What Happens When the Shortest RV Travel Day Goes Wrong!
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Love this!! I’m a Navy vet my husband is a retired Marine. When we travel I drive the motorhome and he chases me in the car. I’m the navigator but he is excellent at “making a hole” when I need to change lanes both important jobs. He lovingly calls me the “Nagigator” so I tease him about the little sailor girl always has to tell the big tuff marine where to go. 😂 Teamwork makes the dream work.
Hey brother a Navy Chief is never lost...he's just plotting alternate routes!
He's simply detained elsewhere.
Right!!!!
We have a travel trailer so we cannot speak to a motor home and toad traveling separately. However, to quote Top Gun: "Don't Ever Leave Your Wingman". We would keep each other in sight so as to make the mistakes together...
Nice!
I can't even believe I'm going to say this, BUT until you pointed out the big billboard with the campground name on it, I didn't see it. Its coloring is similar to the vegetation around it. So...I kinda get how Phil missed it. I enjoy the channel and have been a subscriber for a long time.
I was just coming to the comments to say the same thing. 🤣🤣 I totally didn’t see it either.
Right! I was so freaking mad when I saw it the next day!!! LOL
I never saw that sign either!
I do ALL the planning and navigation. I drive separately if we are only moving 90 minutes away or so. Always have hubby follow me so he doesn’t get messed up (like Phil did!🤪)…
Many years ago I was a Program Manager for heavy maintenance at Dee Howard Aviation and managed some work on a Shuttle Carrier. If I remember correctly we were doing some aging aircraft SB's but I do vividly remember talking to the crew that flew the aircraft and it was a fantastic conversation about the flight characteristics with and without the Shuttle on board. Basically it flew the same but no big surprise that the throttles were much more forward with the Shuttle on board. Everyone should visit that museum. What a great aircraft.
Never get underway without the Naviguesser and forward lookout!
Military convoy, never lose sight of the other vehicle. You should always be able to see the other person. Also giving driving instructions could be touched up on. Stacy did give two different instructions about how many stop signs there were. First she stated there was one and then later changed it to two. This can be confusing especially when someone is already getting frustrated.
Hi Guys!! I got such a kick out of this video. Did you put a microphone in our motorhome??🤣 This could have been us. When we have a short distance to drive , I usually drive our car. After learning a lesson I just tag along behind Larry. It makes for a nice break for me, you get what I mean?? 🤣😂. Have a great week 😊♥️
I make sure that my wife is right next to me, holding my hand. That way, we don't get lost, there's no hanky panky, and our bed doesn't get broken. 😊
Too funny!
Phil & Staci, real simple. Why did Phil not just follow Staci? The lead car does NOT get out of site from the following vehicle. Lead vehicle owns this. A lead car normally slows or stops until the following vehicle catches up.
I normally go in front of Stacy in the Jeep as we do not want to go down a wrong road if the Jeep is leading. A few lessons learned.
When in the Houston area you should purchase Houston City Passes. They have them for adults and kids. You get to pick 5 attractions for one price. After visiting the first attraction you have so many days to use the passes. It is the cheapest way to sight-see. Many cities have the City Passes.
Sounds like you need to keep a pending silver alert for Phil..... Too funny guys
Too funny!
Yall are so much fun to watch.
I drive infront of him but stay close enough for him to see me. What’s awesome is instead of having a fight or hurting each others feelings you let it go . That’s what’s important. Little things are just not worth the energy and just cause issues then and in the future. Not worth getting upset over spilt milk as they say.
Always travel in close proximity to each other when toad not hooked. Also have Walkie Talkie handy for quick messages. More reliable than cell phones.
God bless both of you. ❤.
Just love to watch both of you. We miss you in Canada 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🌎
What I do to get the exact route and not miss an entrance is to use Garmin's BaseCamp software on my laptop to build my route on the laptop using waypoints at key locations. Then I upload the trip to the GPS. With waypoints the GPS will tell me the exact spot that I have reached my waypoint. I normally do this just before the entrance so I don't overshoot it. Works great on long roads with no signs or row of palm trees to mark an entrance.
