Nothing to do with directions, but we ended up driving head-long into tropical storm Gaston in August 2004 on I95 in North Carolina. Visibility was next to zero and I've never seen so much rain. Fortunately no one stopped and traffic just kept moving at about 15 miles an hour; guess no one dared stop at that point.
We thought we were done with the bad weather that about a week later we were in Myrtle Beach Travel Park and we sat out the remnants of Hurricane Francis. I have never felt such strong winds. We pinned the trailer to the truck and cranked hard on the wheel chocks; it was a little un-nerving.
Eric
2009 Holiday Rambler Admiral 33SFS
Good Sam's - FQCC/Camping Quebec My Photos
Years ago Southbound on I-25 South of Socorro,NM on a Saturday evening, turned East at San Antonio, and carburator fell off, yes literally fell off, the engine. Luckily there was a kid working late on his own car at the only garage in San Antonio,NM who came up with a couple carb bolts for me.
Puller: '04 HD2500 4x4 SB,EC Duramax/Allison. Airaid intake, 4in. exhaust turbo back, ORU leveler.
Pullee: '02 Keystone Cougar 276EFS Reese 16k w/ slider.
(map is for current 5er only)
September, last year. Driving the CA-211 from Ferndale California, to Mattole beach. Took six hours to drive 40 miles. 24% grades, narrow lanes, insane residents..... Hell, I wrote about it
The year was 1973. Pulling our first ever TT. We were going to Miami/Miami Beach to visit my mother. Never towed anything before. For some mysterious reason we went through Miami traffic like a hot knife through butter. People were driving crazy. I didn't hit anything nor did I cause any accidents. God was definitly my co-pilot. On that same trip we made it through Tampa to Busch Gardens. Again, God was on my side. Happy trails. Larry G.
Brenda and Larry - Retired
2005 Georgie Boy Cruise Master LE with 3 slides
Tow a 2006 Ford Focus with 5 speed manual
towing a 30' tt on soft beach sand and getting stuck! the sand was up to the hitch.I had to go down to 9lbs of tire air pressure and lots of digging,good times!!
DH and I had a memorable experience this past March on our way to the Grand Canyon. We stopped overnight in Tucumcari and then headed west toward Williams, Arizona. The crosswinds were horrible--even the semis were leaning sideways. We were pulling a 34 foot TT in that wind. Every time we got passed by a semi, there was severe trailer whip. It was definitely a white-knuckle ride for 8 hours. I was hanging onto the passenger side armrest the entire time. When DH and I stopped to get diesel somewhere in New Mexico, the wind was so strong that you could barely walk between the truck and the gas station. They guy at the gas station says that it is normal to have 50 to 60 mile per hour crosswinds in the early spring. I don't know how DH managed to get us to Williams in one piece! I definitely wouldn't want to repeat that experience again.
We now own a fifth wheel, so the trailer whip doesn't seem to be as much of an issue now. I still don't like traveling on windy days, but when you live in the southern plains, the wind is always blowing.
Every time we take Hwy 80 over Donner Summit travelling in or out of California.. Even with Bilstein shocks on the truck and shocks on our TT it is the most torn up, roughest, nasty section of interstate highway we have ever experienced anywhere.
Leaving PPL Motorhomes in Houston with out new to us MH, heading east on I-10 to New Orleans, in the pouring rain at 5:30 pm. Hairy. Dark, traffic congestion, collisions, thousands of roaring semi's, wet roads, and maybe the worst stretch of Interstate in the country with lots of contruction, curves, pot holes and debris on the road.
Our 7 hour "maiden voyage" gave us the confidence that we could drive this MH anywhere and we have.
On a trip out to Colorado, stopped for a day or two at Eleven Mile SP. Decided to do Pike's Peak, nice trip up, the kids liked the snow, but on the way down the suburban blew out the rear axel. Made it Back the the SP and got the truck to a hole in the wall mechanic in Florissant and there it sat for like 10 days while the clown mechanic tried to get parts and deal with the extended warranty company. We sat, with no vehicle in Eleven mile which is a bare treeless park with nothing whatsoever to do. Some people from our church took us shopping and the State park people were great. Finally got truck fixed in time to go home to Florida.
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