newbie from northeast Fl

[snickers]

close to retirement but we didn't want to wait until that time, to try our dream. My wife and I (yes I am a woman also) have a 30 foot class A airstream and we will be traveling all summer with our 2 little yorkies. We plan to go west to TX then up to MT and loop back thru Co before heading home. Look forward to connecting with others and learning lots. We will be towing a pt crusier convertible on tow dolly.

[VickieP]

Welcome to the forum.

[MelissaD]

Hoosier Welcome

Welcome to you and your wife. You're not alone here Melony (aka Phoenix) and I travel with a 3 year old granddaughter (GD) instead of the "normal" 4 legged children.

GD informed me this morning that the snow needed to melt so we could go camping. I like the way she thinks

Melissa

[Deeann]

Welcome. Lots of good information here. Make yourself at home!

[snickers]

thanks for the welcome, as the temp reached 80 today, I am really itching to get out on the road. So much to see, so little time.
callie

[IrishIroamed]

Hi Snickers & the Mrs - welcome to the site. Let me know how your Airstream works out. I've looked at them, but there doesn't seem to be much storage for full-timing (plus the $$$ is a little steep for me), but I love that they are more contemporary in the inside design.

[avalen]

welcome to both of you

[MandysMom]

Welcome to you both. I would like to hear more about towing your PT. is it an automatic? Our PT is and the manual says it is never to be towed either on dolly or 4 down, modifications not withstanding.we would like to tow ours but don't want to damage it.
Velda

[daibraik]

Welcome! Good plan not to wait for retirement! That will give you time to try it out while you're working and figure out what you do and don't want (while you have the cash to negotiate).

Montana in the summer means Glacier National Park, yes? or maybe just Yellowstone. If you do go to Glacier, and I used to work the West Entrance there, just make sure you find out if Going to the Sun road is open. So many people travel so far only to find out it is still closed sometimes even after the 4th of July depending on the depth of the snow and snow removal efforts (which they have to do by coordinates as they have no hope of finding the road without them, so thick is the snow in places). Certainly, you can see both sides of the park, but it is a three-hour drive around the park to get to the East Side or vice versa, and you still couldn't see much of the center of the park if Going to the Sun road is closed.

The web site will have the road's status as will Facebook. If you can, buy yourself an annual parks pass. Was $80 a few years ago. Glacier is $25 to enter (or was a few years ago, it won't be cheaper) and I believe Yellowstone is the same. The big parks take a lot of money to run, and get very little (or no) funding from taxes. By the time you dash through a few parks, Glacier, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, some things in Texas, you've spent $80 plus.

Unless you're disabled, then get a disabled access pass at any gate. Or if you're a senior citizen, 62 last I checked, $10 bucks for a lifetime senior pass.

Again, I'm so full of unsolicited advice tonight. It must be the chocolate I ate at 10:30 p.m.

Dawn

[cpatinjones]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[BirdbyBird]

Welcome to the forum. Check out the gtg lists and the member map....you are sure to run into some of us along your adventures. GTG'ers are a great way to find out useful information. Listening to everyone share stories can also encourage your imagination of what you might want to try next.

[Rufflesgurl]

Welcome from the central coast of CA. Montana and Colorado are beautiful places to visit. Enjoy your RV travels.

Linda