A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 176 miles from the Tiffin rally in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Heber City, Utah.
The video starts with a montage of several Tiffin motorhomes departing.
Month: July 2022
Travel from Rock Springs, WY to Heber City, UT
We drove our coach 176 miles, about 3 hours, from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Heber City, Utah.
The map route, heading southwest:
Our coach at the Tiffin rally, after neighboring coaches had departed:
Leaving the rally grounds:
Tiffins:
I-80:
Tunnels:
Paladin in his safe space next to my chair:
Passing another Tiffin:
Billboards for Little America, a place Jenn said she wanted to visit as a kid:
I have a number of devices: my iPad showing diagnostic gauges (more on this in the future), my Mac showing the map of our route so I can provide info about stopping places, and the tire pressure monitor; not pictured, my iPhone with the navigation directions:
A lake:
The exit to Heber City:
Road works:
Interesting buildings in Heber City:
Our destination:
Arrival area (with another Tiffin):
Tiffin rally: Tiffin models
At the Tiffin rally they had a bunch of new and used Tiffin models to tour and buy (of course). We enjoyed exploring them, though as usual came to the conclusion that other than newer years of our current model, there is no other RV we’d rather have.
But if we were to eventually go back to a sticks-and-bricks (i.e. a house), we might be interested in a class C like the Wayfarer for a vacation RV. Or maybe even a class B van for weekend trips.
Wayfarer class C:
Cahaba class B:
Midas class B+:
Wayfarer class C:
Ambition toy hauler fifth wheel:
Beacon fifth wheel:
Vilano fifth wheel:
Allegro Bay super C:
Allegro Bus class A:
Tiffin rally: sessions and vendors
At the Tiffin rally, I attended several sessions, and visited many of the vendor booths.
Some pics of sessions:
They only had a couple of food carts:
Vendor booths:
They provided golf cart shuttles to ferry people between the campground area and session/vendors area:
Swap meet:
I did a test ride of this ebike:
Tiffin rally: campground
We attended the 50th anniversary Tiffin rally at the Sweetwater Events Center in Rock Springs, Wyoming. This post is about the campground part of the rally.
Dates:
- Check in: 2022-06-13
- Check out: 2022-06-18
- 5 nights
Weather:
- Mixed sunny and rainy
- High temps ranging between 70-90°F, lows around 38-60°F
- Some afternoon wind
Noise:
- No road noise or train noise
- Negligible neighbor noise
Site:
- Back in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
- Not very level
- Small site: about 45 feet long by about 18 feet wide
- Full hookups (unusual for a rally):
- 50 amp power behind the site
- 50 PSI water; behind the site
- Acceptable sewer connection, in the corner of the site (2 10 foot hoses used)
- No picnic table etc
Internet:
- Not noted
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup every other day
Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:
Great place for attending a rally
We’ve been to several rallies this year, and this was by far the best location. Full hookups with 50A electrical at every site?! Insanely wonderful. The sites (or stalls, really) are a bit close together but no more than any other rally-style parking we’ve seen. The whole place is graveled, which is nice, but they really need to grade it. Parts of the road were so thick that rigs were scraping their mudflaps on the way out, and other parts were so thin it went down to the dirt. But still. Full hookups at a rally! Amazing! There was a nice big area for unhooking the tow vehicle when we arrived. All the event center buildings and common areas were nicely maintained and convenient to get to. The dog park looked pretty awesome, too. We camped at Sweetwater Events Complex – RV Park in a Motorhome.
Our site:
Power hookup:
Water hookup:
Sewer hookup:
Our truck and coach:
One of the benefits of attending the rally was Tiffin techs stopping by to fix some minor issues. In our case, they helped with a drifting mirror, and gave advice on a window latch and ceiling fan:
We also got our coach cleaned; here’s the dirty mirror beforehand:
Dirty coach:
Cleaners:
Clean mirror:
Clean coach:
Of course, it rained a few days later, and it was no longer clean. Money well spent!
A couple more pics of our coach:
Other Tiffins:
A nice pond behind the campground:
Aerial views (not taken by me):
An arrow pointing to our coach:
Our coach was the one with the open door in the foreground, near the left (to the right of the white one):
Video: timelapse of motorhome driving from Vernal, UT to Rock Springs, WY
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 111 miles from Vernal, Utah to Rock Springs, Wyoming for the 50th Anniversary Tiffin Rally, including a bunch of Tiffin motorhomes arriving.
