Western trip post mortum May 31, 2010, 11:01:04 am Yahoo Message Number: 4608I'm still not home, but I've been there for a couple of days in the lastmonth.We packed up the Greyhawk 32SS (gasser) and headed to Denver from NC onthe 25th of April..I think. The mission was to go see the newestgrandson in Thornton, CO (Suburb of Denver) and see if he's a keeperlike his older brother. Turns out he is :-)We drove a couple of days and then laid over at Casino Queen RV Park inSt Louis. If you haven't been there, it's quite a nice park and wellrun. Shuttle to the Casino if you like that so you never have to unhookthe TOAD either. Then on to Denver over the next couple of days.We stayed just north of Denver this time at St Vrain St Park. Gorgeousscenery and a really nice state park right off I-25. Convenient for ourdaily runs to my son's house in Thornton. I'll get some photos postedwhen I get home from this little add on trip.We also went up to Estes Park and spent some time walking around TheStanley, which is the hotel where The Shining was filmed. The originalwith Jack Nicholson. Very cool place and worth the trip.Roads were closed at the 9500 ft level because of snow still. We hadeverything from a bit of snow to 75 mph wind gusts while camping.Interesting weather this time of year in that area.My thanks to Todd for offering to help if I needed it while I was there.He's a list member who lives just up the road from where I was staying.I thought I had a heater problem, but got it resolved without issue.Lot's of big RV dealers in that area, but we never got a chance to golooking the way we wanted. Just not enough time to spend with the kidsand do much tourist stuff too. My wife had to get back to work in NC.We drove back and spent a couple days in Hermann, MO to rest and that'sa neat place if you get a chance to stay there. We did the wine toursand enjoyed a very vibrant German town undergoing extensive restoration.Very interested stop.Got home and unloaded, then reloaded to come to the coast for a ten dayrest from the vacation :-) I should say I get to rest. Kathy had to goback today to work for a couple of days before coming back down to restherself.The best news, other than the keeper grandson, was everything reallywent great. No breakdowns, no hiccups, nothing. The old Greyhawk did itsthing well and drove like a champ. I still have all the stock suspensiongear and am still happy with it.Of course as our trips get longer, the 32SS gets smaller so we're givingsome consideration to moving to a class A or go back to towing and get afifth wheel. Kathy misses the living space, but I'm not sure I'm willingto give up the ease of traveling this way :-)A local dealer is after me to give it to him on consignment as he saysthe market for this type of rig is good right now and he thinks he cando better than I thought I might be able to sell it for. We'll discussit this weekend. The problem with doing it is we'd be without a camperthis summer and I'm not sure either of us is ready for that :-)Take care, Greg Quote Selected