Well folks.....we took our RV out for it's first trip. We will be going full time in about 4 weeks and figured we better take it once on a little excursion before we move in completely. We have some great words of wisdom to share.
1. Don't trust your GPS (we call ours Pam). Pam took us on a one way skinny road lined with sandbags and low hanging trees to get to the campground. We usually map out our destination before we leave anywhere, but figured Pam would know the way since it was right off the freeway. We blame Pam for the new 20 foot scratch across the top of the coach. Guess we will have something to remember when we see the scratch.
2. Check and double check that everything is out of the way of the slide-outs before you retract them. This includes the passenger side seat. We now will be reminded of this everytime we look at the broken wood trim that will need to be glued back on.
3. Make sure you have a water hose. Thank goodness the RV place gave us a little house warming gift that had one in it.
4. Thank goodness for rear cameras. We noticed a crazy driver behind us who was swerving everywhere. When she decided to pass us she came half way over into our lane and luckily we were able to get over quick enough or we would have added blue paint scratches to the other side of the coach.
So, all in all, I think we are off to a great start!
Mike and Terri said
07:49 PM Apr 18, 2010
That first trip is always a learning experience. The second outing will be too, and the third and the fourth and the....
As long as you learn from your experiences (and share them with us so we can learn too) you will be just fine. Have fun and enjoy the journey!
--mike
GENECOP said
06:23 AM Apr 19, 2010
Congrats on your first trip, as far as GPS, Cobra makes a Truckers Gps that we used for 2000 miles the last few weeks, perfect all the way, still always wise to check your route, but we have had a great experience, G
1. Don't trust your GPS (we call ours Pam). Pam took us on a one way skinny road lined with sandbags and low hanging trees to get to the campground. We usually map out our destination before we leave anywhere, but figured Pam would know the way since it was right off the freeway. We blame Pam for the new 20 foot scratch across the top of the coach. Guess we will have something to remember when we see the scratch.
2. Check and double check that everything is out of the way of the slide-outs before you retract them. This includes the passenger side seat. We now will be reminded of this everytime we look at the broken wood trim that will need to be glued back on.
3. Make sure you have a water hose. Thank goodness the RV place gave us a little house warming gift that had one in it.
4. Thank goodness for rear cameras. We noticed a crazy driver behind us who was swerving everywhere. When she decided to pass us she came half way over into our lane and luckily we were able to get over quick enough or we would have added blue paint scratches to the other side of the coach.
So, all in all, I think we are off to a great start!
That first trip is always a learning experience. The second outing will be too, and the third and the fourth and the....
As long as you learn from your experiences (and share them with us so we can learn too) you will be just fine. Have fun and enjoy the journey!
--mike