Travel from Vernal, UT to Rock Springs, WY
We drove our coach 111 miles, about 2 hours, from Vernal, Utah to Rock Springs, Wyoming for the 50th anniversary Tiffin rally in June.
The map route, heading north:
A view while heading downhill:
And uphill:
Big downhill:
A bridge:
After the bridge we drove over the top of a dam:
A satellite view of the entire route:
The early portion had some switchbacks, which aren’t the most fun in a 40-foot coach (or 60 feet with the truck):
The bridge and dam portion:
A closer view of the Flaming Gorge dam:
Onward:
An interesting ridge:
Paladin sitting on the back of my chair:
We really liked the look of this area:
Snow barriers:
Arriving at the Tiffin rally:
We unhooked the truck, and I drove it following our coach to the campground:
Dusty:
Getting parked in our site:
More from the rally tomorrow.
Window latch repair
The window next to the passenger seat in our coach got stuck, as the left-side latch pin stopped working. So I ordered a replacement latch for it. Here’s the window:
The first step in replacing it was to remove the handle, attached by a couple of screws underneath:
This is the latch knob exposed underneath:
Removing the plastic cover (that just snaps off), you can see latch pins that hold the window closed and in various open positions on either side of the window; they are connected to the knob by a lightweight bit of plastic:
A closer look at the left latch pin:
Closer still, you can see the broken connection; that tiny bit of plastic coming out of the latch should be connected to the slightly wider bit of plastic leading to the knob:
I bought a couple of replacement latch pins from Tiffin (so I’d have a spare in case another window latch breaks in the future):
I removed the broken latch:
A new one on top, compared to the broken one on bottom:
The replaced latch:
Both latch pins and the knob:
I then replaced the cover and handle, and all finished:
Dinosaur National Monument
While staying in Vernal, Utah, we visited Dinosaur National Monument, which spans Utah and Colorado, and has two visitor centers.
We visited both, starting with the the Utah side:
The visitor center:
Relief map:
Up the hill is a separate building with the dinosaur fossils. One can’t drive up there, instead taking a free shuttle:
The quarry visitor center:
The building encloses a wall of dinosaur bone fossils:
Some fossils one can touch:
Then we headed into Colorado:
Canyon Visitor Center:
We had a picnic lunch:
The park has a weird border, with a long road that is part of the park:
(And yes, I was amused by the name of the picnic area.)
This part of the park is mostly about scenic rocks:
Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA Holiday
We stayed at Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA Holiday in Vernal, Utah. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Dates:
- Check in: 2022-06-11
- Check out: 2022-06-13
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Sunny
- High temps around 96°F, lows around 61-65°F
Noise:
- No road or train noise
- Lots of neighbor noise the first night
Site:
- #16, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Not very level
- Chock full of weeds; kinda run-down looking
- Large site: about 75 feet long by about 45 feet wide
- Full hookups:
- 50 amp power conveniently located
- 100 PSI water pressure (regulator required!); conveniently located
- Didn’t use the sewer connection, since only there a couple of nights
- Picnic table, fire pit
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 13-17 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
- AT&T: 7 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
- Verizon: 9 Mbps down, 10-14 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Pool
Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:
Past its prime park, close to Dinosaur
Roads are very tight and people park all their extra vehicles all over the place, blocking the road. The layout of the park is not very well thought out. All the pull-through rows are long, with no pathways to get from one edge of the park to the next. As a consequence, we had people walking right through our site to get between the bathroom and the dog park. I’ve never seen so many rude and clueless campers. Our site was so full of weeds we couldn’t use the outdoor area. It looked like there may have been a shade tarp over the outdoor area at some point, but there’s nothing left but the posts now, which were inconveniently located so we couldn’t put out our awning. Overall, it seems like this might once have been a terrific park that’s gone to seed (literally). The nightly rate is after I exchanged $50 in KOA points; otherwise, it would have been extremely overpriced for what it is. We camped at Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA Holiday in a Motorhome.
The RV park map:
Our site (I’ve previously masked out our coach and truck license plates, but am not going to bother anymore; I don’t think showing them is a significant risk):
The site is full of weeds:
Utilities:
On the first night, we had several people walking through our site, which is a major faux pas in campgrounds:
The reason was that the bathroom block was opposite us, and inconsiderate people couldn’t be bothered walking a little further:
If you’re new to camping, make a note: do not walk through other people’s sites. It’s very rude.
Elsewhere, some cabins:
An empty site:
The office:
Playground, mini-golf:
