Thanks for your videos! We are retired and RVers now. In the 1980s I was a long haul truck driver. Similar experience, I turned down a nice newly blacktopped road. A couple miles and it was a single lane gravel road. About 10 miles in I came to a bridge that stated 2 ton limit. My rig weighed nearly 40 tons. My only choice was to backup! I kept looking for a place to turn around but the ditches were deep and the road was narrow. Shining a flashlight out the drivers window, I backed all the way out that road! I've told this story many times! I was always good a backing anything but I tell people I learned how to backup a Semi Rig that night!
I so appreciate your candor and how you are willing to share frustration and anxiety as well as excitement and positivity. Great channel. Enjoy your travels.
I feel your pain. Once in Mississippi we got onto a road under construction. No signs to tell us. The further we went the worse it got. Luckily it was not as long as yours was. We survived but was scary at times. Those mishaps go along with all the good stuff. It’s just nice to be able to talk about it. Stay safe
Wow! Things do tend to go awry in paradise sometime don't they? I am glad everyone and the rig is OK! We wanted to tell you that you are one of our top three full time RVer's that we watch. Despite the content of this particular video you have inspired us to hit the road! In less than a week we will be full time RV living! We've been working on it for months and thanks to a few like you, we have the inspiration as well as a lot of useful information thanks to your vids. Thank you! Maybe we'll see you down the road one day!
Hey guys! Congratulations on your decision to go full time! Thank you for the very nice compliment and we hope you find the lifestyle as enjoyable as you imagine! Take care and safe travels!
Thank you for reality. It was not dark and some good Samaritans came by. These are helpful tips for others. Thank you for sharing and you remained calm which is great. Don’t let it get you down. Use it for other life experiences. It happens!
Thank heavens for neighborly passersby! Just making memories that's all. So glad you are on your way again and still smiling!!! You are our inspiration :)
You learn something new all the time:) I have always thought about heat and altitude with inflatable boats and other things....it didn't even dawn on me about the sleep by number bed....duh. Out of sight out of mind!
Oh golly! Thanks for sharing the good, bad, AND the ugly! So glad those guys came by and were able to help you out! A lot of fires in AZ right now. You all be safe! 👍😀
Good job Brian. You kept your cool. The washboard road brought back a FedEx memory. I used to deliver down those washboard roads and I thought my truck was going to fall apart. It would take me 30 minutes to deliver a package. OMG. Then UPS would zip right by me at full speed a loose me in the dust. He'd say to me go fast and ride above the grid. Yeah Right. I told him listen buddy. You work for UPS and that truck is not use. So why should you care. Where me I am a independent contractor for Fedex Ground and that truck is mine and the repairs are mine. Thank you very much. LOL. Thanks for the reminder Brian. I no longer deliver on dirt roads. Thank you Jesus. Good night my friends.
Gotta show the good with the bad! It's times like these that restore your faith in humanity. Your in a jam and someone comes along and helps you out. Good for you no major damage. Perfect time to be on the Rim - It's a scorcher done in the valley. Safe travels!
Because I'm a single mom and it all the responsibility is on me, I'm ultra detailed about our roads. Google satellite any questionable road. You can get close enough to see gravel or pavement. Google street view. If there is no street view, it's probably not a street. 😬😬😬 Have fun and be blessed.
I love how real you are!! We RV'd when my kids were little, cant wait to take my grandson out! Maybe Hit the road full time some day...Keep up the fun and real videos!!!
My parents were lifelong members of NCHA. They are now in their Mid-80's and have a 35 ft Motorhome...and sadly only get to go out a couple times a year now. I can remember on more than one occasion Dad got himself or helped others out of similar situations. It happens! But they are good memories of many fun times!
I appreciate your honesty and just subscribed to your channel. Beautiful camping spots. We hope to get on the road this fall and I need all the advice and real life scenarios I can get. I got stuck in our door yard last spring and our neighbor pulled me out. A load of gravel took care of that little dip - but that is not going to work on the road. Thank you for sharing!
Good vid guys. And yes stuff like this just happens sometimes when you get out there. It's all part of the journey right? But good recovery. Thank God for those two trucks who said, "we're going to help these guys. Did they also have all those straps with them or did you have them on board? When I saw that this vid was just released like 4 hours ago or something like that and already had a "thumbs down". I couldn't understand that. WHAT? Then I got hit with several Monetization ads. Personally I hate those things and usually sign off. I thought, "ah ah"...that's probably where the thumbs down came from. But I stuck in there. BTW...our coach is almost like yours. We have a 2012, Winnebago Vista, 35F on a 22K chassis @ 35' with 1.5 baths. Anyway nice vid. thx for sharing and LIKED.
You guys are great! Everyone makes mistakes, and I have seen worse. Everything worked out, and you got a beautiful spot. Don’t stress! Keep up the great videos!
In 2011, took my 88 year old mother on 7,000 mile rv trip. Stayed in Williams, Arizona and would definitely love to go back. Really sweet town. Mom passed 2 weeks short of 89th. BIrthday. Grand Canyon....all the way up to Montana. Great trip. Will definitely go back to Williams, Az.
