Lwiddis
Cambria, California area
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Depends on your age...and luck! I say go and enjoy. You may not get another chance.
Winnebago 2101DS TT & 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71, WindyNation 300 watt solar-Lossigy 200 AH Lithium battery. Prefer boondocking, USFS, COE, BLM, NPS, TVA, state camps. Bicyclist. 14 yr. Army -11B40 then 11A - (MOS 1542 & 1560) IOBC & IOAC grad
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mike/kellie
northern calif.
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We're still doing the western states swing. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Home. Home prices set the bar high. Looking forward to sub $6.00 diesel
2015 Host Mammoth triple slide w/ TorkLift Fastguns
2015 Ram 5500 SLT cab & chassis with Douglass 9' utility body
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Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli
Seattle
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I'm going to be doing the sights and fishing I never did here in Flushington State. Lots of BLM to explore and Forest Service Land. Sweetie is still handcuffed to the worktable but I'm free as a bird.
I was toying with Alaska but not sure about this season. I still have time to decide yeah or nay. Current conditions could make it easy to get into places normally booked full.
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ReneeG
Meridian, Idaho
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No truck camper here, but towing a 13k FW is pretty heavy and we don't plan on discontinuing our trips. We just returned from a trip to the mountains. We planned as we always have, to take one day to check out the local campgrounds, fill up our tank and back to our site where we stayed put for the rest of the trip.
2011 Bighorn 3055RL
2011 F350 DRW 6.7L 4x4 Diesel Lariat and Hensley BD3
1992 Jeep ZJ and 1978 Coleman Concord Pop-Up for remote camping
Dave & Renee plus (Champ, Molly, Paris, Missy, and Maggie in spirit), Mica and Mabel, both Rat Terriers!
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ReneeG
Meridian, Idaho
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mike/kellie wrote:We're still doing the western states swing. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Home. Home prices set the bar high. Looking forward to sub $6.00 diesel
$5.69 to $5.79 here in Idaho.
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monkey44
Cape Cod, MA and Central Fla
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We always consider the difference between normal fuel price and the scalper fuel price. It's not $5.67 a gallon is too high, it's only $1.57 higher than last trip. So, at per thousand miles an 10 mpg, we only spend an extra $157 dollars for the trip - well, for each thousand miles.
If we can't afford that, we should get out of camping ... sell our $45,000 rig and all our gear. And stay home ... think about the difference between spending $5.67 a gallon as $567 opposed to the $410 already planned in the budget, and instead of $5.67 a gallon, when you budget just think only $157 more. So, if $157 more keeps you home, don't know how to change that. In fact, if you cut your trip one travel day short, you'd recapture that $157 in fuel and also camp fees.
Trip based on 1000 miles and ten MPG ... equates to $.567 per mile in fuel cost per 1000 miles. When fuel hits a dollar a mile, that might keep me home, or closer ...
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Cape Cod Ma & Central Fla
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jaycocreek
Idaho
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Ramblin' Ralph wrote:I'm 80. I don't have time to wait for lower prices. I'm starting Ramblin' 2022 next week for 5 months! ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
Give 'em heck Ralph..74 here with the same attitude...lol
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ReneeG
Meridian, Idaho
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jaycocreek wrote:Ramblin' Ralph wrote:I'm 80. I don't have time to wait for lower prices. I'm starting Ramblin' 2022 next week for 5 months!
Give 'em heck Ralph..74 here with the same attitude...lol
Looking forward to your reports again Ralph.
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ReneeG
Meridian, Idaho
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One way to save is to use your gas CC. Sinclair gives you .10 off per gallon using the card and Chevron gives you .05 off per gallon and .02 credit on your overall bill. You can see that we always use Sinclair right now.
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RetiredRealtorRick
St. Augustine Beach, FL
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ReneeG wrote:One way to save is to use your gas CC. Sinclair gives you .10 off per gallon using the card and Chevron gives you .05 off per gallon and .02 credit on your overall bill. You can see that we always use Sinclair right now.
Get the Upside app. Locally I have never gotten less than 14 cents per gallon back. Has been as high as 32 cents. Check it out. Our adult son got us hooked up with it just a few months ago, and the cash adds up quickly.
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