2) Get a good briefing on how all of the gadgets work.

Good idea. I've seen some of these RVs, and it takes a Masters'
Degree to understand half the stuff on board...

There is one argument for renting a car vs. renting an RV. Renting a
car means that you need to tent-camp or stay in a hotel, but since you
know the secret handshake, you can get hotel rooms for like $10 a night,
right?

Yeah, we might just do that, although it would take away some of the
"coolness" of the trip. The kids have camped in our pop-up, and in
tents, but never in an RV.

As for the "secret handshake", strangely there isn't a "clearing
house" for hoteliers to swap rooms. I've thought about starting one
on-line, but don't have time to mess with it.

With many thousands of hotels in America, it would be a simple thing
to set up, so that hotel owners/managers could go on-line and swap
hotel nights with each other.

It would work great, and could be a pretty profitable little venture
on its own...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"