Like your title says...life happens. Glad you were able to get out safely with minimal damage to your rig, & maybe just a slightly bruised ego. Happens to all of us though.
Cindy and I enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing the real life side of full time RV'ing. We are finally out on the road full timing. Take care and be safe!
Steve and Rocky are awesome! You are so right about that being part of the REAL lifestyle and it’s great that y’all aired it. We have found ourselves on roads like that one several times and it stinks! Travel day experiences are reality and they are filled with useful information to pass along. After many various GPS tries we use RV Trip Wizard which factors in size of rig and RV Life GPS allows for a “No Dirt Road” setting and so far so good.
Hey Guys, thanks for sharing the bad and ugly along with the good. I appreciate the stories, insight and your humor during, or at least after the fact. LOL
Found ourselves in a right pickle in late 90's, with quite the audience watching on as got stuck in Santa Cruz where we should never of been in huge 5er and truck = young invincible newbies back then LOL. Had to back up real curvy, steep area we'd come down to park where it was full to the brim with others, hubby was not happy with my directions! Ho hum, lesson learned. Are you currently off FR300 close to the rim (about 10miles in?). Hope the known wind isn't too rough for your visit and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for fossil seashells = weird to see thousands of feet above sea level today, but helps you imagine many years ago what the area might have been like. FWIW, we love to boondock/disperse camp by choice but often google for reviews of our next wilderness plan to see what others have to say but also check out satellite/google earth views as much as possible to see where potential turnarounds are = 2003 38ft Class A, particularly do when going onto non-paved roads. All's well that ends well for sure, and campfire stories to tell in future years.
I really enjoy your adventures, good and not so good. You guys tell it like it is, Life always throws you a curve one in a while, its easier to chuckle about it a few days later. Enjoy the ride.
I, too, love Williams and Flagstaff, AZ. We were just there two weeks ago. Bearizona is a great 👍 find. You definitely should check it out! It is a drive-thru wild-animal park and a walk-around zoo area. It is very pretty and quaint. Would love to live in that area! So sorry you guys got stuck; that is so frustrating... glad those truck drivers helped you out. So nice of them. Most outdoorsy people are very helpful and willing to help out; aren’t they? Have fun! 😎
Washboard roads are the worst roads on the earth! Enjoy the star gazing. That is one of the best parts about that area. My wife and I pulled over late one night on our way from Williams to Flagstaff about half way along the route. We turned off the car and laid on the hood and have never seen so many stars in the sky. It was amazing.
Anyone willing to adventure has a day like this once in a while. Thanks for sharing and you're right, it makes for good stories and experiences that are meaningful beyond scenery and relaxation. The trick is keeping them well spaced. ;-)
We had our own awful travel day yesterday, which was almost comical with the amount of things that went wrong. Most out of our control. It can definitely pull the 'am I cut out for this?' string. But ultimately, bad days will happen and there are definitely more good than bad.
Good thing that Tacoma was there to help the Ram, otherwise you would have been sitting there a lot longer :) Glad you got out without doing any damage to your rig.
On our last trip we were going through Nebraska, raining so hard that I’ve ever driven the truck and trailer in since we started RVing and while on I80 we decided to get off the I80 to use our trailers restroom. (I hate stopping on the side of a freeway, especially in pouring rain) I make a turn off the 2 lane paved road onto a road base gravel road to stop (not enough space to get off the two lane road) I see that ahead there are silos that must have gravel to turn around on so off we go. About 200 yards the road becomes so muddy that the rear of the truck is spinning through the road base gravel and into the mud. I shift into 4 wheel high and keep going to the turn around by the silos as this is a single lane road. We get about 100 yards from the silos and they are in the dirt (which is mud now with all this rain) 😳 we don’t have room to turn our 23 foot trailer and truck around. The road has such a crown on it that if I don’t stay right in the middle, I’ll go right into the ditch. We back up for almost 3/4 of a mile on this now muddy road which took us almost 40 minutes to get back to the paved road. Every so often, the trailer would get off the crown heading to the ditch so I would have to straighten it out. All in driving rain.... 🥴 The sad thing is my wife said for us to back up onto the road with maybe 50 feet but I said that I’d rather turn around at those silos... 🙄🙄 Lesson learned.... we arrived after dark in Sioux City and set up camp in the rain. After 550 miles and almost 11 hours, I slept well that night. Nothing harmed or damaged so we learn and go on. Thanks for the video! That road sure looked bumpy.. Take care, Bill
Having been single more than I've been coupled up or married and having worked alone for nearly 20 years, I always had figure out how to do things alone without any help. I'm surprisingly successful at this 94.6% of the time. The other 5.4% of the time.... I just gotta have help. I now have the most wonderful immigrant wife that practically lives to help me. So, I've been teaching her how to help guide me while maneuvering and backing up the RV, boat etc. I am teaching her hand signals (important even without a language barrier), what to watch for, where to stand so she can see me in the mirrors and looking up down and all around for hazards. We're experimenting with a couple of small hand held radios to assist us as necessary. As a man and a pilot for 40 years I understand that sometimes (translation: 94.6% of the time) I am stubborn, determined and get a "I'll do it my damn self" attitude instead of asking for help as a good pilot should do. She's still learning these things and is helpful. I guess the moral to the story is that sometimes we need to swallow our pride and ask our wives for help so we can blame th.......I mean, so we don't get ourselves in a jam. "I'm a man and I can change.....if I have to.......I guess."
