Lee purchased his first RV, an Aliner camping trailer, in 1998 before he and Cec were married. Lee towed the trailer with a 1997 Jeep Wrangler and used it to attend a number of offroad driving events. In 2001 after their marriage Lee and Cec bought a 28' Chateau Class C motor home for use primarily in towing the Jeep to the offroad events. After convincing themselves that they really liked motor home camping, they decided in 2004 to move up to a 34' Itasca Suncruiser Class A motor home.
We just bought a 2004 Itasca Suncruiser, Model 33V in July, 2004. Here is it parked at Silver Lake State Park at Mears, Michigan, near Lake Michigan.
On the road on IH 70 in the mountains of Colorado.
Sometimes we take advantage of WalMart's hospitality as here in Newton, Iowa.
Camping with the Wolverine Four Wheelers Sugar Loafin' Campground near Leadville, CO.in August, 2004.
The old RV was a 28' Chateau. We bought it in early 2001 to find out if we liked RVing. We did!
Our primary reason for purchasing the motor home was to have a more comfortable way to get our Jeep Wrangler to four wheeling events around the country.
Trips in 2001:
- Drummond Island, MI (June)
Our first four wheeling trip in the new Chateau motor home. We towed the 94 Grand Cherokee on a tow dolly. We did not take the Wrangler since the new axle was not yet installed. - Silver Lake Sand Dunes, MI (July)
We went to Silver Lake along with the Wolverine Four Wheelers to help with a sound testing project. Since the new axle was not installed on the Wrangler, we towed another member's Jeep on a tow dolly. - The Badlands, Attica, IN (August)
My Wrangler was finally ready, and we went with several Wolverines to Attica. With the new axle I conquered the hill that broke my old axle in April! We stayed at the Summers Campground several miles north of Attica. - Arkansas, although we did not do any four wheeling. (September)
We took a trip to Arkansas to scout possible retirement locations. We stayed the first night at very pretty Old Davidsonville State Park near Pocahontas. We moved on to Oak Flat where we camped in a friend's yard. We awoke on September 11 to news that the World Trade Center had been attacked. After recovering from the shock, we moved on to Lake Ouachita State Park near Hot Springs. After a few days at a Harrison Village Campground at Harrison, AR and side trips to Branson, MO and Eureka Springs, we returnd to Michigan staying one night at WalMart./li> - Silver Lake Sand Dunes, MI (October)
We traveled with the Wolverine Four Wheelers to Silver Lake for our annual fall run. We statyed at the Silver Lake State Park campground.
Trips in 2002:
- Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH (May)
Even though Lee has been a ham since 1978, this was our first trip to the largest ham convention of them all. We stayed at the Dayton KOA and rod the shuttle bus to the convention center. - Jellico, TN (May)
Jellico is an outstanding new four wheeling area that is being developed by the Trailkeepers Foundation. We stayed at Indian Mountain State Park at Jellico. - Ouray, CO (July/August)
We returned to the San Juan Mountains along with 11 other Wolverines vehicles for our biennial Wolverines Out West (WOW) Tour. We stayed a couple of days near Buena Vista before moving on to Ouray where we stayed at the Ouray KOA, arguably the prettiest KOA in the country. - Silver Lake Sand Dunes (October)
Our annual fall trip to the Sand Dunes. We stayed at Silver Lake State Park campground.
Trips in 2003:
- Paragon Offroad Park, PA (April)
We visited this outstanding offroad park in eastern Pennsylvania and stayed at Moyers Grove Campground. - Jellico, TN (May)
We returned to the Trailkeepers Memorial Day run for the second year in a row and again stayed at Indian Mountain State Park. - Keewenau Pensinsula, MI (July)
We spent July 4 week in Copper Harbor, Michigan enjoying the Lake Superior scenery. We stayed at the Lake Fanny Hooe Resort and Campground. The Copper Harbor area is remote and very beautiful. - Omaha, NE and Savannah, GA (August)
We went to Omaha for Cec's family reunion and then drove the grandkids home to Savannah. In Omaha we stayed at the West Omaha KOA. Along the way we stayed at the St. Louis NE KOA, which is actually in an industrial area in Illinois. In Atlanta we stayed at the Stone Mountain Campground and in Savannah at Whispering Pines Campground.
Trips in 2004:
- Coal Creek ORV Park, TN (May)
We went four wheeling with the Wolverines at this new ORV park near Oak Ridge, TN., We stayed at Mountain Lake Marina and Campground located on Norris Lake. This an older campground, although it met our needs. - Niagara Falls, ON (June)
We took three of Cec's grandkids to see Niagara Falls. We stayed at the very pretty Niagara Falls KOA and rode the shuttle bus to the falls. This is a very convenient way to see the Falls. - Leadville, CO (July/August)
Our first trip in the new RV will be to Leadville with the Wolverines for a four wheeling trip in the mountains. On the way out we stayed at Wal-Mart in Newton, IA and the Sterling Yogi Bear Jellystone Park at Sterling, CO. At Leadville we stayed at the Sugar Loafin' Campground. Sugar Loafin' is an excellent camground located near beautiful Turquoise Lake. From the campground one can see mountains in all directions. On the return we stayed at the Grand Island KOA in Nebraska and the Wal-Mart in Kalamazoo, MI. - Addison Oaks, Leonard, MI (September)
Over the Labor Day weekend we went camping with friends at Addison Oaks County Park campground. - Silver Lake Sand Dunes, MI (October)
In October the Wolverine Four Wheelers made their annual trek for a day of four wheeling fun on the sand dunes of Silver Lake State Park.The Silver Lake campground is beautiful with a view onto Silver Lake with the sand dunes in the distance.
Trips in 2005:
- West Branch, MI (May)
In May Lee took the RV on a Jeeping trip to the West Branch area and stayed at the West Branch RV Park.
- Addison Oaks, Leonard, MI (June)
We went on a camping trip and picnic at the nearby Addison Oaks Oakland County Park with the Wolverine Four Wheelers.
- Disney World, FL (June/July)
In late June and early July Lee and Cec took Cec's grandkids to Disney World. We stayed at Ruby Lake Campground in West Virginia, Wal-Mart in Orangeburg, SC, and Waterway RV Campground in Richmond Hill, GA on the way down. At Disney we stayed at the very nice Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground. On the return trip we stayed at Whispering Pines Campground at Rincon, GA near Savannah, Brookwood RV Resort Park at Marietta, GA, and Overnighter RV Park at Niota, Tennessee. - Addison Oaks, Leonard, MI (September)
We went on a second camping trip and picnic with the Wolverines.
- Silver Lake Sand Dunes, MI (October)
In October the Wolverine Four Wheelers made their annual trek for a day of four wheeling fun on the sand dunes of Silver Lake State Park.The Silver Lake campground is beautiful with a view onto Silver Lake with the sand dunes in the distance. - Disney World, FL (June/July)
In October we went on a fly-camping trip to Disney World with our Wolverine friends the Hensons. We did not have time to take the RV and flew down and camped in a tent at Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground. We packed the tent and bedding in our bags, and Disney dropped us off at our camp site.
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