For the last few years, we’ve really enjoyed our 27 ft. Citation travel trailer. We spent quite a few years as tent campers, then bought a pop-up camper when we got older and our bones got tired of sleeping on the ground – even with ground pads or air mattresses. Finally, we sold the pop-up and bought the Citation. It wasn’t new, and it wasn’t huge, but it was nicely appointed with a lot of real wood in the cabinetry and it was really comfortable. For an older rig, it was (still is) really nice and both of us grew quite attached to it. Deb says “She’s a teenager, but a really GOOD teenager!”

On the other hand, though, after we’ve been out for a week or so, a bit more room would be really nice! Sooo, we started looking for another rig. Deb really had her heart set on an RV with two slides, one of them being a bedroom slide. You know, with the bed oriented with the headboard in the slideout instead of “fore and aft.” That orientation tends to yield a lot more room in the bedroom to move around and for closet and storage space. Frankly, I was skeptical about finding something that fit our budget AND Deb’s wish list. Nevertheless, we looked, and looked, and looked…..

Finally, some friends with whom we used to go camping recommended that we check out a tiny used RV dealership owned by a longtime friend of theirs. We did and found a much newer rig that, to our surprise, both fit our budget AND had the floor plan we were looking for.  It has a dinette slide and a bedroom slide, just like Deb has been wanting. It’s a 30 foot R-Vision and somewhat heavier than our Citation, but we figured our trusty Dodge 2500 would pull it.

And it does! Yep, we bought it and soon hauled it up to Harbor Hill Camping Area in Meredith, NH where we spent a long weekend. The ol’ Dodge knows the new rig is heavier than the Citation, and resents the extra work a bit, but it does the job. So, we’ll hate to see the old girl go – she’s out next to the road with a for sale sign on her – but we’re looking forward to traveling with the newer, bigger, roomier rig.