We had located an RV dealership in Leesburg, near The Villages where we owned rental property from 1994-2006. We actually lived there for six months building our DeBary home in addition to spending many vacations over those years while we still lived in Michigan. The two RVs we looked at didn’t float our boat. My biggest hang up is the furniture placement in most, one of the reasons I like the Meridian best so far. However, this one was blah and the Entegra had two recliners facing the couch necessitating you having to look right to the front or left to the back to watch TV, a common problem. When you spend months in one, that would get old for me quickly. So we ate an early dinner and came back to Winter Springs.
A trip to New Smyrna Beach on Tuesday allowed us to meet up with Tom and Eileen. We all lived in DeBary together and shortly after we left they moved to Palm Coast. NSB was a good half way point for all of us and gave us a glimpse of the ocean. Parking at the beach is $20! Tom and Eileen will spend January in Mission with us once again next year.
Still scouring the internet we found a dealer in Winter Gardens and headed that way on Wednesday. The Meridian was okay but the wall covering was sort of green/gold and rather dark. There really isn’t much of it exposed except in the bedroom where a full length mirror and a large picture would make it less noticeable. Then we looked at Newmar Ventanas. I found one that had two recliners facing a couch BUT the TV comes up from behind the couch so you can sit in the recliners to watch. In the event I wanted to lay on the couch I could watch the TV in the front above the cab.
Today we head to Gainesville and settle into the AirBnB Larry rented for our stay while he has surgery. Ted is “pondering” the motorhome thing so we may or may not stop to revisit this particular decision.
We stopped again at the RV dealer to give them info on our truck and trailer. They were having an appreciation luncheon for winning some awards and invited us to join them. We were going to stop for lunch so why not?
We found a brand new RV that is the same layout but with darker wood that we liked better.
We gave them our info, we looked at several others but indicated we liked this one best. I explained we were dealing with this surgery in Gainesville for Larry, needed to return to Texas for doctors, social engagements, volunteer things, etc. but also needed to leave on a 6 week trip the third week in June either in our existing set up or a new motorhome. He didn’t give us any figures beyond the coach price. Ted said he could drive the truck and trailer over in two days once we get things settled at home. So we continued on our way. Today when I looked on the website it said Sale Pending. Not sure if it really is or they are trying to force our hand!
We went to Four Rivers BBQ for dinner and came home ready for bed,
Up at 5:30 am we headed to Shands hospital and Larry had his “folded over, filled with sludge gall bladder” removed Friday morning and came home shortly thereafter. He is doing okay so we will be heading for home tomorrow spending one night on the road.
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