more pictures

Today I found a group of pictures of the very TC that we have a down payment on.  It was on the web (RVTrader.com) where our dealer had posted to promote the sale of this unit.  This was a good find as it shows us more detail than we can remember from our short visit.

Still don't have a date set for the trip to pick up this Truck Camper and bring it home but should be within the next two weeks.

This is our floor plan except we have a swinging door to the bathroom instead of the roll out as shown here

 

 

 

This shows the backup camera that projects wireless to a screen in the cab of our truck

 The slide-out trey for the basement storage bay

 

 

 awning toppers for all slide-outs

 a small storage space accessible only when the TC is off of the truck

 speakers for outdoor music (probably won't get used)

 The entryway, the switches inside the top step control the slide-outs

 The top cabinet is for a control panel

The magazine rack is being replaced by a cabinet

 

This picture is from another TC but shows the cabinet that will be installed in place of the mag rack

 

entry way

 pull-out pantry

 

 pantry and fridge

 

 kitchen

 

 

 

 

 

 entry to bathroom

 control panels

 bathroom

 

 medicine cabinet

 bathroom door closed against the shower for traveling

 shower pan

 skylight over shower

 entry to my side of the bed

 bedroom with queen size mattress

 Jo's wardrobe

 my wardrobe

 inside Jo's wardrobe

 

 skylight/escape hatch over the bed

 blackout shade for skylight

 TV is mounted with swivel so it can be rotated to be viewed from the dinette

 dinette

 

 

 

 overhead storage

 the black rectangle is the AM/FM/CD/alarm clock

  

dinette converting to a bed

 

all done

All done with cleaning out the 5th wheel, what a chore.  That trailer had a ton of storage space and Jo just couldn't see a space go to waste without something in it. ;-)

Now we wait as we have ask for an additional cabinet to be installed in our new camper and it is being built.  After it is installed we will be pulling our trailer up to Sheboygan for the trade and then bringing our new truck camper back home. Current plan is to use the new camper for an overnight on the way.

big change in RV style

We have made a big move in the way we will travel with a new RV camper.  Last Sunday we drove to a camper dealer near Sheboygan, WI to look at truck campers.  Truck campers slide into the bed of a pickup and are carried across the miles without having to tow a large box behind on another set of wheels.  It was a loooong days drive with a nice motel stay Sunday night so we could be at the dealership early Monday morning.

We had planned to view a very large truck camper that we had been reviewing online and it was very very nice but with that unit we would have had to trade our truck for a larger model in order to haul such a big load.  While there we looked at a slightly smaller truck camper that would fit on our current truck and still be quite nice.  After some discussion with the sales staff we then headed back home with another loooong drive we did make it home by around 8:30 pm that Monday evening.

With a little discussion back and forth with that dealer since then we now have placed a down payment on that smaller unit and will be making the trade in a few weeks.  Now the task of unloading our trailer so we can then move a small part of those items into the smaller space.

Here is a connection to the manufactures website and below are some pictures that I took that day.

http://www.hostcampers.com/product-gallery-rainiersb.html

back at Martin Manor RV park

We kinda like this campground except there aren't any pull through sites. ;-)

Backed in here at home a little before lunch time and now have all the dirty laundry piled up near the washing machine.  It is unfortunately time to unload all freezable items and winterize all water systems.  It has been a good year of travels even though we didn't make as many trips as previous years we did have some very nice adventures.  The last few years our October outings have been close to home and just a time to relax near a lake or other quiet locations.

The last few days we just enjoyed the peace and quiet of a nearly empty campground.  That campground is an older campground that had really gone downhill for lack of care.  Apparently the young couple, new owners/managers, are working hard to restore it to a very nice park.

Jo and I have been pulling a large trailer around this North American continent for the past 17 years since retirement for a total of 172,055 miles..  We have visited and camped in all of the lower 48 States and 9 of the 10 Provinces of Canada staying in 348 different campgrounds.

We are now considering changing our method of travels.  We are thinking of downsizing to a much smaller RV and what that might look like we don't know for sure just yet.  Our trip from Branson to Joplin was a step in that direction as we visited a camper showroom there for some ideas.  We are planning on visiting other camper showrooms in the near future.  A smaller unit will allow us to visit smaller, more primitive, campgrounds like state and national parks where sites that would fit our large trailer are mostly non existent.