One year ago today: we said good-bye to the Winnebago Aspect and welcome to the RoadTrek Chase 50...
Has it been all we hoped for? Thanks for asking. It has been a real change. For the first time since we retired in 2006, we did not take an extended summer out. While life and time commitments kept us around home more, we never anticipated our more typical (in the past) 3 months away. We have done some trips with it, but not as many as I expected. Hopefully, we'll get away more in this next year.
That said, the RoadTrek has been what I expected - it is good as an "around town" driver, since it does fit into most typical parking spaces. It is great as a traveling machine: I enjoy driving it; the view from the windshield reminds me more of a Class A motorhome than the view from the Aspect. It is capable - the lithium battery system (with solar panels, the under-hood generator, and 3000 watt inverter) allows us to have our amenities without the need to always be plugged into shore power. The beds are comfortable. The storage is compact, but we are considering some kind of additional exterior storage solution on the back.
While it has the amenities of a typical RV (I have jokingly said: "All the amenities of a Class A motorhome, but you can reach 'em from the driver's seat."), it goes down the road like a big SUV. I have the option of driving the speed limit, even when the speed limit is 80 mph; couldn't do that with the Aspect. It gets 16 to 18 mpg, but I can fit in any gas station. And if we want to go into a restaurant for lunch, we can turn the coach air conditioner on, running off the batteries and inverter, and Murphy is living large.
So, yeah, pretty much what we expected, and why we made the move to this size RV. Now, we just need to make the time to get away more often. :-)
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I'm about to sit down for the September HOA board meeting. Not near as much fun as playing music, traveling with our van, riding the scoots... or almost anything else. This should wrap up the budget discussions and vendor contract votes.
Joan has suggested that she might put something in my Caffeine Free Diet Coke this evening: "Hey, dudes, I have a proposal for you..."
2 comments:
Good luck. With professional groups, I have often said that I will do the job but not be part of a committee. The work is usually challenge enough without stirring in personalities to manage.
Caffeine free Diet Coke? What is the point without the jolt? I'm not a fan of cola anyway and get my caffeine via Diet Mountain Dew or Diet Dr. Pepper (not a coffee fan). To paraphrase David Letterman from many years ago: "de-caf coffee? Useless warm brown water..." But we all choose our poisons.
What can I say: I like the taste. I switch from Diet Coke to Caffeine Free Diet Coke after 5:00 pm. I, too, am not a coffee drinker. Definitely not a fan of the Mountain Dew flavors. But, that is why those fancy soda machines in some burger places (like Five Guys) have a bunch of soda options.
As far as the committee situation. It is definitely frustrating to be involved with a committee or board where there is one person (sometimes two) who can't survive without challenging *everything*. I definitely have days where I think "this isn't worth the frustration," then I tell myself I am doing this for the betterment of our community. 367 homes represented, about 40 people total at the meeting, and that includes the board and some of their family members. So, a meeting where the annual budget gets set doesn't bring people out. That is disheartening.
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