a weekday and get there before 10am. We
went on a Tuesday, got there around 9:40am and was able to get a parking spot,
when we were done at around noon the parking lot was full. The hike starts
about 3/4 of a mile from the parking area. It is an easy walk to the trail on
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southern Utah, basically in the middle of nowhere. It's most popular features
are part of a Waterpocket fold, a geologic monocline (a wrinkle on the earth)
that extends 100 miles but is only 6 miles wide.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The closest town to Capitol Reef is the small town of Torrey, UT.
It is 11 miles west of the entrance to the National Park on Highway 24. In
Torrey there are two well reviewed RV parks with full hook ups and with sites
for larger RV's. Both are listed on <a href="http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/utah/torrey">RV Park Reviews</a></span><span style="color: #007600; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> we stayed
at <a href="http://www.capitolreefrvpark.com/?utm_source=rvparkreviews.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RVLife_Campgrounds">Wonderland RV Park</a>.</span></div>
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The RV park is right next to a farm; the dogs enjoyed seeing the animals up close.<br />
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With one day here and rain, we made the best of it by doing some short hikes and drove the scenic road into the park. Before the actual park entrance we stopped at the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/care/learn/historyculture/giffordhomestead.htm">Gifford Homestead</a> for their pies which I had read were the best and they were, I even took some pies back to the RV to enjoy later.<br />
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We then drove the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/care/planyourvisit/scenicdrive.htm">scenic road </a>into the park, it is paved for the 1st 7.9 miles and then becomes a dirt road. We only did the paved portion since it was raining. The park charges a $15 entrance fee to drive the road, it is self pay and starts past the visitor center and campground. It is covered with the National Parks Pass.<br />
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We did two short hikes, Sunset Point and Goosenecks Point. Both were short hikes, not strenuous and had great views from the end points.<br />
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Short drive from the visitor center right on Highway 24 are some petroglyphs.</div>
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An often overlooked National Park, it is definitely a park to visit and appreciate nature from a geological aspect. An amazing place.<br />
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<b><i>Next up: Summer 2018 RV trip ( Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) and some mountain biking.</i></b>Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-30292063181425649382018-06-01T11:54:00.001-06:002018-06-01T11:54:26.570-06:00Spring 2018 Part 3- Bryce Canyon National Park <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This has to be one of my favorite places, we enjoyed it so much we are planning a return trip in October. We only spent a couple of days here and realized there was so much to do and we didn't have enough time to do everything. We stayed at<a href="https://www.brycecanyoncampgrounds.com/"> Ruby's Inn RV Park & Campground</a> just outside the entrance to Bryce. Well subscribed so make reservations early. There are essentially 2 camping areas, the older section has back in and pull through sites, well covered with trees and the sites vary in size which may make parking for the bigger rigs a challenge depending on the site.<br />
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They have a newer, big rig section towards the back with plenty of long and wide sites. Not a lot of trees so you get good satellite coverage. Although it is more expensive and pretty basic it was quiet and we liked staying in this section.<br />
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The big draw for us coming here was an epic Utah mountain biking trail in Red Canyon which is just outside of Bryce called <a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7035124/thunder-mountain-ride">Thunder Mountain Trail</a>. It is a challenging bike ride especially since we were not able to do the ride with a shuttle. The actual trail is 8.1 miles but to do it as a loop with no shuttle makes the ride 16 miles.<br />
A gradual climb 5.5 miles on a paved bike path that parallels HWY 12 and then a Forest Road for 2.1 miles to Coyote Hollow, the Thunder mountain trail starts here and you ride the trail back to the car. The trail really isn't all downhill there is about 690ft of climbing and 1681ft of descent with some technical, rocky switchbacks that can be easily walked. It is definitely a ride worth the drive here.<br />
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This goes in the books as one awesome bike trail.<br />
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On our 2nd day we went into Bryce National Park and hiked the<a href="https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7015185/queens-garden-navajo-loop-trail"> Queens Garden-Navajo Loop</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Views, views, more views.</td></tr>
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From Navajo trail we added on the Queens Garden trail and the interesting rock formations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our hike out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the top</td></tr>
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On our final day, leaving this wonderful place, nature graced us with a some snow in the morning, and on the first day of May.<br />
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It had us worried driving Highway 12 to Torrey because of the narrow road, steep grades, sharp curves, the Hogback and a summit of 9500ft so I looked at alternative routes and found we could take Highway 89 and some back roads into Torrey. It kept us at lower elevations and didn't add much more to our travel miles. It ended up being a beautiful drive and less stressful driving for Mike.<br />
Here are some photos of the sections of Highway 12 we were worried about with the snow.<br />
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It still made the drive to 89 a little interesting as the snow increased and roads became more covered but the rig and the drive, although slowly, went fine. These storms are not uncommon in Utah in April and even into May so stay safe; have an alternate travel plan or stay put if necessary.<br />
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Fun trip but too short, looking forward to a repeat visit here in October and more hikes and a few more rides on Thunder Mountain.<br />
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<i><b>Next up: Torrey, Utah- Capitol Reef, NP</b></i>Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-70993038140046088852018-05-15T22:50:00.001-06:002018-05-15T22:50:03.551-06:00Spring 2018 Part 2- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument<b><u>Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument</u></b><br />
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We planned a couple of days here on our way to Bryce National Park. I only found two RV parks in Escalante that we could fit in. I chose <a href="https://www.grandstaircaseresort.com/">Escalante Cabins & RV Park</a> based on the good rating on RV Park Reviews and Good Sam. This RV park is new and only into their 2nd season; it seems they are having some growing pains. The pictures on their website are from last year and looked better then what we saw but they didn't do well over the winter and the grounds showed it. It's early season and still been cold here; give it a month or two for the trees and grass to start growing and it should look better. The positives about the park were that the sites are long and wide and our site #R-22 was easy to get in and out of and mostly level. Once we got the rig positioned right our jacks had no problem leveling. The park is set off the road a little and since we were towards the back we had no road noise from Highway 12. WIFI was good and we had good satellite reception. The negatives: low water pressure, so problematic we used our pump for showers and it was dusty which more gravel on the RV sites and roads would help. Overall for there not being much else in the area it was adequate for a few nights.<br />
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I should take the time here to mention a little about our drive on Highway 12 in a big RV. From UT-24 at Torrey, UT we got on UT-12 and drove west for 64.3 miles to Escalante. This section of HWY 12 has lots of turns and steep grades (we saw a sign outside of Torrey that said 14% grade ahead). Mike did great, nothing our rig couldn't handle. We read lots of stories from people saying they wouldn't drive it in a big rig but we felt if you take it slow and pay attention it's really not so bad and definitely a scenic drive (for the passenger, anyway).<br />
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Our first hike was the Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail. Access to the trail head is just off of UT-12 about 14 miles east of Escalante. When driving in we saw the <a href="http://kivakoffeehouse.com/">Kiva Koffehouse</a> so we decided to stop there before the hike for an espresso. Interesting place in the middle of nowhere that serves breakfast/lunch/coffee,<br />
unfortunately, the espresso machine was broken when we stopped but was still a great place to stop and take in the views.<br />
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<a href="https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/most-visited-parks/grand-staircase-escalante/escalante-canyons-section/family/lower-calf-creek-falls/">Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail</a> is an easy-moderate hike of 6 miles RT, not much elevation but the trail is sandy in a lot of places. When you reach the falls it is a WOW factor of 8 and peaceful if you do the hike in the morning. We started the hike at around 9am and didn't see a lot of people at the falls but when we started our hike back it was clearly getting busy.<br />
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The next day we did a 2nd hike to the<a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/escalante-natural-bridge"> Escalante Natural Bridge</a>, a 4 mile RT, fairly easy hike. The trail head is just outside of Escalante off of HWY 12, with parking at the trail head. There are 6 river crossings so plan on getting your feet wet. They were easy crossings and most were ankle deep and one was mid-calf. This is something to keep in mind if it rains; the crossings could get deeper. When you get to the bridge look for a small social trail on the other side of the last crossing, this will take you under the bridge for some great photos. I read about bugs but we didn't run into any until the bridge, the mosquitoes were bad there, we didn't linger. The shade and moisture probably didn't help, so I would recommend bug spray.<br />
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<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-34279368305510220092018-04-27T16:28:00.000-06:002018-05-15T22:50:57.788-06:00Spring 2018- Utah: Exploring closer to home. Part 1 Moab<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b>Moab: April 2018</b></i><br />
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I took a break from blogging after all the complications during our 2017 Spring trip that I didn't even have the energy to post the fall trip. I see now how time consuming and hard it is to write and also manage the day to day RV stuff. I am in a better place this year and back to giving the blog its full attention in 2018.<br />
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Our RV travels in 2017 had everything; we hit both coasts, dealt with RV repairs along the way and dodged smoke and fires in the west but we adjusted our plans when we needed to and made it a great year.<br />
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So, what is planned for 2018, well, we decided to take 3 smaller trips this year and focus on a year of mountain biking and hiking. We will stay closer to home with a trip to southern Utah and revisit some of our favorite places like Breckenridge and Sun Valley. We routed a stop in Helena, Montana which we missed last year because of the fires and visit some new ones: Jackson Hole, Santa Fe, Taos, Durango and Ouray.<br />
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We kick off 2018 on April 20th with a trip to southern Utah. Our 1st stop is 5 nights in Moab, a Mecca for mountain biking enthusiasts. I will tell you now that 4 days in Moab is not enough time to hit all the great biking and hiking trails but we have a another stop here in October for a week and should be in better biking shape by then. April is the warm-up trip. Moab is not just for mountain biking ,although it is a big draw, it is also for those that like to ride their jeeps, utvs, and motorcycles on the local trails; it's as popular as the mountain biking. Moab is home base to some of the best national parks, Arches and Canyonlands in particular. April is a great time to visit Moab with mild temperatures but that can make it one of the busiest times of the year to visit. The RV parks can fill up months in advance which requires making plans early but there are plenty of RV parks in Moab and all are reviewed on <a href="http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/utah/moab">RV Park Review.</a> We decided to stay a few miles south of Moab at the<a href="https://spanishtrailrvpark.com/"> Spanish Trail RV Park</a>. I booked my Moab reservations for April 2018 in November 2017. I happened to check RV site availability in early March and it was full. They have an on-line reservation system so you can monitor how many RV sites are available. For the non-RV park crowd there are plenty of primitive campgrounds and BLM land to park the RV in Moab but many are well subscribed and you won't be alone especially on the weekends.<br />
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I chose Spanish Trail based on reviews and that it was 4 miles south of Moab. It was quiet and the drive into Moab isn't bad.<br />
I checked out many of the RV parks as we drove in, many are right off the main road and I am glad we chose this one. The other popular RV park is the Portal Resort, but we are over 10 years old and would have to park in their campground section (North side). I think in comparison Spanish Trail was nicer and their rates with the Good Sam discount were comparable. Their resort section (South side) is for Class A only and a lot more expensive. <br />
We are coming back to Moab in October and I booked again at Spanish Trail because we liked it so much. They also just put in a pool and Jacuzzi as of this year.<br />
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We did 4 days of biking while in Moab, the SLCMTB group happened to be here this weekend so we rode with them on their Saturday and Sunday morning rides.<br />
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Saturday we did the Brand trails(Bar M) an area of trails that had easy to difficult trails.<br />
We did the <a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/366223/moab-brand-trails-lazyez-loop">Lazy/Easy loop</a> which is rated intermediate and then did the <a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/173729/north-40">North 40 loop</a> which is an upper intermediate loop. We biked a total of 7 miles and rode for 2.5 hours. Not a bad start for our 1st bike day of the year.<br />
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Saturday afternoon we took advantage of the free national parks day and went to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm">Arches National Park</a> to hike the trail to Delicate Arch. <br />
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Lost the sun but here I am under the Arch for perspective of the size.</div>
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Delicate Arch</div>
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Sunday we did the Dead Horse State Park trails(Intrepid system), we basically biked the <span id="goog_41653408"></span><a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/5083590/dead-horse-point-tour">Dead Horse Point Tour</a> <span id="goog_41653409"></span>for 13 miles. Nice trails with some great views.<br />
