RV Show

The RV Show in Pomona at the LA County Fairgrounds is next weekend, and we are going to go so we can find all kinds of goodies for our RV. It will be hard not to look at the new RVs, but that can be depressing, as there is always a better design than the one you have.

For a 1999, ours is a pretty good design - with a U-shaped kitchen counter and lots of cabinet and counter space, a regular gas oven as well as a microwave, that is a sweet set-up. The only thing I might want different in a kitchen is a window (it's right next to the dinette/couch area with two large windows on either side, though), and a bigger fridge. Our fridge is a pretty standard RV size fridge and it may be just fine, but some newer ones have "huge" side-by-side models that are very nice.

My biggest complaint about the design of our RV is the bathroom/hall set up. It's a narrow bottleneck. And although there is a TUB, which is nice, and makes the shower big enough to actually use, it's a bit cramped in the bathroom. Some different floor plans have a more open feel with the shower in a corner of the bedroom and only the toilet in it's own small room. Makes it easier to get into and out of the shower, use the sink, and not be in anyone's way. I'm sure I would see lots of those types of floorplans, but usually in much longer RV's and we didn't want that.

Our Ideal RV would be 28' long, have two or three slide-out rooms, an open plan bathroom, kitchen storage and countertop space, a queen bed with lots of bedroom storage and room to walk around the bed, a dining table (either table and chairs or dinette) and either a couch or two comfy chairs (recliners would be nice!). In other words, it's probably physically impossible and doesn't exist!!

Oh, and it would be a bio-diesel-ready diesel engine that gets 30mpg, fully solar equipped, with double-paned windows, sun-blocking shades, well-insulated, well-ventilated with lots of opening windows and vents... yeah, I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist!