Bought a New Class A RV today

[Hugh R]

Bought some fresh salmon and crab and shrimp and made a wonderful soup tonight. At Grants Pass for the next two days.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Keep the pics coming! The diverse beauty of this country never ceases to amaze me.

[Hugh R]

Rogue River at Grants Pass, Oregon

[nvr2mny]

Hugh, you should connect with John Audette as he’s “only” 200 miles from you in Sisters!

[Tobra]

Angela(Laneco) is up there somewhere too, Medford maybe

[mattdavis11]

It's really nice to hear all of you are enjoying your RV. My brothers ownership of an RV seems to be just a big hole in which he throws money.

He bought a 2004 Monaco Dynasty IV (42ft). Cummings Diesel pusher 400hp, 4 slides, 3 overhead Dometic a/c, Onan generator, washer, dryer, etc.. It seems something goes wrong every trip.

The last trip, a 10 day family vacation to Colorado, he, the wife, 3 kids, and two dogs didn't make it but about 90 miles. Hit a deer, lost head lights and something else to do with the air system, I think brakes, the rest of the damage was cosmetic. Family vacation cancelled.

I really felt bad for the kids. Thankfully, he was towing a vehicle behind and got back home easily.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

My travels have taken me in a different direction. Simplify:

That's the way to do it.

You can also get to a lot of places a larger vehicle cannot.

[Hugh R]

Matt,

One reason I bought new,lots of folks say buy only a year or two old one and save a lot off$$$

New with bumper-to-bumper warranty, I know the maintenance,

7 year extended non-exclusionary warranty $3,500 on a $150K rig.$75 deductible.

Only issue has been the satellite TV HDMI connections, but I have workarounds until I get home.

[Hugh R]

[Hugh R]

[71T Targa]

Still working your way north? How close to Seattle will the final destination be?

[ckelly78z]

Hugh, your living my dream. My parents went on an Airstream caravan around all of the SW national parks last year, hitting all of the high points and having a wonderful time (63 days out), and around 4000 mile round trip for them at 78 years old...i'm thrilled that they are still so active.

The Airstream group has gotten them into places, and functions that others don't know about, and they've made great freinds, but will soon be aging out like most others do.

Have fun while you can.

[MMARSH]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Matt,

One reason I bought new,lots of folks say buy only a year or two old one and save a lot off$$$

New with bumper-to-bumper warranty, I know the maintenance,

7 year extended non-exclusionary warranty $3,500 on a $150K rig.$75 deductible.

Only issue has been the satellite TV HDMI connections, but I have workarounds until I get home.

Hmm, not sure how a 7 year warranty is going to help if you hit a deer.....

On our 7k summer trip now. Drove from LA to Cape Charles Virginia, hitting DC, Memphis, then texas and back home in August.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 71T Targa

Still working your way north? How close to Seattle will the final destination be?

IDk, but if he just showed Mt Shasta, he lost his compass.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by MMARSH

Hmm, not sure how a 7 year warranty is going to help if you hit a deer.....

He could always cut off the front end and replace it … like someone else we know hint hint.
Hay, an RV rebuild competition! Kinda like battle bots.

Hugh, sorry to do this to you but you, are O'fficially staring right in the face of a double-dog-dare.

[herr_oberst]

Another way to look at it, the first year depreciation that Hugh is facing will pretty much cover the costs of the coach that Tim is building....but Tim won't have a warranty.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Tim is the warranty.

[Hugh R]

Up to Oregon and back, no incidents, other than the Direct TV flaking out, but still under warranty for another 9 months. Before the 7 year extended warranty kicks in.

[Hugh R]

A deer is under the comprehensive insurance, like a regular car.

[tevake]

Looked like a nice trip Hugh, did you and the Mrs enjoy the new rig?

Nice pics from along the way, thanks.

Cheers Richard