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Monday we tried some more advanced trails out at the Navajo Rocks area. We did half of the full loop by starting out across the street on the Rocky Tops Trail connecting on Middle Earth to the road and crossing to the upper parking area to pick up Ramblin' which took us back to the lower parking and our car. Fun ride with some climbing and technical spots on Rocky Tops but the ride down Ramblin' was fun.<br />
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Tuesday we rode the Klonzo North Trail System, which consists of several loops that all can be done in 2 hours and has 12 miles of trails. Access to the trails is a 3 mile dirt road drive on Willow Springs Rd. to the lower parking area. We biked up Borderline to Cross Canyon up to do the Wahoo loop then over to Secret Passage which took us to the Dunestone loop (our favorite) then back to the parking lot. Nice well marked trails, not too technical but some fun downhill's.<br />
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We ate at 2 restaurants in Moab, both were excellent. The 1st one is Miguel's Baja Grill on main street. Get here early......<br />
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We also ate at <a href="http://archesthai.com/">Arches Thai</a> that a friend recommended. Definitely worth a stop when in Moab.<br />
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We also took a scenic drive on UT128 that follows the Colorado River towards Red Cliffs Lodge and made a stop there at the Castle Creek Winery for a wine tasting and bought a few bottles to take home.<br />
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Loved our trip to Moab and looking forward to coming back for a week in October and a chance to try some of the more advanced bike trails, especially the famous<a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/158941/slickrock"> Slick Rock Trail</a> that we last biked in 1999.<br />
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<i><b>Next up: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.</b></i><br />
<i></i><b></b><br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-32806879466536066372017-06-30T21:52:00.002-06:002017-06-30T21:54:21.214-06:00Blue Ridge Mountains and an unplanned extended stay in Asheville, NCMay 2017<br />
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We knew in the beginning when we decided to buy a Class A motorhome that these vehicles are complicated and things just happen. The hope is that you will be near resources that can fix a repair and keep you moving forward. In Asheville we had our 1st major RV failure that tested that hope. But I will get back to that after I tell you all about our stay in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain area. <br />
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After 6 weeks in the south and some warm temperatures we were ecstatic to be back in the mountains. On the way to Asheville, NC we decided to spend a few days at a very posh Class A motorcoach resort called <a href="http://mountain-falls.com/">Mountain Falls</a> located near Lake Toxaway. Pricey but worth every penny. The place is beautiful and has everything: a small 9 hole short golf course, pool, and a beautiful club house. The road to get to the resort is another thing, it will make you think twice that getting to the resort is even possible but we kept telling ourselves that this resort was built for the big class A's and if the owners who bought sites in this resort and are driving this road then we should be able to handle it. It's a road that if you go slow and pay attention at the hairpin turns you can do it. It was only really bad the last 5 to 8 miles outside of Brevard to the resort. We did it just fine and with the Jeep attached. <br />
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The resort didn't seem to have a lot of year round residents when we were here and their social calendar wasn't active until May 15th. I bet most owners are here only in the summer, June to September. The low occupancy only made it even more peaceful and my only regret is I didn't schedule more days here. There isn't much near the resort and any shopping or restaurants are at least 10-20 miles away on a slow and winding road.<br />
We only stayed 3 nights here and Mike had one day planned to do a rafting trip on the Chattooga River with the <a href="https://noc.com/">Nantahala Outdoor Center</a>, it was an advanced trip with class 4 -5 rapids and seeing many of the pictures from their website I thought it was a little too advanced for my comfort level. I know you will get wet on these trips but I don't like when there is a high probability of ending up outside the raft. <br />
Mike had a blast and after seeing these pictures I was a little disappointed I didn't go. <br />
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We did a hike to<a href="https://www.romanticasheville.com/rainbow_falls.htm"> Rainbow Falls</a> which was not far from our resort. Moderate 1.5 mile hike to the falls.<br />
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Hated to leave, but Asheville, a short drive away was our next stop.<br />
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Leading into Asheville we had a few issues that popped up, the slide that our generator is on had stopped working while we were at Mountain Falls and would not go in all the way, the jacks stopped working and the motor on our steps failed and would not go in. Mike ordered a new motor and had it delivered to Asheville so he could install it when we got there. In the meantime he removed the steps so we were safe to travel. The slide was in most of the way and we felt we could get to Asheville, remember there is not much around Lake Toxaway to get anything fixed. We were running out of time so we pushed forward to Asheville. <br />
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On our drive to Asheville there was a noise that we noticed coming from the front of the coach that we associated as a vibration from the generator slide and figured once we had that fixed it would go away.<br />
We arrived in Asheville and stayed at the <a href="http://ashevillebearcreek.com/">Asheville Bear Creek Resort</a>. Not much of a resort but it is close to downtown Asheville. I requested a pull-through site when I made the reservations and she warned me it would be close to the road. We aren't bothered by that I was more concerned about the length of the site. The pull-through sites are their longer sites. The park is small and I am not sure we could easily maneuver our large rig into one of the back-in sites. We were put in site #7, and I drove ahead to scout the site. I didn't like the entry into the site and went back to the office to try and get a better site but they were pretty full and she didn't have another site available. The site had a slight incline to get into the part of the site that was level. We also had to be very careful at the point where the incline becomes level so as not to hit the aqua hot exhaust pipe. It was a challenge getting into the site but after a few try's and having to drive on the grass, which most parks don't like you to do, we got over the incline and were able to pull forward enough to be level. Since our jacks weren't working it would be better if we were as level as possible.<br />
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The step motor arrived; Mike installed the motor and then trouble shooted the generator slide. He determined it was a grounding wire malfunction which is probably what burned out the step motor. He replaced the grounding wire for $7.00 which fixed the generator slide and to our surprise the jacks started working again. I am amazed how many of these systems can be interconnected.<br />
Well we were now in a good place and could comfortably start enjoying our time in Asheville.<br />
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Asheville is known for it's art and music scene. There were a number of street performances and festivals while we were in town. It also seemed to be a craft brew mecca with more breweries then we could visit. Many of the brew tasting rooms and restaurants with outdoor seating were very dog friendly. Our favorite was LAB (Lexington Avenue Brewery). Mike liked their Oatmeal Stout- the Knuckle and I discovered a Belgian Dubbel -Philosphe. I learned about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saison">Saison </a>style of beer and it has become one of my favorites.<br />
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We were able to meet up with one of Mike's friends from college who has a vacation condo in Asheville. She decided it was a good time to visit the condo and be able to spend some time with us. She showed us her favorite restaurants and breweries. We also did a short hike to<a href="https://www.romanticasheville.com/craggy_pinnacle_hike_parkway.htm"> Craggy Pinnacle</a> in between some rain storms. <br />
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Now to the unplanned diversion in our trip. After a great time in Asheville we began the long drive home to Salt Lake City. We got 10 miles west of Asheville when that sound that we were hearing earlier and thought was related to the generator slide, didn't go away and was now even louder. When I walked to the rear of the coach the sound was worse at the mid to back of the coach. Not a good sign. Mike said this could be bad and we needed to have it looked at immediately before driving any further. I quickly pulled out my cell phone and found a Freightliner repair center in Asheville. We got to the shop and was able to get them to look at it even on a busy Monday morning. By early afternoon they determined it could be the rear differential problem or a bad pinon seal. Unfortunately, they were not equipped to handle the job, we would need to go 150 miles west to another Freightliner facility or to their sister facility in Hickory which is 77 miles east of Asheville. Mike looked at the options, going east to Hickory would be mostly downhill and west which was uphill and more miles would put more stress on the differential. We were in a tough spot but with no good choices we took the easier downhill route and went east. We made it to Hickory and the shop was able to start looking at the problem. It was getting late in the day and not likely we were going anywhere too soon so I started to look at dog friendly hotels in the area where we could stay.<br />
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Mike thinking that this problem could delay us a week or longer if they have to order parts decided to call his friend and take her up on the offer to stay at her place in Asheville. She said it was dog friendly and was glad to help. Although we would have to drive 77 miles back to Asheville it was really the best option. We emptied the refrigerator, packed some things and with the dogs went back to Asheville.<br />
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We did need to have the rear differential replaced which they said was rare in a coach with our mileage. We always worry that with us being new and inexperienced that we might miss something or not do the proper maintenance. But we were assured nothing we could have done could have prevented this from happening. The unfortunate part was the repair wasn't an easy fix. They ordered the wrong part and didn't realize it until after they installed it. After having to reorder the right one and with the holiday weekend the RV ended up in the shop for 12 days before it was all fixed. I am glad we had a place to stay in Asheville, it would have been awful to be stuck in a hotel room with 2 dogs for that entire time.<br />
The bright side is we got to spend that time in Asheville. Not a bad place to be stranded especially over the Memorial Day weekend. We were able to visit more breweries, restaurants and enjoy more of downtown Asheville.<br />
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I am slowly learning that you have to be flexible and have a positive attitude when it comes to RV ownership. Things are going to happen and I realized we can always adjust our travel plans. You have to see an inconvienence as an oppourtunity to see and do something new. The RV can always be fixed and then we move on. With the delay we adjusted our return trip to make a more direct route home and other then missing a stay in Denver, which I was able to cancel my reservation without much of a penalty, we were not far off from our original plan. Denver is always an easy drive from Salt Lake and I'm sure we will have another chance to get there.<br />
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The RV will go into storage for the summer and we will enjoy some hiking and mountain biking. There is still a lot of snow in the mountains so hiking the upper elevations may not be possible until July but we're ready to do some mountain biking.<br />
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<i><b>Where are we heading next? A fall trip to the Oregon coast.</b></i>Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-64153016178032520852017-05-21T18:28:00.000-06:002017-05-21T18:29:52.442-06:00Georgia's Gold Coast and Savannah<br />
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In our travel plan from Florida to Charleston, SC we decided to spend some time on the way in Georgia. This is our 1st trip to Georgia and we decided to explore the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Isles_of_Georgia">Golden Isles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia">Savannah</a>.<br />
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We spent 4 nights at <a href="http://www.coastalgarvresort.com/">Coastal RV resort</a> just outside of Brunswick, GA. Close to all the islands and to historic Brunswick. A very nice resort to linger for a bit.<br />
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We just visited the island of St. Simons but there is also Jekyll Island, Sea Island and Little St. Simons. St. Simons has a nice small village along the water with a historic lighthouse, pier, shops and an assortment of small restaurants.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">SAVANNAH, GA</span></b><br />
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Savannah was everything I imagined and more.<br />
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There is a lot of southern history here and if you are a fan as I am of the book by John Berendt, <i>Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil,</i> you will have another reason to visit Savannah. The Southern Gothic book, known simply as “The Book,” is based on true events surrounding antiques dealer Jim Williams and the murder of Danny Hansford in Savannah. Even though there are tours to the famous landmarks many can be visited on your own.<br />
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Savannah is known for its numerous <a href="http://www.savannah.com/savannahs-historic-squares/">squares</a>, there are 22 of them.<br />
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We were able to get an early reservation for dinner at The Olde Pink House.<br />
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And now a little about where we stayed for our 2 nights in Savannah.<br />
The closest RV park to Savannah is <a href="http://www.redgatecampground.com/">Red Gate Campground</a>. More expensive then some of the other campgrounds in the area but being close to Savannah was important to us and this place was charming. It is a farm with animals, sites are full hook-up and some are spaced around a grassy field. If the full hook-up sites are full they have a dry camping area. The site we had was easy to get in and out of but had little shade, there are sites in the back area that have more shade but are smaller and would have been hard for us to get our big rig back to. The only negatives were the dusty roads within the campground and there was some train noise but that didn't bother us since we have good sound proofing in our RV. Others may find the train noise to be a problem.<br />
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Loved our trip to the south, no post on our time in Charleston, SC. We were there to see friends in Mount Pleasant and since we had been to Charleston before we didn't spend a lot of our time sightseeing on this trip.<br />
