Shake Down Cruise to Mississippi, Oct. 2011

1357 miles, 182.9 gallons of fuel, 29 hours of driving, average 7.4 gallons per mile, average speed: 46.8 MPH

What a great trip!  So good to be back on the road again...........even though we had to work while we were gone.  Love our new RV, "Moose" and our rescued English Cocker,  Maddie, did so well.  She loved the parks, the day trips and especially meeting new people.  I hope you get a chance to look at the pictures and please visit the Lucky Dog Rescue link below.  What a truly amazing woman she is!

Well, we took off from Jacksonville and went to Lucky Dog Rescue in Meridian to walk dogs for a day & volunteer to help wherever we could - and then to Tupelo, MS to see where Elvis was born on our maiden voyage or shake down cruise as we called it.  We also spent some time in downtown Historic Meridian, MS... went to the oldest restaurant in Mississippi,  Weidman's.  It was pretty good! 



Overall, I'm very impressed with the Foretravel RV!  It drives better than our Phaeton did because it has a lower center of gravity, a bigger engine and the coach itself is not as tall as the newer RV's.  Once parked, the set up is easy with just one huge slide to slide out in lieu of 3 or 4 and air suspension is used instead of jacks.  It was an enjoyable experience!