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This blog is about our travels around the U.S. in our motorhome. We hope to see you on the road, soon!
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Memorial Day at Avi Resort near Laughlin, NV

5/27/2015

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We went to Laughlin, NV for the first time since we moved to Phoenix, Arizona over 25 years ago. That's what we love about the motorhome - we are exploring areas we've never been to before because we were always just going to our favorite places like San Diego, Sedona and Showlow. Now we can go and stay anywhere!

The drive was 215 miles and took about 4-1/2 hours. We drove through Laughlin, then headed south about 15 miles to the KOA RV Park at Avi Resort & Casino. We had two nice spaces next to the grass for our motorhome and Dave's parents rented trailer. We lucked out with the weather as it was only in the upper 80s with lows in the 60s during the four days we were there. Laughlin is usually in the 100s at this time of year!

We took Dave's boat and Dave's parents two jet-skis about 30 miles south on the Colorado River to Topock Gorge, which is a beautiful, rocky canyon between Laughlin and Lake Havasu. There were a ton of boats, making the ride a little rough at times.

Avi Resort put on a fantastic fireworks show on Sunday night, which we watched right from our chairs in our RV space.

We took the long way home on Tuesday, following the Colorado River south through Needles, CA, Lake Havasu City, AZ down to Quartsite and back home via I-10.

All-in-all, it was a fun-filled four days!
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New 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk tow-car

5/9/2015

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2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
We sold our 2009 Pontiac Vibe tow-car that we've had for the past year and bought a new 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk for towing behind the motorhome. I chose the Cherokee Trailhawk because it's fairly small and relatively lightweight (about 4,100 lbs.) and it's equipped with a neutral position for the automatic transmission 4x4 transfer case that makes it flat-towable. I've got all the tow equipment ordered and scheduled to be installed by Camping World around the first of June. Can't wait to go exploring the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone in it this summer!

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