3:10 to Yuma!!!

[Albertaguy]

I am all packed and ready to go first thing in the morning (28th). My only concern is that they are predicting wind for tomorrow and it could get ugly, but I will make it a short day tomorrow and overnight in Great Falls MT which is 5 hours from my house. It looks like weather (other than wind) will not be a factor for my trip. I will try to post updates as I overnight in campgrounds with Wi Fi.

[clutch]

If you come down Az 95 be sure and blow your horn at the first stop light as you enter Parker Az. We are staying at the Blue Water Park.

[Seann45]

Originally Posted by Albertaguy

I am all packed and ready to go first thing in the morning (28th). My only concern is that they are predicting wind for tomorrow and it could get ugly, but I will make it a short day tomorrow and overnight in Great Falls MT which is 5 hours from my house. It looks like weather (other than wind) will not be a factor for my trip. I will try to post updates as I overnight in campgrounds with Wi Fi.

Whats a Campground?
Safe trip my friend

[Albertaguy]

I arrived at Frank's campground in Great Falls Mt. at about 1.00 PM and could have driven longer but the winds were unbelievable and it was bare knuckle driving all the way, so I decided to stop. I had no problems crossing the border except I managed to take the wrong road as I left the border crossing and ran into a female US border guard who more or less accused me of being stupid (which I am) and I had to go through the hoops again. I guess I turned onto the truck road but my excuse was the sun was in my eyes and I missed the turn.

I will try to leave very early in the morning and get a good day's drive in depending on the wind.

[Albertaguy]

Originally Posted by clutch

If you come down Az 95 be sure and blow your horn at the first stop light as you enter Parker Az. We are staying at the Blue Water Park.

I usually stop in Parker to fuel up if that one service station is not too busy. It is hard to get into that lot when you are pulling a 34 ft. 5th wheel.

[Seann45]

Originally Posted by Albertaguy

I usually stop in Parker to fuel up if that one service station is not too busy. It is hard to get into that lot when you are pulling a 34 ft. 5th wheel.

Thats why I went with the Titan tank.... my 26 gal tank became a 52 gallon tank....works well till you $top to "ga$" up.

[clutch]

Originally Posted by Albertaguy

I usually stop in Parker to fuel up if that one service station is not too busy. It is hard to get into that lot when you are pulling a 34 ft. 5th wheel.

Super Fuels can be a regular zoo at times. I try and stay away from that one.

[Larry G.]

Well when the wife finally retires in 2012 the plan is to be South this time of the year.

Not sure yet where we will winter but it will be where it is warm although it was 63 here in Reno today. Thinking Arizona, New Mexico or deep down in Texas.

Plan on ordering the new 5er early in 2012 and getting acquainted with it before really hitting the road.

[Albertaguy]

Well I finally made it. It took me a few days to get internet and although it is very slow, it is better than nothing.

This was without a doubt the worst trip I have taken. I hit wind before I crossed the US border and ended up staying overnight in Great Falls Mont. and spent the night rocking and rolling all night because of the wind at a campground. Got ready to go the following morning but almost had to stay an extra day because the wind came up at 5.00 AM and it was hard to even walk. Wind let up about 6.00 AM so I took a chance and left. I was going to take the road through Boulder Mont. and come out at Dillon Mont., back onto the I-15 but missed the turn-off and went over the Pass where a rain, sleet, snow storm hit the area the night before and the roads were a real mess, but once the sun got higher in the sky, it got a little better. I found out the road from Boulder to Dillon was not much better.

I stayed at a great Good Sam campground in Pocatello Idaho and did have a good night.

I did plan on staying in Mesquite NV but missed both turn-offs thanks to my GPS and ended up just prior to Vegas where I attempted to stay at that State Park (road to the fire or something) but after driving in about 12 miles and paying the entrance fee with assurances that there was lots of room with full hook-ups, I find out there was no room for the size of my Jayco, so back to the highway where I stopped at the Sinclair truck stop and asked if I could crash in the huge overflow parking lot. I was given permission and decided to hit the sack about 7.00 PM only to find that this station was run by the local Indian Reservation and they sold Fireworks and it looks like they like to advertise because right at 7.00 PM they started advertising and this continued right up to 4.00 AM when I decided to leave with no sleep. The only good thing was that I did get through Vegas before rush hour. I finally got to Yuma about noontime on the 31st.

Weather has been great the last few days and I am enjoying the pool, hot tub and my bike.

[Seann45]

See what you get for leaving your wife behind....?
glad your there safe my friend

[SecretCoveDave]

You may have just started a new thread - "Extreme trailering!".

You earned the sun time, enjoy.

[Albertaguy]

Originally Posted by Seann45

See what you get for leaving your wife behind....?
glad your there safe my friend

I haven't got to the flea market yet to find anything on your satellite question.

I plan on going to Mexico in the morning for new spec and will do the market this weekend.

Going to see War Horse this evening.

[Albertaguy]

Well my trip to Yuma is over, I left on Thurs. morning and arrived home about 10.00 PM Sat. night. The trip was fairly uneventful except for some bad roads just north of Leeds Utah, saw a couple of vehicles that had spun off the road with one upside down and emergency services had just arrived and looks like someone may have been trapped. I was going to pull off the roads until they cleared but by the time I found a rest area I was out of it. I hit some major wind in Montana just south of the border and even some of the big rigs were pulling off so I decided to do the same and it gave me time to straighten out my rig, have some tea, washed my floors and dishes (not in the same water), spent a little over an hour parked until the wind died to a reasonable rate and arrived at the border with only two vehicles in front of me. I brought back well over my limit for booze which I had promised as gifts to people and felt sure that I would have to pay. Customs guy smiled and said "Have a good day" and I arrived home 3 hours later to a minnie snow storm.

The only thing I complained about was the cost of fuel. Diesel prices are all over the map and I can see a real problem coming up not only with tourism but the overall cost of commodities.

[Bozemanite]

Glad you had a safe trip home. From what I am hearing from my neighbors in Montana, they are having an unusually dry and warm winter. Not good for the fishing this summer.

[clutch]

Glad to hear you are home safe. The weather in Az is just now getting nice. You left to early.

[Seann45]

Originally Posted by clutch

Glad to hear you are home safe. The weather in Az is just now getting nice. You left to early.

That is why its NICE he is GONE... break out the sun screen and margaritas

[Albertaguy]

Originally Posted by Seann45

That is why its NICE he is GONE... break out the sun screen and margaritas

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words, now I have to go outside and shovel snow!!!!

[Albertaguy]

Originally Posted by DonWard

Glad you had a safe trip home. From what I am hearing from my neighbors in Montana, they are having an unusually dry and warm winter. Not good for the fishing this summer.

They are now getting the snow, but when I came through on Saturday the landscape was brown and I know the farmers on both sides of the border need the moisture.

[Bozemanite]

They are pretty worried in Bozeman. The economy and culture depends a lot on snow for sport and to replenish the lakes, streams and water table for agriculture. Hopefully it will be a wet spring.

[Seann45]

Originally Posted by Albertaguy

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words, now I have to go outside and shovel snow!!!!

Too bad I am not going back through cowtown this spring or we could meet for coffee and I could regale your wife with stories of you and all those young senoritas.