First long road trip with the Montana
Just returned from our first real road trip with the previously enjoyed Montana we acquired last fall. We couldn't be happier with the way the Montana handled and the beauty and comfort of our accommodations. Our travels took us to Reno, then south through the rest of Nevada, with southern Utah as our final destination. Weather was great and Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks were magnificent. We spent 3 wonderful days "camping" in Zion Canyon. A King of the Road 5th wheel was in the site next to us and had a retractable deck -anyone seen one of those? Looked like a neat feature, but we didn't have a chance to visit with the owners about it. The Centennial Parkway north of Las Vegas is a good route to avoid the crowd if you are traveling east/west. We did have an unfortunate problem north of Tonopah, NV on the way down. The tires on the Monty are Uniroyals and they looked to be in good shape, hubby was checking periodically to make sure they were running cool, etc., but we heard a thump, thump, looked at each other, then in the rearview mirror and saw the entire tread of the right rear tire disappearing behind us. Sure messed up the right rear of the trailer, but luckily didn't damage anything vital. Thank goodness Montanas have the closed underbody! We contacted Uniroyal and to their credit, they indicated they would cover the repairs. Sure hope they follow through, since it was clearly a manufacturer's defect, and we discovered one of the other tires had steel coming through, so we changed that out before our return trip. We missed the once in a lifetime wildflower display in Death Valley - the delay due to the tire probem put us into Beatty, NV for the night too late to make the side trip. Safe journeys to all of you.
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