Howard Goes to Roanoke

By Patsy

This post can now be found as part of our new book Napkin Dreams, which can be purchased on Amazon.com

 

Campground Review - Toledo KOA

We stayed at the Toledo KOA during our visit

Nearby attractions - 7 - Close to Toledo and within a couple of hours to Detroit and Cleveland.

Staff - 8 - One lady we spoke to was exceptional, another young man was cordial.

Natural surroundings - 7 - Plenty of trees and in the country. Gravel roads were in rough shape because of the rain.

Value - 6 - We paid $36 a night for a back-in gravel site with full hook-ups.

Bathrooms - 7 - Large, but showers were dirty and toilets did not flush very well.

Roominess - 7 - Normal sized lots.

Facility fun - 8 - Playground, pool, mini-putt, game-room.

Cleanliness - 6 -  A little run down from what I normally expect for a KOA.

Facility usefulness - 8 - Dump station, fire rings, laundry, camp store, exchange library, propane.

Overall - 7 - Not quite what we have come to expect from KOA.

Kevin talks Boondocking

In this installment of Kevin Shutterbug, our favorite roving reporter discovers the meaning of some RV jargon – when he learns the term boondocking! Thanks again to One Way Street for making Kevin’s report about the Martins and their life on the road a reality!!

Arches National Park

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Forester Sunseeker tour inside

The inside of Howard our RV. Howard is a derivative of the acronym HOW (Home On Wheels)! We named it Saturday.

Forester Sunseeker tour outside

It's here, It's here! It is finally here!! The dream is finally taking shape!

We think we have our rig picked out

We believe have settled on a 2010 Sunseeker 3170 bunkhouse class C motorhome with a Ford chassis. We were previously considering a diesel Jayco Seneca 36 FS. Problem is GM has stopped making the chassis for these and so there are not really any left. This is a nice unit, decently priced, with enough tow capacity to handle our van. It is not as big as the Jayco, but also about $40,000 less! I think I feel better about the Ford chassis right now too, that is that Ford will be in business long enough to honor the warranty!

This motorhome could technically sleep 11, but we wanted one that you would not have to take apart the bed to make a table every morning! This has a queen master bedroom, a bunk with a futon on the bottom, plus the large bed over the cab. Decent amount of storage space in the basement too. Now to try for the financing! That is no done deal either! Praying for everything to come together. We recently got to physically walk through this rig, and we all gave it a thumbs up!