I'm with him on this one. If you say "Go through 2 stops signs then make a right" I'm going straight through 2 stops signs then making the next right. Should have said "Make a right at the second stop sign". Man, he's lucky it was an open road that looped back around! 😂
Right. I was a lovely RV park to tour. LOL
We make sure to stay together. The car goes first and makes sure the rv stays right behind. That way you both find it or get lost. Lol
So the problem DH and I have is DH doesn't know left from right or even driver side and passenger side. To keep myself from getting totally frustrated by him not understanding those things when I say them, I just let him figure it out for himself.
I know that sounds mean, but the frustration level for both of us is much lower doing it that way.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
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Whenever we decide not to hitch our Ram 1500 to our 40 ft DP and travel separately, I lead.
I am in the truck with the Garmin RV with our RV spec. I attach our phone to CarPlay and call my husband in the RV. He hears both me and the Garmin,
…and yes, we preview the trip before we leave
…but we still have had moments of quick thinking when a new road or bridge shows up.
Garmin RV appears to update every two years.
Love you two!❤
When we travel separately I never run ahead of my hubby. I am always at the lead but from the rear. I'll drop back when changing lanes and make room for him to get over. It's a great system. He never has to stress when making those changes
Those pelicans are becoming popular in every city. Not the pelicans, but popularity of the local animal, like here in Louisville, KY, it is the race horse, in like Wyoming or Montana it is the Bison.
They must have built that sign overnight....sorry Phil, you had one job!!
Safe travels and good health.
If you are not in the same vehicle, do not get separated! I only saw 'big orange sign' after stop sign. "You go thru 2 stop signs" is a little misleading. Maybe, "You turn at the 2nd stop sign" would have been better. The sign on the right says, yada yada. We have not traveled enough to separate the vehicles. And we are not real handy at getting toad hooked to Coach! ;)
I, Rick, used to guard that 747 and Space Shuttle when it came though Davis~Monthan AFB
A couple of years ago, we were heading to DC. One of our stops was Cooper Rock State Park in PA. We got off the Interstate and saw a sign saying Cooper Rock Office and an arrow pointing one way and a second sign saying Cooper Rock State Park with an arrow pointing the other direction. Well we figured we have to go to the office first, so we went in that direction. We went up a long incline driveway and found out that the office was the maintenance office. There was no place to turn around and cuz we were on an incline, we couldn't unhitch the toad. My wife had to steer the toad while I backed up the motorhome. What a pain that was! Using Google Maps for every stop now. Thanks Stacy.
Our solution to this is much simpler. I do all the planning, navigation and driving. Some call that being a control-freak. So do I. 😂😂😂
I also will use by Google maps or Apple Maps and compare with GPS . Phone maps seem to update new changes quickly . Another tip which I have used was Google Earth. After Driving 3 million miles as a professional Truck Driver I have learned to use all the navigation tools that are available.
Safe Travels
Ok I have to come to Phil's aid... If I heard Stacy right, she said for Phil to go through two stop signs, which he did. Shouldn't he have been told to turn right at the second stop sign? I aggravate my better half that way. Instructions have to be specific. LOL. Glad y'all made it. I grew up in the Houston area and know where y'all are. I hope you spent time at the Kemah boardwalk and in Galveston. Have safe travels and hope to see y'all on the road.. And again, great driving Phil!
Thanks for having my back!!! LOL
We only unhook the tow when driving into tight RV parks with limited turn radius.
Oh my - I'm sure we've all had driving direction issues - we're all human!! We try to review the driving directions together even though we have the RV data in the Garmin and Waze running on another device. You both got there safely and that's the most important. On another note, we live and worked in the Central Florida area. On my way into work one morning, there was this 747 flying really low - and OMG there was a Space Shuttle on it!! Unfortunately, it was before the days of cell phone cameras so I don't have a photo to share but it was SOOO cool to see that!!
I've figured out that Garmin is extremely slow updating new roads, traffic circles & businesses. I always compare every route to Google maps.
Same here.
