Roadtrek

Rev. 07/13/05

Roadtrek - Our Hale 'Auana - Our "2nd Home"

Where our Roadtrek has taken us

A '95 Model 190 Popular Roadtrek is my 2nd home. It is 19' long, has a king size bed, bathroom, shower, refrigerator, microwave oven, two burner stove, furnace, air conditioner — really self contained. The greatest thing about it, is having my own bed and bathroom with me at all times. This also very helpful when traveling with grandkids — no more searching for a service station, broad bushes or tall cactus.

Camping in the Seven Devils in Idaho

Back roads of Idaho Camping at The Seven Devils in Idaho After a trip it is stored somewhere on the mainland, then just fly home to Hawaii. It patiently waits there for the next trip. For a year we stored it in Redwood City north of San Francisco. Then in Idaho for a year or so. Right now it is stored in Las Vegas and is my "set of wheels" when I fly there — just fill the water tanks, stop at a grocery to fill the cupboards and refrig, and off we go. Doesn't take more that an hour or two.

Kelly Creek in Northern Idaho, great fishing

Kelly Creek, northern Idaho It is great in the mountains on back country dirt roads, the high clearance allows us to go where I would hesitate taking a standard car. I can get right to where the fish are — and then just camp there. Wake up the next morning with the sun and start fishing. It can't get better than that!

On the freeways I generally keep it at just under 60 mph. it has averaged, including city driving and crawling around the mountains, 16.5 miles per gallon over the 120,000 miles I've put on it — not bad for our second home.

One pushes (while one brakes)

grandson pushes (while sister brakes) We have taken some great trips in it, some times with a couple of grandkids for company. Once up to Yellowstone in the fall. Fall is a great time — the summer crowds have left, the animals are down from the mountains and feeding to get ready for winter. One night my grandson and I went for a short walk after dark. He was amazed to see the number of stars in the sky.

A couple of times to we have gone to Disney Land with different sets of grandkids — Disneyland is always fun with kids. October is a great time to take kids to Disneyland — the crowds have thinned out dramatically. You can do many more rides in a day. As for pulling the kids out of school for a few days, I believe it was Mark Twain who said "Don't let schooling get in the way of education".

Trips Total miles on the RT, so far - 189,124

Back on the Road, Summer of '05 07/04/05 - 09/05/05 10/??/03