Hello. I've been lurking for a few weeks now and finally decided to join. We have a 1993 Jayco fifth wheel. Camping and traveling are two of our favorite things to do. I'm from KY but moved to NE back in 2009 so my husband & I travel to KY at least once a year. We take our camper and have always pulled it with our Chevy pickup but after a few bad breakdowns and the pickup struggling to pull the camper through those hills, we finally took a leap of faith and bought an '03 Freightliner Columbia to pull our camper from now on. My husband was an over the road truck driver for several years over 16 years ago so it isn't all that new to him to be driving a semi or traveling in one, however, I've never driven one, only rode with him in the semi's he drives to haul grain since he works on a farm. This will be a new experience for our family and opening up a lot of new places that we can travel to so I'm excited. We have two young sons, ages 4 and 7. Both love traveling and camping as much as we do. I also have 4 stepchildren who are ages 16-20. My 16 yr old stepdaughter still travels with us some.
We've got some work to do on the Freightliner, including taking out the bed in the sleeper and putting in a seating area with at least 3 seatbelts for sure. Any advice on that would be greatly appreciated! We've looked at jackknife couches as well as building our own bench seating area.
Our primary states of travel currently are NE, IA, IN, OH, KY, TN, IL and Missouri but there's so many states I've never been too and we're planning to broaden our travel area now that we have the truck. I did see the link for the campgrounds on the site, but if there's any particular campgrounds you'd recommend in the states I mentioned above or anywhere in the US, I've love to know.
We are excited to join the HDT community and any advice for us would be appreciated! Thank you!
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