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RE: Creede colorado
Agree with Polly Sue, both roads are fine. Try to visit the Creede Repertory Theatre while there, lots of fun. Mountain View RV park is a great rv park in area, and worth it to pay a little more and face Rio Grande river. Clear Creek falls is a must see, and not too far from Creede.
The Creede Rep Theatre is great! We went Friday night and saw "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum." Tons of laughs. The falls are great, too, and if you have time, drive over to Lake City and have dinner at Bruno's French Restaurant in the Alpine Moose Lodge!! The lodge is right out of the fifties, but the restaurants (a bistro and the more formal dining room) are out of this world and you'd never expect such good food and ambience in such a remote place! Reservations for the formal dining room a must. I think they are open Wednesday-Sunday.
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06/19/13 11:29am |
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RE: Creede colorado
Just fine. We are in the area as I write. Both are major highways used by large trucks and have speed limits of 60. No passing lanes on 149, but there is not a lot of traffic and it's mostly level from hwy 160 to Creede. La Veta Pass is not too high, although its a long steady climb from Walsenburg.
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polly sue
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06/19/13 09:50am |
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RE: where do you guys park your mh when not using
In winter, we store 45 miles south and 2000' lower so we can get it out if we want. It's a locked storage facility with the owner living on the property. The other six months, when we aren't using it, it's on a concrete pad in our driveway. We have 10 wooded acres and no one can see the coach except us! We keep jacks down to minimize weight on the tires. Winterize before we take it to the storage place in November, unless it has gotten cold earlier in the fall. Sun handles what snow falls in NW NM, i.e., not too much! For the critters, we place blocks of poison on top of the tires and under the kitchen. Clean it out before we let the kitty cat back on board!
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polly sue
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05/28/13 04:34pm |
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RE: Hwy 160? from durango Co. to Denver, Co.
FYI, Durango is at 6512 feet. Wolf Creek is a wide easy highway. Fastest and prettiest way to Denver is 160 to 285 north to I-470 in Golden to I-70. That's how we Durangotangs go and we go a lot!!
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polly sue
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05/28/13 03:20pm |
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RE: Off pavement in a Class A?
We boondock every summer in the National Forest campgrounds of Colorado in a 38' DP. The roads are dusty, but good. Check the NF websites for the various states and you should find good descriptions of the areas. There is quite a bit of dispersed camping here that is suitable for most RVs. We kept our length under 40' for that reason. It's not been a problem for us, although you need to power wash your radiators more often! And forget about being all spiffy on the outside!
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polly sue
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05/22/13 09:49am |
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RE: Class A in this campground is to big with toad...
All of us have been in tight spots, by mistake, or by having circumstances occur that we did or could not anticipate. We once had to unhook in a fueling station -- because the otherwise open way around the facility was temporarily blocked. No big deal. We know how to unhook and back up. Another time, we didn't see the very fine print on a map and started up a road that had a load length limit. Our bad, but we fixed it and no one else even saw us in our predicament. You learn from these mistakes. A campground, generally, is private property, and the owners or their agents have every right to make certain requests of their customers. They've seen it all, believe me, and their job isn't to intuit what a great driver you are, it is to protect their property and that of their clients.
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polly sue
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05/21/13 12:11pm |
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RE: Class A in this campground is to big with toad...
Glad you had the skill to do it safely --- this time. Next time, it would show good judgment to take into consideration how others in the campground must have felt witnessing what could have turned into a really bad day for a lot of folks. Is it worth it? Sometimes discretion is definitely smarter than valor. JMHO.
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polly sue
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05/21/13 09:38am |
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RE: Highway Question?
PS/ You shouldn't wear out your brakes. In fact, if you gear down and use an exhaust/engine brake, you should not use your brakes much at all. Just make sure that at the top of the hill, you are going the speed at which you want to descend (remember there are lots of turns) and set your exhaust brake. You should only have to use your brakes occasionally to bring the coach back to the desired speed if it picks up. Don't worry about slowing other people down. You do not want to overheat your brakes! The speed limit on Hwy 160 on Wolf Creek pass is 35 and for heavy trucks, it's even lower.
