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HITTING THE ROAD

RVing is our favourite thing to do - we are on the road for weeks or months every year. If I had my way, we would sell the house, buy a condo and hit the road for at least half the year. Tess has other ideas so we compromise, of course.

While RVing technology has improved, the concept remains the same. We get out of town to enjoy the outdoors as often as we can.

I have been keeping a detailed daily camping journal, including photos of every camp site since 1999. We enjoy going over it to remember the adventures we have had over the years, especially when it is snowing and blowing outside.We have been RVing for over 40 years and pictured above is our current and 7th RV named, logically, “Seven”. It replaced “Thirsty” which in turn replaced “Stinky”.

Seven has almost everything we want in a rig: 36 feet long, lots of room with 2 large slide-outs, substantial weight carrying capacity, automatic levelling, big bathroom, etc. It has a few things we don’t care about such as the washer/dryer and the ice maker in the fridge but all in all, we are happy with it. The better gas mileage than our previous rig (named Thirsty) helps too. Here’s the brochure.

Ours is the 35E model on a Workhorse Custom Chassis and is powered by an 8.1 litre Chevrolet V8. That’s 496 cubic inches of muscle. Fully loaded, including Toad, we weigh just under 25,000 lbs.

We have towed a variety of vehicles behind our RVs, usually a compact 4x4 such as the 2010 Honda CR-V (named “Toad”) we are towing now. It is a must for exploring once we have set up camp.

We have RV’d in all the coloured-in places.

Seven is up for sale now that we have decided to retire from Rving. Yes, I’m sad, but it is just getting too hard to do it now. Getting old sucks!

For Sale – Our 2004 Fleetwood Bounder 35E

Brochure

Powertrain

 Workhorse Custom Chassis with 8.1litre/496 cu in GM V8, 340HP 450ft-lbs torque

 5 speed overdrive Allison T1000 automatic transmission

 60,000kms

 22,000lb GVW, 228” Wheelbase, Affordable 245/70R19.5 tires, 5,000lb towing capacity, Length is 35’ 10” plus hitch

 Optional Demco Excalibar tow bar and Blue Ox Apollo toad braking system

 284 litre gasoline capacity, average 9mpg or 31litres/100kms towing our SUV

 PowerGear hydraulic levelling jacks (4), spare tire

 Backup camera on dash (works any time)

House

 2 slideouts: street side in living area, curb side in bedroom

 30 amp service, 2 roof air conditioners, remote start 5,500 watt Onan generator with 350 hours

 Great floorplan with bath and a half, lots of storage. Oak finish. Sleeps 4 -5

 Large power awning with remote, toppers on both slideouts

 Kitchen has double stainless sinks, 3 burner stove with oven, 12cu ft 4 door fridge with ice maker (propane or electric), built in microwave, plumbed and vented for washer/dryer, booth style dinette

 Porcelain toilet, very large shower with skylight and sliding glass door

 LVP flooring in rear bath and main living areas, driver’s area has newer carpeting with additional sound proofing installed in 2020. Bedroom has original carpeting.

 32” HDTV with sound bar in living room and 19” in bedroom

 300-watt Inverter (for TVs) and upgraded 55 amp converter, two 6v GC2 batteries for the house

 400 litre fresh water capacity, 220 litres grey water, 160 litres black water, 96 litres of propane, 38 litre water heater (propane and electric)

Includes

 Owner’s and Service manuals

 Detailed maintenance records since we purchased it in 2011

 Large camping matt/rug

 BluRay player

 Dishes, cutlery, bedding, toilet chemicals, hoses, power adapters, fluids, etc.

This is a well cared for and regularly used RV. We are simply getting too old to enjoy the lifestyle. Its not perfect but will give reliable service and happy memories for many, many years to come.

We are still using it this year so kms and hours will increase slowly until it sells. $27,500 Cell 780-288-4340

Remembrance