LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD

LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD

If the recent home make-over craze has reveled anything, it is that the Americans are looking for something more than just bare essentials when it comes to their living arrangements----and one of these is the family RV.
With all the new features it is like taking your hotel room with you.
It is really a home away from home, or in some cases better than your full time home.
They are nice and high end.
The kitchen has all the latest appliances wrapped in maple cabinets and corium countertops. Microwaves built in, full range, and frig. Complete with a pantry.
Living room has a flat screen TV and an incredible fully intergraded surround-sound audio system. Vented air and heat.
Bedroom has queen walk around bed, closets, drawers, and even a hole to let your dirty clothes go into a basket in the basement.
Bathroom with walk-in shower, skylight, linen closet, clothes closet, drawers, and full sized medicine cabinet.
It is more than just the accessories that are making RV’s more like homes, it is the available slides.
Slide outs, is an industry term to describe a wall of a motor home, camper, fifth wheel, or travel trailer that extends outward when parked to make the RV wider.
Our new travel trailer has a large slide; yes they come in sizes and amounts, up to 5 on some 5 wheels.
Ours has a large slide with the breakfast nook and the couch in the slide out. This makes the kitchen and living room 12 feet wide when we are parked.
Then roll the slide in and off you go to the next RV spot.
Another space feature is the storage docks below the living area. Known as the basement.
Yes they have basements too.
These open space area’s have enough room to pack all your extra clothing and gear that you will need and a lot that you will never use.
It is now much easier to pack up for three or four months at a time or longer.
Because RV’s can be financed as a second home, even the nicest RV’s are affordable.
The newest of RV’s is the toy hauler. It is a fifth wheel that has the back end that comes down and you can load your ATV’s for the entire off road fun. Even comes complete with its own gas station.
What is next? We can only wonder.