Darren's RV Adventures

When we got our travel trailer it had signs of some water damage up front in the bedroom.  There had been a leak, but the previous owner had gotten it fixed before they traded it in for their new travel trailer. My wife and I have started to sleep in separate beds so that we both get better sleep.  When we go camping, this presented a problem since the trailer has a Queen bed.  We're not keen on setting up the dinette as a bed and tearing it down every day, so we set our minds to remodeling the bedroom. I poked around the internet and found some projects other RV campers have done that were along the same lines.  After jotting down some ideas and showing them to the wife we settled on a plan. Next step was demo.  We decided to pull the over bed cabinets as well and repair the ceiling, since the damage was inside the cabinets.  This might also be an opportunity for me to run the wiring for my solar panels, since I had planned to bring those cables through the cabinet and down

We went to the Hershey PA RV Show.  It's supposed to be the largest RV show in the country, but I'm not so sure.  It's certainly the largest I've ever been to. Laid out were acres of RVs and dealers all trying to get you to spend some money on their product.  We have settled on a Class C, but we made sure to step into a Class A bus that was well out of our price range to count how many TVs were in it and be amazed at the bad decor. I had settled on a Class C Diesel, but a chap who was working with one of the vendors challenged that notion.  He indicated that he and his spouse were full timers and had been for a few years.  Then went on to talk to me about how the difference in gas mileage wasn't worth the increased price for diesel and that it had no real benefits. When we look at prices, both for new or used, with very few exceptions a diesel unit is more expensive.  When you look at the miles you might be putting on a rig over the life of your ownership it m