Gloria, another newbie!

[peacetara]

I rarely go over 55, the giant semi's can just go around me if they want to go fast.<br><br>I was totally scared as well when I first started driving Ferdy(my van) but after a week or two I got the hang of him.&nbsp; But I rarely drive for more than an hour at a time. the best part of having the house attached, I can pull over and make home whenever I want!<br><br>Stay safe, and be confident, you can do it!<br><br>With Love,<br>Tara

 

[natureglo]

Thanks, Tara. I was feeling like I wanted to just stay at 50 - 55 anyway. It feels the safest speed, plus, it's better on gas mileage. Save for the occassional turkeys, I think most semi's are willing to go around me. Otherwise, there's not much they can do other than ride me and I sweat bullets, like I did. LOL. Soon I was calling all the semi's sweeties and asking them nicely to go around me and singing nice positve made up tunes to them, which helped keep me in a positive mindset. There were FLEETS of them at times! I was traveling about 100 miles at a time and "earning" my break. I do try to push myself hard, plus I was eager to finally get home.&nbsp;<br><br>I know, I felt that lovely privilege of making home wherever, when I needed to pull off.<br><br>Gloria<br><br>

I rarely go over 55, the giant semi's can just go around me if they want to go fast.<br><br>I was totally scared as well when I first started driving Ferdy(my van) but after a week or two I got the hang of him.&nbsp; But I rarely drive for more than an hour at a time. the best part of having the house attached, I can pull over and make home whenever I want!<br><br>Stay safe, and be confident, you can do it!<br><br>With Love,<br>Tara

 

[bobbert]

&nbsp;I"m not comfortable yet driving her faster than 60 mph and most of the highway speed limit was 70 mph. Boy, am I glad to be home. I was sweating bullets when one tractor trailer decided he didn't want to pass around me while I had my emergencies blinkers on. I just COULD NOT travel down the darn mountain at 70 mph!! He rode my tail through a tunnel.&nbsp;<br>

<br><br>OMG... Stay away from State Route 250, from Durbin, westward over to the Cheat River watershed up to Huttonsville/Mill Creek. <br><br>Them fricken' dump truck coal haulers are insane, driving down Cheat Mountain. They pass up us "four wheelers" when we're going over 65 mph on a 9% decline!!! They're total idiots.&nbsp;<br><br>From what I've seen, West VA's Appalachain Mountains' roads are MUCH more steeper than the (some) of the Rockies (in certain areas at least).<br><br>Glad to hear yer' safe <img rel="lightbox" src="/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif" class="bbc_img">

 

[Lifemagician]

You're not alone, that is exactly how I felt the first time I drove my van - a mere 9 months ago.&nbsp; Amazing how much smaller it got as time went on.&nbsp; It also seemed to lose a lot of weight.&nbsp; In fact, it must have become aware of my reluctance to drive at anything more than 55 - 60 mph, it decided to become ever so much more managable.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br><br>As a rule of thumb, I rarely drive at more than 100 kph (63 mph), as that is the speed to which I am accustomed, and the speed with which I feel comfortable.&nbsp; Yes! I too have had eighteen wheelers sit on my tail, sometimes so close, all I could see was the radiator grill.<br><br>Thing is, safety on the highways depends a lot more on consistency of speed - use your cruise control - and lane protocol - don't sit in the overtaking lane.&nbsp; That way other traffic will know what you are doing.&nbsp; Doomsdayers are always telling me I will have an accident, if I do not keep up with the highway speed, but in more than 123000 miles, that is yet to happen.&nbsp; I doubt it ever will, and I have never heard of anyone held responsible when a vehicle hit them from behind.<br><br>Lifey<br><br>

 

[Kevin H]

Welcome and I'll give seconds to Teri at '<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://www.mydakotaaddress.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;">My Dakota Address</span></a></span></span>'. &nbsp;We have been with her for almost two years now. &nbsp;If all businesses ran as well and reliable as she does we consumers would be in heaven. &nbsp;Can't say &nbsp;enough about her.<br><br>Teri will help you get all your residency and vehicle registrations in order. &nbsp;Madison is a small enough community that her office is about a half block from the County Court House. &nbsp;We were passing through so we decided to do all our work in person. &nbsp;Very smooth and easy.<br><br>The only glitch was our driver's licenses. &nbsp;We did not have all the required paperwork.<br><br>The problem is the chain of names for my wife. &nbsp;She was adopted as a child and has been married before. &nbsp;We did not have all the papers with us showing her name chain. &nbsp;They require a complete chain of names and name changes from birth to present - birth name, adopted name, marriage certificate with name change - divorce papers with name change and any repeated iterations of name changes.<br><br>You MUST visit SD to get your license and you will have to provide proof of at least one night's stay in the state - hotel/ campground receipts.<br><br>On another note - We were in Asheville for Thanksgiving. &nbsp;When we left we stopped in Waynesville for fuel. &nbsp;I knew your van was there and I sure liked it in the pics here. &nbsp;I thought about the coincidence of our passing through. If I had been in the market for a van I certainly would have checked it out. &nbsp;Glad it worked for you.<br><br>Good Luck with getting everything set up.<br><br>Happy Trails!!<br><br>-- &nbsp;Kevin

 

[Pikachu711]

Welcome to the group Gloria!