After much thought and many discussions Dee and I have come to a huge decision.  We’ve decide to sell our Motorhome.  We loved our motorhome.  It was our home and it served us exceptionally well for three and a half years.  During that time we traveled thirty thousand miles.  We visited forty three States and the eastern Provinces of Canada. Sadly we made our final trip during the past two weeks.

But wait.  There’s good news!  Our meandering lifestyle is not over.  We’re just changing our ride and home.  We’re excited to say that we have traded in the Bus and ordered a new Vanleigh Beacon 39FBB 5^th wheel RV to replace our MH.  It is a beautiful unit with all the features of a MH.  We’ve also ordered a new Ram 3500 Pickup to pull the new RV.

There were many factors that effected our decision.  Traveling in the Motorhome was great but there are significant expenses.  Besides the cost of the MH itself you have fuel, maintenance, insurance and unexpected repairs.  Motorhomes are complex pieces of machinery which bounce down all types of roads.  They are exposed to all types of weather and sit in the blazing sun for months on end.  We snowbird in our MH in Florida for 6 months every winter.  Our Coach sits in one spot during that time with only an occasional startup to maintain air pressure and lube the engine.  That is not ideal for the motorhome drivetrain.  The new RV, which is significantly less complex will be much easier to maintain.  Fuel, insurance, maintenance and repairs will be less expensive.  The new trailer, with no drivetrain, is designed to sit for any length of time without negative effects.  Instead of the MH towing our car, our pickup will tow the RV.  There are many nice features in the new RV including higher ceilings, larger windows and more seating for guests.  

We will surely miss our Bus but we are excited and can’t wait for our new RV and Pickup to be built.  Expected delivery is some time in November.

As we said before, “How long will we continue this lifestyle?  Only time will tell.”