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<b><i>Next up: Asheville, NC</i></b>Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-2918903038672706332017-05-17T14:32:00.002-06:002017-05-17T14:32:52.772-06:00Disneyworld and Universal Studios: Orlando, FL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have read that this place can be busy most of the year but in my research crowds are measurably lower after Easter and early May. Perfect timing for our April trip east. Disneyworld has a large and highly rated campground on property, <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/campsites-at-fort-wilderness-resort/?CMP=OKC-wdw_pl_14">Fort Wilderness</a>. Although it is pricey for an RV park it is quite a bit less then staying at any other resort property at Disney. I also read if you wanted one of their larger premium sites you should book early. I made our reservations in December and had no problem getting a site. <br />
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When we arrived it was pretty quiet and other then a Friday, Saturday or Sunday visiting Disney in late April or early May I expect one would have no problem getting a site here, even last minute. We should have had mild temperatures but a warm front moved in and it was unusually hot and humid.The good thing is it made the water attractions a welcome relief.<br />
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Back to our campground, the check in process went very smoothly, you do don't even have to get out of your RV. I read that you could request sites ahead of time by faxing in 2 weeks before arrival but I chose not to and take our chances. I also knew if you didn't like your site it was pretty easy to get a change. There is a handy app <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loop3000.sitesatthefort">Fort Wilderness Sites</a> by Fort Fiends.net that was helpful. We did not have a site assigned when we arrived; the agent just gave us various sites that were available to choose from. I had a list ahead of time of which sites I wanted, they weren't available but I could look up the sites on the app and see site length, width and difficulty rating on the back in maneuver. All the sites are back in. They have several loops that are pet friendly and easily accessible to transportation boat or buses by walking or using the internal bus system. We chose loop 500 and were in site #524. Nice and long and an average back in rating. We had no problem getting in and out of the site. The campground is well maintained and the premium loops all are full hook-up. There are comfort stations through out the park for those tent camping and who may need bathroom facilities. Not all of the premium loops have comfort stations since most of these sites are for the bigger class A motorhomes who have bathrooms. Our loop 500 did have a comfort station. There was a bus stop just outside of our loop where you could pick up one of the internal buses that would take you to the boat dock or to the outpost where you could pick up the buses that go to each of the parks.<br />
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I also was able to take advantage of a ticket package they were offering, the 4 park Magic ticket for $279.00/person, a $71 savings. This ticket had limitations, it only allowed us to visit each park once. There are 4 parks at Disney: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studio, and Animal Kingdom. So this was perfect for us to visit all the parks. It included Fast Pass access since we were staying at a Disney property. Staying at a Disney property allows you to choose 3 fast passes to each resort 60 days ahead of arrival. Once you use those you can get same day fast passes at the parks. Everything can be done using the Disney app or by kiosks throughout the park. We didn't do a park to park add on, one park a day was enough for us.<br />
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This brings me to transportation, Disney is huge and these parks are not close together. Other than Magic Kingdom and Epcot, plan that transportation from the campground to the other resorts will take away from the time spent at the park. We wanted to check on the dogs once during the day to walk and feed them and go back to the park in the evening. We went to Magic Kingdom our 1st day and could walk to the boat and be dropped of at the entrance. Very easy and didn't take a lot of time, maybe 30 minutes at the most. On our 2nd day Epcot was a little longer but still a boat ride and then the monorail. Getting back was at least an hour because of timing connections for the monorail and the boat, they don't run as frequently during the day.<br />
Mike ended up driving the car back to Epcot which took him only 20 minutes. We read that Hollywood and Animal Kingdom were even further and buses don't start until 8:30am which gives you little chance of getting to the park for a 9am opening. We drove the car and found it was a lot easier and quicker to get to and from the parks then using Disney transportation, at least from Fort Wilderness. Parking at any resort is free if you are staying at a Disney property.<br />
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This was our 1st visit to Disneyworld(DW); we have been to Disneyland(DL) several times. I had always heard Disneyworld is bigger and with Epcot and Animal Kingdom being the biggest difference from DL. My Disney experience will focus on the comparison between the two since one is on the east coast and the other on the west coast and answer the question is it worth it for someone on the west coast to make a trip to Florida to see Disneyworld.<br />
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Magic Kingdom is all Disney, and not that much different from Disneyland. The castle is the big difference. DW has the Cinderella castle and DL has the Sleeping Beauty castle. The layout and many of the rides are the same or similar to DL rides.<br />
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Disney Hollywood Studio's is the California Adventure equivalent. On our visit there was lots of work in progress and half of the park is under construction. Other then a few attractions California Adventure is hands down better.<br />
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Epcot is the biggest difference. Twice the size of Magic Kingdom so a lot of walking is involved. It is a park to entertain and educate.<br />
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Ever wonder what EPCOT stands for? I didn't know this myself. The official answer is<i><span style="color: red;"> Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow</span></i>. Interesting and inspiring.<br />
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To all who come to this place of joy, hope and friendship, welcome.<br /><br /> Epcot Center is inspired by Walt Disney's creative genius. Here, human achievements are celebrated through imagination, the wonders of enterprise, and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting benefits for all.<br /><br /> May Epcot Center entertain, inform and inspire. And, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere. </h4>
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The place is huge and we did do a lot of walking. We were there during the International Flower and Garden Festival. The Disney inspired sculpted flower and garden exhibits throughout the park were amazing.</div>
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Epcot is 2 parks Future World which has the theme park attractions and World Showcase.<br />
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In the Japan pavilion there was a Kodo drummer demonstration.<br />
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Animal Kingdom is Disney's version of a zoo. Only 2 must do rides: Expedition Everest and Kali Rapids.<br />
The Safari is one of the highlights and I am amazed how great a job Disney does to give you that up close feel to the animals. This is the most popular ride here so you definitely want to use an early fast pass for this one.<br />
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We are big roller coaster fans and Universal has a lot of them. Many will knock your socks off with multiple inversions.<br />
A note for dog owners, Universal is a bit of a drive from Fort Wilderness and since we would be spending the whole day there we needed a better option for checking on the dogs during the day. Universal has an on-site Pet kennel facility in the back of one of their parking garages. It is clean, air conditioned and they have an on-site attendant who checks on the dogs to make sure they have plenty of water. They charge $15/dog for the day. They are open at 8am and don't close until 2 hours after the park closes. It was great we could bring their blankets and toys. You will need to have proof of vaccinations. The facility does not walk or feed your dog or have playgroups but we could stop anytime during the day to walk and feed them. It was very convenient.<br />
The whole Harry Potter experience in both Universal Orlando's Wizardry World and Island of Adventure is worth the trip east since Universal in Hollywood's new Harry Potter Wizardry World is half the size. I've not done the new Harry Potter at Universal Hollywood to knowingly compare the two.<br />
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Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-70846880465899510892017-05-01T15:13:00.000-06:002017-05-04T12:04:26.359-06:00Florida's Emerald Coast-Navarre <i>April 15-22, 2017</i><br />
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Florida's Emerald Coast refers to a 100 mile stretch of white sand beaches and emerald green water along the Gulf of Mexico from Pensacola Beach to Panama City.<br />
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Navarre is about 25 miles southeast of Pensacola on the Santa Rosa Sound and only minutes from the pristine beaches along the gulf.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can walk for miles on these beautiful beaches.</td></tr>
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Our base camp for a week was at the <a href="http://www.emeraldbeachrvpark.com/home.html">Emerald Beach RV Park</a>. Although we were not right on the water we still had a small view when there was no RV in the site next to us. Being so close to the water we always had a cool breeze.<br />
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We drove to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pickens">Fort Pickens</a> a pentagonal historic military fort at the end of Santa Rosa Island in the Pensacola area. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Pickens_(congressman)" title="Andrew Pickens (congressman)">Andrew Pickens</a>. We took the visitor's tour given by a national park volunteer. He told us the history and purpose of the fort. He took us to the best spot to view the Blue Angels who had a practice scheduled that morning.<br />
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We were lucky to be in town this week and get two chances to see the Blue Angels practice. We took local advice and watched from the top of Fort Pickens. We were across the bay from the Naval base; the position of the fort gives an unobstructed view of the angels as they maneuver to fly over their practice area and is a popular spot for locals to watch. And when they flew over us it was loud. I brought my good camera with the zoom lens and got some great shots.<br />
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While on Pensacola beach we ate at Peg Leg Pete's for a great seafood lunch.<br />
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We enjoyed this so much we decided the next day to drive into Pensacola and see their second practice at the Naval base from the flight line. It's free and very well organized. <a href="http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/blue-angels/">http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/blue-angels/</a><br />
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Couldn't help but take more pictures. One advantage of being this close is the full effect you get of how loud and powerful these jets are.<br />
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After the show we stopped at a popular restaurant in Pensacola, <a href="http://fishhousepensacola.com/">The Fish House</a>. I decided I finally had to try oysters. Knowing I just couldn't do them raw I went with fried oysters. Didn't improve my experience but at least I tried them. <br />
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A great beach getaway after our winter skiing and to rest up before we head to Orlando. We planned 8 days in Orlando, 6 days to tour Disneyworld and Universal and 2 rest days. I see a lot of walking in our future. <br />
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<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-62875086263180820012017-04-17T16:10:00.002-06:002017-04-17T16:10:55.971-06:00Spring trip 2017: New OrleansWe left Salt Lake City on Sunday 4/2, two days ahead of schedule. I like to have flexibility in our schedule when determining the day's travel miles and stop when the weather is not in our favor. We saw severe weather and snow in the forecast for Denver on 4/4 and decided we wanted to get past Denver on Monday. I had a reservation in New Orleans on 4/12 so we had plenty of time to get there. We spent 1 night in Wyoming at the <a href="http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/wyoming/laramie/laramie-koa">Laramie KOA</a>; it was okay for an overnight. It rained overnight in Laramie and snowed at 8000 ft. outside of Cheyenne that had us driving on slushy roads in the morning leading into Cheyenne. The 1st time driving the big rig on snowy roads; road got better south of Cheyenne. We made it past Denver and stopped to overnight in Oakley, Kansas at <a href="http://www.highplainscamping.com/">High Plains Camping</a>, well below the elevation for snow from the approaching storm. Originally planning a slower pace and 3 days to get to Kansas we pushed it and made it in 2 days; Mike was feeling good driving the extra mileage. We arrived in Hutchinson, KA on Tuesday(4/4). Our camping spot was at the <a href="http://www.kansasstatefair.com/p/facility-rentals/300">Kansas State Fairground</a>. Lots of sites, available on a 1st come 1st serve basis, all have full hook-up but no concrete pads. All sites are on grass but the internal roads are paved. After previous rain and the heavy rain when we arrived the ground was pretty soaked, no chance we would be able to put our jacks down with the soft ground/mud. Not having our jacks down and no slides out wasn't a problem since we didn't plan on being at our site a lot and only here for 2 nights. The next day things dried out and when we needed to leave we had no issues leaving our site. This was not the quickest or most direct route to New Orleans but we are glad we worked the stop into our plans; it was great to visit and reminisce with old friends we haven't seen in a long time. <br />
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Thursday 4/6: I found an RV park in Ardmore, OK called <a href="http://www.bythelakerv.com/">By The Lake RV Resort</a>. It's only been open since August of 2016. With not much in the area this was a find and I would highly recommend this RV park for and overnight or an extended stay.<br />
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Friday 4/7: After navigating the roads and awful construction in the Dallas area we finally passed the Louisiana state line. We spent 1 night at the <a href="http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/louisiana/shreveport">Shreveport/Bossier KOA</a>. Very nice gravel site with lots of trees. We don't usually do KOA's; they tend to be very family oriented and have lots of kids. There was a KOA in Charleston on our trip close to friends we were going to visit so we committed to stay there and it was expensive. I chose to purchase a KOA membership for the year that would reduce the nightly rate 10%. A big savings in Charleston, so I started looking at other KOA's on our route to continue to benefit from the membership fee ($40/year). I will break even on the cost of the membership and probably will even do better.<br />
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With our reservation in New Orleans not until 4/12 we had to find a place to stay for 4 nights. I found <a href="http://lakeside-rvpark.com/">Lakeside RV Park</a>, about 73 miles outside of New Orleans. They have a few long pull-through sites with partial views of the Lake. It was the perfect place to settle for 4 nights and a chance to unwind. Mike could use it after all the long days of driving.<br />
