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Thank you all so much for the great info! I've had my heart set on visiting Ouray after seeing some YouTube videos. Glad to know we might not get smoked out from the fires :) We'll be in a 24 ft Class C (Coachman Freelander)

We've had a vacation planned from August 6th through the 23rd to travel around Colorado in an RV (picking it up in Loveland, CO). We've been seeing snippets of wildfire news in the San Juan mountains. Is that area completely out of the picture due to the wildfires right now? We've never been to...

If you, or anyone in your family, is a fan of the "Little House on the Prairie" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the town of DeSmet, SD is about 30 minutes north of the highway. It's the town the family lived in the last 3 books in the series (don't believe what you saw on the cheesy television...

We rented a Class C and did the west coast, lower penninsula & UP (as far as Munising) last summer. Here are a few of our favorite campgrounds: Munising Tourist Park Campground https://munisingtouristpark.com/ This was our very first site. We ended up leaving much later than anticipated because...

UTTransplant & Larry N., Thank you for all your advice! The more we research Colorado, the more we are drawn to the Ouray/Silverton/Durango area. I have found quite a few attractions that even allow you to bring your dog, which is a huge plus for us. Our dog is traveling with us and she get so...

OK, we have come up with a much more realistic plan for our RV trip. :) Since we like to wing it and see where the road takes us, we don't want to be confined with reservations ahead of time. There are so many RV parks and campsites on our route, we may be able to find simple water/electric...

Joana, My husband & I rented a 29-foot Coachman Freelander 27QB last summer and we had a wonderful trip. It has a real queen-sized bed (60" x 80") and you could walk around the entire bed. Easy to put on linens. Plenty of storage, too. The cab-over was huge and could easily fit 2 kids. The...

This is why I love this forum. We have grandiose ideas on what we want to do and then we get excellent advice from those of you who have "been there, done that". We live in flat country, so didn't even think that mountain driving is going to be a lot slower due to the incline and winding roads...

Jackie, WOW!!! Thank you so much for your incredibly detailed response. I most certainly appreciate it :)  I'm printing it out to save for future trip planning. I agree with the other posters. You should make your post a "sticky" post. Such great info!

Thanks! We just booked our rental and will be traveling Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana this August. This time, we'll have a full 14 nights in the RV. So excited, can't wait to go :)

Hey Vall & Mo, Any updates on your Visas? Did you two finally decide on a truck camper? Hubby & I are still trying to decide what is going to be the best fit for us. We're renting another Class C this summer and will tour Colorado, Wyoming & Montana. Last year, we rented a 29 ft model. This...

Very nice! I just love the Arctic Foxes. Hope you're loving the new camper :)

Hi all, My husband & I went on our first RV trip last summer to the U.P. in Michigan. We rented an RV from a dealer and had a wonderful adventure, thanks to the fabulous recommendations & advice from the members here. This year, we're planning a more extensive trip. We're renting an RV close...

Yes, that's true, but getting a car dealer to TELL you this info is near impossible when you're on the phone making an inquiry. We're not ready to pound the pavement and look at trucks in-person yet. We're still in the planning & research stage, trying to determine what is going to work for us...

I agree. I learned this the hard way on our first RV trip. I'm in grad school and had to submit a paper, plus my weekly discussion posts. One camp site had wifi but even if you were connected, it didn't work. Another site had wifi, but you had to pay to use it. I ended up missing a discussion...