We had been kind of looking at motorhomes. Terry really wanted one. They are so easy to set up and get around in. We have been living in a 5th wheel for 5 years and maybe it is just time for a change! You only live once, right?
So, we moved to the "transition lot" at Lazydays RV where they bring your new RV right beside you with the doors across from each other. We knew that everything in our Condo would not fit, and that we couldn't tow our Hippo behind because it is too heavy. So, we flew Shay down from Utah (he was there with his family going to General Conference) so we could load some stuff into the Hippo and he could drive it back to Sarah's house in Grantsville. That way I could ride in the motorhome with Terry (I think he didn't want me driving the Hippo through Phoenix!)
After we went to pick up Shay at the Phoenix airport, we stopped and saw Travis and family, ate dinner with them, and headed back to Tuscon. About 10 miles from Travis' house, the Hippo quit on us. We ended up having it towed to a garage and spent the night at Travis'. The next day they put a new water pump in the it!
We made it back to Tuscon that day and spent all afternoon and evening loading the Hippo with all of our excess "stuff"--seven totes full, three chairs, golf clubs, Christmas tree, dehydrator, popcorn popper, printer, black garbage bag full of clothes (all Susan's), generator, air compressor, and more! I can't believe we had so much "stuff."
Our little Winnebago is a 2001, 32", Journey. It is a diesel, which Terry is very happy about, and the previous owner, plus a couple of other people we have talked to with one, say that it is supposed to get at least 10 mph! That is way more than we hoped for. We will see!
It has two slides that only go out about 2 feet. Not quite half the width of the dinette booth and the fridge slides out, and the closets in the bedroom slide out. That gives us enough room to make it fairly comfortable to get around inside. (A little different from the Condo, but it works!)
They went through the Journey and checked everything out. It needed one new front tire (we bought a matching one for the other side), it needed new awnings over the slides, a new microwave, and a new windshield on the drivers' side. Well, they only got windshields in on Wednesday, so we had to wait for that. Then when they put it in, the other side broke (it had a crack in one corner) so they had to order another one--which wouldn't be delivered until the next Wednesday! So, they put us up in their RV park that is part of the same property as the sales and service. It was very nice, but we were there in Tuscon for a total of 12 days!
We ended up taking a driving class because we had the time and they gave it right there at Lazydays. It was really good. Now I just have to convince Terry to let me try driving!
Another nice thing is that they replaced the old broken microwave with a nice new convection microwave. I had told them that I couldn't live without a convection oven and I wanted to swap out the one in the Condo. Well, they ended up giving us a new one. I told our service man that I would make him cookies, which I did! These pictures are all taken before we moved in, so it looks really nice and "empty." Believe me, it does not look that way now!
It is different having a bathroom that you can have total privacy taking a shower and brushing your teeth (which is important to me). In the Condo, the shower and sink were just part of the bedroom.
Terry is testing out the bed. He decided it was fine after we got our memory foam mattress on it. There is almost as much closet room as we had in the Condo, but not as many drawers.
Well, you have had the grand tour of our new home, the little Journey. We are excited and happy with our change. Terry has promised that we will take it back East this fall, which is a trip I have been wanting to make. All we have to do now is find a little tote car to pull along behind us and we will be set to go. Who knew that life was going to take us on this Journey!
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