How it All Started part one

August of 2024 we were having Sunday dinner at our home.  Our daughter and son-in-law join us every Sunday after church with their 3 littles, number four was on the way. 

Our son-in-law casually announces that he is in the process of a transfer with the Army and the family will be moving in February….prior to the birth of Number Four.  I held it together for about a minute and then had to excuse myself.  I went to our bathroom and had a good cry, cleaned up my face and rejoined the family at the dinner table.

What’s Next?

That began the conversation for real.  Gary and I had “talked” about retiring in an RV.  But now we had some very real conversations.  See, we have eight grandchildren in three states.  Seeing everyone is a challenge.  We have four grands in Alabama, one in Georgia (not the bordering sides of the states) and three in Pennsylvania.  Did I mention my husband won’t fly? 

Our first order of business was to see if we could really be in that space together!

RV Tutorial

Let me do a quick tutorial on RVs, for those who do not know.  You have travel trailers that you tow behind a vehicle.  These can range from a tiny tear drop to the gigantic 5th wheels.  Then there are the kind you drive.  They come in Classes- Class, A, Class C and Class B.  A B is a van.  A C is the next largest, usually with a cab that looks like a truck , or some can look like the front of an 18 wheeler (Super C).  Lastly you have an A.  For years I called them Winnebagos.  That is like the difference between “Kleenex” and “tissues”.  A Class A is the type of RV,  Winnebago is a brand. 

taken from the internet from etrailer.com

We knew we did not have the money to purchase a truck AND a 5th  wheel so we began exploring Class Cs and Class As.  In our area it is hard to find a dealership that carries As so we took a detour on our next mini weekend, went to a large dealership in Ringold, GA and spent hours touring used RVs.

What we discovered is we prefer a Class A, diesel versus gas and we could definitely live in one of these!

To be continued….