Nomad Hiker Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Well, folks...We made it to Phoenix, picked up the 5er, the instructor met us at the dealership. We spent 2 long days driving forward/backward/rightward/leftward! I'm still not a great backer and need more practice, but Jim did fine and we both did well with all the other directions. The instructor even had me go through a Wal-Mart Parking lot and park so we could stop for a bite to eat. Yea! I didn't take any cars out! IMHO, the instructor was well worth the $$$. If for nothing else, just peace of mind and doing our due diligence. We spent 2 great days in Lost Dutchman State park(great place) and 1 night at Palms RV Resort (also great) in Yuma. My friend had offered for us to keep the rig at her house upon our return until we "roll-out" of CA for good on the 24th. When we returned and got over there, the driveway was too inclined to get it in without taking off the bumper. We had gone over and scoped out the area before we went and picked it up and we "thought" it would work, but seeing and doing are 2 different things when it's your first rig. We now have it parked in an RV park for a couple weeks(Couldn't find anywhere that would let us store it for that short term). We had checked into RV storage and the RV park option before we left in the event we needed plan B. Actually, I think this will work out better in the RV park as we have all our hook-ups and we can cart stuff over and get set up with all the comforts of home so to speak. We feel we made the right choice for us...it tows great. So here it is...meet Bart & Homer. Happy Trails, Jim & Ginger/Nomad Hikers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retirement 12/2016 Full-time 04/2017 VanLeigh Vilano/Ford F350 Blog site - https://www.trailer2trail.com/ Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=trailer2trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblr Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Congrats and nice looking rig, glad all went well for you now enjoy the journey. 2017 River Stone Legacy 38MB 2001 T2000 Kenworth 2009 Smart Passion ET Junior hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks great! Sounds to me as though you are off to a good start and heading for a successful adventure. Good travelin !...............KirkFull-time 11+ years...... Now seasonal travelers.Kirk & Pam's Great RV Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gypsies Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Beautiful rig and glad you're feeling comfortable driving and parking at WalMart! We volunteered at Lost Dutchman State Park and it's an all-time favorite and beautiful place. Full-timed for 16 YearsTraveled 8 yr in a 2004 Newmar Dutch Star 40' Motorhome and 8 yr in a 33' Travel Supreme 5th Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Hiker Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 On 4/9/2017 at 8:45 PM, 2gypsies said: Beautiful rig and glad you're feeling comfortable driving and parking at WalMart! We volunteered at Lost Dutchman State Park and it's an all-time favorite and beautiful place. We loved that park! I'm ready to go back! We don't plan to work camp immediately, just have fun, but I think we would enjoy it . We plan to look into it later. Happy Trails, Jim & Ginger/Nomad Hikers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retirement 12/2016 Full-time 04/2017 VanLeigh Vilano/Ford F350 Blog site - https://www.trailer2trail.com/ Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=trailer2trail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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