Hi, we're very new to this and live in Scotland and have just been given 6 month visitor visas. We've just bought a Heartland Sundance 288rls TT. With the hitch it's just over 33ft long, 28ft living space. It wasn't cheap to us, but compared to some of the rigs out there, it probably was - $32k plus tax roughly, we bought a dodge ram 2500 6.4L Hemi to tow it. I really like it. It's easy to hitch up (the other half tends to do it, but I got the training and it's fine unless you need to remove the tow bar from truck which is quite heavy). You don't notice you are towing it either. That aside it isn't the plushest, ie the materials are cheap mdf etc which i suspect will be cheap and easy to replace. However it is really comfortable and does look pretry good. 2 recliners, 2 seater couch, dinette with 4 chairs, or you can get the bench seat which is standard and gives more storage so might suit you better. Toilet & shower spacious and better than I expected. We have a queen bed and a decent amount of storage in cupboards. We got 2 aircons but so far haven't used the 2nd one much. We have had the heating on too and it was pretty good. Not sure if it would do in sub zero but we were very comfortable and only had it on for half an hour to take the chill out of the air. It has 3 slide outs. Heartland owners forum would seem to say the quality is good. Just a suggestion. Hope you get on ok and find something suitable I'm sure you will enjoy yourself. Get out west there's a lot to see! Good luck!
PS you're writing is good, maybe get a blog started to detail your experiences ?