Working in a parking lot on a corner in Jackson Hole wyoming on a Sunday afternoon changing a starter ! Lucky the Napa on Main Street had one. In the morning we were smoking the brakes on or Toad coming down the pass. I Feal Ya Brother. Its always an adventure ! Dont beat yourself up its part of life. I got mine Stuck in my Son inlaws front yard !
As frustrating as it might have been, It is all part of the adventure. Thanks for sharing, we too prefer boondocking and love northern AZ, hope to make it back soon.
My heart literally dropped when I saw your Class A in that rut! Have you guys thought about getting a 5th wheel since you boon-dock so much? We boon-dock exclusively and go places I would be concerned taking a Class A. Just wondering.
Hi Connie! Yeah, so did mine! As for a 5th wheel...we certainly do like the roominess, but they just don't fit our style right now. Perhaps at some point in the future though. Luckily we've been able to get our coach into some of the same areas we see 5th wheels in. Thanks for watching!
I don't and never have owned or driven a motorhome so take this for what it is worth but I am constantly amazed at what folks do or try to do with these giant vehicles with relatively teeny tiny tires. Still I am sure I would do the same. Live and learn.
I'm up around the Teton Mountain Range in the forest..great views and my Honda Pilot looks like your Jeep. I like to stay with 3 to 4 hours for the same reason.
Damn! I’d of freaked out! Good job staying calm and thank God for the two good old boys with trucks! I’ve done only a few trip in our rig and one of them would have made a good video except I didn’t film it! Probebly a good idea! Be careful now!
Wow! We just experienced the same type of insanity the past few days.Our very first trip. Those washboard roads are exhausting. And attempting to turn around on a rough mountain side road is umm impossible! 😭 We drove so many extra miles on crazy bumpy roads extending miles, time, effort and gas. Ugh. I noticed the blm locations tend to have those rough roads, though beautiful maybe that's a sort of payment after all. lol!😀
Very brave to go boondocking in such a long rv.....I am going to be giving it a try! 32 ft Claas C....think maybe if you had walkie talkie type set up it would easy to avoid boo boos! One drives....one guides! I watched a couple handle their 5th wheel-backing using the hand held communicators!
Now that I know you are a pilot like me I can suggest perhaps it was a case of “gethomeitis “? Always trust your instruments, keep your situational awareness and above all, relax and figure it out.
VERY familiar with the Rim, have property in Heber/Overgaard as well as Snowflake high desert. Loads of great open lands but....! And those forest roads can be treacherous at best. Forget GPS
Hi Wendy. We've camped on the Rim for over 20 years, but it has really changed in the past few years due to the increased camping and fires. This was our first trip back in over a year and we were surprised how beaten up it is. Thanks for watching.
Hey guys trust your GPS lol . You guys seem to have a cool head when those things happen and you figure out what you need to do. Enjoy your journey. But most of all be safe.👍☕️🍀
Keep sharing we all learn. I would love to know where you guys on boondock as we are going to be hitting the road. But of course after you have left so as not to have people show up. And we have a 34 foot and need to find roads we can Tavel on that are not like this one. Thank you for sharing your lives.
Hi Denise. We've traveled thousands of mile of roads. Both paved and unpaved. Some of the worst roads we've been on have been paved! LOL! Thanks for watching!
Happy Father’s Day Brian. So sorry this happened to you guys! This curse has got to be broken! 3rd time filming will be a charm Shawnna so don’t give up! I was really hoping you would sing us some Eagles in Winslow 😊 If we ever meet up on the road, that will be our first karaoke song that we sing together! I have a great karaoke system that will be coming with us in our travels. Love your fur babies and this is an official request to see more of them! Have a great week!
Big RVs like ours shake, rattle and roll something terrible when going slow or fast. We'd rather go slow and limit the amount of potential damage. Thanks for watching!
Glad you were able to make lemonade , and was a bit of luck those fellas came by when they did. One question , couldn't you have used your stabilizers to lift the back wheel enough to put a few boards to lift the back end . I don't know if they are powerful enough but was just wondering. Thanks for sharing the adventures
They may have been, but I didn't want to put that much stress on them. The manual has a specific warning about using the levelers to raise the wheels off the ground. Thanks for watching.
I look at the situation you were in as a learning experience. In 30 years from now you will look back and laugh about it. It wouldn’t be memorable if you didn’t have this problem.
Hi Nicole. Fortunately we have insurance, so there wouldn't have been a bill. As for the two who helped us...they wanted nothing in return...just like most good people who care more about helping a fellow human being than getting something in return. Thanks for watching! p.s. They are both public school teachers!
