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10-29-2016, 12:44 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
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New Class A Owner Headed Across Country Soon!
Just picked up our first class A. Was previously a pop-up camper but have had other tow behinds. I will be traveling from Raleigh to Seattle in March in a 1999 Southwind 32V that we just bought locally.
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10-29-2016, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
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Welcome to the circus. Hope your plan pan out.
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10-29-2016, 01:22 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Hi !  Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang! 
Congrats on the new rig! Keep her between the ditches!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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10-29-2016, 04:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
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The Rockies and the Cascades may be difficult to cross in March. We rarely tried trans-mountain trips any earlier than mid-April. Pay careful attention to the various pass weather reports.
We had three options. Snoqualmie Pass is Interstate 90 and has a max height of 3200 feet. It's all 4-lane freeway-type roads. Further north is Stevens (US-2) which reaches 4500' and is mainly 2-lanes. The most northerly is Washington Pass (SR-20), 5200' peak height. It has been extensively improved over the last few years and most of it is 4-lanes. It is often close between late October and early April as it gets too much snow to keep ploughing it.
The general rule is "the lower the max altitude, the better". Also, passes that are Interstate highways generally get more frequent snow removal than US or State roads.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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10-29-2016, 11:37 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
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Thanks for the input. I'm definitely going to do my homework on the route!
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10-29-2016, 11:52 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: anywhere U.S.A, Currently back home in Thailand!
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Keep a very close eye on the weather, and travel in the daytime! Adjust your route if you need to, or wait the storm out! Rail! 
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1996 Monaco Windsor 38PB, "Mona" 275 HP., 8.3 Cummins, 3060 Allison 6 speed, 2001 PT Cruiser, "Bailey"
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10-30-2016, 02:01 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7,469
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Hi and 
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2009 Safari Cheetah 40 SKQ
2009 Winnebago Chalet 231CR
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10-30-2016, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: San Mateo, CA
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Look forward to the trip reports and
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