Congratulations!
...but we want photos!
...and stories, both good and bad.
Wow - 250K buys a pretty nice diesel class A!
Congrats
Audrey
Ok...I uploaded this one of the new barn on wheels. This is at Cattail Cove on Lake Havesu.
Wow. Three weeks from the start of this thread to the purchase of a big-ticket motor home is the stuff of legend.
We want details!
I retired at 53 after a career in construction. I spent my 1st 5 months of retirement traveling around Canada & USA in our van and overnighting in all sorts of motels. Since wife & I love to travel we agreed that something nicer than Motel 6 was needed.
We looked at buying a condo in Puerto Vallarta, Vegas, and Fort Lauderdale, but although we love being in these places we couldn't see being happy in the same place for 6 months at a time.
I read the wife some of the early posts in this thread...she immediately wanted to buy a van conversion & tour North America in that. After looking at various rv's, I decided I liked the idea of a luxury rv....I've never owned any toys in my life, so this is the first one.
We figure we'll sell our house to help offset the dent the rv purchase put in our retirement funds, and the rv is much nicer to live in than my $650k home in Alberta.
I dont have any good stories yet, although I have never driven anything larger than a pickup before flying to Iowa & driving this rig back to Alberta. I did make it without any dents, but the 1st few hours on the interstate where pretty exciting haha.
Other day I took wrong turn & ended up going down Las Vegas Blvd...no real problem since even the cabbies are scared of a rig this size, and surrender plenty of room.
I think I am really going to enjoy this thing for many years....but it is a ridiculous amount of money (it's worth every penny)