Yeah....we&#39;re leaving Needles tomorrow&#33;<br />
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MaryLou, congrats to Jim on getting the job - I&#39;m sure that&#39;s a huge relief for you both.<br />
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Mebert, as Cheryl said... no training needed at all.  The rig is very easy to drive, you just have to learn to take wide right hand turns.  The 65 foot length in total with the hitch and toad doesn&#39;t make a bit of difference when you&#39;re on the road, you don&#39;t even know it&#39;s there.  We have a backup TV on the dashboard that shows us the toad as we travel down the road.  Come on, be a sport and join us RV&#39;ers it&#39;s loads of fun and wonderfully comfortable having your &quot;home&quot; with you everywhere you go.  I have driven the rig just so that I know how to do it, but Tony does 99% of the RV driving (I think he likes being King of the Castle) and then I do about 75% of the car driving when we go exploring, to give him a break.<br />
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Shari.... wonderful to see your Mom is getting better.<br />
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Cheryl.... it seems like we&#39;re not going to be able to meet one another in Oregon as our timetables don&#39;t correspond - but let&#39;s see what happens after we get back from Alaska in September.