There was a paved walk around 1/2 of the lake and lots of grass for our fur kids. Caught this cool shot in the early morning of the mist over the lake.<br />
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4/12-4/15/2017: New Orleans<br />
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I made reservations early and was able to get a site at the popular French Quarter RV Resort. Pricey but as close as you can get to downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter.<br />
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Two almost three full days here was enough for us. We did a lot of walking and had plenty of time to take in the French Quarter scene but after 5pm it gets really loud and crazy with a high proportion of intoxicated people walking the streets, especially Bourbon St .<br />
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Royal Street, where most of the shops are, was quieter.<br />
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We didn't miss out on the Beignets at Café Du Monde on Decatur St.<br />
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I loved the Sazerac's at the bar in the Musical Legends Park, it is my new favorite drink and there was always live jazz music. We went here every day for our happy hour.<br />
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There were always amateur musicians playing on the streets during the day to sell their CD's and for tips.<br />
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I enjoyed many of them and was really moved by a female jazz clarinetist and her band that would play on Royal Street everyday around 10:30am; she was good and could hit those high notes. I'm glad we came here and it's a check off my list of places to visit. I enjoyed walking around in the morning and in the early evening but we decided to not go back into the quarter at night for the jazz bars. With all the music during the day I didn't feel the need to stay out late and pay the cover or meet the drink requirements per set for a jazz bar. I saw enough of the crowd scene at 6pm to know its a totally different scene after dark. New Orleans is a place to visit once but not someplace I feel the need to go again.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Florida: a week in Navarre then to Orlando and Disneyworld "Where Dreams Come True".</span></i><br />
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Wow, February is almost over and Spring is just around the corner. Here is a sneak peek into what we have planned for 2017.<br />
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It begins with a Spring trip.<br />
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This trip began with a bucket list destination, going to Disneyworld in Orlando, Fl. A magical place that can bring the whimsical child out of any person no matter their age. We have always enjoyed our trips to Disneyland in California even into our adult years. Disneyworld is bigger and has even grown bigger over the years and with Universal Orlando so close and its addition of the Harry Potter Experience we are ready to head east to visit both of these magical and fun places. We originally planned going here for our 1st big RV trip in the Spring of 2016 but when we put our house on the market in 2015 and not having it sold before the end of December we didn't want to be on the other side of the U.S when it did sell, so we decided it was best to push this trip into 2017. <br />
Now that we had our destination we needed to decide on the places we wanted to visit getting there and back. Here is the basic route for the trip and will total almost 5200 miles.<br />
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I have been hard at work since January, when not skiing, getting the route planned. Being one of our biggest trips and with lots of stops I've been busy.<br />
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<u>A few of the places we will visit: </u><br />
New Orleans<br />
Emerald Coast (Navarre, FL)<br />
Disneyworld (Orlando, FL)<br />
Savannah, GA<br />
Charleston, SC<br />
Rafting in the Blue Ridge/Smokey Mountains<br />
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The big unknown in RV traveling is how much advance planning should one expect. Our goal was to travel in the shoulder seasons which we hoped would be less busy and we would not have to compete as much for RV sites. We have also chosen not to do a lot of dry camping or boondocking in these 1st few years of RV trips. Statistics show RV, fifth wheel, and camper sales are booming and are at all-time highs. Besides the weekend RV'ers there are more retirees choosing to full-time in their RV and who move between winter and summer locations. This is creating more competition for RV park sites and the State Campgrounds fill up months in advance, especially around the holidays and on weekends. We originally thought we could be spontaneous in our RV planning but putting this trip together has opened our eyes that being spontaneous may not always be possible. When it comes to planning Mike and I are very different. I am a planner and feel more comfortable knowing or at least have several options ahead of time when it comes to where we stay; Mike wants to be flexible. He is the practical one and knows the uncertainty that comes with traveling in an RV and the mechanical or other issues that can delay our timelines. I am finding a balance between the two by making sure the places I need to reserve have cancellation policies that are reasonable and maybe as time goes on I can embrace more spontaneity.<br />
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Right from the start this trip required that we reserve our RV site at the only RV park on the Disneyworld property <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/campsites-at-fort-wilderness-resort/rates-roo">Fort Wilderness</a>. Although it is large park we are a big rig and the recommendations were to reserve in advance. We then picked a date on when we could get to Orlando with the stops we wanted to make on our way there. The next popular location was New Orleans. With only 2 days there we decided to stay at the popular French Quarter RV Resort that is close to the downtown tourist area. To guarantee a spot here I needed to reserve that in advance.<br />
Getting between Salt Lake and New Orleans we can be more flexible; adjusting travel miles and stops based on weather. The next decision was searching for a good beach location along the gulf coast where we could spend a week. In my search and calling around it became apparent that I was going to have to again reserve early. This continued to be the case when looking at stops in Georgia and Charleston. Due to a rally in New Brunswick I was lucky that I called early and reserved one of the last spots at the RV park I wanted to stay at in the area. Not sure if we just showed up without a reservation, because of the rally, that we could have gotten a space at the park. So, we ended up with advance reservation on at least 75% of the eastbound route. Many of the cancellation policies at the resorts are reasonable and will allow refunds and changes so I am hopeful the trip will not have any unexpected issues that I will have to adjust our schedule. The westbound part of the trip is looking to be easier and we don't seem to have to plan as much other than the Memorial Day weekend. We were planning on being in the Denver area over Memorial Day but the popular campground I was interested in was already booked for that weekend, in addition, most every weekend through the entire summer and I was looking at availability 5 months out. I made some adjustments in our schedule that will put us outside the Denver area for that weekend and then got a site at the campground arriving on Memorial Day and leaving before the next weekend. I'm glad I didn't wait any longer on that one.<br />
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We will have stops to visit friends in Hutchinson, KS, Melbourne, FL, and Charleston, SC. On our way to Charleston I will finally get to visit Savannah. After Charleston, we will spend some time in the Blue Ridge/Smokey Mountain area for several rafting day trips.<br />
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I've found planning the trip can be as much of an adventure as the trip itself, although sometimes can seem frustrating. With much of the upcoming trip planning completed I can now relax. Snow is still accumulating at the resorts and this year is turning out to be an exceptional ski season. Brighton Ski Resort has a 146-inch base, year to date snowfall is at 513 inches and most are calling the skiing conditions epic. Mike will spend his non-skiing time in March doing some work on the RV and get it ready for the trip.<br />
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Fall 2017- <br />
Still early in the planning stage but this will be a loop in the northwest U.S. We will visit Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho on our way to, hopefully, attend a small Newmar Rally in Spokane in September. We will travel the Oregon coast south from Portland to San Francisco before heading back to Salt Lake City.<br />
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<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-52866380343126859282017-02-22T10:56:00.002-07:002017-02-22T17:39:34.050-07:00Final leg: New Mexico, Arizona and back to Utah<br />
A little behind on my posting. I forgot to finish and post our final leg of our 2016 Fall Adventure.<br />
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<i>Oct. 4th - Nov. 1st, 2016</i><br />
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Before we left Albuquerque, Mike noticed a screw in one of our tires. Not getting home for another 4 weeks this wasn't something we wanted to ignore. Mike found a tire shop just outside of Albuquerque that had the tire he wanted and could do the job and get us on our way that same day. We were already discussing whether we really wanted to go to Carlsbad Caverns. We talked with a couple at the Balloon Fiesta that suggested a visit to Ruidoso, NM. We both were pretty done with the warm temps and the thought of going to a higher elevation where it would be cooler was enticing. The extra stop for the tire repair decided our fate since Ruidoso was closer than Carlsbad. I called some places around the area of Ruidoso and found<a href="https://www.eaglecreekrvresort.com/"> Eagle Creek RV Resort</a> in Alto, NM. <br />
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We enjoyed it here so much we decided to extend the stay to 3 nights and skip Carlsbad.<br />
We loved that the park was quiet and in a secluded, wooded area. At nearly 7,000 feet the temperature was perfect. We saw deer everyday walking through the RV sites. <br />
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There was a nice short hike up the mountain behind the RV park where and old ski resort used to be.<br />
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Of course we found a mountain biking trail.<br />
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After Ruidoso we made a 2 night stop in Deming, NM and then headed to Tucson, AZ for a week.<br />
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In Tucson we stayed at the Rincon West RV Park <a href="http://www.rinconcountry.com/west-park/home/">http://www.rinconcountry.com/west-park/home/</a>, a park that caters to the winter season visitor; it is a mix of park models and RV sites. It was convenient being close to downtown and to some of the mountain bike trails we have always wanted to ride. Tucson also has an extensive public bike system. We could pick up the paved trail from our RV park and bike all the way to the downtown area without crossing any major streets. We stuck to our mountain biking trails but those that are into road biking would have a great time.<br />
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There were 2 areas we biked <a href="http://tucsonbikerentals.org/mountain-bike-trails/sweetwater-trail/">Sweetwater trail system</a> and <a href="http://tucsonbikerentals.org/mountain-bike-trails/starr-pass-trail/">Star Pass</a> in the Tucson Mountain Preserve area. Sweetwater was well marked and very well taken care of and had a lot of diverse terrain. <br />
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Starr pass was more difficult because there weren't a lot of signs but we bumbled our way through without too much backtracking.<br />
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I went to college (University of Arizona) here so it was nice to revisit the old campus after 30 years.<br />
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I thought the weather would be cooling off when we got here but the temperature stayed above normal and after a hot week we pushed forward to Phoenix to visit with our families for 2 weeks. Since it was so warm we decided to put the RV in storage and stay with Mike's family. Our route to Salt Lake included a very disappointing overnight stop in Las Vegas at the Hitchin' Post RV Park <a href="http://www.hprvp.com/">http://www.hprvp.com</a> . We wouldn't stay here again it was noisy and had very tight spots. Our next night was at a very nice KOA in Fillmore <a href="http://koa.com/campgrounds/fillmore/">http://koa.com/campgrounds/fillmore/</a>. Being a seasonal KOA it is open 3/1-11/15 but definitely one of the nicest KOA's. Being so late in the season it was practically empty. We will definitely keep this on our list of overnight stops when we are traveling this route. <br />
Back in Utah the RV goes into long term storage for the winter and the ski season is just around the corner.<br />
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It was great trip and we only saw a small part of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. We still have many areas of these states to explore on future trips.<br />
We traveled a total of 2365.7 miles and were on the road for 9 weeks. <br />
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Highlights and our favorite stops:<br />
Carbondale, Colorado<br />
Breckenridge Colorado<br />
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta- bucket list item<br />
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This was on my bucket list and the timing was perfect for planning to attend the event during this RV trip. We were going to be in Pueblo, Colorado for the International Newmar Rally the week before the Balloon Fiesta and Albuquerque was close enough of a drive to go directly there from the rally. Major events are usually a learning experience not only for those hosting them, but also for those attending. I did my research, read many trip reports from RV bloggers and made reservations for our RV site as soon as our Pueblo trip was confirmed.<br />
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This is an event that draws close to 1 million people over the 9 day fiesta. There is ample RV parking within a mile of the balloon field with various levels of amenities and pricing but the weekends and some of the premium lots fill up early. <a href="http://www.balloonfiesta.com/guest-guide/rv-information">http://www.balloonfiesta.com/guest-guide/rv-information</a><br />
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I recommend making reservations in advance especially if you want to stay over any of the weekends. Reservations open a year in advance and the closer lots book quickly. I booked in January, 9 months before the event, for 4 nights over the 1st weekend and all the premium sites were booked. I was able to get in the Standard/Premium lot with a box view site ($45/night). Standard site is $35/night. These are all dry camping (no electric or water), so make sure you are full on water and gray and black tanks are empty when you arrive. The Standard lot has some premium sites with 30amp and a water connection for $75/night. The Presidential lot has 30amp full hookups and is on a hill that overlooks the field but you pay a hefty price ($175/night). There are 2 VIP lots which go for $90/night, still no hookups but you are closer to the field. The standard/premium lot we were in was about 3/4 mile from the field but they provided free shuttles that could take you to the field and back. I felt lucky to be in the shuttle buses at the early hour of 5:00am with traffic at a standstill trying to get into the parking lots and we had a designated bus lane to get us to the drop off area.<br />
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I was very happy with our site and the box view had the added bonus of seeing balloons landing in front of you.<br />
