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We found so many things we really liked about the Grand Design RVs so we went looking for a good cross section of the product to review. The Imagine is a lighter weight trailer which allows it to be towed by a mid duty truck. I don’t know a lot about trucks and towing capacity so make sure you check all of that out before you make your purchase, but this type of design does allow folks to get more...
This is the bus with the trademark ‘smiley face’ front. It is easily recognized as an iconic post war people mover. In 1948, we had William Lyon Mackenzie King running our country and the US had Harry Trueman. John Ritter, Prince Charles and Ozzy Osborn were born. The average income was $2950 with baby boomers buying houses for about $7700. They spent .16 cents/gallon on gas for a new car that would have cost $1250. The population was exploding and...
Wow! OK Folks BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Today was a special day! After a lot of learning and hard work to build this BLOG and our YOUTUBE CHANNEL I was featured on the immensely popular and informative podcast, Problogger. Ahhhh! Can you believe that! Listen to PODCAST #270 NOW if you haven’t already. Darren Rowse, the founder and voice of the Problogger Podcast, (and many other successful blogs) asked for students from his Free Start a Blog Course to update listeners on...
We love to travel but we also enjoy the lake at our home base. So during the best months of the year, the hot sunny ones, we love to be in the Shuswap. As RV Sometimers, we still have chores to do to maintain our home base. I know that part doesn’t appeal to some people but Kory really likes doing these projects (especially now that he has the new tractor). Me, not so much, but I do love having...
We know, we know, it seems a bit complicated but really it isn’t! We are RV Sometimers so logistics are a bit different for us. We aren’t in our RV constantly because we like to be at our home base sometimes for various reasons. The thing is Sometimes we are very far away from our home base when we want to be there and it just wouldn’t make sense, financially and for time, for us to drive the Beaver back....
There is this amazing community of RVers out there and we are slowly finding them. Really we just have to put ourselves out there, kind people with like interests are everywhere in RVs. So when you put all of my favourite things together like travel, RVs, vintage stuff, cool people, and living life on your own schedule in your own way, it actually has a name! They call themselves The Phoenix Ramblers. Bobby and Sharon are this cool couple who...
As RV Sometimers, obviously we love to travel but I have been noticing one thing that I do reguarly at our home base that just isn’t an option when we are on the road. That is the option to Recycle. Recycling is a complex topic and there are many factors that go into it that are mostly controlled by government policies but I believe that we all can play a role and certainly do a bit better at the practice...
We made our way back to our home base in the Shuswap at just the right time. The sun was shining and things had dried up. No mud! I love that. We are lucky enough to live on a huge, beautiful, clear lake called the Shuswap Lake in British Columbia, Canada. We really like to be here over the summer months, but having a large lakefront property also has a lot of work attached to it. Lucky for me Kory...
Historically, 1936 was a pretty tough year for most folks. The Depression continued as Germany, Italy and Japan planned for WWII. In light of these facts, the construction and sale of a travel trailer seems odd to me. I guess folks who had the means were enjoying life and no one really could have imagined what was coming their way. The average American household income was around $1700.00/year in 1936. So the price of the Alma, which seems inexpensive today...
We had an opportunity to review a Solitude when we were in Rockport, Texas. I had high expectations from the research I had done and I am happy to report that it did not disappoint! The Grand Design Solitude 373FB was a unique floorplan. On top of the excellent construction and awesome views I forgot we were supposed to be in a tiny home! Ok well, this is a large trailer and will take a large truck to tow it,...