Sorry, but I don't have any pictures of our travels today so I posted some miscellaneous old ones.
Our trip has been very good in several ways.
We got to see many new sights that we have never seen before and will never forget and met many new people many of whom we will remember the rest of our lives.
We discovered some problems with the motorhome that we will have repaired (this was one of our primary goals of the trip). We learned a lot about the motorhome. One thing we learned is if you were going to travel in constantly changing elevations like we have been over the last three weeks then a Sleep Number Bed wouldn't be our first choice. When you go from lower elevations to high elevation the bed gets to be hard as a rock and vice versa when coming back down. You are constantly pumping it up or letting air out.
The biggest factor on mileage isn't how fast you go but more how much wind there is and the direction of the wind.
The 380 horse power engine on our 43 foot motorhome is adequate to get us up some very steep mountains and also cruise down the highway at over 70 mph for hours on end with the transmission never reaching 200 degrees or the engine temperature ever going past the mid way point on the gauge. That diesel exhaust fluid is no big deal that you rarely add since it is only used 1-2% compared to diesel (something I was concerned about before actually driving and having first hand experience).
Our Chevy Equinox is an awesome car to tow and has exceeded both of our expectations. It will be really nice in Florida this coming winter. It has adequate power and room and gets fantastic mileage and so far has been trouble free.
Oh I forgot to tell you that North Trail RV called a couple of days ago and said they couldn't tell whether our surge protector was defective or the installation was the issue. They said they needed the surge protector sent to them which I said would happen as soon as I received a check for the amount I requested. They said they will start the paper work now to get the check issued. I didn't tell them at the time that once I get that check I was also going to request they pay for two maintenance intervals that should have been done prior to us driving the motorhome off the lot. I learned from my Freightliner school that service on a motorhome chassis starts when the chassis was built and is time and mileage sensitive. In other words since the unit was a year old when we bought it they should have performed the first two maintenance checks. I am going to address that request to both Newmar and North Trail. We have an appointment at Newmar on October 7th to take the motorhome back in to address some issues. I thought I would address the maintenance at that time.
