We headed up Interstate 15 North into Idaho it was exciting because we have never been this far North on Interstate 15 or Idaho for that matter. What beautiful views.

The first hour or so of the drive was beautiful farm land but when we got around Provo all the way up to Ogden it looked like most cities in America. It was strange to be in Ogden the little city has grown up. I was stationed in the Ogden area when I was in the Air Force 1980 – 1983. We spent the night at Century Mobile Home and RV Park

We left Bullhead City about 9:30 am and arrived in Cedar City about 4:30 pm Utah Time. What a beautiful time to travel, the desert floor was green which made the mountains stand out even more.

We spent the night at Indian Peak RV Campground.

 

Tomorrow we leave Arizona heading to Indian Peak RV Park in Cedar City Utah for a one night lay over. From there we will head up to Ogden Utah for a one night lay over at Century Mobile Home & RV park. Saturday we will arrive at Yellowstone Golf Resort in Ashton ID and we will spend a week exploring the Grand Teton N.P. and Yellowstone N.P.. After exploring Grand Teton and Yellowstone we will being heading to Indian Creek Campground in Deer Lodge MT for a one night lay over. June 11,2017 we will arrive at Outback Montana Campground in Bigfork MT where we will spend a week exploring Glacier N.P.. We will of course share pictures and posts of this leg of the adventure.

 

 

This is our second summer since we went full-time. We decided that we are pretty comfortable with our truck and trailer now, and it’s time to take a long trip. Our plan is to leave Arizona on the 1st of June and go to Grand Teton National park, Yellowstone N.P., and Glacier N.P.. From there we will travel the Northern United States East to Maine.

 

We’ve had a lot of prep work to do for this trip. Being that we are going to travel a lot of miles this summer we wanted to make sure that both the truck and the fifth wheel are road worthy. We purchased both used as a package in 2015. Both have required maintenance which should be expected, but thankfully repairs have been minimal. We were unhappy with our roadside service so we needed to fine a better solution. Our insurance for the truck and trailer have gone up every policy period (without any claims) so we needed to shop that. Finally we had to replace one of our RV club memberships because we didn’t realize any value from it.

Truck and Trailer 

Truck: 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 24 v Cummings Turbo Diesel.

We had the brakes, drive train, and engine check. We were happy that the truck only needed front brakes and valve adjustment.

Trailer: 2005 Keystone Cougar Fifth wheel.

We have an appointment mid May to have the wheel bearings inspected and repacked, brakes inspected, and the black water dump valve replaced.

Roadside Service

Good Sam out. Coach-net in.

Insurance

Good Sam out. Progressive in.

RV Clubs

Good Sam out. Passport America in.

So whats left to do for prep…. the fun part. The frame work of our summer travels are in place, now we get to decide which route we’ll take and what we want to see along the way.