Well, scooting to the RVs. Another RV "show"... and by "show," I mean the dealer (La Mesa RV) moved all their units from their sales lot just off I-10 to the parking lot of the University of Phoenix Stadium parking lot... 'cause everyone knows it is more economical to move your inventory from the lot you own (any pay people to move all those units) to a lot that you are renting for a short time.
Well, it must work... the first person we saw as we walked into the "show" was a saleslady from La Mesa, and she told us they sold 20 units yesterday.
This was one of the first RVs we saw as we entered:
It's the new model from Winnebago, the Trend. Small, but well thought out. It is built on a Dodge Ram Pro-Master chassis. Powered by a 280 hp V-6 gas engine. Not much towing capacity (2,000 pounds)... but, it is compact. More photos...
We are considering a change, but I think we'd want a bit more "hauling capacity."
More looking around...
Who gets this berth?
This one looks interesting...
That cushion you see on the couch fits on one of the front rotating seats - lower for driving, raised (with that cushion) and rotated to be part of the living room. Clever!
Twin beds that convert into a king size bed.
A Class A, but a bit more compact than most...
A walk through the current model Bounder...
We had a Bounder Diesel years ago - a very practical motorhome.
We passed on units bigger than about 30 feet. That eliminated most of the motorhomes on display at this show. That's OK, my belly said it was time for lunch.
As we left the lot with the RVs, there was a parking attendant across the street. I had read that there was an RV show IN the stadium. This guy had shouted "Nice bike!" as we rode in. I pulled up to him to find out if there were more RVs inside... "No, there's a volleyball tournament going on. I was hoping you'd stop - those are GREAT scooters! Honda, right?"
We had a nice conversation. He has been shopping around and has focused in on the PCX.
On our way north for lunch, we had several other folks comment about the scooters. I am still sure it is because we are both on scoots... and we look harmless. ;-)
We've been in the area for over 2 weeks, and haven't been to my favorite lunch place - we remedied that today...
Lunch was great. It was about 2:30 by the time we were done, and neither of us were ready to go home. We took the scenic route, then decided to go west... to find a Culver's for some custard-type ice cream. And a couple more nice comments about the scooters from people in cars at stoplights.
Our route took us past a Cycle Gear shop - we've never been in one of those, so we stopped by there after dessert. Only one guy taking care of the store... we didn't really need any assistance, but there was another couple about our age in there... and a brand new CanAm sitting in the parking lot. I'm guessing they were going to be spending a LOT. We made a small purchase, then cruised our way back to the resort.
Joan decided her bike needed to be cleaned...
Yeah, I was kinda guilted into cleaning mine, too.
It was into the mid-80s again today, lots of sunshine. OK, maybe this desert stuff isn't so bad. ;-)
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