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Another option, if you are a member of Escapees, the Boomers have several sites reserved each year. I saw their sites which are Box View but in a nice private area opposite the field from where our site was.<br />
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They usually will have 50 spots and the cost is the same and are reserved directly through the Balloon reservation system once you sign up for the event with the Boomers. You have to be a member of Escapees 1st, but it's a reasonable $40 annual membership fee. I am told they have had spots available up until September. We met a couple at an Idaho rally who were there with the Boomers and they loved it. The Boomers have daily social gatherings and know some of the ballooners that are always looking for last minute volunteers for chase crews. I went to a wine tasting gathering with them Monday evening and had a great time meeting several of the Boomer members. Definitely a good option if you want to be in a chase crew.<br />
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We had different perspectives of the balloon events every day. There is an admission charge for access to the field sessions. There are 2 sessions, a morning and evening session, every day except on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday there are no evening sessions. Each session is $10/person. There is even a special shape balloon session. Planning is essential, check the schedule before you book the days you want to attend so you get a chance to see all sessions you may be interested in attending. <br />
Saturday we went on the field for the morning session to see dawn patrol and mass ascension. You have to get up well before dawn to catch the shuttle from your lot that will take you to the field in time for the dawn patrol show. <br />
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The event draws over 500 balloons to the fiesta from all parts of the world and in all different shapes.<br />
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Sunday we went to the evening session for balloon glow and fireworks.<br />
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The fireworks were impressive and worth the price of admission to an evening session. The best I have seen. I wish I knew more about using my camera to have taken some pictures but my photos didn't do it justice. <br />
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The other days we could watch everything from the RV. Balloons were landing in the morning right in front of our RV and we could see the fireworks from our RV at night.<br />
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There is a Balloon museum near the launch area that is worth a visit. Beautiful displays and a wealth of knowledge about the science and history behind balloon flight.<br />
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We had everything we could need for dry camping for 4 days I didn't feel we needed to spend the extra money for any of the premium sites. If you stay for the entire 9 days or longer and need to have tanks emptied, you can pay for an off-site service to come and empty tanks for $25.<br />
Ballooning is totally weather and wind dependent. We got lucky and had perfect weather the entire time we were there, temperatures in the mornings were above normal (50's) and only one morning event was canceled due to wind. I read several RV blogs and many recommend attending the event for the entire 9 days for this reason. I followed the balloon fiesta after we left and the 2nd half was colder and had several sessions delayed or canceled. So, a longer stay is advisable to ensure that there will be balloon launches during your stay. <br />
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The Balloon Fiesta was the highlight of our 10 week 2016 Fall RV adventure and something I would not hesitate to do again. I got lots of great photos for a lifetime of memories.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A must do event.</span></b><br />
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<b>September 19-22, 2016</b><br />
<b>Canon City, Colorado</b><br />
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We saw beautiful fall colors on our drive from Breckenridge to Canon City and crossed the Continental Divide.<br />
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Canon City is the destination area for visiting the Royal Gorge Bridge. We planned a 3 night stay in Canon City to position ourselves close to Pueblo, Colorado for the early morning time slot for parking at the Newmar International Rally, a convergence of 420 Newmar RV's. The rally has educational seminars, entertainment, social activities, service and parts from Newmar, Spartan and Freightliner companies. <br />
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We stayed at the <a href="http://www.royalviewcampground.com/rv-park.shtml">Royal View RV Campground</a>. The only RV park in the area that you could see the Royal Gorge Bridge from the park.<br />
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We went to the Royal Gorge Park but did our viewing from the parking area. It was built as a tourist attraction in 1929 and was the tallest suspension bridge until 2001. A fire in 2013 damaged the buildings and tram but the bridge itself had little damage. It was reopened in 2015 with new facilities, a gondola and a zip line across the bridge. I wanted to walk across the bridge but didn't want to do any of the touristy zip line, gondola and amusement park activities and in order to walk on the bridge you still had to pay the entrance fee. I settled for a view of the bridge from the parking lot. </div>
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There is a scenic train ride you pick up in Canon City and takes you through the gorge along the Rio Grande river and travels under the bridge. We didn't get a chance to do this but talked with people at the rally who did and they all said it had spectacular views and was worth the price. It would have given a different perspective, a view from below. Originally started in 1879 it was bought and reestablished in 1998. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad now combines Colorado history, spectacular scenery, and unique dining options on a leisurely 2-hour journey through the breathtaking scenery of the Royal Gorge. <br />
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A big rally of 420 Newmar RV's and 840 people in attendance. This was rally style parking and I'm glad we chose the higher priced option of a 50amp full hookup site since it ended up being an unseasonably warm week and we needed to run all 3 air conditioners. We learned a lot, had a chance to see some 2017 models and revisited with some friends we met at the Idaho Rally. Not very dog friendly being all asphalt but we survived , however I spent a lot of time washing the dogs feet every couple of days, what a mess it caused of their white fir. I enjoyed some of the social events and classes held during the week and Mike was able to go to an intensive Spartan Chassis workshop.<br />
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We happened to be in town during the annual Pueblo Chile Festival. It was fun to see all the varieties of Chiles and to see them roasting. I was able to buy some roasted chilies and freeze some for the rest of our trip.<br />
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<span id="goog_658146599"></span><span id="goog_658146600">I went to the <a href="https://www.sdc-arts.org/">Sangre de Cristo Art Center</a> to catch the last day of the Ansel Adams exhibit.</span><br />
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There wasn't much to do here and I'm not sure I would have put Pueblo, Colorado on our travel destination radar other then we were here for the rally but while we were here we explored and found interesting things to see and do. That is the joy of travel; anyplace can be an adventure.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><i>September 11-19, 2016</i></span><br />
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It's no surprise that Breckenridge has been referred to as the perfect mountain town. Full of history and character, Breck shares an incredibly laid-back charm that makes you feel like a local – no matter the season.<br />
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Base - 9,603 feet to it's highest peak at 14,271 feet (Quandary Peak).<br />
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We stayed at the <a href="http://www.tigerrunresort.com/">Tiger Run Resort</a>. A 5 star RV resort just north of the town of Breckenridge off of CO-9. There are a mix of RV spaces and cabins(called chalets) giving a neighborhood feel to the park. Lots of trees separate the sites. There is an indoor pool, Jacuzzi, and gym; making it an all-season resort. It's the only RV park in the area and pricey. Book early if you want to grab a site here, the chalets are taking over a lot of the RV spaces so there isn't as many RV sites as in the past.<br />
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<a href="https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/6286187">Breckenridge Flume Loop-Mountain Biking</a>. We enjoyed this ride so much we did it 4 times while we were here. The perfect distance (total 12 miles) and level of workout plus we could bike to it from our RV park.<br />
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We expected weather in Breckenridge for the 1st part of the week. We didn't expect to wake up to a dusting of snow on the peaks. It didn't last all day but it was nice to see while we were here. Reminded us that ski season will be here before we know it.<br />
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Friday we went to Vail. They run the gondolas from Vail Village and Lionshead village up to mid-mountain.<br />
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We hiked the Berry Picker trail from Lionshead base up to lower fireweed trail then across the mountain over to the Mid-vail lodge. A strenuous 4 mile hike that took us a little over 2.5 hours and a 2200 foot elevation gain. Mid-vail lodge was open for lunch; we had a sandwich and a beer then took Gondola One, a free ride, down to Vail village. <br />
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Vail village had their Oktoberfest that weekend. We walked through it but didn't partake in the bier festivities. <br />
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We walked through the village back to our car parked at Lionshead village. A great day at Vail. I liked Vail better then Aspen, maybe because on Friday it wasn't all that busy. It had the Swiss look and feel to it and the pedestrian friendly streets were nicer.<br />
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We were able to meet up with our former neighbors (Ira and Loretta) who would winter in Scottsdale and spend the summer in Denver. We met them in Frisco for a happy hour dinner at Rio Grande. <br />
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Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-34845650482029722502016-09-15T10:31:00.000-06:002016-09-15T10:31:50.347-06:00 Carbondale, Colorado…"Where Rocky Vistas Meet Crystal Waters”<i>September 9-11, 2016</i><br />
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We stayed at a small RV park/campground called <a href="http://gateway-rv-park.com/">Gateway RV Park</a>. <br />
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It's owned by the town of Carbondale, a short drive off of I-70. It's a small campground with 16 RV sites to accommodate a wide variety of sized RV's, 11 of the sites are full-hookup and 5 are water/electric. Only 4 sites (#11,12,13,14) could accommodate up to 45ft rigs. Sites #9 and 10 were max of 40ft. All of their sites were double wide; you had a space for the RV and space next to your site with a picnic bench, fire ring and plenty of space to park the tow vehicle. The park is close to the highway but the noise wasn't a problem for us. It is also right above the river, easily accessible for fishing.<br />
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Sites are well marked and the campground has very nice hosts. They come out to greet you when you arrive, make sure you get into your site and know where everything is within the campground. The campground does have showers and the Wi-Fi was excellent but no laundry. We had good T-Mobile, Verizon and satellite reception. We liked this park, it was close to Glenwood Springs and Aspen-Snowmass.<br />
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Carbondale offers miles and miles of hiking and mountain biking just across the highway from the RV Park within the BLM Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area. The RV Park is also located alongside the paved Rio Grande Trail that stretches 44 beautiful miles from Aspen to Glenwood Springs. <br />
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The mountain biking/hiking trail we did was across the highway from our RV park called the <a href="http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/4102835">Red Hill Loop</a>.<br />
I found it to be an advanced trail for biking due to it's steepness and rocky terrain. I ended up hiking/biking most of the trail. Hauling my bike up the hill on the ascent was a workout but the upper sections and the upper part of the downhill were doable and fun. Although the trails are marked and I made notes, we missed a turn and didn't get to do a portion of the loop which would have been the more flat and intermediate portion of the trail. The lower half of the descent was rated upper intermediate but many sections I had to hike. The trail would be better as a hike and the views at the top are worth the effort to get there.<br />
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On our 2nd day we went to Snowmass Resort, only 18 miles away from our RV park for a hike to the peak. On weekends they run a lift and gondola and if you hike up you get to ride down for free. We always like these hikes. We knew there was and event in the area, the Colorado Tough Mudder, I thought it was at Aspen Resort but when we got to Snowmass it was set up at the base. Lots of people and activity but we had no problem getting a parking spot in the garage at the base.<br />
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I didn't go the entire distance to the peak but made it to the top of the gondola, 2.2 miles and a lot of elevation gain. <br />
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Mike took the Summit trail to the top, another 2 miles and 1500ft elevation gain at a much steeper grade.<br />
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After the hike we went into Aspen, it was okay, may be better on a weekday. It was Saturday and prime time in Aspen, no chance of getting any outside seating at restaurants. We grabbed some ice cream, walked around and said okay we were here. <br />
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Had a great time in Carbondale/Aspen-Snowmass. There are a lot more places to explore in the area, we just didn't have the time. May have to plan another trip this way. Our next stop Breckenridge(9400ft), expecting cooler temperatures and some weather.<br />
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<i>Our 1st long adventure begins......10 weeks on the road traveling through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.</i><br />
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This trip developed from wanting to attend the Newmar International Rally in Pueblo, CO and the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, a bucket list item, which was conveniently right after the rally. I planned our route from Salt Lake to Pueblo with extended stops in Grand Junction and Breckenridge. I added 3 nights in Carbondale where we can easily reach Aspen for a day trip; after a week in Breckenridge we will spend 2 nights in Canon City to visit the Royal Gorge area. Our plan was to find some local mountain biking and hiking trails at our stops.<br />
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Mike went to Grand Junction 2 days before me to have a Newmar service center in Grand Junction replace our salon slide motor and the fuel gauge sensor. Since Mike would have to stay at the repair center with no hook ups for up to 2 nights and not have access to the coach during the day I stayed in Salt Lake and when the work was completed and Mike was settled into the RV I would drive down with the dogs in the tow vehicle.<br />
