blz450

We're at Crater Lake RV park in Prospect, Oregon. Saw an HDT pull out a few days ago. I can't believe we missed them in such small park! Couldn't place the rig but I think they might have been at the rally last year.

We head back to Bend, Oregon next week to stay for a month then on to Moab.

Alie,

Lorni Jarmie here. We have a Volvo 610 with a manual 10 speed transmission. For me, the size of the truck was not too hard to learn to handle. But shifting adds a whole level of complexity. Our transmission is not synchro-meshed, like a manual car transmission is. This means that when you shift it is critical to have the proper RPMs for the gear you are trying to find. This takes a LOT of practice. At least it did for me. Still does.

The main thing is to practice as much as you can. Start out in a big empty area, like a parking lot after hours, and just drive around. When you are comfortable with that then take it out on the highway. When you are really comfortable take it into town. I've just started being comfortable enough to take the truck into a small, low traffic town to gas it up.

I can go into more detail about what I did to learn if you like. I don't want to bore everyone here so let me know and we can email or talk on the phone.

Best of luck.

Thanks all. I'll be sure to include bortadellaa when Zoe gets her shots. We already know we will have to put her in doggie day care for a couple of days on one stop.

Has anyone ever had to produce a health certificate or vet records/proof of vaccination when traveling from state to state?