Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started on RV Vacations 7 Chapter 1: All the Best Reasons to Take an RV Vacation 9 Chapter 2: Deciding Where and When to Go 23 Chapter 3: Managing Your Money 39 Chapter 4: Eating on the Road 55 Chapter 5: Finding Campgrounds and Boondocking 79 Part 2: Exploring the East 107 Chapter 6: The Coast of Maine: Lobster Land 109 Chapter 7: Western New York: Cooperstown to Niagara Falls 131 Chapter 8: The Blue Ridge Mountains: Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway 153 Part 3: Seeing Sights in the South 177 Chapter 9: The Gulf Coast: Tallahassee to New Orleans 179 Chapter 10: The Natchez Trace: Natchez to Nashville 207 Part 4: Meandering through Mid-America 231 Chapter 11: The Heart of Ohio: A Circle around Circleville 233 Chapter 12: The Ozarks and Branson: Hot Springs to Springfield 259 Part 5: Wandering the Wild West 283 Chapter 13: Montana and Wyoming: Tracking Buffalo Bill 285 Chapter 14: New Mexico: Billy the Kid Meets E.T 315 Chapter 15: California's Central Coast: Malibu to Monterey 345 Chapter 16: Route 66: OK to L.A 375 Chapter 17: The Oregon Coast: California to Washington 403 Part 6: The Part of Tens 433 Chapter 18: Ten Cool Factory Tours 435 Chapter 19: Ten Zany Museums 443 Index 453.