No, I didn’t try using the jacks. Great suggestion though! They were kinda jammed up so I didn’t want to do any more damage if they were already damaged. Luckily they were fine upon inspection.
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Thanks for your videos!
We are retired and RVers now. In the 1980s I was a long haul truck driver. Similar experience, I turned down a nice newly blacktopped road. A couple miles and it was a single lane gravel road. About 10 miles in I came to a bridge that stated 2 ton limit. My rig weighed nearly 40 tons. My only choice was to backup! I kept looking for a place to turn around but the ditches were deep and the road was narrow. Shining a flashlight out the drivers window, I backed all the way out that road! I've told this story many times! I was always good a backing anything but I tell people I learned how to backup a Semi Rig that night!
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I so appreciate your candor and how you are willing to share frustration and anxiety as well as excitement and positivity. Great channel. Enjoy your travels.
Thanks Patricia!
It was great meeting you and we were happy to help!!
Hey Steve! We may stop by with another 30 pack if you’re going to be camping there next week!
Lyf Uninterrupted excellent!! I will be at the same spot until Mid-July! Come on over!👍🏼
It only cost 2 - 30
Packs! And a big thanks? Gee, lucky! A hook would have been a bit more. Now your turning sense will be more acute!
We were fortunate to have some good people in our midst!
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Curios about our first travel day mishap almost a year ago to the day? Check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/Sr2QRCj2Cao/v-deo.html
I feel your pain. Once in Mississippi we got onto a road under construction. No signs to tell us. The further we went the worse it got. Luckily it was not as long as yours was. We survived but was scary at times. Those mishaps go along with all the good stuff. It’s just nice to be able to talk about it. Stay safe
Hi Linda! Not fun for sure. Thanks for watching!
I appreciate you two showing the way it really is, especially when you’re boon docking with a huge Class A. Great job on the video.
Thank you!
Wow! Things do tend to go awry in paradise sometime don't they? I am glad everyone and the rig is OK! We wanted to tell you that you are one of our top three full time RVer's that we watch. Despite the content of this particular video you have inspired us to hit the road! In less than a week we will be full time RV living! We've been working on it for months and thanks to a few like you, we have the inspiration as well as a lot of useful information thanks to your vids. Thank you! Maybe we'll see you down the road one day!
Hey guys! Congratulations on your decision to go full time! Thank you for the very nice compliment and we hope you find the lifestyle as enjoyable as you imagine! Take care and safe travels!
Thank you for reality. It was not dark and some good Samaritans came by. These are helpful tips for others. Thank you for sharing and you remained calm which is great. Don’t let it get you down. Use it for other life experiences. It happens!
Hi Vivian! Thanks for the words of encouragement!
Thank heavens for neighborly passersby! Just making memories that's all. So glad you are on your way again and still smiling!!! You are our inspiration :)
Yes! Thank you! Full time RVing certainly would be a little more boring without the occasional trials and tribulations! Thanks for watching!
You learn something new all the time:) I have always thought about heat and altitude with inflatable boats and other things....it didn't even dawn on me about the sleep by number bed....duh. Out of sight out of mind!
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Oh golly! Thanks for sharing the good, bad, AND the ugly! So glad those guys came by and were able to help you out! A lot of fires in AZ right now. You all be safe! 👍😀
We were fortunate, that's for sure! Thanks for watching!
Good job Brian. You kept your cool. The washboard road brought back a FedEx memory. I used to deliver down those washboard roads and I thought my truck was going to fall apart. It would take me 30 minutes to deliver a package. OMG. Then UPS would zip right by me at full speed a loose me in the dust. He'd say to me go
fast and ride above the grid. Yeah Right. I told him listen buddy. You work for UPS and that truck is not use. So why should you care. Where me I am a independent
contractor for Fedex Ground and that truck is mine and the repairs are mine. Thank you very much. LOL. Thanks for the reminder Brian. I no longer deliver on dirt roads. Thank you Jesus. Good night my friends.
👍 Thanks for watching!
Gotta show the good with the bad! It's times like these that restore your faith in humanity. Your in a jam and someone comes along and helps you out. Good for you no major damage. Perfect time to be on the Rim - It's a scorcher done in the valley. Safe travels!
Hey Jamie and Linda! It's pretty nice up here. In the 90's this week, but nice nonetheless. Thanks for watching!
Because I'm a single mom and it all the responsibility is on me, I'm ultra detailed about our roads.
Google satellite any questionable road. You can get close enough to see gravel or pavement.
Google street view.
If there is no street view, it's probably not a street.
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Have fun and be blessed.
Thanks for watching!
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Subscribed. Picking up our RV next week.
Awesome! Thank you! What kind or RV? Be sure to watch our live stream this Sunday at 6PM EST!
I love how real you are!! We RV'd when my kids were little, cant wait to take my grandson out! Maybe Hit the road full time some day...Keep up the fun and real videos!!!
That is awesome! Thanks for watching!
My parents were lifelong members of NCHA. They are now in their Mid-80's and have a 35 ft Motorhome...and sadly only get to go out a couple times a year now. I can remember on more than one occasion Dad got himself or helped others out of similar situations. It happens! But they are good memories of many fun times!