We rarely travel separately but if only going 20-30 miles I lead in MH and my bride follows close behind. Really helps to have her give me space to change lanes on busy freeway. I do all the research on Google Earth to see how to enter CG. Love the channel.
So enjoy you guys. Just missed you. In Seabrook, NASA, Texas City, & Galveston. Laughed when I saw the video of where I travelled a month ago. Now in the Fl. panhandle. Happy Trails
Next time!
Never let your “Navigator” out of your sight. 😂😂
RIGHT!!!
Good job like always on the video!!
Thanks again!
Using Harvest Host has greatly helped us with arriving to campgrounds after dark BUT on occasion we will have made plans and run into traffic, time changes, or poor directions and pulling in after dark is a last resort.
We love that place! I caught the biggest black drum I’ve ever caught fishing from site 76
My limit is about a quarter mile, 'cause my wife can't drive and I'm not walking more than a quarter mile. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
Now that is funny!
We don’t hitch the ride if it is 2 hours or less or if we start with bad weather. We will drive separately until weather clear if we have longer travel day.
We love the Rhinory!
We always ride together with our 5th wheel or in our truck camper; no toad vehicle. With today's road conditions and traffic it takes four eyes, four ears, and two mouths to navigate safely. Usually we both get familiar with the route, but the passenger becomes the navigator reminder for exits, turns, etc. Teamwork. From "The Frisco Kid" - keep your eyes right here on the horses' rump!
That is awesome!
If you guys are still in the area make sure you get to Topwater restaurant!
We were "a might confused" once outside Mobile with two Campgrounds next to each other, shared the same driveway temporarily due to hurricane damage and some signs not replaced. Also 2 Old Route 66 RV Parks a few miles apart in Missouri had Garmin us drive to the wrong one first.
We keep it simple in our 24' class C, NO tow vehicle, so both of us in the RV.!! HaHaHa.
Usually if an hour or less, we will not re-hook. A very few times up to 2 hours travel time. The toad follows the coach. Much less likely to be seperated and the toad provides a buffer behind and also can block off left lane for swinging right turns.
We do exactly the same thing. Get confused and eventually figure it out after, like you guys, by raising our voices to make sure we are being heard be the other one -haha ;-0 . Call it just part of the Adventure
Oh it's part of something! LOL
Phil from Nevada, yes Phil I did the same thing in Boulder City, NV. 2 campgrounds side by side. It does happen. I use Google Maps, used to use Tom Tom
In our 43ft Dutch Star (towing an Expedition), I am the driver and navigator. I use the Garmin GPS as primary navigation and compare it against Google Maps on ApplePlay - both have been known to incorrect. But all our trips or repositioning is reviewed and double checked the day prior, and then discussed casually to ensure we hit highlights or skip things in which we have no interest. My wife has too many other responsibilities and does not need yet another thing like navigation on her plate. And it helps that I'm a pilot...
Bottom line up front: Use walkie-talkie’s. It’s a good thing we did because our brake buddy broke and we were driving up to an elevation of 8700ft. It seemed prudent to not require our rig to go up/down significantly intense grades without toad braking😅😮. Driving up/down around Cloudcroft NM.
Phil you weren't confused you were getting frustrated 😅
Hey guys this looked like some nice places to visit. This is interesting subject we just recently the last two years decided to occasionally drive separately .Maybe the newness and excitement has warn off. 😊 Anyway typically if it is under an hour away and looks simple or already familiar we drive separately but I think we have just been very lucky and I am shocked this hasn't happened to us because almost every time he needs my extra navigating. Thanks for showing this because we should sit and plan it together in the morning before that move we have been a little too comfortable the last couple times. Thanks for testing it for us!
I will have to check this out when I get back working again. I am in Texas so I will have to check this out one day.
Ok, #sponsor coming in clutch. I'm in for the concentrate. I have mildew/mold with embedded pollen thanks to Mother Nature in North Carolina. Here's hoping it works. :D
If 45 mins or less we don’t hook up the jeep. we don’t have a screen for gps. But Joel does all the planning so he knows the route way better than I do.
