Beautiful Idaho
A starry night above the Centennial Mountains in Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho.
In 16 years of motorhome travel, from Key West to the Arctic Circle, Maine to Mexico, and Alaska and back three times, as well as most places in between, no place we have stayed has been as friendly and accommodating as Henrys Lake State Park in Idaho. It is one of the most beautiful places in America and located on the eastern border of the state, two paved miles off U.S. 20 north and 15 paved miles from West Yellowstone, Montana, the western entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Over the past few years, the park has added new and remodeled rest rooms and shower houses (the cleanest you will ever see), and now it has all paved interior roads, plus 83 paved campsites. Electric, water, and full-hookup sites are available, and picnic tables are provided. At 6,400 feet in elevation, the climate provides cool nights and warm days during the summer. The lake offers some of the best trout fishing in the world. Plus, the Snake River, the Henrys fork of the Snake, and the Teton and Buffalo rivers are just minutes away. Hiking trails and views of trumpeter swans nesting on the lake, eagles, ospreys, moose, bears, and herds of elk and pronghorn are among the reasons we enjoy this beautiful park. Anytime we are in the vicinity, we make Henrys Lake State Park our destination for a week or more.
— J.W. & Paula Hyde, F362289
Bristol, Florida
Name That RV
Jack DeLeo named his motorhome “Day Tripper” after a Beatles song.
My wife and I are first-time RV owners, and the first thing we did was to come up with a name for our RV. We wanted a music theme, so we named our motorhome “Day Tripper,” after the Beatles song. I’m a former marketer, so I designed a logo, had it printed at Fast Signs, and stuck a couple on our RV.
At our first venture out last August, we stopped at an RV campground, and I was surprised to find that no one seemed to have a name on the back of their RV. My friends own a boat, and everyone names their boat, so I thought people would name their RVs as well. Why not have a “name your boat contest” to see who comes up with unique names?
I think it’s time for us RVers to get with the program and have some fun naming our RVs.
— Jack DeLeo, F510738
Munroe Falls, Ohio
Editor’s note: Even though RVers might not display it on the vehicle itself, many of them do have names for their homes on wheels. Perhaps this will spark readers to share their RV’s name and the story behind it.
Corrections
2021 Buick Envision NOT Towable
Buick Envision
The model-year 2021 Buick Envision was listed in Family RVing’s “2021 Towing Lineup” (January 2021, page 32) as being towable four wheels down behind a motorhome. Shortly after press time, we were informed that the 2021 Envision has an electronic transmission range selection system (ETRS), or push-button shifting, and cannot be dinghy towed, since the transmission cannot be held out of park while the engine is off. The same is true of all GM vehicles with ETRS. They are not dinghy towable.
Fleetwood Fortis Warranty Clarification
In the specifications section of the Fleetwood Fortis article in the December 2020 issue (page 41), the word “structural” was missing from the second line of the warranty information. The correct warranty information is as follows: 1 year/15,000 miles, limited; structural — 3 years/45,000 miles, limited.
Family RVing regrets these errors.
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