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  1. Which Diesel? We have traveled in all those areas several times towing a 34' travel trailer with a 3500 Silverado with the larger Diesel engine. There are some roads like the road through Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona that are not very good choices for long wider rigs. I suggest you get a copy of the mountain directory if you do not already have one. It gives good descriptions of the grades on many roads.
  2. Us-50/301 takes you to Annapolis. US-301 will take you South avoiding both Baltimore and DC. I have not taken this route in years but it is my understanding that improvements have eliminated a lot of the congestion around Waldorf. I-95 in DE and MD has some of the highest tolls in the country. Not sure how the tolls of the two routes compare as the Key Bridge had a toll. I think the toll on MD I-95 is only North bound so the tolls are different depending on which direction you are travelling.
  3. The Francis Scott Key Bridge around Baltimore was hit by a cargo ship at about 1:00AM this morning. The bridge was pretty much completely destroyed.
  4. New Mexico has announced a proposed fee increase. The public comment period will end March 29, 2024. The changes are proposed to go into effect July 1, 2024. The changes include: elimination of the day use fee for residents, raising the day use fee for nonresidents to $10/day, elimination of the annual day use and camping passes, increasing the base cost of dispersed and developed campsites to $20.00, charging $10/night for each utility (i.e. electric, water, sewer), charging $10/dump at dump stations.
  5. Like many states, South Dakota has a sales/use tax on purchases of taxable items made out of state or by mail order/internet by South Dakota residents. There are likely provisions for taxes paid to other states/jurisdictions to prevent double taxation. I would think that the number used on your federal tax return would be the amount of your South Dakota Use Tax Return plus the tax collected on any mail order/internet purchases paid to South Dakota.
  6. Welcome to the Escapee's Forum!!! Opinions about KOA often vary. The Keep on Adding nick name originate decades ago before the internet and online reservations. At that time, many hard copy campground directories (including the KOA Directory) listed the lowest cost sites which were generally tent or no hookup sites. KOA priced sites based on the number of amenities provided thus the basis of "Keep on Adding". We have stayed at many KOA's over our twenty years of RVing as retirees. Since the advent of the online reservation system, we have never been charged more than the price listed on the reservation system. The membership (like any membership) is only worth it if you will use it enough. We have found that the KOA rewards and discounts from their partners are often of greater benefit than the 10% discount. In my experience, the parks participating in the three major 50% discount programs (Passport America, Happy Camper and Escapee's) are basically the same parks. There are some differences so checking for parks in the areas you plan to travel before joining is a good idea. The blackout dates for a particular park are usually the same for all the programs they participate in. Finding places to stay is much easier today than before the internet. There are a number of good RV park/campground locator websites. In my opinion, one of the better ones is RV Park Reviews. Staying at Walmart and Cracker Barrel has been mentioned a few times. Be aware that not all of either allow overnight occupancy of RVs. Parking lot size is a bigger issue for Cracker Barrels than Walmarts. I have seen numerous Cracker Barrels that cannot accommodate anything bigger than a camper van or small Class C. Some Flying J's have RV parking sites separate from the truck lot. Some state highway rest areas allow overnights. Florida rest areas with overnight security do. There are several online resources to assist in locating these stop overs. One of the better ones is Free Campsites. Again, Welcome to the Escapee's Forum!!!
  7. We have a Roku Ultra, a 4K, an older Roku and 2 Roku TVs. The features that the Ultra model (at least two years old) we have has that the others do not is an ethernet input port and an earphone jack on the remote. Our Ultra remote is not rechargeable. Batteries do not last that long if the earphones are used a lot. I suspect the older Roku is at least five years old and still works although rarely used these days. The ultra is used every day. The free Prime app works on all our Roku devices. We do not purchase pay for view on Prime. The Roku Ultra seems to be very forgiving about slower connections. Set on 780dpi it will stream pretty reliably even when it says the connection is less than 1mbs. I have used it numerous times after my Verizon high speed data has throttled down. I always tether my phone to the router (a Wifi Ranger Spruce) and connect the Ultra to the router by ethernet cable to maximize the speed to the Ultra.
  8. For the past 20 years, we have traveled with as many as three medium to large dogs (50-100#). Golden retrievers, English Setters and currently Small Munsterlanders. All our dogs have been crate trained. They ride in the back seat of the crew cab in their kennels and when younger a crate in the trailer is used when time outs are necessary and when house breaking. Older dogs have used a ramp to get into and out of the truck and trailer. I agree with Vladimir that an electric collar is a very useful tool when used properly.
  9. On the Southern part of your route, checkout Clarksdale, MS. The county fairgrounds on the out skirts of town has a few full hookup sites and a huge number of water and electric sites and a dump station. We enjoyed the B. B. King Museum and Delta Cultural Center in Indianola, MS. When we were there, there was a very basic RV park with full hookups right next door. The local restaurant had an excellent crawfish boil. Tunica, Vicksburg and Nachez also have interesting things to do and see. In Nachez, we stayed at a County Park RV Park just across the River in Louisiana. It was right on the river and you could see the river traffic going by. Tunica has some casinos and if I remember correctly some have RV parks.
  10. We have been staying at COE campgrounds since 2004. If you look at the website that I linked to in my previous post you will find many COE managed campgrounds that are not on the reservation system. The ones that are have a green reserve box that you can click on to be taken to the appropriate page on recreation.gov. This link will take you to the information on recreation.gov for Riffle Run Campground. You will note that the sites are marked FF and you will get a popup that states you must be onsite to get a campsite. If you go to the site for Mississippi River pools 11-22 you will find 9 COE managed campgrounds. Only five of them take reservations.
  11. The best source of information about COE campgrounds that I know of is their website. Click on the state and the map will show all the facilities with campgrounds (marked with a triangle). Click on the triangle and it will take you to a page that shows the status of all the facilities at that location, the amenities provided and a link to the reservation system if reservations are available. I don't know about the campgrounds along the Mississippi, but in recent years, some of the COE campgrounds we have visited have done away with first come first serve and are reservation only.
  12. Not sure if they still do this type of work, but several years ago Habitat for Humanity and Nomads had programs to help low income seniors with repairs.
  13. I have had both Good Sam and Allstate Road Help over the years. Allstate recently changed their coverage and will no longer dispatch a mobile mechanic. They will only change tires, jump start, or tow. Most of the issues I have had over the past 20 years have been with the trailer running gear and were repairable on the roadside without towing and waiting for service at a service center. Check the coverage of each plan carefully to ensure that the type of services you want and/or think you will need are covered. Response in very remote areas can be an issue. Also be aware that policies on vehicle extraction vary with provider and policy options.
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