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Our stay in Grand Junction was at the <a href="http://www.rvranchgj.com/">RV Ranch at Grand Junction</a>, in Clifton, CO for 7 nights.<br />
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<span itemprop="name">The RV was done ahead of schedule and Mike was able to get into the park a day early. When he got settled into the site he couldn't get all 50-amps. They had someone come out immediately, had it fixed and there were no problems with it the rest of the week.</span><br />
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Nice RV park with 50-amp and full hook-ups. We had one of their newly upgraded to 50-amp sites (site #43), a nice end spot that was private and shaded. The park is quiet even though close to I-70. There is some train and airplane noise during the day which I didn't think would keep me from staying here and didn't seem to be a problem at night. Our coach is pretty insulated and when the windows are closed it keeps a lot of outside noise to a minimum. The park is not in Grand Junction but in Clifton which is 6 miles out of Grand Junction but still an easy drive to downtown. It's a great home base for trips to Fruita for mountain biking, Palisade for a wine tasting adventure, Colorado National Monument Park and the Grand Mesa. RV parks are limited in the area, the <span id="cgroundName" itemprop="name">James M Robb Colorado River State Park-Island Acres Section is a popular spot with RV'ers but only had 30 amp sites. With dogs and the potential to still be hot in this area in early September we thought it was safer to find a park with 50 amps.</span><br />
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After I arrived on Thursday we decided to head into downtown Grand Junction to <a href="http://www.rockslidebrewpub.com/">Rockslide Brewery </a> on Main Street for dinner. When we arrived vendors were setting up on Main Street for the Thursday evening farmer's market. After a brew and dinner we walked around the farmer's market and bought some local peaches.<br />
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Saturday was forecast for rain so we drove to Palisade, a small historic town, only 6 miles east of our RV park off of I-70. We walked around for a bit then headed on to the Palisade Fruit and Wine Byway, a scenic drive that has plenty of chances to stop at fruit stands and vineyards along the road that all offer free wine tastings.<br />
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The rain cooperated and after adding to our wine collection we were ready to head home and enjoy the moody weather.<br />
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Sunday was also forecasted for rain so we decided to drive the famous Rim Rock Drive through the Colorado National Monument Park. The drive is a scenic 23-mile, winding road with amazing cliff edge views. There are 19 overlooks for photo opportunities and 14 trails for hikes ranging from 0.5 to 14 miles. We didn't do any of the hikes because we had the dogs with us and the park has a no dog policy on the trails. The drive, in itself, was worth the visit and we were able to use our National Park Pass to waive the entrance fee($25).<br />
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There were several cars pulled over to the side of the road looking up at the opposite cliff side and this is what caused all the commotion, I was able to take a good shot from the car.<br />
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A mandatory stop at the Two Rivers Winery on the way out of the National Park for a wine tasting.<br />
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Monday the weather cleared out and it was our 1st mountain biking day. Lots of biking in the area and the must do trails are near Fruita called the Kokopelli trail system. We decided to do Rustler's loop first, which is an easy 3.5 mile loop with fantastic views of the Colorado river and a good warm up to the longer Mary's loop (8.5 miles upper intermediate level). Mary's loop was a challenge, it started out easy enough but then toward the half way point it rides narrow and close to the edge of a cliff with a huge drop off. There were rocky descents and steps with just the right mix of easy and hard to make this ride a challenging one for strong intermediates and advanced riders. We were plenty tired after the ride; it was pretty exposed and hot even in the morning but we had a great time exploring new trails.<br />
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At the end of Monday's ride Mike noticed my front shock was leaking oil and we should see if there was a Cannondale shop in town that could do a quick repair. We checked on-line and found a Cannondale seller that was also a service center in Grand Junction, <a href="http://thebikeshopgj.com/">The Bike Shop</a>. Monday was Labor day and they were closed so we were at the shop 1st thing Tuesday morning hoping they could work on it that day. We told them we were traveling and needed it done by Thursday. They said they weren't busy and could look at it that morning and, if no complications, have it done by the end of the day. That was good news since we were planning to get one more day (Wednesday) of biking before we left Grand Junction.<br />
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Wednesday we decided to check out the more challenging bike trails at the Lunch Loop Trail System in Grand Junction. The employee at The Bike Shop said they were mostly advanced trails but there are a small amount of beginner to upper intermediate trails. He gave us a map and showed us what trails were easy and which were harder so we were confident we could spend a few hours there exploring. <br />
We weren't disappointed, they reminded us of Arizona bike trails, rocky and lots of cactus. The more advanced trails were narrow, had rocky steps that ran along the cliff with lots of places with huge penalties if you weren't paying attention. I walked the bike in places that were beyond my abilities but we had fun and it was a great workout. It's a multiuse trail so you had to share the trail with hikers and runners, which I thought on a busy weekend would be a distraction.<br />
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We had a great time in the Grand Junction area except for it being a little warmer then we expected. We had a couple of good days for mountain biking and a week to settle into RV mode. We now travel to higher elevations and cooler weather with our 1st stop in Carbondale and then into Breckenridge. <br />
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We decided it would be a great opportunity to take a small tour of some sites in Idaho on our way to the Newmar Kountry Klub Region 2 Idaho State Rally in Cascade in July. Our plan was to work our way towards Cascade and stretch the trip over 10 days with 2-3 night stays along the way.<br />
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At this point, you probably want to ask: "What is this club?"<br />
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Our motorhome is made by a large RV manufacturer Newmar <a href="http://www.newmarcorp.com/">http://www.newmarcorp.com/</a> The "Newmar Kountry Klub" is a RV social club exclusive to owners of a Newmar coach. Their members are from the United States and Canada and travel all over North America to meet up in different <br />
areas for rallies, special events and caravans. Through the Kountry Klub there is an open line of communication between Newmar and owners of Newmar RV's. We are now in Utah which is in Region 1 but as a club member you can go to any of the Region Rallies. The big rally called the International Rally is held once a year and this year it's in Colorado the last week in September. We will be going to the big event in September and thought this rally would give us a chance to meet other members ahead of the September Rally. <br />
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There were 14 coaches and 28 attendees at the rally. Many have been to multiple rallies, 4 of us were 1st time rally attendees. We had a great time, everyone seemed to know each other but everyone was friendly and made us feel part of their family. A lot of them we will see again at the International Rally in September. <br />
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The Rally was held at Arrowhead RV Park over 4 days. <a href="http://www.arrowheadpark.com/" target="_blank">http://www.arrowheadpark.com/</a><br />
Overall a very nice park but it's an older park used to having smaller sized RV's. We had difficulties getting all 50 amps, mostly in the later part of the day when temperatures would be in the 90's. Our group of 14 rigs were all big rigs 36-40 ft. plus and all using 50 amps at the same time. We had to monitor and adjust how many amps we used during those peak hours later in the day. Seems to be a common theme when traveling this time of year and staying in older parks. <br />
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They had an itinerary of activities and included breakfast and dinner each day. Friday after breakfast there was a wood carving informational clinic at the RV park. <br />
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The RV park is known as a Woodcarving/craft retreat in the summer and they have people that come from all parts of the country that stay the entire summer carving totem poles. It's quite impressive to walk around the RV park and see as many as 30 plus totem poles with some that are dated back to 1994. <br />
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Friday evening after dinner we had musical entertainment from Ross Thomas. He has performed throughout the U.S. <a href="http://rossthomasmusic.com/bio/">http://rossthomasmusic.com/bio/</a> and has toured, along with his brother, with Collin Raye and The Osmond Brothers.<br />
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Saturday we took a group trip for lunch up to the FAA Radar Station on the top of Snowbank Mountain. It was a beautiful drive on a narrow, steep dirt road to the station at 8,200 feet. A great<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hiked to these towers to get better photos. A nice little workout after lunch.</td></tr>
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Sunday morning, we said our goodbyes and hoped to see everyone at the Rally in September. We had a great time exchanging information on trips, RV maintenance and just about anything. <br />
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We drove the short distance to Boise for our final quick stop so that Mike could visit with a high school friend who lives in Eagle, ID which is just north of the Boise area. It was a stressful drive south on Highway 55, a scenic by-way that is challenging in a large motorhome because of <br />
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My final thoughts on our trip to Idaho and our 1st rally experience: we need to come back and spend more time in Idaho and we should include more rallies in our RV travels. However, I would choose a different time of year especially in the central part of Idaho. July was hot, especially in the later afternoon; I expect the more northern parts of Idaho are cooler. We also didn't do any rafting or fishing on this trip and that is worth a return visit. This was a faster paced trip then we would normally plan and we could have easily spent a week in Sun Valley; so I expect we will make another trip through Idaho. <br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><u>July 23-26, 2016: Ketchum/Sun Valley, ID</u></span><br />
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We've been to Sun Valley twice but only in the winter for ski trips. I always enjoy going to ski resort towns in the summer, it gives one a totally different perspective. We stayed at the one and only RV park in the area but it's also the closest to the towns of Ketchum, Hailey, and the Sun Valley Resort. A good base camp with hookups if you want to explore the Sawtooth recreational area.<br />
The park was great for our short stay in the area, despite that the sites are very close together and you share a small green space with the RV next to you. We were there to be out and about so it didn't matter to us.<br />
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The Meadows RV Park Ketchum ID <a href="http://www.themeadowsinketchum.com/rv/" target="_blank">http://www.themeadowsinketchum.com/rv/</a><br />
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The term "Sun Valley" is used more generally to speak of the region surrounding the city, including the neighboring city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchum,_Idaho" title="Ketchum, Idaho">Ketchum</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_River_Valley" title="Wood River Valley">Wood River Valley</a> area winding south to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hailey,_Idaho" title="Hailey, Idaho">Hailey</a>. The region has been a seasonal home to the rich and famous since first being brought to public attention by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> in the late 1930s.<br />
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There's lots of hiking and mountain biking in the area. Close to our park is the Wood River trail which is an easy, paved path that runs all the way to Ketchum in one direction and Hailey in the other.<br />
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We only did one hike while we were here, Bald Mountain Trail. <a href="http://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7000004">http://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7000004</a><br />
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Quite a hike, 5.0 miles and a 3,229 feet elevation gain. It took us 2 hours and 40 minutes. Beautiful views the entire way and there were still some wildflowers at the upper elevations. Base at the start was 5,764' and the top was at 8,993'. Average grade 12%. It was a slow and steady climb the entire way. The nice part of this hike is there is free lift service down. Christmas lift takes you to Roundhouse where we stopped and had lunch, then it was a gondola ride down to the bottom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie on the lift ride down to Roundhouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Roundhouse- half way down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you Sun Valley for the ride down.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ski Runs in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">River Run Lodge, Base at Sun Valley Ski Resort</td></tr>
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We went to a free concert to listen to the Sun Valley Symphony perform <em>IN FOCUS</em> SERIES<br />
Baroque Beginnings: Bach at the Sun Valley Pavilion on Sunday evening. It was outside on the grass and dog friendly, we found a nice spot in the shade. <br />
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We also went to the Sawtooth Brewery tap room in Hailey, ID. They don't serve food here so it was very dog friendly.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><u>July 26-28, 2016: Lowman, ID</u></span><br />
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On the day we left Sun Valley we heard there was a fire (Pioneer Fire) that started around Idaho City and had closed Highway 21 south of Lowman to Boise. Our route was going to take us to Cascade by way of the Banks-Lowman Highway(ID-17) which was open, so that was good news, but we were worried about smoke. On our arrival to the campground we checked at the forest ranger station and the winds were moving the fire NE of us and there was little chance the Banks-Lowman Highway would be closed. There was no smoke in the area and since we were only going to be there 2 nights we decided to stay and monitor the situation.<br />
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Finally a chance to get our feet wet and do a little glam camping. I chose a campground just outside of Lowman on the Payette River, <em>Mountain View campground, Boise National Forest </em><a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/boise/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=5196&actid=29">http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/boise/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=5196&actid=29</a>. A small campground of 14 sites, no electric or water hookups but there is drinking water, trash bins and 2 vault restrooms within the campground. The campground has a camp host on-site. We had, by far, the best site in the campground, a pull-through right next to the Payette river. Walking around the campground I am not sure we could fit in any other site. Many of the sites are back-in and not level. We had no problems driving in and out of the campground but we did unhitch the tow vehicle first and went slow. I was able to reserve this site on-line; I booked it in early June and made sure we timed our visit midweek when it wouldn't be as busy. The campground was quiet the entire time we were there.<br />
