Leaving San Diego behind, we headed north to Santa Barbara. Bill had purchased a Thousand Trails membership that allows us to stay for free in their group of parks. This was our first time visiting one of their properties. It was about 30 minutes inland from Santa Barbara, up into the mountains of the Los Padres National Forest. Very pretty country and the road over the mountains to the campground wasn't too bad. The driveway of the campground itself was somethin...

When we left Williams on our way to Yuma, we avoided the awesome twisting (but definitely not RV friendly) road to Sedona, but we still picked a scenic route rather than the boring interstate. This proved to be more excitement than we expected when we suddenly spotted a sign indicating that vehicles more than 40 feet long were prohibited (the trailer itself is almost 43' and when towing we are close to 55’). Bill screeched to a stop on the narrow shoulder o...