To RV or not to RV?? That is the question....
April 2017 ~ Welcome to the RV world!
My husband, Scott, retired from the Army in January of 2017 - Full Bird - whoah~ and I, Joan, retired from Technicon Acoustics in March of 2017. Holy Crow, is this real? It sure was - Scott at 49 and myself, well, at 55...
Scott had been searching for an RV (many months) and we even test drove some, but buying new just wasn't an option - We didn't want to invest that kind of money into something that we had never even tried before!!! Months and months on RV Trader until one day Scott decided to open up Craig's List - I laughed - like someone is going to put an RV for sale on Craigslist.... Well guess what? Scott was in shock with what he read about this 2004 Itasca Meridian - on the phone, he spent a good amount of time with the seller talking. Next thing I knew, we were on the road heading to Wirtz, VA (from NC) to check out this vehicle. I must say, the area of Wirtz, VA is beautiful and when we drove up to the Itasca Meridian, we both were in awe.... Clean, stylish, and the exact floor plan that we were looking for in a motor coach!
Thank you Ken Leyman for making our first Motor Coach purchase a pleasure.
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CongratulationsThank you Ken Laymen!
A little lesson on the generator
A little lesson on the battery compartment
Lets visit the interior of our coach...
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The interiorThe slides are not extended... We really like the cherry cabinets, Corian countertops, and leather sofas!
Our dining table and buffetIt does extend to a table for four! We have already had dinner parties for six.... Thanks for joining us Cody, Linda, Tom & Mary Lynn!!!
Look, a convection microwave...WHAAAAT???? Have to learn how to cook all over again!
Lets get ready to TOUR!
Room for storageThere is actually a lot of room to store things...you just have to plan for year round weather and take only the essentials...
The tow dollyOur Hyundai Sonata is going with us, so we had to get the drive axle off the ground. Master Tow with a few modifications to the rescue!
As you can see, the front of the Sonata is quite low, so Scott had to modify the tow dolly ramps to raise the bumper up a little faster.
He bolted some rubber mats to the ramps...how creative. Thank you, Technicon Acoustics, for the discontinued rubber mats!
So now we are off on our adventure!
Let's Roll....
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Safe travels. Love you both.