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We did have to deal with some smoke from the fire, mornings were clear then heavy smoke would move in from 11am to 1pm. We would move into the coach until the winds would pick up in the afternoon and push the smoke out. We would see the smoke plume in the late afternoon and build up over the ridge but then recede.<br />
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There was a lot of activity at our site, at around 6:30pm it was a daily pull-out area for this rafting company.<br />
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I took some photos of an angler from the campsite next to us fly fishing. He was catching something every 15-20 minutes. The trout must have been too small because he was releasing most of what he was catching. It looked relaxing and fun, I am seriously thinking of taking up fly fishing as a hobby.<br />
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UPDATE 8/4/16: After we got home from our Idaho trip I saw this news report <a href="http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/pioneer-fire-continues-to-threaten-homes-in-lowman/287280379">http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/pioneer-fire-continues-to-threaten-homes-in-lowman/287280379</a>. It looks like the fire has moved a lot closer to Lowman, which is sad, the area is beautiful. The forces of nature can be relentless.<br />
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We originally had not planned any trips this summer but when we saw there was going to be a Newmar Kountry Klub rally in Cascade Lake, Idaho we decided to take a summer trip and sneak a getaway to Idaho. We are going to the big International Rally in Colorado in September and it sounded like a fun way to meet some other RV'ers that might also be going to the International Rally. Our tour of Idaho was 11 days and included stops to visit Craters of the Moon, Sun Valley, 2 days boondocking at a campground by the Payette River in Lowman, Idaho, and then on to Cascade Lake. Our last stop would be in Boise so that Mike could visit an old friend from high school and then back home.<br />
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First stop was Crater of the Moon National Park <a href="https://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm</a><br />
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<i><span style="color: #e69138;">"I grow very fond of this place, and it certainly has a desolate, grim beauty of its own, that has a curious fascination for me."</span></i> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Theodore Roosevelt</span><br />
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Craters of the Moon's visitor center is located 18 miles southwest of Arco, Idaho on Highway 20/26/93.<br />
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Craters of the Moon formed during eight major eruptive periods between 15,000 and 2000 years ago. Lava erupted from the Great Rift, a series of deep cracks that start near the visitor center and stretch 52 miles (84 km.) to the southeast. During this time the Craters of the Moon lava field grew to cover 618 square miles (1600 square km). This is an amazing area, when you drive the entire loop it seems you are in a totally different world. Barren but alive it was a surreal experience and I am glad we put this on our route.<br />
Stop at the visitor center first and get a map and the permit, which is free, to hike through Indian Tunnel or any of the caves. The permit is necessary to screen you so as to not pass any diseases to the local bat population. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/crmo/planyourvisit/cave-permits.htm">https://www.nps.gov/crmo/planyourvisit/cave-permits.htm</a> There is also a small museum that will give the full history of the volcanic activity and the lava flows in the area.<br />
The seven-mile loop road begins after the visitor's center and you will pay your entrance fee at the gate or you can use the annual park pass. There are parking areas at all of the trails. Trail mileages are round-trip distances. Allow half an hour for the drive itself and more time for stopping at viewpoints and for hiking the trails.<br />
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It's pretty barren out here and depending on the time of year it can be very cold or very hot. July can be hot so we got an early start in the morning. It was on the cooler side for July and there was a lot of wind which helped make our hikes comfortable. There is no water inside the park so bring water or fill up bottles at the visitor center and wear good shoes, the trails are paved but when you go into the Indian Tunnel there is more loose rock and will require some rock scrambling. We didn't visit the 4 other caves, which are smaller, very dark and would definitely require flashlights. I wasn't into the spelunking concept so we skipped them.<br />
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Indian Tunnel, one-half mile from the parking lot, is the largest cave and the easiest to visit. Skylights permit enough daylight to enter so that you do not need a flashlight. <br />
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There were lots of interesting trees in the park that looked like works of art.<br />
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Inferno Cone Overlook trail is rated strenuous but the hike is short and you get some good views at the top. The hike is 0.5 mile and an elevation gain of 164ft. <br />
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We were able to see all of the park at a leisurely pace in 4 hours, of course you could do longer hikes in the area but consider the heat and be prepared.<br />
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There are 3 RV parks in the area of Arco that are convenient to Craters of the Moon. The national park has one but it was closed due to renovations and improvements being made to the park. There is a KOA in Arco and the RV park we stayed at, which I would highly recommend, called Mountain View RV Park and Restaurant. <a href="http://www.mountainviewarco.com/">http://www.mountainviewarco.com/</a><br />
The RV park is approximately 20 miles from Craters of the Moon and has 50amp full hook ups and nice wide spaces with grass in between and there are lots of trees in the park. Surface roads and sites are gravel and the park was easy to get in and out of.<br />
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A big bonus, the park has its own restaurant that is open for lunch and dinner. Definitely<br />
should eat here at least once and have their baby back ribs, they are phenomenal. They serve it with a smoked baked potato. That's right they smoke the potato, I never had a potato prepared that way, it was delicious. Not as dry and had more flavor than a regular baked potato. The desserts are all homemade, I had the huckleberry ice cream from a local creamery and it was extra special.<br />
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NPS website says the time between eruptions at the Craters of the Moon Lava Field averages 2,000 years and it has been more than 2,000 years since the last eruption. <br />
The volume of past eruptive events suggests that slightly over one cubic mile (4.2 cubic km.) of lava will be erupted during the next event. Scary.......at least it didn't happen when we were there.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Next up: Sun Valley, Idaho </span><br />
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<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-85903422430326335892016-05-30T22:05:00.000-06:002016-05-30T22:06:04.994-06:00Almost Home and Back in Utah<br />
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We left San Diego with the plan to drive directly to Phoenix in one day so we could pick up the Jeep first thing Monday morning. This didn't follow our slow pace mentality that we planned for our RV adventures. We want to pace our driving so we don't exceed 200-250 miles a day. Hey, being retired now we should have all the time to take things slow. The drive from San Diego to Phoenix is 344 miles and took us almost 6 hours. Sometimes circumstances will call for a change in our usual pace, and this was one of them. Even with some breaks it was still a lot of driving for Mike to do by himself in one day. I am not quite comfortable driving the RV yet but plan to take on the challenge as we start traveling more.<br />
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Our planned stop for 2 nights was at the Destiny RV Park <a href="http://destinyrv.com/phoenixrvresort/" target="_blank">http://destinyrv.com/phoenixrvresort/</a> in Goodyear, Arizona, which is on the west side of Phoenix. RV park choices in the Phoenix area are limited and you end up with more options in these outlying areas. It's easy to get space this time of year since most of the snowbirds have left town for cooler locations. A better than average park with an abundance of citrus trees. The streets are narrow but we had no problem pulling into our pull-thru site.<br />
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It was not far from I-10 but far enough to not hear any freeway noise. We picked up the Jeep on Monday, did some shopping and packed up a few things that were left with family while we were in San Diego. We decided with the Jeep loaded with stuff and our plan to be home before Memorial Day we would make it a quick trip home and work on the slower pace on our next trip. The easiest route was to travel to Las Vegas, stay the night in Mesquite, and get to Salt Lake City on Wednesday.<br />
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Our free overnight stop Tuesday night was at the Eureka Casino in Mesquite Nevada. <a href="http://www.casinocamper.com/casinolocations/79-nevada/485-eureka-resort-and-casino" target="_blank">http://www.casinocamper.com/casinolocations/79-nevada/485-eureka-resort-and-casino</a><br />
We left Mesquite the next morning and got within 20 miles of St. George when coming out of the Virgin River Gorge area we got the dreaded check engine warning. <a href="http://www.motorhome.com/rv-how-to/rv-tech-tips/check-engine-light/" target="_blank">http://www.motorhome.com/rv-how-to/rv-tech-tips/check-engine-light/</a> We safely pulled over to a large pull out area to assess the codes that displayed. Fortunately, we had cell phone coverage and could call Newmar, our RV manufacturer, to talk with customer support and have them decipher the codes and give us a general idea what the problem was. The codes indicated we may have an EGR valve <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas_recirculation" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas_recirculation</a> issue and erratic numbers were being received by the on board computer which alerted us by the check engine warning. The RV was driving fine but we didn't know how long before it really was unhappy so we decided to stop in St. George where we could have somebody look at it before driving our final 280 miles. We were aware of a Freightliner location just outside of St. George in Washington, Utah and felt okay to drive a short distance if the RV was operating normally. We called Freightliner and they could get us in and do the diagnostic. This is a known complaint in the older RV's with the Cummins diesel engine and Mike was aware of it when we were considering buying an older RV. He budgeted for this repair but we didn't expect to have to do it in our 1st year. The RV passed emissions just this April so it must have just started to fail. <br />
We pulled in, I unloaded myself and the dogs and went to wait in their customer service lounge while Mike stayed with the coach as they attached their computers to trouble shoot the codes. It took them 5 hours to confirm the initial assessment that the EGR valve was failing and should be replaced. They gave us a reasonable estimate for its replacement, however, they didn't have the part but could overnight it from Salt Lake City and have it arrive at 4am and could finish the job first thing in the morning. We decided, since we were there and they could get to the job quickly, to have them do the repair then wait until we got back to Salt Lake City. They set us up for the overnight outside the service bay and even connected us to fresh water and some electricity. We had plenty of food for dinner and breakfast and were able to open the bedroom slides to sleep comfortably. Another free night on this trip. They would start the repair that afternoon and when they get the part in the morning they would install it first thing and get us on the road by 9am.<br />
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It was late afternoon and I didn't want to hang out in the service lounge any longer or the RV so I researched if there were any dog parks close by or in St. George. I found a really nice, small dog park only 4 miles away. We loaded the dogs up and drove to the park so they could get some much needed playtime while they started the work on the RV.<br />
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We got back to the coach around 5:30; they were all done, shut down and most of the employees were gone. We settled into the coach for a quiet night. In the morning they finished the work on the coach while we were inside having our breakfast. When they were ready to start the engine and take it for a test drive I loaded up the dogs and went to wait in the service lounge. Everything tested perfectly and we were on the road by 10am. The trip back to Salt lake went smooth, we unloaded everything at the house and Mike moved Max (our newly named RV) to our local Walmart parking lot and stayed there for the night until he could move it into storage the next day.<br />
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Although this trip had its challenges it also gave us some valuable experiences along the way. We've had a lot of firsts on this trip. We learned how to boondock at free stops like casinos, repair shops and Walmart's. A smart budget for lodging will need to include some percentage of free nights. You don't realize your grey tank limitations until you boondock without hookups. It definitely puts limits on showers and using the dishwasher or washing machine. We had to become frugal with our water usage when running the faucets to wash hands or rinse dishes. We learned to be flexible in our planning, you never know when there will be another repair or some unexpected occurrence where we will need to change our route. I also got the oppourtunity to meet and talk with a lot of interesting people(truckers) while I was waiting in the service lounge. One older trucker was originally from the Ukraine and had immigrated here for a better life and to raise a family. He had an enormous knowledge of history and current events. That day I learned a lot about the Ukraine and their struggles. These are the types of experiences that will be remembered in our travels not the mishaps or repairs. <br />
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We get to settle now into our summer activities of hiking and mountain biking. We will also use this time to work on overdue projects around the house and finalize some plans for our upcoming trips in July and September.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Next up:</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">July-Kountry Klub Idaho State Rally in Cascade, Idaho</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">September- Kountry Klub International Rally in Pueblo, CO</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">October- Albuquerque International Balloon Festival</span> <br />
<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-77031968833275834342016-05-29T23:46:00.001-06:002016-05-29T23:46:50.384-06:00San Diego Part 2: Mission Bay, CAMay 15-22nd, 2016<br />