Sounds like your Dad is the kind of guy we need more of! Thanks for watching!
Life doesn't always work as planned. I am glad you didn't have any damage.
So true!
I appreciate your honesty and just subscribed to your channel. Beautiful camping spots. We hope to get on the road this fall and I need all the advice and real life scenarios I can get. I got stuck in our door yard last spring and our neighbor pulled me out. A load of gravel took care of that little dip - but that is not going to work on the road. Thank you for sharing!
Welcome aboard! We're happy to have you as part of our LU Crew! Keep us posted on you progress toward becoming full timers!
We live on the Rim. Love to see people like you out there enjoying the great State of Arizona.
Thanks Jan! We lived in AZ for over 50 years off and on (left may 2019) and visited the Rim many times during the summer.
I’m so glad y’all are okay! I also appreciate you sharing the “real deal” with us!! These tips and tricks are vital. 🤗
Thanks so much!! A little painful, but we came out on the other side just fine.
Good vid guys. And yes stuff like this just happens sometimes when you get out there. It's all part of the journey right? But good recovery. Thank God for those two trucks who said, "we're going to help these guys. Did they also have all those straps with them or did you have them on board? When I saw that this vid was just released like 4 hours ago or something like that and already had a "thumbs down". I couldn't understand that. WHAT? Then I got hit with several Monetization ads. Personally I hate those things and usually sign off. I thought, "ah ah"...that's probably where the thumbs down came from. But I stuck in there.
BTW...our coach is almost like yours. We have a 2012, Winnebago Vista, 35F on a 22K chassis @ 35' with 1.5 baths.
Anyway nice vid. thx for sharing and LIKED.
Hey guys! One thumbs down, but 150 thumbs up! You have a very nice coach BTW! Just replaced a bunch of graphics on ours too. Thanks for watching!
Agreed. But why would anybody give this vid a thumbs down. It's all part of being on YT right?
Maybe there wasn't enough carnage, drama or shock value for that person. LOL!
That strap was SCREAMING when they were pulling you out! I was watching it stretch, WOW. Very lucky they were able to get you out!
Yes they were! Thanks for watching.
You guys are great! Everyone makes mistakes, and I have seen worse. Everything worked out, and you got a beautiful spot. Don’t stress! Keep up the great videos!
Hi Nancy! We agree! Thanks for watching.
I am glad y'all are safe and was able to get pulled out with 2 trucks. I'm sure this will help others. Great attitude. I would have been pissed.
Hi Marie! Shawnna was REALLY pissed! LOL. Thanks for watcing!
Thanks for showing what can go wrong! Good lesson for all that wish to boondock. Love the hammock!
Brendan & Lena
Hi Brendan & Lena! Yeah, the pleasures far outweigh the problems! Thanks for watching!
Tired, hungry other distractions make things go down hill. Glad you made out.
Thanks Neil!
In 2011, took my 88 year old mother on 7,000 mile rv trip. Stayed in Williams, Arizona and would definitely love to go back. Really sweet town.
Mom passed 2 weeks short of 89th. BIrthday. Grand Canyon....all the way up to Montana. Great trip. Will definitely go back to Williams, Az.
Hi Joy. Sounds like you and your mother had a great trip. Thanks for sharing!
Like your title says...life happens. Glad you were able to get out safely with minimal damage to your rig, & maybe just a slightly bruised ego. Happens to all of us though.
Hi Jane! Yeah, just a little embarrassing. Thanks for watching!
Whew!!! When I saw that coach sitting there my heart sunk!!! I saw BIG dollar signs. So glad it came out ok. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, we lucked out on this one. Thanks for watching!
I'm Brian to ,and how awesome of you to, to show truth and realness, it happens and we learn. See you on the road.
Hi Brian! Thanks for watching!
Cindy and I enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing the real life side of full time RV'ing. We are finally out on the road full timing. Take care and be safe!
Hi Stephen and Cindy! That is awesome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for making this video, keep up the good times
Thanks George!
You kind people, bless you!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video. Appreciate your honesty.
Hi Slynn! 👍 Thanks for watching!
Steve and Rocky are awesome! You are so right about that being part of the REAL lifestyle and it’s great that y’all aired it. We have found ourselves on roads like that one several times and it stinks! Travel day experiences are reality and they are filled with useful information to pass along. After many various GPS tries we use RV Trip Wizard which factors in size of rig and RV Life GPS allows for a “No Dirt Road” setting and so far so good.
So true, Nealie! We were tired which led to the debacle in the first place. Thankfully 99.9% of our travel days are uneventful.
Oh my guys. You make life interesting. People are incredible to help. As Duane says, life lessons.
Yes indeed! We like to live on the edge every now and then. LOL. Thanks for watching!
Hey Guys, thanks for sharing the bad and ugly along with the good. I appreciate the stories, insight and your humor during, or at least after the fact. LOL
It's always easier to laugh after the fact! Thanks for watching!
Sorry you had such a rough day, but loved this video. It reminded me of some of our boat trips that now serve for everyone's entertainment!
