Todd and I spent over a year, plotting, researching, contemplating and so forth over getting an RV. What type should we get? What Brand? Motorized? Travel Trailer? Fifth wheel? How much did we want to spend? Would we even like it? Lots of things to think about, discuss and research.
We decided before we purchased one, we should rent one and make sure this RV thing was what we wanted. We rented an RV in December and took the kids adventuring for a week (I will blog about that at some point) and decided we did in fact want one!
After much to do, we decided on a Grand Design, but weren't sure on the model, initially. We checked out many different models, and while we really loved the fifth wheels for their added space; that space came at a higher price tag and was much heavier. Ultimately, we decided on a Grand Design Imagine Model 2600RB travel trailer. We loved that there was still enough room to sleep 5 (us and the kids if they came) and the bathroom was in the rear, which meant a larger bathroom space (away from the bedroom).
Initially, we also chose this model, due to the fact that our Jeep Grand Cherokee could tow it. However, we ended up deciding that we prefer something with a greater towing capacity to do the job and traded in our other Jeep for a Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Truck (not a diesel). A diesel was not necessary, as our RV's dry weight was about 1/2 the Ram's towing capacity, so we could save 10k there.
We decided before we purchased one, we should rent one and make sure this RV thing was what we wanted. We rented an RV in December and took the kids adventuring for a week (I will blog about that at some point) and decided we did in fact want one!
After much to do, we decided on a Grand Design, but weren't sure on the model, initially. We checked out many different models, and while we really loved the fifth wheels for their added space; that space came at a higher price tag and was much heavier. Ultimately, we decided on a Grand Design Imagine Model 2600RB travel trailer. We loved that there was still enough room to sleep 5 (us and the kids if they came) and the bathroom was in the rear, which meant a larger bathroom space (away from the bedroom).
Initially, we also chose this model, due to the fact that our Jeep Grand Cherokee could tow it. However, we ended up deciding that we prefer something with a greater towing capacity to do the job and traded in our other Jeep for a Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Truck (not a diesel). A diesel was not necessary, as our RV's dry weight was about 1/2 the Ram's towing capacity, so we could save 10k there.
Our Ram Truck.
We call him, "Ray"....
Picking up our Travel Trailer.
Todd named her 'Etta'.
Ready for the open road and some Blues.
After we were shown how to set up the tow hitch (this took quite some time for some reason),
and presumably everything we need to know about Etta,
we were on our way!
Ready for adventure.
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