I have never been in nor driven an RV before. I am married with 2 young girls (5 and 2) and I am planning on a short 2/3 night trip to Yosemite (I live near San Francisco). I have searched this excellent site but the depth of information has gotten me even more confused.
I have a looked on the net and found the CruiseAmerica Large RV to be suitable for us http://www.cruiseamerica.com/rent/our_vehicles/large_rv.aspx.
Any info on these guys?
Hopefully someone here can give me a simple tried and tested itinerary for such a trip (must include the Giant Sequoias).
I am assuming that this particular RV is not to large for us to drive through all the scenic routes in Yosemite. As you can tell, I am already getting confused even before I start. Well how about a few questions:
1)Will I have issues on parking the RV when we visit scenic spots. In my last trip there in a car, we would drive to a particular scenic spot and park and go walk around and then get back to the car and go on to the next. Can I do this in an RV? Special larger parking space for RVs? Should I rent a smaller RV?
2) What is a good place to park the RV overnight with hookups etc. (please include the book 1 year in advance dream sites to the commercials sites outside the park)
3)Cruise American had mentioned that the water tanks will be winterised and as such we cannot use the water tanks to bath in or we could pay them $40 for them to flush the antifreeze out of the tanks!). If we connect to water hookup does it mean that we will have unlimted hot water (you see the whole thrill for the kids is to be self-sufficent and eat and shower in the RV itself) - my wife takes somewhat longer showers.
4) When we sleep at night where does the heat come from? Do I have to leave the engine running or turn on generator and assuming we have hookups - AC power
In short, I am planning to bring my wife and 2 girls on a 2 night trip to Yosemite and I am the only guy/husband/Dad and I hope to keep intact my superhero image that my daughters have of me when it comes to fixing things, trips, and dealing with yucky things!
I have a looked on the net and found the CruiseAmerica Large RV to be suitable for us http://www.cruiseamerica.com/rent/our_vehicles/large_rv.aspx.
Any info on these guys?
Hopefully someone here can give me a simple tried and tested itinerary for such a trip (must include the Giant Sequoias).
I am assuming that this particular RV is not to large for us to drive through all the scenic routes in Yosemite. As you can tell, I am already getting confused even before I start. Well how about a few questions:
1)Will I have issues on parking the RV when we visit scenic spots. In my last trip there in a car, we would drive to a particular scenic spot and park and go walk around and then get back to the car and go on to the next. Can I do this in an RV? Special larger parking space for RVs? Should I rent a smaller RV?
2) What is a good place to park the RV overnight with hookups etc. (please include the book 1 year in advance dream sites to the commercials sites outside the park)
3)Cruise American had mentioned that the water tanks will be winterised and as such we cannot use the water tanks to bath in or we could pay them $40 for them to flush the antifreeze out of the tanks!). If we connect to water hookup does it mean that we will have unlimted hot water (you see the whole thrill for the kids is to be self-sufficent and eat and shower in the RV itself) - my wife takes somewhat longer showers.
4) When we sleep at night where does the heat come from? Do I have to leave the engine running or turn on generator and assuming we have hookups - AC power
In short, I am planning to bring my wife and 2 girls on a 2 night trip to Yosemite and I am the only guy/husband/Dad and I hope to keep intact my superhero image that my daughters have of me when it comes to fixing things, trips, and dealing with yucky things!