LovesTimone
Christmas Day 2017
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2009
Hi everyone,
While I haven't posted here very much, I have been reading and learning... quite a lot, I have so many notes... so Thank you!!
I posted a while back, that DH and I had been thinking about checking on the whole camping thing... We have a plan in place and are working toward it... Since we did not go to Japan as planned, we decided to use the money for getting us to the end of our 5 year plan faster... like maybe next year... Cautiously I say this....
We started talking about the getting a camper, 5th wheel, Class A... to help us with how we want to retire... We love the water and we have a boat, so we are thinking of parking whatever at a Camp ground that has Gulf access, with a ramp boat launch.. for the summer, along with slips for the boat, then we can just come back and forth on the weekends... and then we can use it to travel during the other months of the year... and going forward through retirement...
Buying the last one first...this will most like be the only one... so we have to be sure on what we get...
Okay.. so on with our trip to check it out...
We went to General RV over near Plant City... now our trip was 2 fold our friend went with us, he has been widowed for 3 years, and is a point that he might do the volunteer thing at the large National parks. He at first was talking about a Class A... For us, we are pretty much open for whatever...
After meeting our sales person.. DH was very straight forward, and let him know we were just checking it out... He was really great, he was fine with it... I think at first he might of thought we were wasting his time, once we started asking him questions he could tell that we were serious...
So we spent about 2 to 3 hours there... I learned so much... I learned a lot about what we did not want, and things we liked, or put on our list of needs or must have's...
We went inside of a few Class A, and some Class C for our buddy... and he was like all I need would be a Class C. I have to say that they were really nice... and the one he really liked was slept 8, and the bathroom had a stand up shower that he was looking for... He was really impressed with what they had to offer. He said for him that would work perfectly, and he could still haul his small SUV without any problem... He said that they had come along way since he had one before when his kids where young, and they camped all the time...he said it felt homey...and familiar to him... he said enough when his kids came along and not to much for him on his own...
So for us, up first the Class A's... I don't think that this is what we need for our plans...They were absolutely gorgeous inside and out. So many nice finishes, and extras... Class C to small for what we want to do, and how we live... Pull Behinds - we went in one, and DH looked at me... I was in agreement... not for us... I really am not sure why... they just did not do it for us on any level... Not that they weren't nice, not that anything was wrong with the camper, it just did not have the feel of what we wanted... I guess you just know... So then we went into the 5th wheels... home run... so many floor plans, options, even some with and additional half bath... washer dryer hook-ups... They felt like us, more of that home away from home kinda thing...we did have some things that we put on the list that we saw of must haves, stand up shower, true king, washer & dryer options , Home Fridge, adding a generator is a must, who knows we might want to boondock... look at me learning the lingo... LOL
So while we are planning on a new vehicle at the end of next year... We will have to rethink this for sure... Diesel versus Gas... and 250 to 350... looking at a crew cab, with either long or standard bed...no short beds... so more planning, and research...
I don't know if we will go all in buy new... most likely I don't think so... I asked about ordering what we wanted... he said 4 to 6 months... then I asked for the real time frame... more like 8 months or longer... Again this goes back to getting the last one first, as well as warranties, and such...
There are so many RV dealers in our area or even more within a 2 to 3 hour drive... We are planning on maybe talking another ride and checking out another dealer...
So we have begun our search... thoughts please...
While I haven't posted here very much, I have been reading and learning... quite a lot, I have so many notes... so Thank you!!
I posted a while back, that DH and I had been thinking about checking on the whole camping thing... We have a plan in place and are working toward it... Since we did not go to Japan as planned, we decided to use the money for getting us to the end of our 5 year plan faster... like maybe next year... Cautiously I say this....
We started talking about the getting a camper, 5th wheel, Class A... to help us with how we want to retire... We love the water and we have a boat, so we are thinking of parking whatever at a Camp ground that has Gulf access, with a ramp boat launch.. for the summer, along with slips for the boat, then we can just come back and forth on the weekends... and then we can use it to travel during the other months of the year... and going forward through retirement...
Buying the last one first...this will most like be the only one... so we have to be sure on what we get...
Okay.. so on with our trip to check it out...
We went to General RV over near Plant City... now our trip was 2 fold our friend went with us, he has been widowed for 3 years, and is a point that he might do the volunteer thing at the large National parks. He at first was talking about a Class A... For us, we are pretty much open for whatever...
After meeting our sales person.. DH was very straight forward, and let him know we were just checking it out... He was really great, he was fine with it... I think at first he might of thought we were wasting his time, once we started asking him questions he could tell that we were serious...
So we spent about 2 to 3 hours there... I learned so much... I learned a lot about what we did not want, and things we liked, or put on our list of needs or must have's...
We went inside of a few Class A, and some Class C for our buddy... and he was like all I need would be a Class C. I have to say that they were really nice... and the one he really liked was slept 8, and the bathroom had a stand up shower that he was looking for... He was really impressed with what they had to offer. He said for him that would work perfectly, and he could still haul his small SUV without any problem... He said that they had come along way since he had one before when his kids where young, and they camped all the time...he said it felt homey...and familiar to him... he said enough when his kids came along and not to much for him on his own...
So for us, up first the Class A's... I don't think that this is what we need for our plans...They were absolutely gorgeous inside and out. So many nice finishes, and extras... Class C to small for what we want to do, and how we live... Pull Behinds - we went in one, and DH looked at me... I was in agreement... not for us... I really am not sure why... they just did not do it for us on any level... Not that they weren't nice, not that anything was wrong with the camper, it just did not have the feel of what we wanted... I guess you just know... So then we went into the 5th wheels... home run... so many floor plans, options, even some with and additional half bath... washer dryer hook-ups... They felt like us, more of that home away from home kinda thing...we did have some things that we put on the list that we saw of must haves, stand up shower, true king, washer & dryer options , Home Fridge, adding a generator is a must, who knows we might want to boondock... look at me learning the lingo... LOL
So while we are planning on a new vehicle at the end of next year... We will have to rethink this for sure... Diesel versus Gas... and 250 to 350... looking at a crew cab, with either long or standard bed...no short beds... so more planning, and research...
I don't know if we will go all in buy new... most likely I don't think so... I asked about ordering what we wanted... he said 4 to 6 months... then I asked for the real time frame... more like 8 months or longer... Again this goes back to getting the last one first, as well as warranties, and such...
There are so many RV dealers in our area or even more within a 2 to 3 hour drive... We are planning on maybe talking another ride and checking out another dealer...
So we have begun our search... thoughts please...