The delivery.  Purchased it from La Mesa RV in Phoenix.  Took an out of state delivery - why pay the taxes!  Montana has no sales tax.   So here we are driving to Gallup, NM.

I have owned several RV's since 2005 when I bought my first Pleasure Way Plateau TS.  Although the van based rig served me well over the years; buying the last in May of 2022, found moving up to the XLTS  a great improvment in comfort.   Although been winterized since picking it up in October of last year - live in Montana, and thus have not used the shower.  I find the liveability to be very comfortable.  I do travel by myself with the company of my three cats.  We  "all" love it.  Storage, both interior and the outside bays  offer plenty of room for all your items..
In my first real trip recently completed the economy was outstanding for a rig of this  weight and size; averging  19.62 gallons over the 5,980 miles.  

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Added a Honda CT125 "toad"  to make living easier.  Now can run to the market for milk or adventures.  As you can see it is on a hitch carrier and really does not add much length, still pretty much drive and park where I wish.

Next trip is to Morro Bay the first of March - if I can get out of the ranch for now we have quite a bit of snow with more on the way.  I have to drive seven miles on dirt to get out, the first two are a bit worrisome  given this is not a four wheel drive!.    

Hope to bring you more reports and adventure of being in Morro Bay  and riding Highway 1

​I was so very blessed to have returned home last Friday; for as you can see in the photo below (taken 1/12) we received about seven inches of snow and more to come  Temps today are a high of -11  low tonight -33.   The  RV is snug in the heated garage and I do hope I will be able to get out to Morro Bay first of March!  

I did depart the afternoon of the first.  So glad i did for a storm was beginning to brew.  Had to drive through some  weather, but not bad.  Only drove for a couple of hours to get beyond the morning drive time.   Spent the night in Richmond, VA at Cabbellas 
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Weather reports showed a possible storm coming in at the end of the week; and since I liver of a ranch with a seven mile dirt road, thought it best to get back before any storm.  The drive across America was thankfully clear of weather issues.  Indeed it was a good decission to blast back for two days after return we received severn inches of snow.  The PW would not have made it down my dirt road.

Like the travelsers of yesteryear I came across one of the most famous "sign posts" in American history: Chimney Rock.

The settlers on the Oregon Trail used Chimney Rock as a guide marker.  Standng 300 feet tall it was like a lighthouse to the wagon trains  The name :Chimney Rock was given by the fur traders of the early nineteenth century,  As per the website, "the first reorded mention of this landmark was given the name by Joshua Pilcher.who had journeyed up the Platte River to theSalt Lake rendezvous in 1827."

I pressed on with a stop  at Fort Laramie.  The Fort was originally  built as a trading post in 1834 and enjoyued an almost momopoly on the buffalo trade until 1841.   Things hanged in 1841 as the wagon trains arrivied with the thousands of westward bound emigrants arrived on the way to the West along the Oregon Trail.

Above: Cavalry barracks 

While I did take a  moment to visit this historic site; my search for a Harvest Host lead me on to Cody, Wyoming.  I was a long day in the saddle from Lexington, KY to Cody qnd I was ready to hang up the spurs  and have a tall beer before rolling out the "bedroll"
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