LOL! Oh yeah...reminds us of the times when we had massive audiences watching us get our pontoon boat on the trailer in high winds!
Found ourselves in a right pickle in late 90's, with quite the audience watching on as got stuck in Santa Cruz where we should never of been in huge 5er and truck = young invincible newbies back then LOL. Had to back up real curvy, steep area we'd come down to park where it was full to the brim with others, hubby was not happy with my directions! Ho hum, lesson learned. Are you currently off FR300 close to the rim (about 10miles in?). Hope the known wind isn't too rough for your visit and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for fossil seashells = weird to see thousands of feet above sea level today, but helps you imagine many years ago what the area might have been like. FWIW, we love to boondock/disperse camp by choice but often google for reviews of our next wilderness plan to see what others have to say but also check out satellite/google earth views as much as possible to see where potential turnarounds are = 2003 38ft Class A, particularly do when going onto non-paved roads. All's well that ends well for sure, and campfire stories to tell in future years.
Great advice, Helen! Thanks for watching!
I really enjoy your adventures, good and not so good. You guys tell it like it is, Life always throws you a curve one in a while, its easier to chuckle about it a few days later. Enjoy the ride.
Hi Marvin! Thanks 👍! We appreciate having you in our community.
Love this video the most because it shows real life situations 👏🏻
Hi Diana! We're glad you enjoyed it!. Thanks for watching.
Love you guys! Thanks for sharing your troubles. It is not only helpful, but very entertaining!
Thank you, Anna! We appreciate your support!
I, too, love Williams and Flagstaff, AZ. We were just there two weeks ago. Bearizona is a great 👍 find. You definitely should check it out! It is a drive-thru wild-animal park and a walk-around zoo area. It is very pretty and quaint. Would love to live in that area! So sorry you guys got stuck; that is so frustrating... glad those truck drivers helped you out. So nice of them. Most outdoorsy people are very helpful and willing to help out; aren’t they? Have fun! 😎
Hi Jolene! We love the are and will definitely visit Bearizona next time we're there. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing the ups and downs(no pun intended) of RV life.
Hey Joe! It's OK...you could have intended the pun! LOL! Thanks for watching.
been there done that just learn and continue ... thanks for being so honest ... stuff happens
👍Hi Mike! Thanks for watching!
Washboard roads are the worst roads on the earth! Enjoy the star gazing. That is one of the best parts about that area. My wife and I pulled over late one night on our way from Williams to Flagstaff about half way along the route. We turned off the car and laid on the hood and have never seen so many stars in the sky. It was amazing.
Thanks for watching!
Anyone willing to adventure has a day like this once in a while. Thanks for sharing and you're right, it makes for good stories and experiences that are meaningful beyond scenery and relaxation. The trick is keeping them well spaced. ;-)
Hi Tom. So true! Thanks for watching!
Would of only taken one Ford!!! Glad you made it out. America is full of good folks like them!
The one Ford in the bunch(our coach) couldn't make it happen either! LOL! Thanks for watching!
As a future full-time RV'er, I appreciate knowing the challenges as well as all the good stuff. Thanks for airing your "dirty laundry"! LOL
Hi Joanne! You bet! We feel it's important to show people the way we live full time RV life certainly has its ups and downs.
We had our own awful travel day yesterday, which was almost comical with the amount of things that went wrong. Most out of our control. It can definitely pull the 'am I cut out for this?' string. But ultimately, bad days will happen and there are definitely more good than bad.
Hi Katherine! So true! Thanks for watching.
Good thing that Tacoma was there to help the Ram, otherwise you would have been sitting there a lot longer :) Glad you got out without doing any damage to your rig.
You and me both! Thanks for watching!
Ugh! Seeing you stuck made my stomach drop! Glad those guys showed up!
Hi Jim. Yeah, my stomach dropped when I dropped into the ditch!
On our last trip we were going through Nebraska, raining so hard that I’ve ever driven the truck and trailer in since we started RVing and while on I80 we decided to get off the I80 to use our trailers restroom. (I hate stopping on the side of a freeway, especially in pouring rain)
I make a turn off the 2 lane paved road onto a road base gravel road to stop (not enough space to get off the two lane road) I see that ahead there are silos that must have gravel to turn around on so off we go. About 200 yards the road becomes so muddy that the rear of the truck is spinning through the road base gravel and into the mud. I shift into 4 wheel high and keep going to the turn around by the silos as this is a single lane road.
We get about 100 yards from the silos and they are in the dirt (which is mud now with all this rain) 😳 we don’t have room to turn our 23 foot trailer and truck around. The road has such a crown on it that if I don’t stay right in the middle, I’ll go right into the ditch. We back up for almost 3/4 of a mile on this now muddy road which took us almost 40 minutes to get back to the paved road. Every so often, the trailer would get off the crown heading to the ditch so I would have to straighten it out. All in driving rain.... 🥴
The sad thing is my wife said for us to back up onto the road with maybe 50 feet but I said that I’d rather turn around at those silos... 🙄🙄
Lesson learned.... we arrived after dark in Sioux City and set up camp in the rain. After 550 miles and almost 11 hours, I slept well that night. Nothing harmed or damaged so we learn and go on.
