pjweimer
Member
This past July we bought a 2003 Itasca Suncruiser and have been preparing it for extended travels. Our maiden voyage was a Labor Day weekend trip to an in-state campground pulling our 2004 Saturn Vue (Roadmaster Falcon II and Brake Buddy). Biggest need identified on the trip was a need for some sort of steering stabilizers. After much time on the internet and this forum, I purchased and installed the Steer Safe units. Short drive after install showed definite improvement. Concerns about potential tire problems led me to the PressurePro tire pressure monitoring system. Ordered that directly from Doran Mfg. The MH is 38 ft and so I needed to add the remote antenna to pick the signals from all the MH's tires and the toad. I decided to install the antenna under the MH, about midship. My Magellan Color Meridian GPS unit proved too small a screen for safe viewing so I upgraded to the Garmin StreetPilot 2720. We have been subscribers to Dish Networks satellite TV services at home and I had a second receiver in my pole barn so I decided to put it in the MH (a King Dome dish was already mounted on the MH when we bought it). Our final prep item is Starband's Mobile Flyer Internet satellite setup. I have been a Starband customer for some years. Guess this is such a new offering from Starband that they are not quite prepared to ship these systems. Ordered it through a local dealer on 10/26 and they told me Saturday Starband could not quote a delivery date. I had hoped to have that in hand by this Saturday as we will be traveling to a campground in central Indiana for a week.
OK, that's current status. Now for my question. My wife and I are looking to leave very shortly after January the 1st and head for the Flagstaff, AZ. We have a window of 6-7 weeks for this trip. I am just a bit concerned about traveling cross country at that time of year. Initial thoughts are to head west from central Ohio on I-70 to St. Louis, I-44 to Oklahoma City and then I-40 to Flagstaff. Are our risks with the weather over this route high? Should we be considering a different time frame for this trip?
All comments and suggestions appreciated,
Paul & Linn Weimer
Pataskala, OH
2003 Itasca Suncrusier
2004 Saturn Vue
...and too many Alfa Romeos to quote ;D
OK, that's current status. Now for my question. My wife and I are looking to leave very shortly after January the 1st and head for the Flagstaff, AZ. We have a window of 6-7 weeks for this trip. I am just a bit concerned about traveling cross country at that time of year. Initial thoughts are to head west from central Ohio on I-70 to St. Louis, I-44 to Oklahoma City and then I-40 to Flagstaff. Are our risks with the weather over this route high? Should we be considering a different time frame for this trip?
All comments and suggestions appreciated,
Paul & Linn Weimer
Pataskala, OH
2003 Itasca Suncrusier
2004 Saturn Vue
...and too many Alfa Romeos to quote ;D