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Old 05-24-2017, 02:04 PM   #9
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I had a job several years ago where I was a manager at a very large RV dealership. One of the perks of the job was that I could take an RV for a few days when I went on vacations.


RE: Driving one in city traffic? I took a 40' diesel pusher once to the Oregon coast. On the way back we went through downtown Portland, with all its busy and narrow streets--no problemo.


The kids wanted to go into Nike Town. I found two adjacent parking spots that were next to an alley entrance. Using the backup camera I was able to parallel park it without any issues. But then, I have always backed my boats into their slips so the mental part of positioning the RV was not a problem.


In a few years, after we've taken our boat up to Puget Sound and Canadian waters for a summer it will be for sale. Then we'll go RV shopping. In many respects traveling in an RV is like boating. In boating, you pull into a marina, tie up then walk the docks. In an RV park, you pull in, do the hookups, then walk the RV park.


In both setting you meet some of the nicest people.
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