[oldvirginian]

Once she accepted me was a very nice dog. My wife spoiled her rotten and I didn’t go that distance.
When my wife was in the hospital the last time the pooch knew something was wrong.

I loved truck driving. I got to see every state and a good part of Canada. I met great people and not so great people. Saw beautiful country, drove in every type of weather.

37 feet is a big vehicle for someone not used to it.
Pulling a 57 foot trailer I had a hard time driving my pickup truck while home.
I had a Dodge with 4 speed + overdrive. I was always trying to shift into 6th gear. NOT GOOD!
And backing up was a nightmare. I would subconsciously steer the way I did in the rig.
The kids would laugh their butts off.

In a few years I am going to outfit a van and tour the country. Off the interstate highways, all US and state routes.

[mairdie]

What they let me do was search the RV dealer for anything I preferred from any other brand camper, then they'd order that from the company and replace ours with that. Total mismatch, but everything fit us. Stuffed the shower with herbs for cooking. The RV is set up with wires in the walls so you can hook your computer to the internet at 7 different spots inside. So we each had our normal work areas. This is where I started doing the digital video editing. We spent the month in IL searching the web for bridges husband thought he could cross.

Oh, I do hope you go traveling. Without the stress of having to be somewhere at a given time, you should have a ball, and I was VERY impressed with the quality of people we met at campgrounds. Good people.