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Looking the combo up on the internet, I see prices are between $899 (Amazon) and $1,119. Jim & Nancy NewMar Mountain Air

56Safari has given you some good advise. Since you will both be in separate vehicles, you may want to consider a pair of walkie-talkie or other communications to provide each other heads ups during the trip, such as gasoline, food or rest stops. Don't push it, take a break every several hours so...

This may be a little late in posting but these links that may help in finding campgrounds in Montana: http://www.campingmontana.com...

In our area (Greenville SC) just about all the storage places we checked into, state the they are not responsible for any damage. I believe you were fortunate with your old management staff that they were nice enough to contact you. Jim & Nancy Newmar Mountain Aire

If you are taking Interstate 64 across the bottom of Indiana, there's the town of Santa Claus east of Rt 231. Off of Interstate 70 heading to Indianapolis there is gravity hill in Mooresville. Jim and Nancy NewMar Mountain Aire

If you have a smart phone (we have iPhones) there are several apps that you can download that may help on your trip: 1) GasBuddy - Provides Gas and Diesel prices based on your location (Free) 2) The Weather Channel - TWC - Weather based on your location (Free) 3) Road Ahead - Interstate and...

Stone Mountain, on the east side of Atlanta, has a nice campground we've stayed at. The disadvantage is if you need to be downtown, it's about 20 miles (a 45-60 minute) drive into the city with morning traffic. - Jim & Nancy

Thank you for all of the excellent advise. These have definitely helped with our decision making. - Jim & Nancy NewMar Mountain Aire South Carolina

In an ongoing battle to keep our RV expenses reasonable (budget in line), we've looked at joining various "campground" clubs. We're thinking about joining Thousand Trails, Escapee's and Passport America. The Escapee and Passport America yearly fees seem pretty good at around $50 per year, where...

We are in the process of planning a trip to the Northwest for 2013, across the upper northern states, then down the Pacific coast. Years ago we spent a little time in the Seattle area but had arrived by commercial aircraft. Which would be the better and more scenic route across Washington state...

There's a KOA near Harper's Ferry. Be aware of being charged multiple fees. Is within walking distance of town.URL is: http://www.harpersferrykoa.com/ As for water activities including rentals if needed at Harper's Ferry: http://www.riverriders.com/ Riverriders is within a few miles of the...

This web site may be helpful, contains information on most of the southern plantations by state: http://www.southernplantations.net/

Wow, that tunnel picture is worth 100,000 words and the link to the clearances is very helpful. We will definitely add Cluster State park to our stops. We appreciate all of the feedback! This will help us in our trip planning so we'll need to get the maps out again. - Jim & Nancy Marxen

We will be traveling to Mt Rushmore this summer and will be passing through South Dakota to get there. We like to travel the scenic highways over interstates even though it takes more time. One scenic highway we're interested in is the Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway but states has hairpin...

We took the advice regarding a Verizon hotspot, and purchased the 4510L 3G/4G model coupled with the 5GB monthly plan and the Verizon external antenna. We have been very pleased with it for the week and a half that we have had it except for the battery life. It lasts about three and a half...