Thanks for the video! That road sure looked bumpy..
Take care, Bill
Holy cow, Bill! What a day. Luckily days like those are few and far between for most of us. Thanks for watching!
Well that sucked I hate rough roads so hard on the rig. Once a year screwup 😜 thank god for good people who help us in need.
LOL! That sums it up exactly! 👍
Having been single more than I've been coupled up or married and having worked alone for nearly 20 years, I always had figure out how to do things alone without any help. I'm surprisingly successful at this 94.6% of the time. The other 5.4% of the time.... I just gotta have help. I now have the most wonderful immigrant wife that practically lives to help me. So, I've been teaching her how to help guide me while maneuvering and backing up the RV, boat etc. I am teaching her hand signals (important even without a language barrier), what to watch for, where to stand so she can see me in the mirrors and looking up down and all around for hazards. We're experimenting with a couple of small hand held radios to assist us as necessary. As a man and a pilot for 40 years I understand that sometimes (translation: 94.6% of the time) I am stubborn, determined and get a "I'll do it my damn self" attitude instead of asking for help as a good pilot should do. She's still learning these things and is helpful. I guess the moral to the story is that sometimes we need to swallow our pride and ask our wives for help so we can blame th.......I mean, so we don't get ourselves in a jam.
"I'm a man and I can change.....if I have to.......I guess."
👍 Well said! Thanks for watching!
Toyota and a Dodge working together. Nice. Great information best of luck on your travels.
Yes! Thank you!
Working in a parking lot on a corner in Jackson Hole wyoming on a Sunday afternoon changing a starter ! Lucky the Napa on Main Street had one. In the morning we were smoking the brakes on or Toad coming down the pass. I Feal Ya Brother. Its always an adventure ! Dont beat yourself up its part of life. I got mine Stuck in my Son inlaws front yard !
Hey Bob! Thanks for the support!
Been there done that eight years on the road right here enjoyed every bit of it
Thanks for watching! What type of RV?
As frustrating as it might have been, It is all part of the adventure. Thanks for sharing, we too prefer boondocking and love northern AZ, hope to make it back soon.
So true! Thanks for watching!
My heart literally dropped when I saw your Class A in that rut! Have you guys thought about getting a 5th wheel since you boon-dock so much? We boon-dock exclusively and go places I would be concerned taking a Class A. Just wondering.
Hi Connie! Yeah, so did mine! As for a 5th wheel...we certainly do like the roominess, but they just don't fit our style right now. Perhaps at some point in the future though. Luckily we've been able to get our coach into some of the same areas we see 5th wheels in. Thanks for watching!
I don't and never have owned or driven a motorhome so take this for what it is worth but I am constantly amazed at what folks do or try to do with these giant vehicles with relatively teeny tiny tires. Still I am sure I would do the same. Live and learn.
Yeah, sometimes our brains get disengaged! Thanks for watching.
I'm up around the Teton Mountain Range in the forest..great views and my Honda Pilot looks like your Jeep. I like to stay with 3 to 4 hours for the same reason.
Hi Tim! Our original plans were to get to the Teton's in May. Maybe later in the year now.
Damn! I’d of freaked out! Good job staying calm and thank God for the two good old boys with trucks! I’ve done only a few trip in our rig and one of them would have made a good video except I didn’t film it! Probebly a good idea!
Be careful now!
Truth be told...we freaked out just a little. LOL! Thanks for watching.
Good info to watch out for. Stay safe.
Thanks Richard!
Wow! We just experienced the same type of insanity the past few days.Our very first trip. Those washboard roads are exhausting. And attempting to turn around on a rough mountain side road is umm impossible! 😭 We drove so many extra miles on crazy bumpy roads extending miles, time, effort and gas. Ugh. I noticed the blm locations tend to have those rough roads, though beautiful maybe that's a sort of payment after all. lol!😀
Oh wow! Looks like you made it through just fine though. Thanks for watching!
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Hey, if we can get through that we can get through anything! 😁You know what they say about patience.💕
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Omg looked like it was going to get stuck going back forward. Scary. Hope you didn't give up rv'ing. 😲😭
That was just a minor hiccup. We're still RVing. Thanks for watching!
Very brave to go boondocking in such a long rv.....I am going to be giving it a try! 32 ft Claas C....think maybe if you had walkie talkie type set up it would easy to avoid boo boos! One drives....one guides! I watched a couple handle their 5th wheel-backing using the hand held communicators!
Hi Donna! We do use walkies, but communication broke down a bit. LOL!
Glad your snappads held on, those jacks were really digging into the ground during that tow.
Yeah, we were lucky! Thanks for watching!
Now that I know you are a pilot like me I can suggest perhaps it was a case of “gethomeitis “? Always trust your instruments, keep your situational awareness and above all, relax and figure it out.
Thanks Henrietta! You are exactly right.
I enjoyed your video, experience is a very good teacher.
Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing the reality. Glad all things worked out. Be Safe.
