The TTTC Tour ....

[rickdesilva]

Ray
What route did you ultimately decide to take though New Jersey to West Point? Whichever way you chose I hope it was "stress-less" as the NJ/NYarea has the ability to push you over the edge. Last night we ventured from NJ to an area not far from West Point with our sons families and 5 grandkids in the coach to see a halloween/jackO'lantern display at an historic mansion. On the way home the bridge was shut down and we had to wind our way down to NYC to go over the George Washington Bridge to get home. Although I was born and raised here, driving under the elevated train tracks on Jerome Avenue in NYC made me a little edgy. But we made it home OK. I had the same leak with my XLII and the guys at Prevost in NJ took care of it also. Carl Boulet the serivce mgr. and Judy at the service desk have always been very accomodating. Were you able to stay on West Point or did you have to find a place off site? I hope the rest of your trip is great.

[Ray Davis]

Sid, thanks for the suggestion regarding Oasis. Stayed there last night. Great new park, and NO-ONE there! Beautiful paved streets and spaces, reminded me of Kerrville.

A must stay for anyone needing to stop in the Amarillo area.


Rick, we went up (and back out) via the west through PA, up to Scranton, and then over direct (84?) to 293. It was a very easy run without issues.

We camped at North Dock, on the Hudson river at West Point for 4 nights, which other than the rain (inside and out), it was wonderful.

We went back down the outside to Prevost NJ again (east side), and then got out of NJ just before the snow started coming! Phew!


We're now in USA RV Park in Gallup NM for the night. We'll make Havasu AZ tomorrow where the coach goes into storage. The 3 week adventure is almost over.

I'll have to total all the mileage (and fuel costs) over the course, but it's roughly 7000 miles from start to finish!

Paid $2.92 for diesel in Amarillo this morning.


Ray

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Glad to hear you are having a good trip Ray. Your bus looked real fine in those Live Oaks in HH.

JIM

[garyde]

Hi Ray. Sounds like you guys are having a good time crossing th US. We're going to have to plan a trip together soon.

[Ray Davis]

Well, we finally made it back to CA. Dropped the bus off in Arizona in it's new storage location (hopefully temporary!).

All in all around 7000 miles in 24 days.

Way too many miles to travel that quickly. But, we've made it safely.


Thank you for everyone who hosted us, or met us along the road. It was certainly a wonderful trip, one that we will not forget.

Sorry to those we had to miss due to the weather and the window, but we'll do it another time.

Now we're getting ready for Oklahoma! But, I guess we'll have to plan some local mini-rallies first.


Ray

[Denny]

Ray,
Glad you made it back safely.