This may be a bit of a different story about RV'ing.
Background....when I was fortunate enough to return home from Vietnam...1968...promised myself I would NEVER sleep in another sleeping bag or tent. And have not slept in a tent.
Update.....after retiring in 2012, I mentioned to my DW about traveling around the country, and maybe a nice RV. She was still working, & had a few years til retirement. So, in 2017, she said she was going to retire in another year. Ahh haaa...I started talking about an RV again. Meantime, we went for a weekend with a couple, & stayed in their 24' Travel trailer....mighty tight sleeping quarters. After that, she says, if that's what I have to look forward to, No, on the travels! So, I say, but "honey, we can get a nice size motorhome, with slide outs & everything! She says "maybe"! Move forward to 2018..... Being persistent, I start showing her various RV's, some she really liked. My research leads me to Newmar coaches, one of the best available. I took her to see an "03 Mountain Aire", and she says, "I could like something like this"! It was nice, but needed all new tires, & other service related things, so I passed on it. Find a nice '04 Mountain Aire located in Pennsylvania, show her pictures, she really liked it. I decide to go look at it. Being a total rookie to motorhomes, I take a friend with me, he's had 5, & off we go to Pa. We get there, he sees it & says, "man what a nice looking coach"! We thoroughly (he) checks it out, drive it, & he's really impressed...me too! Call "DW' tell her how nice it is & a good deal! She says let me talk to Ray (she knew he knew what he was looking at, unlike me, a rookie). He tells her how nice it is....Boom...I make a deal....subject to inspection. Turns out the coach was everything we thought & more!
So now we own an RV.....a Newmar Mountain Aire, no less. I bring it home, she sees it with slides open, lights all on, and falls in love with it! Yeah man...we're on a roll now! We use the coach for 4 trips, never more than 150 miles from home, & not more than 4 days. But, she really likes it! Retirement is getting closer, and coming home from the last trip, she says, "If we're going to be traveling after I retire, as much as I love this coach, wouldn't it be nice to have a new one"? That's all I needed..."Yes, I said, it would be nice"!
The research starts....60 days later, July 10th, we order a 2020 Newmar Canyon Star 3710!! Went through the "specials", to include paint, and week of September 15th was "off-line" date. We had decided to do the Newmar "CPU" or "FPU" (depends on who you ask), and on Monday morning, October 14th, we walk through the door to the Service area, and there she is, our NEWMAR! WOW! Emotions were all over the map! What a great experience, and 6 days later, with our "toad" in tow, we make the 770 mile trek back to Virginia! Happy as "two pigs in a slop jar", & not looking back!
So, what a crazy, short, but exciting adventure we have had with RV's, in 14 months, from none, to one used one, to a brand new one! And we're still rookies!
But, off to Florida for the month of January, RV parks from coast to coast, the Super RV Show is one of our stops, visit family, friends, & just some relaxing too!
It's been CRAZY, but FUN, & looking forward to many more adventures, doing this RV, & Retirement thing!
