OnSabbatical
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My wife and I and my boy (6.5) are going to travel the US for a year starting in July, homeschooling him and seeing whatever is to be seen.
I ordered a Sandpiper 371REBH, which has a mid-bunkhouse, washer prep, a back living room, nice bedroom, huge refrigerator, very comfortable, but big, just about 43 feet.
I've got a F350 Turbo-Diesel Dually to pull it.
But I'm getting a little nervous now that it's too big. I'm not really afraid of driving it, though my wife is, but I am nervous we won't get much choice in camp and rv grounds. I'm also realizing that there even some cool roads I won't be able to travel with such a long trailer (for example the Pacific Coast Highway, route 1).
I could have gone smaller, Wildcat QBH 38 ft with a conventional bunkhouse (so real living room to speak of)
Or smaller yet, with a Wildcat QBX which comes in just under 35 feet, has a bunkhouse, but no washer-prep.
Now I'm even wondering if I shouldn't have just gotten a small motor-home and a toad. . . .
My initial thinking was that we are used to a lot of space (we live in a 3,000 SF house, and my kid has his own room), and we'll be a year together and home comfort should out-weigh campsite choice, and, if we plan ahead we may do okay, and besides even 35 feet is too big for some campgrounds, and if we really, really want to wilderness camp occasionally, maybe we can just get a tent, and we can park the fifth wheel and do the Pacific Coast highway by truck etc.
But I'm losing sleep second guessing myself. Any help/reassurance would be appreciated.
I ordered a Sandpiper 371REBH, which has a mid-bunkhouse, washer prep, a back living room, nice bedroom, huge refrigerator, very comfortable, but big, just about 43 feet.
I've got a F350 Turbo-Diesel Dually to pull it.
But I'm getting a little nervous now that it's too big. I'm not really afraid of driving it, though my wife is, but I am nervous we won't get much choice in camp and rv grounds. I'm also realizing that there even some cool roads I won't be able to travel with such a long trailer (for example the Pacific Coast Highway, route 1).
I could have gone smaller, Wildcat QBH 38 ft with a conventional bunkhouse (so real living room to speak of)
Or smaller yet, with a Wildcat QBX which comes in just under 35 feet, has a bunkhouse, but no washer-prep.
Now I'm even wondering if I shouldn't have just gotten a small motor-home and a toad. . . .
My initial thinking was that we are used to a lot of space (we live in a 3,000 SF house, and my kid has his own room), and we'll be a year together and home comfort should out-weigh campsite choice, and, if we plan ahead we may do okay, and besides even 35 feet is too big for some campgrounds, and if we really, really want to wilderness camp occasionally, maybe we can just get a tent, and we can park the fifth wheel and do the Pacific Coast highway by truck etc.
But I'm losing sleep second guessing myself. Any help/reassurance would be appreciated.