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polly sue
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05/09/13 10:09am |
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RE: Highway Question?
It is fine. (It's our backyard...) US 160 is a major east-west highway. There are two passes between Walsenburg and Durango plus a couple of good-sized hill climbs. In every case, there is a climbing lane. (Be forewarned that the downhill traffic is allowed to use the uphill's passing lane where there is visibility -- they will have a broken line on their side, so make sure you can see if you need to pass and don't cruise in the passing lane.) The longest uphill is only about 8 miles long in its steepest section. If we are roaming around here, we don't connect our toad, but that's just us. You should be fine towing.
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polly sue
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05/09/13 10:04am |
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RE: Best RV park Albany area
We LOVE Arrowhead!!
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polly sue
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05/07/13 09:55am |
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RE: Grand Teton National Park to Pinedale-191
Hwy 191 is fine. Between Rock Springs and Pinedale, it's pretty bleak and tends to have a bit of wind, but otherwise, it is a good road.
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polly sue
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04/24/13 09:53am |
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RE: Suggestions for maiden voyage starting in Western Iowa
The Amana Colonies are very interesting and there's good RV camping, but check to see what's open at this point. Just checked Trailer LIfe and the Amana Colonies RV Park opened on April 15!
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polly sue
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04/23/13 03:35pm |
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RE: Travel to Seattle, Washington and Vancover, Canada
When we crossed in our Class A, we had no problems. They asked if we had firearms, which we emphatically do not, and alcohol, which we emphatically did! She smiled, looked at our passports for one second and welcomed us to Canada. Returning to the US is a different matter, although all they were interested in was our fresh vegetables. (And not the alcohol, most of which we still had from our earlier purchase at home in the US!) In Maine, they confiscated our green onions and limes. No margaritas or tacos in paradise for us! Took about 20 minutes.
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polly sue
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04/23/13 11:07am |
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RE: Airstream Land Yacht
Was recently looking around on the web at Airstreams. Don't know if they are still building the LY, although that ought to be pretty easy to find out. However, I was struck by how well they seem to hold their value.
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polly sue
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04/20/13 12:07pm |
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RE: Bio diesel.....yes or no
Biodiesel caused issues with the injectors in our 2006 F-250. Had to replace several while it was still under warranty. Part of the problem was cold temperatures in our area, but it was not fun.
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polly sue
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04/04/13 09:13am |
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RE: AZ Roads
There is a 40 foot limit on US 89 south of Prescott. The restricted area is about 35 twisting miles. We did it once in a 38' DP without a toad. Took about an hour and a half to go through the mountains. If your coach is under forty feet and you don't mind disconnecting, it is a beautiful drive, just very windy and you will have to concentrate to keep the coach inside the lines on many of the turns. It is narrow and in some cases on the southbound side, the reflectors are directly attached to the outcrops of the mountainsides! It not a scary road, just very twisty and narrow.
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polly sue
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04/01/13 04:59pm |
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RE: Did anyone else get a case of the nerves
We've had a little taste of that freedom from stuff when renting our house, but we haven't been able to sell, so we are now looking at other options. That "freedom" becomes addictive, at least for me, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon, so please enjoy it for us!
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03/04/13 10:24am |
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RE: Did anyone else get a case of the nerves
Congratulations! So happy for you and hope all goes well!! It IS a huge life change and you won't regret it!
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polly sue
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03/03/13 05:48pm |
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RE: Moving to Colorado
Depends on its age. Our 07 Monaco DP is just under $1K/year now. We bought in FL and CO charged us a percentage of the MSRP, not what we paid, less the FL tax. It hurt!
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polly sue
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02/26/13 04:47pm |
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RE: Trip Routing: SLC to Denver
US 6 to I-70 is how we would go. Have taken US 6 many times in both directions in our 38' DP with Jeep Wrangler (4 door) in tow. It's a good road and quite scenic. If you have time, Moab, UT is only 20 miles or so south of I-70, just east of Green River...
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01/19/13 09:26am |
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