RVtopia

You learn a lot about your family when you shove them into an aluminum box for a few months. In 2007, I did just that. Of course, what some people call insanity, we call camping. Nevermind the zealots who don’t consider chilling in a 40′ condo-on-wheels camping; they’re just jealous. Mostly because sleeping on a rapidly-deflating air-mattress in 40-degrees sucks. I should know, I did it two weeks ago. But I digress…

For those of you who swoon when you see a “Go RVing” sticker, and for whom the call of the wild involves slideouts, wi-fi and good-sized pull-through, here are the specs on our rig:

My Truck

2007.5 Dodge Ram 3500 Mega Cab Laramie 4×4 (6.7 LTR Cummins)
DVD Player with the all-important wireless headphones so I can continue listening to Sirius NFL Radio

Our RV

2008 Pilgrim Legends 37QB4S-H4, modified (and those modification ideas actually put into the 37QB4S-H5, so I guess we should go into RV design)

Options:

King-sized bed. It wouldn’t be home away from home without it.
Maxx-air fans in front and rear bedrooms. Installing those was NOT fun.
Artic package, in case we want to camp on a glacier or something.
Solid wood doors on closets in kids’ room instead of mirrors. The kids don’t need 7 years of bad luck.
Theater seating instead of the usual crappy hide-away in the living room.
Sound-proofing in the kids room so we can lock them in and relax unencumbered by the sounds of whining, fighting, goofing and other annoyances that seem constant when 5 people share 400 square feet.
Ok, that last one is wishful thinking.

Requisite Photos

To whet your appetite, here are the first pictures we took of our rig after we bought it. Other pages in this section will highlight some of of the places we’ve been, things we have done, and things we wish we hadn’t.