Tell this RV'er how to be nice to all the truckers he's sharing the road with

UPDATE!

Thanks everybody for all of your advice and the great responses. Once we made it to Texas where trucks are more abundant than California (where we were when I first posted), we traded in our RAM 2500 for a RAM 3500 dually and maaaaaann! That made all the difference in the world.

With the 2500, pulling the RV was always extremely stressful because of how unstable the pull was. The RV would swing back and forth if we went over 60-65, if there was a bump in the road, if a semi passed us, practically any time! Turns out the tongue weight was 20-30% over the rated payload capacity on the 2500.

Now with the 3500 it's a night and day difference. We're now 30% _UNDER_ the carrying capacity of the truck, and the pull is a smooth as could be. I can accelerate uphill on a bumpy road with that 6.7L Cummins at 70mph and you don't even know the trailer is there. WHAT A RELIEF.

I also really appreciate everyone's comments about road and gas station etiquette. I'm much more conscious now after a few months driving of how to be courteous and helpful to everyone around me and I really appreciate the patience of some of the earlier truckers that I definitely caused trouble for (albeit unknowingly on my end).

We rarely find a gas station where we can fit up front when towing, so I usually fill at Flying J or TA around the back. With our traveling schedule we usually end up filling up around 7-8 PM so lines aren't an issue, but I'm always careful to move forward as soon as I finish filling up.

The RV trip has been a great, albeit challenging, experience! Seeing new places every week or two and learning about the varied cultures we have already seen in 3-4 months has been amazing. In a way, we are window shopping the U.S. to find a new place to live. So far, I don't like Arizona and New Mexico - waaay to dry and desert-like, much more so than even my desert home town of Salt Lake City. San Diego has been my favorite, you get the nice southern California climate, but property values aren't quite as sky-high as other California cities.

We are currently in Baton Rouge. We're doing a trip down to New Orleans for MLK Jr. day and we'll be taking a steamboat up the Mississippi and exploring the French Quarter. After that it's Florida for about a month, and then we want to spend a lot of time checking out North Carolina as I keep hearing that there are several great places to live there. Then it's on to NY, MA, and then back to Utah.

Again, thanks everyone for all your help! You guys really helped push me over the edge to upgrading the truck and that made a huge difference.