Date:         Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:49:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: move to spokane
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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Don't know your area - but I managed to save pretty big on insurance by
listing as as motorhome.   Check with your insurance company on the rules.
A normal Westy would not have qualified for me but the LT Westy has a
shower, hot water and furnace!

Jason

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Some of you may remember that I was moving to Spokane WA, and asked for
> some advice concerning driving there from Oklahoma in winter.  Well, I now
> live in Spokane.  So far as the drive out, after doing it, I will only
> say:  Never drive across Wyoming on I-84 in winter.  We made it fine, but
> 50 mph cross winds and heavy blowing snow are not my idea of fun.  When I
> asked the "information provider" at the Wyoming Welcome Center if I should
> wait for better driving conditions, she asked, "What  you want to wait till
> summer?"  A while after I was committed to the drive, notices were posted
> advising high profile vehicles to get off the road, and later the road was
> closed to high profile vehicles.  We were in the Prius, and continued, but
> made only 380 miles that day, including a long stretch of good driving in
> Colorado.  The Blue Mountains in Oregon required chains, tto, but only for
> 20 miles or so.
>
> But, we are here and everything is great.
>
> mcneely
>