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Before checking in at Mission Bay we got a call that our car would be ready sooner then we expected. I called Mission Bay and they were very accommodating when I needed to change our reservation from 11 nights to 7 nights and refunded us for the other 4 nights. Something to keep in mind since this RV park charges you for your entire stay when you make your reservation. The website does say you can make changes to your reservation for a $10 fee or cancel a reservation at any time and get a full refund less $25 so I was comfortable when I made reservations knowing we may have to make changes. It may be harder if you had to make changes after your check-in so best to make sure you know your plans before making reservations. I did not see that they charged me for changing our reservation.<br />
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We arrived at Mission Bay RV Resort Park and found it to be an okay looking park, more of a parking lot with hookups and a few trees. So different then our last week at Chula Vista. I knew that it was not going to be great or compare, I did read the reviews and see pictures. The park is nothing to write home about, you are definitely paying for its location. Here is a good review from a fellow RV blogger I follow and I would agree with their impressions that this RV park is all about its location. <a href="http://wheelingit.us/2012/03/29/rv-park-review-mission-bay-rv-resort-san-diego-ca/" target="_blank">http://wheelingit.us/2012/03/29/rv-park-review-mission-bay-rv-resort-san-diego-ca/</a><br />
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Let's start with when we arrived at our site #244. I had reserved one of their super sites thinking bigger is better when parking a rig of our size at 45 feet. Site was a back in, there are no pull through sites at this RV park. We tried several angles and failed getting in, luckily one of our neighbors in a large rig said he also had a hard time and since there was no RV in the site behind us we would have better luck pulling through into our site. May not be allowed but we did it anyway. Our site was not level, higher in the back then front, our rig was able to level but our neighbor had a a harder time leveling his rig and had to put blocks under his front jacks. <br />
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There is one other RV park on the bay called Campland by the Bay, it is more expensive and seemed busier than our park. We walked over there and although it did have more grass and more amenities like a pool, etc. it was noisier and more family oriented. Sites seemed closer together but they did have some pull through sites. Campland has their own beach for launching water toys but it was crowded and noisy. Although my 1st impressions of our park wasn't great I am glad we chose this park over Campland.<br />
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Mission Bay RV Park may have been better in its day but I read there are city renovations in this area called De Anza Park. It involves getting rid of the 2 mobile home parks surrounding the RV park. I read they are still planning to keep an RV park in the area but the project hasn't started and it looks like it may take awhile. Here is a link to the story if you want to read about it. <a href="http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/27176257/article-De-Anza-plans-progressing-for-Mission-Bay" target="_blank">http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/27176257/article-De-Anza-plans-progressing-for-Mission-Bay</a><br />
Right now the area around the park looks shabby and many homes are abandoned, the RV park itself is ok but nothing to rave about. If what I have read is going to happen it may eventually be a nice area again. The park is very secure; the complex has a fence around it with a 24 hour guard at the entrance gate and they drive around patrolling the place throughout the day. There is a small beach accessible from outside the RV park entrance.<br />
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The park and bike path near the RV park is part of Mission Bay and has rules regarding the doggies. This time of year no dogs allowed on the beach, park, or paths from 9am-6pm, but there is a small section just outside the park that is not part of Mission Bay but the RV/mobile home park that you can walk the dogs.<br />
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The location is why you want to stay here and is ideal for visiting SeaWorld, and all the other San Diego sites.<br />
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We have made it to all of our favorite Pacific Beach and La Jolla spots which included lots of morning trips with the dogs for pastry at The French Gourmet and then over to the Starbucks in Bird Rock. We had happy hours at PB Alehouse and had dinner at The Crabcatcher in La Jolla and PB Mika for sushi. <br />
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The beach air has been good for us, we are refreshed and ready to head back to Phoenix, pick up the Jeep and work our way back to Utah. There looks like an unusual cool spell when we get back to Phoenix which will make the 2 night stay easier. We are getting close to the Memorial Day weekend where traveling and finding RV park space has been difficult so we will regroup and decide on our best route north to Salt Lake. <br />
<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-24513235811758748872016-05-20T14:37:00.003-06:002016-05-29T23:50:04.444-06:00San Diego Part 1: Chula Vista, CA <br />
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With the Jeep being repaired from our mishap on our 1st day out of Salt Lake to Phoenix we became faced again with yet another complication that would force us to make more changes in our travel plans. <br />
We were initially told our Jeep repair would take 2 weeks when we turned it in for the estimate, plenty of time since we weren't closing on the house for 2 weeks. One week later we checked on the status of the repairs and were told there were delays in getting all the parts and the car would not be ready until 5/26. Not the news we wanted to hear because we would be faced with more changes in our plans. We decided that staying in Phoenix for another 3 weeks where the temperatures were expected to be over 100 was not what we wanted so we began looking at options that would keep us close enough if the car was ready ahead of schedule and we had to return sooner and where the temps are cooler . We decided on a place we always enjoy spending time at, San Diego and the beach. I checked out the RV parks and Chula Vista RV Park had space for a week and then we could move over to Mission Bay RV park. We have visited Pacific Beach a number of times without the RV and stayed at VRBO properties in the area which is why we chose the Mission Bay RV Park. The park is right on the water at Mission Bay and a short, easy drive to Pacific Beach where we can park the car and walk to the ocean, the boardwalk and all our favorite spots to hang in Pacific Beach.<br />
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We wanted to practice our overnighting without hookups, so we spent the 1st night after getting the RV out of storage at Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler where we could stock up and prepare the coach for our trip. Not a bad place for an overnight, they are RV friendly, as most casinos, and had a large truck/RV area. While we were parked and setting up one of the security people came by and said we may want to move to a better area where there was still space that could accommodate our large rig and would be quieter then the truck area would be on a Friday night. We were already concerned about parking around all the trucks considering our recent encounter with a commercial truck so we jumped at the chance and moved. Our overnight was successful especially with the unexpected cool evening. We didn't even have to run the generator all night for the AC's, that was a nice surprise for May. Some things have been in our favor.<br />
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We left the following morning on to our next overnight casino stop just outside of San Diego called Golden Acorn Casino <a href="http://www.goldenacorncasino.com/" target="_blank">http://www.goldenacorncasino.com/</a>. It is at an elevation of 4000 feet in the town of Campo, CA and about 50 miles from our destination. It's basically a large parking lot but it's right off I-8 and was an easy in and out. It was tucked behind a mountain that blocked a lot of the traffic nose from I-8 so it was a quiet evening. We woke up to a crisp 42 degrees, had breakfast and lingered until we could check in at our next stop Chula Vista RV park.<br />
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Chula Vista is south of San Diego and within 10 miles of the Mexico border. The RV park is right on San Diego Bay and next to the Chula Vista Marina and Park. The RV park <a href="http://www.chulavistarv.com/" target="_blank">http://www.chulavistarv.com/</a> is a full resort park with nicely spaced spots and hedges between most of the spots. I couldn't get a pull through for the entire week and opted for a Deluxe back-in. The dimensions were 25 x 55 so our rig fit in nicely but it would have been tough to fit the Jeep in our spot with the rig. We did eventually rent a car when we got here and the Toyota Corolla fit okay in front. It was quiet during the week but got really busy on the weekend. I would recommend reservations if you need to stay over the weekend or need a pull through and didn't have a lot of flexibility. <br />
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Overall a nice RV park especially with the pool and they have a gym to work out in. There are activities like pool aerobics and line dance classes. There were a couple of happy hours during the week for a small charge of $1 for wine or beer and $2 for wine margaritas or a bloody mary.<br />
There was a nice walking path and park area outside the park that was dog friendly and made for nice daily walks with the fur kids.<br />
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Cooper loved chasing the resident ducks.<br />
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Lots of boats, the RV park is right next to the marina. <br />
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We found excellent clam chowder at the Chula Vista Marina's restaurant <a href="http://thegalleyatthemarina.com/" target="_blank">http://thegalleyatthemarina.com/</a>. It was so good that we went there twice for lunch.<br />
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I would definitely recommend this RV park if you are in the San Diego area and want to be close to the water, and still be near the San Diego attractions.<br />
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<br />Charnee Landmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009792062727011566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60182769416259294.post-23447382844761692942016-04-20T23:47:00.003-06:002016-04-26T11:23:45.571-06:00Back on the Road and a Detour <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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April 2016: Lake Powell, AZ<br />
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Good News......we excepted an offer on our home in Scottsdale. What a relief, it had been on the market for longer then we hoped and we were anxious to get started on our RV adventures. On our way back to take care of the closing we decided to make some stops along the way at some AZ sites we had never been to: Lake Powell, Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly. <br />
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We left Salt Lake City at a leisurely pace; we only had to get to Beaver, Utah for an overnight before we headed towards Page, AZ for 6 nights at Lake Powell. We planned a quick stop at the Flying J to take a break and have lunch. We anticipated it would be busy but saw an open spot where other trucks and RVs were parked. We navigated safely between an RV trailer and a truck and ate our lunch. When we were ready to leave Mike went outside to check on things before starting the coach.<br />
The truck to the left had gone and there was now an open space on that side. Mike is outside and I am inside the coach with the dogs when I hear a yell from Mike outside the coach. I rush outside and see several people yelling and coming over when I notice this very large semi stopped behind us in the middle of turning into the space on our left. I then see the damage, the semi misjudged his turn and hit the left corner/side of our tow(Jeep Cherokee) crunching the rear light and lifting it slightly I was relieved to see that Mike was okay. We both inspected the damages and began the process of getting pictures and all necessary information from the driver about the company and insurance.<br />
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We moved the coach and unhitched the Jeep to inspect the damage closer. It seemed the damages should be cosmetic but Mike drove it around to make sure it would be safe to continue our trip forward to Beaver, UT where we would make the insurance phone calls. The driver reported it to his insurance company and we got an incident # from the driver. There was no damage to the coach, but clearly we would need to deal with repairs to the Jeep. Our decision was to spend the night planned in Beaver, move on to Page and then look at what we needed to do after we talked with the insurance company. We arrived in Beaver, Utah and settled into the KOA in Beaver.<a href="http://koa.com/campgrounds/beaver/" target="_blank">http://koa.com/campgrounds/beaver/</a> Not a bad place for a one night stay. We had full hook up and the space was long enough that we were able to keep the Jeep attached. This part of southern Utah can be cold, we were told it would freeze that night and not to keep our water connected.<br />
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After a cold night in Beaver we pushed south and arrived in Page, Arizona. We checked in at<br />
Wahweep RV campgrounds. <a href="http://www.lakepowell.com/rv-camping/wahweap-rv-campground/" target="_blank">http://www.lakepowell.com/rv-camping/wahweap-rv-campground/</a> Seemed busy when we arrived, I am glad I reserved a spot here 4 weeks ahead of our arrival. There was a sign on the door saying there were no full hook ups available. We had a large pull through site with a nice view of the lake. We were in the D loop site #44 and was plenty big for our 45 foot coach. The pull-thru's in this section are the shared site style so you don't have another rig next to you but the door side has lots of room. Motorhomes come and go so we<br />
actually didn't have another coach next to us for 3 out of the 6 nights.<br />
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We had several conversations with their insurance company and they will cover everything but they wanted us to get an estimate as soon as possible. There being nothing in Page to get that estimate we decided we should get back to Scottsdale sooner then we planned. We were able to stay for the full 6 nights in Page but scratched our stops at Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly. These will have to wait until another trip.<br />
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With the 5 days in Page and it being a busy time here I was glad I was able to get a reservation for a hike into Upper Antelope Canyon. This is an amazing place for photos and was good practice for me on using my camera. I think I took at least 70 pictures and only ended up with 6 good ones. I think I still need more practice. It was a challenge taking shots in low light without a tripod.<br />
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We also did a short hike to a photographic overlook off Highway 89 to Horseshoe Bend.<br />
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Our drive from Page to Scottsdale went quick and smooth, we even got some nice rain coming out of Flagstaff. Since our stay in Scottsdale is extended because of the repairs on the Jeep we decided to put the RV into storage and stay at the house until closing.<br />
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We got the estimate on the Jeep and the repairs could take 2 weeks. We have a rental so we can still get around and take care of the house stuff but I can't finalize a lot of our trip plans going forward until we have a better time table when the Jeep will be ready. <br />
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When we are done here our route will take us back to Utah by way of California and Nevada. We are both in need of some beach time so I am looking at places close to the beach north of Los Angeles towards Santa Cruz and then we go east with stops in Yosemite and Lake Tahoe and be back in Salt Lake by June.<br />
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