Jason_Chinn
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- Jun 2, 2005
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Jumping in with both feet here - my father bought a fifth wheel and truck last fall, something of a lifelong dream I think. Anyway, he's parked it in Wisconsin, I have a friend there with a little land. Dad's "convinced" me I should go and use it so this summer I'm taking the family for 3 weeks to see my friend and go RVing!
I've been to and driven in the States before but I've never driven a fifth wheel before - my friend has and is going to give me some lessons and then we'll be off!
So, the flights are booked - 1st to the 22nd August. The RV and truck will be there ready to roll.
The big question is how the heck do I plan this out? Where do I aim for? The only place I'd really like to go see is the Mall of America and then I only really want to go there for the day! The rest of the time I'd like to have a mix of lazy country living, some activities for the kids (2 girls 9 and 14) and maybe a bit of sightseeing/shopping for the wife.
Now we are townies, we live in the Thames Valley in the UK, that's on the river Thames about 40 miles inland from London so a bit of driving in the country will be great!
We don't mind covering some ground during our stay, we were thinking some driving and then stop at a site for a couple of days and strike out from there before moving on. Accepting Mall of America could be our first aiming point we'll be heading west from my friends home in Catawba. Apart from that I really haven't given it that much thought apart from to ask around and see what people think - so people, what do you think
I've been to and driven in the States before but I've never driven a fifth wheel before - my friend has and is going to give me some lessons and then we'll be off!
So, the flights are booked - 1st to the 22nd August. The RV and truck will be there ready to roll.
The big question is how the heck do I plan this out? Where do I aim for? The only place I'd really like to go see is the Mall of America and then I only really want to go there for the day! The rest of the time I'd like to have a mix of lazy country living, some activities for the kids (2 girls 9 and 14) and maybe a bit of sightseeing/shopping for the wife.
Now we are townies, we live in the Thames Valley in the UK, that's on the river Thames about 40 miles inland from London so a bit of driving in the country will be great!
We don't mind covering some ground during our stay, we were thinking some driving and then stop at a site for a couple of days and strike out from there before moving on. Accepting Mall of America could be our first aiming point we'll be heading west from my friends home in Catawba. Apart from that I really haven't given it that much thought apart from to ask around and see what people think - so people, what do you think