For the past several weeks I’ve been one of those “lurkers” Howard talks about.  It’s time to publicly join the crowd.  My wife, Mary, and I are moving toward spending time on the road. We’re still discussing the full-time vs mostly-time modes (me the former, she the latter). 

Last summer we bought a 2005 Ford F350 turbo diesel, dually, crew cab (for the dogs), full bed pickup, in preparation.  We had the fifth wheel hitch installed last week because our new Keystone Alpine 3010RE fifth wheel will be arriving in the next month or two.  Our dogs are rescue dogs so the vet guesses our female is a mix of Boxer and Rhodesian Ridgeback, and our male is a mix of Great Dane and some type of hound (he’s medium sized).  They were each about a year old when we got them.  We’ve had them for over 9 years and plan to travel with them so I’d be interested in any words of wisdom on traveling with larger dogs, mostly with regard to campground issues. 

I’ve been reading Howard’s Journal from the beginning toward current.  I’m only at September of 2006.  I wanted to see if I could get answers to some of my questions from this reading.  I’ve also started to keep up with the current postings.  I decided rather than wait, I’d just “jump in”.  I’m sure I’ll need to ask questions long before I get caught up on the reading.