Beginning to think about the REAL DARK SIDE

[NightOwl]

Randy, you are a gem to post this.  I looked at the floorplan (actually the Springdale 179 rd is made by Keystone) and it is the best, most comfortable looking floorplan of a 17 footer that I have seen yet.  I have bookmarked it and it is definitely on my shortlist.  There is just nothing about it not to like!

Thanks for posting this.  I'm sorry not to be in the market for a PU just now, because --if yours is the one you had at the rally it is a very nice one and I bet you should be able to sell it to someone before long who will really appreciate it.

[sandykayak]

The Casita/Scamps always attract me... my concern is fear of not being able to see anything out of the rearview mirror!  can anyone comment on this?

the Bantam Flier IS cute and does give the PU sleeping in a tent feeling, which I love, BUT..

then you'd have to do the pull out, arrange the canvas, go inside and put in the shepherd's hook, go out, and tuck in the canvas.  

plus you then have to be concerned about whether it rains and you have to put the canvas away wet and let it dry later, which is ok if you can store it on your own property.

that's the worst thing about camping...there are always trade-offs.

i want to hang on to my 8' jayco for as long as possible, but one just can't help looking at what else is out there!!

[NightOwl]

The Casita/Scamps always attract me... my concern is fear of not being able to see anything out of the rearview mirror!  can anyone comment on this?


i want to hang on to my 8' jayco for as long as possible, but one just can't help looking at what else is out there!!

Sandy, there were comments on some of the rv forums about this--about mirrors and it turns out the Casita-Scamps are actually very narrow and it is possible to "see around" them very well with sideview mirrors.  And I have already had to deal with not being able tosee anything in my rearview as the TM appears as a white wall following me down the road so I have had to learn to use my sideview mirrors anyhow and I'm used to it.

But you are right--the whole matter of choice is always a big  compromise.  I'd love the canvas pullout  beds--until it rained!  Would love a heavier, bigger TT until I had to pull it over the Smokies.  Would love a cute little self-contained unit until I had to turn the table into a bed all the time.

One option offered by Casita's larger TT is that the bigger  dinette  can remian made up as a fulltime large bed and the smaller side-dinette remain in the up position as a permanent  sitting and eating area when there are only 2 people as we would be.

Well, fortunately I have plenty of time to hunt down our best choices and then   present the information to Billy (his vote is the deciding one  :p) and so I am trying to find something he can be comfortable in.  I always do the legwork and info gathering when we get a big ticket item and then he sifts through and  we "go into conference" to make the final choice.  It has woprked well so far since I love the research and he HATES it and just wants me to present him with an "executive summary" when I have all the facts put together.

I really like the Shadow Cruiser that Al linked me to and the Springdale that Randy's  MIL is getting.  Both are small and space-efficient and economicallly priced.  (AND CUTE!  :#)