Alaskan Snowbirds
Senior Member
Susan and I retired a couple years ago and after three or four winters of heavy snow and the same of mostly rain in the summer we wanted warm, sun and dry.
We got on the ferry to Prince Rupert, B.C., on the 4th of November and headed south to find a camper and explore the southwest to see if could find a more winter base there.
We looked for a used FWC that met our short list requirements but didn’t have any luck. One was sold, one didn’t return our call and we found out one didn’t have the extended cab-over. When we stopped at the FWC factory in Woodland on December 3rd, Stan and Chicali offered the Grandby model they had on display and when we agreed Chicali, Lloyd and crew had it polished and on the truck that day.
Our shakedown trip lasted a little less than two weeks. It’s posted at:
(http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2041 and http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2044 )
We flew home to Juneau to spend Christmas with Darling Daughter in mid December, then came back south in mid January ’09 to wander in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California, usually with no plan until we had our morning coffee.
We left Ellensburg, WA, on January 28 and stayed the night at Pass Creek County Campground on I-5 just south of Cottage Grove, Oregon.
It was wet and windy. Pass Creek sits between I-5 and a set of railroad tracks, but there are nice showers and it’s convenient when you’re on the road late and don’t have time to spend looking for a spot.
The next day Mt. Shasta came out to welcome us to sunny California.
We got on the ferry to Prince Rupert, B.C., on the 4th of November and headed south to find a camper and explore the southwest to see if could find a more winter base there.
We looked for a used FWC that met our short list requirements but didn’t have any luck. One was sold, one didn’t return our call and we found out one didn’t have the extended cab-over. When we stopped at the FWC factory in Woodland on December 3rd, Stan and Chicali offered the Grandby model they had on display and when we agreed Chicali, Lloyd and crew had it polished and on the truck that day.
Our shakedown trip lasted a little less than two weeks. It’s posted at:
(http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2041 and http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2044 )
We flew home to Juneau to spend Christmas with Darling Daughter in mid December, then came back south in mid January ’09 to wander in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California, usually with no plan until we had our morning coffee.
We left Ellensburg, WA, on January 28 and stayed the night at Pass Creek County Campground on I-5 just south of Cottage Grove, Oregon.
It was wet and windy. Pass Creek sits between I-5 and a set of railroad tracks, but there are nice showers and it’s convenient when you’re on the road late and don’t have time to spend looking for a spot.
The next day Mt. Shasta came out to welcome us to sunny California.