The Inside Scoop

Since I’ve been asked for the INSIDE SCOOP here it is. 

Purchasing is not as easy as it sounds.  Selling can be harder because no matter what you have it’s always worth so much less than you think it should be especially if you’re considering trading it in.  Theirs is in demand and yours isn’t.  Now if you turn right back around and try to buy yours, the story would be a little different. 

Our motorhome only had 50,000 miles on it but it was a 2005!  We had thought 2017 would be the year of major updating.  However, by the time spring rolled and we visited a few RV shows, we knew we wouldn’t be doing any updating.  We’d be replacing and we weren’t sure we wanted one with another motor to worry about.

The RV sales people you see are amazing especially when it comes to how many different RVs they want to convince you to buy.  It doesn’t really matter what you tell them you’re looking for.  They always have a better idea for you.  Well, that part didn’t go well.

Just like everyone else does it, we started picking up brochures and just looking at floor plans.  We had a few “musts” and a few “doesn’t matters” .  This is the floor plan we found we wanted.  That bed had to slide out to give us the large end closet.  That was a must.  The other musts were it had to be under 35’ to fit in some of those tight places and a refrigerator that could run on propane was necessary.

After looking at dozens of floorplans we thought we knew what we wanted until the salesperson tried to up-sell us.  He actually talked us out of a purchase because we did decide to go UP.  Go figure!  Then, we discovered the Keystone Alpine.  However, the one we wanted was a little difficult to find and prices in locations varied a lot.

Thus, that led us to Arizona.  With the truck in Washington and the RV purchased in Arizona, we needed t0 have the 5th wheel delivered.  It was.

Then, it went right back for a few issues and that was stressful.  It’s interesting how attentive salespeople are when you haven’t bought yet and how inattentive once you have.  Hopefully, the issues are now fixed since it’s been delivered for the second time.

We ended up with a king bed but we’re thinking we’ll be cutting it down to a queen.

That’s it.  Now you know the inside scoop.  We haven’t figured out the detail on our little gadabout trailer.  We certainly aren’t going to haul two.  That’s still in the “thinking” stage because we really like it.


The solar eclipse is just around the corner.  Since we're in an area to experience 98% of the eclipse, we all have our solar glasses including Buck.  Do you?

‘Tis life on the road.