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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4277386" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>We spent 2021 in Brownsville Tx in January, and by September of that same year had ventured all the way to Glacier NP in Northern Montana. The Canadian portion of the park was closed, or we would have gone further. </p><p>13 states total that year, all in the Rocky Mountain area other than Arkansas on a side trip and Arizona, getting there on Dec 30, so that counts. </p><p>We like to drive about 300 to 350 miles a day. Everything is preplanned with reservations. We sit down with an Atlas and map our route, using google maps to tell us the mileage between stops.</p><p>As has been said, one can just pick a truck stop or surprisingly some Walmart's will grant parking privileges. If you're a member of the Elks Lodge, some of those provide free or low cost parking overnight for members, Harvest Host does the same. </p><p>Typically smaller locally owned parks for just travelling through charge $35 to $45 a night. We do a lot of reviews before selecting one and have been fooled a couple of times. If it looks sketchy, we bail out and go look elsewhere. </p><p>If the park rules say the rigs have to be 10 years or newer, we are in. A lot of them have that rule unless one can send in a pic that the park can approve. Keeps the broken down junkers out that may never leave. </p><p>We set up every night, but as earlier stated, we are less than a minute after unhooking and then another ten minutes hooking up the electrical and water. We have a portable water softener and filtration system in addition to what the rig supplies, so it may be 15 minutes. </p><p>After doing this for 7 years now, we both know our jobs and routines. Words are rarely spoken; we just get it done and then go explore the area to see local attractions. </p><p>There is a whole lot of America out there that nobody knows about that is fascinating in some of these small towns. </p><p>Like the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa New Mexico that is a extremely deep. Huge scuba diving destination. It's so popular, the local hospital has a hyperbaric chamber for divers that come up to quick and get nitrogen narcosis and a host of other attraction in every small town. </p><p>It's a great life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4277386, member: 5412"] We spent 2021 in Brownsville Tx in January, and by September of that same year had ventured all the way to Glacier NP in Northern Montana. The Canadian portion of the park was closed, or we would have gone further. 13 states total that year, all in the Rocky Mountain area other than Arkansas on a side trip and Arizona, getting there on Dec 30, so that counts. We like to drive about 300 to 350 miles a day. Everything is preplanned with reservations. We sit down with an Atlas and map our route, using google maps to tell us the mileage between stops. As has been said, one can just pick a truck stop or surprisingly some Walmart's will grant parking privileges. If you're a member of the Elks Lodge, some of those provide free or low cost parking overnight for members, Harvest Host does the same. Typically smaller locally owned parks for just travelling through charge $35 to $45 a night. We do a lot of reviews before selecting one and have been fooled a couple of times. If it looks sketchy, we bail out and go look elsewhere. If the park rules say the rigs have to be 10 years or newer, we are in. A lot of them have that rule unless one can send in a pic that the park can approve. Keeps the broken down junkers out that may never leave. We set up every night, but as earlier stated, we are less than a minute after unhooking and then another ten minutes hooking up the electrical and water. We have a portable water softener and filtration system in addition to what the rig supplies, so it may be 15 minutes. After doing this for 7 years now, we both know our jobs and routines. Words are rarely spoken; we just get it done and then go explore the area to see local attractions. There is a whole lot of America out there that nobody knows about that is fascinating in some of these small towns. Like the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa New Mexico that is a extremely deep. Huge scuba diving destination. It's so popular, the local hospital has a hyperbaric chamber for divers that come up to quick and get nitrogen narcosis and a host of other attraction in every small town. It's a great life. [/QUOTE]
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