We began looking for an RV when we first seriously started considering this adventure. And we knew what we wanted – a comfortable home for a year on the road. However, that was really the extent of it. So we started doing research on the internet. We determined that we needed:
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- our RV to be 30 feet or less because it seemed that was a good size for National Park campsites, any longer than that was going to be difficult to fit into campsites at some National Parks.
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- two real beds – we did not want to have to turn the kitchen table into Elle’s bed every night! That seemed not only a hassle but we did not want to have to leave the main living area when she had to go to bed every night.
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- to have a car with us – we did not want to end up driving our RV every time we needed to run to the grocery.
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- something fairly new – we are NOT handy people and we had had no experience RVing.
The next question: Class A motorhome (like a bus), Class C motorhome (truck cabs with direct access to the living area), a towable travel trailer (like an Airstream) or a Fifth wheel (a travel trailer that extends over the truck bed). Continue reading “Choosing the Airstream”