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Adding to a stale post One of the other "fun" things we ran across in registering out vehicles in Colorado. Apparently the counties in Colorado have "reinterpreted" the state law relative to the property tax portion of your registration fees. Colorado computes the property tax portion of the...

I had to make similar modifications to my ACE 30.1 Alignment - Thor doesn't re-align their coaches after the dump a couple thousand pounds of box onto the chassis Safe-T-Plus steering stabilizer - really helped with steering wander Koni FSD shocks - much smoother ride and significant reduction...

After a very scary trip through the Debec Canyon on I-70 (east of Grand Junction) we decided that our ACE needed some suspension help. On this trip, winds of 40 MPH+ were blowing up the canyon and I felt like we were going to end up in the Colorado River. We ended up taking that part of the road...

We have several deaths per year in Colorado from people climbing places they shouldn?t really be. Last week they found the body of a guy who went missing attempting to climb Longs Peak by himself. The shocking part is that the same guy went missing on an attempt to climb Longs Peak in 2014 -...

We were camped at Coulter Bay in the Tetons a couple a years ago. A guy and his wife pulled in with a 30'ish ft long trailer and he pulled out this construction generator. He ran it an hour before generator hours to an hour after every day. These were pullout sites so he started out with the...

We were in the same place when we were looking. We had a 24 ft Keystone Passport trailer and were looking for something that would be a lot easier to set up, and a configuration that didn't have us looking for gas as soon as we had filled up. We were towing with a Nissan Armada with a 25 gallon...

After towing a Mini Cooper S on a dolly for three seasons, we decided to go 4 down with a low mileage used 2017 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk. DW had enough of loading and unloading the Mini, and really was never a fan of riding in it - hated the tight ride. I miss the Mini but don't miss having to...

As long as your tow vehicle is rated for the load, its just a matter of how fast you get there. Gas engines do lose power with altitude (turbo's less so), but you will make it. We frequently towed our 5000 pound Keystone Passport over the I-70 tunnels with a Nissan Armada. At times we were less...

We live in far southeast Aurora at 6200 ft. We will often pull the coach out of storage for a trip in March or April when we get some nice weather, but aways empty the tanks and blow out the water lines when we get back and before we put it back in storage. We don't de-winterize for the summer...

I can't help you with the route, but I was interested in Mill Creek popping up. Our family had a cabin in Mill Creek from the mid 30's to the early 2000's. The place was built by my grandfather over many years and eventually became too much for his kids as they got older. All the grandkids are...

I you are interested in free and isolated camping, the spots to consider are those on BLM land. This is mostly in the west where there is tons of empty land. There area also lots of Forest Service campgrounds. You just need to be prepared to boondocks as services are generally zero on these...

The town has always been just Jackson. Jackson Hole refers to the valley that runs up past the Tetons. The term "Hole" was an old fur trader's word for valley. Much like Colorado uses the word Park to describe a big meadow area, which is a Flat in California. All names given by early fur traders...

We live in the Denver Area and do have to compete with a lot of people coming from elsewhere. You will find that many campgrounds get reserved up as soon as the reservation windows open - usually 6 months in advance. National Parks fill up especially fast and State Parks on the weekends. So you...

The tariff news prompted me to go ahead and buy the solar panels for my ACE 30.1. I've been on the fence for awhile and needed something to provide the push. I've seen some articles saying that the tariff will increase total installed cost of a home solar installation by 5 to 10%, provided...

You might also consider Flagg Ranch. Its about 2 miles south of the Yellowstone south entrance - about 20 miles to Jackson Lake Dam in Teton. They have full hookups in a forested campground. We were there last summer and there were quite a few 40ft motorhomes and more than few really large 5th...