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05-04-2011, 04:10 PM
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Forest River Owners Club Texas Boomers Club
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What things make the difference between a good trip and a bad trip?
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05-04-2011, 04:15 PM
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good trip- going
bad trip-cancellation
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05-04-2011, 04:20 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DRosedale
What things make the difference between a good trip and a bad trip?
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Having a good attitude and a sense of humor.
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05-04-2011, 04:20 PM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: Baraboo, Wisconsin
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I'm with fletch, but I'll add to it-
good trip - going
bad trip - coming home so I can go back to work
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2005 Itasca Sunrise 33', W20 Chassis, Ultrapower,
Wires, Plugs, Air Intake,Henderson Trac Bar
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05-04-2011, 04:39 PM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner Damon Owners Club
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The quality of the LSD of course.. (ok, joking on that, in reality I never touched that stuff)
Basically it is the number of 'Issues" Imagine the best trip you can have, now blow a tire or two, tear out some major electrical with the blown tire, blow a tranny or engine, get to the campground and find it's under 3 feet of water, Go to another park on higher ground and find the manager bears a strong resemblence to the south end of a north bound mule, The neighbors party harty till 4am. And so on.
That makes it a fair trip.
Roll the rig.. That's a bad trip.
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05-04-2011, 04:54 PM
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will let you know this will be our first long trip with the wife on board i drove the coach 1300 miles to get it home and it went smooth but didn't have time to enjoy it alot as i only had 48 hours to get home because Christmas was at the end of my time frame 
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05-05-2011, 01:56 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DRosedale
What things make the difference between a good trip and a bad trip?
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Rain. 
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05-05-2011, 04:22 AM
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Coastal Campers Forest River Owners Club Mid Atlantic Campers
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Bad trip: DH recuperating from heartattack and the generator drops into the street in a pouring rain the first hour at our destination.
Good trip: call tow truck they tie it up instead of towing saving all kinds of money.
Bad trip: check card to pay tow company rejected bank does not deposit paycheck because of computer issues
Good trip: tow company takes personal check from out-of-towners
Great trip: Able to continue with vacation after generator bracket that broke is manufactured and installed and including the towing, all for less than $100.00 in less than four hours.
All trips are good where there are only incidents and no tragedies.
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05-05-2011, 04:43 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Solo Rvers Club
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Good trip, Murphy travels with me.
Bad trip, Murphy wakes up and acts.
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05-05-2011, 06:37 AM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Mesa, AZ USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DRosedale
What things make the difference between a good trip and a bad trip?
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Well, we started travelling in 2004. Good trips (3-5 month summer jaunts and winter camping w/kids) from 2004-2008). We managed to visit every state except Hawaii, and see the glory of the US. Great times and met great new friends.
Things changed in 2009.
We were in Dodge City and got T-Boned by an illegal Mexican alien resulting in a severe head injury and broken vertebra for BW. Well, she survived and the illegal disappeared. Hooda thunk it!
Last year while heading to our favorite summer hide-away in Montana, and stopped in Billings. I awoke the next morning unable to walk. This necessitated our flying the son-in-law to Billings to drive us back to AZ.
There you have it. The difference between a good trip and a bad trip.
We are currently in Albuquerque and trying to finish what we have started the last 2 years.
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05-05-2011, 06:45 AM
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Monaco Owners Club Nor'easters Club
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Location: Newburgh, NY, USA
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My best trips were the ones that were unplanned and we just "played it by ear", finding new places and doing new things....I'd rather not talk about the bad ones.....lol
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'08 Tahoe LTZ Toad
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05-05-2011, 12:36 PM
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Good trip is when nothing breaks.
bad trip is when everything (it seems) breaks
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