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I appreciate your showing why I DONT want a 34 ft camper and a tow vehicle ! Give me a class B anyday! Lol
Thanks for watching, Judy! 👍
VERY familiar with the Rim, have property in Heber/Overgaard as well as Snowflake high desert. Loads of great open lands but....! And those forest roads can be treacherous at best. Forget GPS
Hi Wendy. We've camped on the Rim for over 20 years, but it has really changed in the past few years due to the increased camping and fires. This was our first trip back in over a year and we were surprised how beaten up it is. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing. Many will learn from your video. All is well that ends well.
Thanks Michael! 👍
The great part is the guys helped. That's the way it is on the road.
Thanks for watching!
this gives us dummy's something to remember of what not to do. Thank you
DO NOT try this at home! LOL!
Happened to us in Wy, Fossil Lake area for 25 mi. Cracked my gray water holding tank.
Ouch. No fun.
Hmmm...and you had a Scout Vehicle assisting....Glad you got out safely!
The scout vehicle driver was fired. LOL! Just kidding. It was all my fault. Thanks for watching.
Great video, glad those guys helped you out!
Us too! Thanks for watching!
Great share! Glad everything worked out for you guys. Love that this was real life 💙
Us too! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for being real!
Hi Dan. Thanks for watching!
That is a great area for camping. You might want to wright up an article for 4 Wheeling magazine.
Hi William! Great idea!
Glad things worked out for you! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Mary! All’s well that ends well! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the tips and advice and your Honesty
Always! Thanks for watching!
ByBL- Done that, been there. 😐 Good roads that turned into dirt forest/bumpy roads/then one lane trails.
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Hey guys trust your GPS lol . You guys seem to have a cool head when those things happen and you figure out what you need to do. Enjoy your journey. But most of all be safe.👍☕️🍀
Hi David! Thanks for watching!
Thank you hope you have a great day
Thanks Bruce! 👍 You too!
Keep sharing we all learn. I would love to know where you guys on boondock as we are going to be hitting the road. But of course after you have left so as not to have people show up. And we have a 34 foot and need to find roads we can Tavel on that are not like this one. Thank you for sharing your lives.
Hi Denise. We've traveled thousands of mile of roads. Both paved and unpaved. Some of the worst roads we've been on have been paved! LOL! Thanks for watching!
Happy Father’s Day Brian. So sorry this happened to you guys! This curse has got to be broken! 3rd time filming will be a charm Shawnna so don’t give up! I was really hoping you would sing us some Eagles in Winslow 😊 If we ever meet up on the road, that will be our first karaoke song that we sing together! I have a great karaoke system that will be coming with us in our travels. Love your fur babies and this is an official request to see more of them! Have a great week!
Hi Marsha! Thank you! Shawnna says she’ll take you up on a Karaoke duel if we very get the opportunity to meet! Thanks for watching!
Lyf Uninterrupted I’ve heard her sing so I’ll pass on the “duel” lol but I’m looking forward to a “duet” of Take It Easy 😄😄😄
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Been on roads like that. Speed up, I know that's not what you feel is the right thing but, think you will find it's smoother
Big RVs like ours shake, rattle and roll something terrible when going slow or fast. We'd rather go slow and limit the amount of potential damage. Thanks for watching!
Glad you were able to make lemonade , and was a bit of luck those fellas came by when they did.
One question , couldn't you have used your stabilizers to lift the back wheel enough to put a few boards to lift the back end .
I don't know if they are powerful enough but was just wondering.
Thanks for sharing the adventures
They may have been, but I didn't want to put that much stress on them. The manual has a specific warning about using the levelers to raise the wheels off the ground. Thanks for watching.
How exciting!!
Thanks for watching!
I thought there was specialized travel software for RV travel that would have kept you clear of that road.
We use a Garmin RV770. It was trying to tell us not to travel that road, but we relied on the Atlas since there was no cell coverage.
I look at the situation you were in as a learning experience. In 30 years from now you will look back and laugh about it. It wouldn’t be memorable if you didn’t have this problem.
👍. Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed your video and the reality of road life.
Most days are great...then the occasional turkey gets thrown in the mix. Thanks for watching!
Saved you a huge towing bill. I hope you gave them a tip for their effort!
Hi Nicole. Fortunately we have insurance, so there wouldn't have been a bill. As for the two who helped us...they wanted nothing in return...just like most good people who care more about helping a fellow human being than getting something in return. Thanks for watching! p.s. They are both public school teachers!
Come on baa-ay-by, don’t say may-ay-be! Thanks for sharing this valuable lesson!
PS How do you judge those berms/ditches now?
👍 I just say NO! LOL!
My baby's going save me. Do do n do. Do do. n do
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So glad we no longer full time rv. Done with those stresses
Thanks for watching!
Did you try using your Jack's to get you out of that jam? I've done that with mine when I got high-centered on a steep gas station ramp in Virginia.
No, I didn’t try using the jacks. Great suggestion though! They were kinda jammed up so I didn’t want to do any more damage if they were already damaged. Luckily they were fine upon inspection.