Please save us! October, 2023- Mitch and I decided to sell KanVan, our EKKO Winnebago RV. We saw the country, were attacked by flies, met terrific people, and learned how to work a cassette toilet, and it was time to move on, literally. We agreed that if we were to travel by road, a rental RV would be our solution.   And then….

OPEN HOUSE

Driving along the road, Mitch and I noticed a really cool RV for sale.  “C’mon, Let’s check it out!” I said. I know, I know ~ we are done with RV ownership. Well, I guess we can take a look – kind of like visiting an open house.

Let’s just see….

WOW

We walked in and were dazzled (I’m sure Mitch would not like that description, so let’s say I was dazzled; he was impressed). Feeling that excitement of possibly owning another RV was intense. I thought I was done with all that. Yet, walking into a spacious, but not too big, cabin with all the lovely amenities brought me back to the RV lifestyle.

I had a yen to try this again. First, there was room to walk—that’s a bonus. Next, the RV had shelves and built-in drawers – I had more underwear than drawer space in KanVan! Next, I inspected the authentic closet with a rod for hangers and floor space for shoes! KanVan had room for three plastic drawers, which did not work for me. I stashed my shoes in many locations to avoid Mitch’s raised eyebrows and voice. He asked, ā€œDo you really need more than two pairs of shoes for eight weeks?ā€

CLOSET BEHIND THE MIRROR – YES MIRRORS! AND CHECK OUT THE BED – THIS IS HOW IT WOULD LOOK WHILE WE DROVE OVER ROUGH TERRAIN – HA!

The RV had two electric reclining chairs—Yep, just my hubby and I elevating our feet up to watch SMART TV or read. The TV across from the chairs was a slide-up – only there when we pushed a button. Nice touch…

COZY LAZY-BOY LIKE CHAIRS

To the right of the chairs was a loft bed for grandchildren. Oh, I can see them now jumping from the bed to the lazy-boy chair to the stairs to a broken leg—okay, stop ruminating.

UPPER BED FOR YOUNGINS
JUMPING SPACE FROM UPPER BED

The kitchen was roomy and had pantry space.

JUST A TYPICAL CAMPING DINNER WITH CANDLE STICKS- HA (Again)

Yeah, Took That From the Website

The rig is a Ford F550 4Ɨ4 chassis and is ready to go anywhere, and the all-terrain tires with HiSpec matte black aluminum rims enhance the appearance. (HAH! I stole that right from the website) – my descriptive version is a 550 Ford with 4-wheel drive – yup, like driving a big-ass truck.  The salesman was very eager to fit us into this rig. He said he would send us a ton of information via text and email.

Perhaps

Mitch and I eventually left the RV and drove home.  What was that all about? I asked.  Are we looking to start all over? 

Perhaps…

PS- I still haven’t heard from the salesman; possibly, he wasn’t as eager as I thought.

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Vickie Rubin, M.S. Ed. is the author of the award-winning memoir Raising Jess: A Story of Hope, published by Page Publishing. This heartwarming story describes the joy and challenges of caring for her daughter, who was born with a rare chromosome deletion. Vickie’s debut memoir won the 2022 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Award for Non-Fiction and was a Finalist in the Best Book Award and Books Excellence Award for inspirational memoir. Her stories have been published in Newsweek, as well as In disability-related publications and opinion pieces. Vickie started writing her humorous blog in 2020; she writes regularly about raising a child with a disability, family, marriage, and RV Travel.