Love the hat, Phil. Maybe because I have the exact one😅. Fyi, YT unsubscribed us, but we keep re subscribing. Waffle sandwiches looked awesome.
Thanks for checking on the subscription. That is weird that it keeps doing that.
Great video. Great asvice to avoid the dreaded, " he said, she said" moments.
I used to have a plaque above my desk, the five "P's" for a perfect day -- Proper Planning Prevents Pi$$poor Performance. No truer words ever spoken.
And I hate when the roads are updated, and the Garmin is not, and that silly woman telling me to turn -- but there's no road.
You two are the greatest. Kudos to you Phil, just take it and move on. Great for you, buddy. Besides that you win anyway, YOU picked Stacy, so either way, YOU WIN .
God bless ya'll and stay safe on the road, regardless of whether you know where your going. Important thing you both got there together. 👍👍
A very odd bird is the pelican. It's beak can hold more than its belly can.
OK I'll defend Phil a little. In my class in communication, they said that a failure to communicate is never the fault of the receiver, but the communicator. Stacy failed to understand (know) exactly where Phil was so maybe he failed to communicate that as well. My wife and I are always in the same vehicle, because she doesn't drive and the car is in a trailer.
Whenever hubby and I are driving separately we are on the phone with each other and I usually lead just a little bit ahead of him, but we always stay together. This way we know where we are going and if one misses something then we are both in trouble lol
For many years, we have Vacationed at a few campgrounds, normally Provincial Parks. Therefore, we rarely need to worry to much about getting lost as we have been there multiple times. Sometimes staying in the exact same site!
This summer we start the adventure of travelling greater distances and to new places. Our plan is to circumnavigate Lake Huron (we live in Ontario).
Only two of the parks have we visited before, so your video is timely about making sure we both know where we are going. One of the parks in Michigan I (not my wife) stayed at when I was 10 years old.
I plan our trips and my wife will navigate when necessary. She is a good map reader. Yes, we still often use Official Paper Maps! I will make sure she know where we are going and how to get there. I like your use of Google Maps to show you the turns into a campground. We will use that method.
We were coming home from Myrtle Beach (without Trailer) and the Paper Map was more accurate than the GPS. A new Highway had opened and I had not updated my GPS before leaving home.
The GPS got very confused as we drove through fields. LOL.
Haha! - There is no "I" in "Team" - Love you guys! - Cheers!
I grew up one town over from Seabrook, La Porte.
You said go through the 2nd stop sign then make a right. To me that means ignor the right at the stop sign and turn at the next street. Stacy should have said make a right at the second stop sign.
At least it was not in the dark when you arrived!
We do not get lost we take the scenic route. In San Francisco, we had to cross 7 lanes in 1/4 mile or less , Couldn't do it so we went around a few times to get all the way across . That was a car not an rv so your rig would never have made it.
Phil, I think she may have been right on the directions. But I understand how you may have been confused, one time we we’re going to northwest Georgia and Google took us through a residential neighborhood very narrow road for a 42’ class A and the others with us were in 45’ fifth wheels.
Sounds like our regular travel day! And I am in the passenger seat! 😅
I just go ahead and get lost. Great driver training! 😂
LOL so glad we aren't the only ones who do this. We get lost sometimes too. We've only driven separately once when it was under an hour to get to the next stop. We used our walkies to communicate when we needed to. I ran RV Trip Wizard GPS in the car while I set the hubs up with the Garmin but something ALWAYS happens right?!
We use our phones. However, I will drive the car if it is a short drive 1 hr an under, unless I’m not feeling well. Because I hook it up an do all of that so it just depends!
SHE SAID GO TO THE SECOND STOP SIGN AND TURN RIGHT. LOL
Right!!!
