A day from hell

[MapNerd]

Reverse: been there and done that nightmare. My first big trip in 2017 with passport America Rockies tour. Sadly again input error. Wrong address. I went down a road that turned into a dirt road. Narrow of course and barely going under overhead lines. New to driving a Class A and had no choice than backing up a 1/4 mile. Knocking on a door asking if I could use their driveway to turn around but I couldn’t maneuver into it. A little further was an intersection. It was miserable. That 34 day adventure had multiple newbie experiences which were not very enjoyable.

If it makes you feel any better, I recently had to reverse a road uphill. A bridge had very recently been built in the road and the GPS didn’t know it was there. 12-tons. Luckily it was a straight road and while I was reversing uphill, it was maybe only a 2-2.5% grade at its worst so it wasn’t hard and it was maybe 2.5 times wider than that hiking trail you were on. Still, I learned a lesson that day.

keep your cool and go with it as best you can. That’s all we can do when driving these monsters.

 

[bpaikman]

I wouldn

A 1 minute segment from my dashcam of me getting out of the road area I should never have been on. Two way road, some shoulders were eroded and dropped off (not in this video). Joy...

I gotta show this to my husband ? I do 90% of the driving because I seem to have a better ‘feel’ or spatial sense? I just wouldn’t take a rig on that road without doing a ‘toad run’ first...but even I have gotten us into unhook-toad-turn-around situations. I remember one time, I literally had to do - don’t know the slang for it- ....but one inch forward, turn wheel, one inch back, turn wheel... about 20 times repeat.

 

[bpaikman]

I wouldn

I gotta show this to my husband ? I do 90% of the driving because I seem to have a better ‘feel’ or spatial sense? I just wouldn’t take a rig on that road without doing a ‘toad run’ first...but I’ve been overconfident and gotten us into unhook-toad-turn-around situations. I remember one time, I literally had to do - don’t know the slang for it- ....but one inch forward, turn wheel, one inch back, turn wheel... about 20 times repeat. But I never damage the rig.

 

[MapNerd]

@bpaikman you mean one of these?

 

[bpaikman]

@bpaikman you mean one of these?
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ROCL exactly! It was just like that. Stupid storage lot owner said it could accomodate our 37 footer

 

[AbdRahim]

@bpaikman you mean one of these?
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It does help to turn the wheel.? I don't know where you folks find this stuff.

 

[sheridany]

The only thing i can add is its too bad @Neal didn't have the kayak strapped to the roof of the ventessex as your desire to dispose of it might have come true.

 

[Neal]

If it was a two seater Elli and I may have ridden it down the side of the mountain and set fire...well, never mind...

 

[AuntieDodo]

How did your getaway go once you arrived and got settled in? Did you stay the entire planned time? How was it getting out?

 

[Neal]

How did your getaway go once you arrived and got settled in? Did you stay the entire planned time? How was it getting out?

I didn't enjoy it so I left a week early and came home. I knew I would have to disconnect at the one u-turn going down the mountain, so that did happen, 10mi on the gravel road uneventful, then highway and smooth travel.