Our Trip To The RV Show

On a rainy day recently we drove to Charlotte for a RV show. I've read that most people who go full time change RVs within the first couple years and that seems to apply to us. We don't plan to make any changes soon, but now that we've lived in this MH for awhile, we realize that a fifth wheel might work better for us.

So we might look like this in a few months.



There are many things that need to happen before we make a change, the first being that we find one we want.

You'd think it would be easy to find one to suit us. The amount of space and rooms is limited, so how many options can there be?  But, imagine buying a fully furnished house...are you likely to find a structure and furniture that suit you all in one place?

Our current MH suits us fine, but we can see how a fifth wheel might work better for us.

If you are sightseeing and traveling with a number of people, a MH makes sense. You can travel comfortably and make snacks and use the restroom (except the driver) or watch a movie while traveling down the road. Set up is also faster.

But we are only driving the MH about 4 times per year and then parking for long periods of time. That means we have paid for an engine in our MH, but it's only being used a couple weeks per year.

A fifth wheel would provide more space and has a more residential feel inside



and a bit more privacy since the bedroom and living room/kitchen are separated more than what we have now.

So off to the RV show we went, to look at the options. Honestly, how many different ways can you arrange a couple couches, a dining room table, kitchen appliances and a bed?

Apparently more than I expected.

Our priorities:

Spacious bathroom (spacious might be too much to hope for, so how about just 'not cramped')
Decent amount of counter space
Residential refrigerator (rather than an RV fridge)
Storage

I suppose it's just as well that we didn't find anything we loved. It was good to see the different options available. We are still in the very early stages of looking.

What surprises me most is that there is very little desk/work space. More and more people like us who are not retired and are working on the road are living full time in RVs, but any desk space that I've scene is too small to be usable for much of anything.