I totally missed the campground sign too and never counted the first stop sign 😅
See, it is confusing. LOL
I Phil ya, I have a total love hate relationship with my GPS.. As soon as it says turn I look at the Map and see a road almost immediately and turn then realize I should have turned at the next road that is 1/2 a block away. As soon as I decide not to turn immediately I drive past the one I needed. And last year our Garmin took us to Hot springs AK and for some reason decided to take us to the campground by routing us past the lookout tower first. If you have been there you will know the road up to the lookout tower has cars parked on both sides and is very narrow for the last 4-5 blocks before the turn to the tower which is one way and you don't see the max 30" sign until you are too far around the turn to back up. We obviously were able to navigate the road but the pucker factor was ant max until finished the loop. The next day I bought a Lenovo android tablet and we now run RVLife GPS and Garmin side by side.
No toad for us, so every travel day is a full hookup day for us! 😂 Yes, with two, being on the same page is crucial. BTW, we really appreciate that you put your mistakes out here on TH-cam. It’s not all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows.
Absolutely!!
We stayed there a month ago. I can understand the confusion. We arrived at dark (big mistake). That highway construction was difficult to deal with and then the road/ramp before you turn off to go to the campground was confusing. Somehow we missed all of that construction on our way out of town. Did you see the parakeets?
It really is a mess with construction. We have not seen the parakeets yet.
Don't drive too far ahead of rv and expect them to know what you know. Work as a team. But was funny. 😂😅
I was a nerd in school and loved science. I want to go to NASA in Houston. Just can't afford it right now.
Wow.... I would never leave my wingman.
LOL
What we do is both set are phone to the place we’re going to that way we both know how we are going!!!! lol
No advice. We live your life!
LOL
We don't hook up if it's less than about 2.5 hours. But we talk, hands free of course, on the phone most of the time apart.
Phil did exactly what you said
We just went full time the end of November '23. So far we have traveled 3,480 miles with 28 stops (campgrounds) but have never moved without flat towing the car. My wife has the Garmin RV1090 on her side of the RV and I have the Garmin RV890 on my side. She calls out the turns and I can see which lane I need to be in and exactly where to turn on the Garmin. Love the channel and I don't miss a video. Been watching since before we purchased our Class A over two and a half years ago. Care to tell me what campground it was at the beginning of your video with all of the buildings that were elevated? I'm working on adding the Seabrook area to our itinerary for our travels through TX next winter. TIA.
Hahaha.... seems the shorter the travel day the more problems. I'm also the navigator and my hubs will hook up our toad just so I can be in the rig navigating even if we're only going 2 miles! LOL (I'm exaggerating a little here 🙂 But not by much....
Just wondering where you stayed in Seabrook, TX? And, would you go back to that C.G. again? Thanks for the video. We've got plans to be in Houston in May, looking for a good place to stay. Hope the SWC has gluten free options also.
I prefer Google maps when traveling. What gets me in trouble though; is when it says "in 1000 yards, turn right". Unfortunately I can't always judge how far 1000 yards is and usually there are at least 2 right hand turns. 🥴🥴🥴. Which one do I need??? Usually it's the one that I just passed....
Safe travels.
Remember your military training. Never leave anyone behind. Stay together so you both can be lost together. Ha ha.
I have some friends who like the Jamaica Beach RV Resort and the whole Galveston Island area. We have been there several times.
I can relate On my move from the FMCA rally in Tucson to our AIM rally in Las Vegas. We spent a night in Wikieup AZ on 93 there are 3 RV parks side by side. GPS said we are there at the first one but it was the third one. Fortunateley I had room to pull in and turn around.
Have you done a AIM rally?
I wish my hubby would just LOOK at the map. He wants to know when to turn. My Google maps can't keep up with his mistakes. 😢😢😢
Howdu from Houston! How long ago was this video? My adult kids and I visited the space museum! How long are y'all planning to be in Texas? I love your videos! Long time subscriber! Full time RV Nomad est January 13, 2019!
How about him following you because you did the research and knew where to go. That is the only way we could manage in a new place because my husband would have gotten even more lost. Better luck next time.
Maybe Waze is the solution or an option.
Never leave without the tow, too easy to hook up
ha ha ha ha
Thank you for the laugh. I am the navigator and my wife does the driving.
Where did you get your ceramic coating applied?
I am a solo traveler. I have no one to blame but ME. lol