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| Vulcan Alberta |
In March of 2008 we took her on the first long trip together all the way to Disneyland and then over to Blythe California as well.
So the primary advantage the motor home has is that you have your accommodation and your belongings all with you. The children can also ride in supreme comfort. Oh, our gas cost went up a lot ... the RV is not really good on gas you would say ... then I laugh at the above photo. It's at a gas station. You'll get to know where your favorite fuel stations are if you travel the same route a bit. But with that extra gas cost we lost our accommodation expenses.
At night when your driver tires you can pull over at a gas station, a rest stop, a truck stop or a Wal-mart and just shut it down for the night. We found that driving can continue on much longer into the evening once the children are tucked into their beds for the night as well. Now that may be a controversial statement, but that's how we roll.
Our motor home knows the way to California from BC very well via Red Lobster restaurants. Our first stop on day 1 is Red Lobster in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. From there on day two we can make it to the Red Lobster in St. George Utah. No, we don't always do R.L. two days in a row for dinner but we usually hit one on the way down and one on the way back.
Our other favorite restaurant on the road is called the Village Inn. It was something we stumbled across the first time in Utah. Seemed like a local restaurant we enjoy so we stopped and we liked it so much we've now stopped at several of them!
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| Needles California |
Just for good measure here's another photo of our motor home at a gas station.
One of the trips we traveled to Anaheim in our motor home we stayed in the RV park that is located within walking distance of Disneyland.
http://www.anaheimresortrvpark.com/
The Anaheim Resort RV park suited us very well. It was pretty much a concrete parking lot with hookups but it was within walking distance of the park, about a ten minute walk, and it gave us a place to lay our heads at night. On this particular trip Mom and Dad also brought their motor home over from Blythe.
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| Mom and Dad's RV and tow vehicle and our tiny RV |
One of the beauty things about taking your RV to Disneyland is that you have lots of storage space. If the kids neeeeeed to have one of those flashing light balloons at night from the parade at Disneyland you can actually buy it and take it home with you. Those big helium balloons at Disney will actually last about a week in our experience. Karly was tickled to have her balloon come home with her as well!
The other great thing about having your motor home for travels is that you can pack it full of food. You can do a grocery shop before you go, or once you get over the border into the USA and you can have all your favorite foods handy. You don't need as many restaurants or any restaurants during your travels if you prefer. That certainly keeps costs down. You can also pack food into the Disney parks each day. The security of the park is happy as long as you don't try to bring glass containers in so I'm told. But juice boxes, granola bars, sandwiches you name it. You can totally bring that into the park with you.
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| Our motor home in Blythe California |
Breakfast is also easy to arrange in your motor home. You can brew a pot of coffee to drink in the sunshine and lawn chairs, eat a little breakfast and get yourself together before you head into the parks for the day.
Of all our trips to Disneyland, we've taken the motor home down three times now. We can see other sights while we are away and we basically have our house with us.
Remind me at some time to write a post on the downside of traveling in an older motor home! I think you'll enjoy that one too!
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