Recent content by jschmelzer

Thanks - memory lapse. Corrected my post to include 99 and 395.

For those of you who know California, here are five very different routes between Northern and Southern California: I5, Hwy 99, Hwy 395, Hwy 101 and Hwy 1 (PCH). For people new to Cali, Hwy 101 is a good compromise. I love Hwy 1 but it is often closed due to major rock/mud slides, can be...

Planning a couple of regional and cross-country trips (one to three month long trips). We have time to visit along the routes. We also feel that the way points are just as important as the destinations. So, do you travel on the Interstates only? Mostly Interstates with local Hwys for side trips...

Found a couple of articles about cross-country trips. The articles talked about avoiding Interstates and traveling rural Hwys and Roads. Their points were to visit interesting places. Makes sense since there are many points of interest between the two coasts. Example was to travel Hwy 90 along...

Thank you. My gut told me we did nothing wrong, but I had sudden panic attack after remembering that Subaru overrode their 2012 owners manual and told me not to tow the Impreza with all four wheels down - especially just after towing the Subaru for the first time. Feel better now. Don't know...

We just towed our 2012 Subaru Impreza (manual AWD transmission) behind our Winnebago Vista for the first time. Not very far, about 20 miles from the RV dealership to the RV storage site. Would like to confirm check-list since we're new RVers and have never towed a car before. We have the SMI...

ASTravelers, thank you for the reply. We also have a weather radio just in case - we will build in time buffers in case of snow/ice. The RoadTrip America application has a feature showing elevations for routes mapped - I might have not use it correctly because it showed high elevations through...

Planning our first cross-country trip from Northern California to Florida in March in our Winnebago Vista (31' gas MH). The RoadTrip America application mapped the I10 route. We plan on taking 10-15 days, at the minimum, each direction depending on research. - Any suggestions on great places to...