Bought the wrong motorhome!!!
I know you have been following my quest for a MH. Been searching, and learning from the experts since January. Found a nice 1997, 38 Monaco Dynasty and got carried away by its beauty, condition, equip...
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We have a 40 ft coach and are weekenders as well. I have done a lot of bonddocking with our coach. It's great, between the huge 12v battery supply, inverter, and generator power is not a problem. We just have to keep an eye on our fresh water, it can go quickly. I have two 5g jugs I can use to fetch water if necessary. It's a pain but better than running out.
We go camping on average once a month and every two weeks we drive the coach around. Nominally 40+ miles just to exercise it. When exercising it I like to use that time to practice tight situations. So we purposely take it places you would not think possible. Like you we live in the country so we take this opportunity to do some of our weekly shopping. Been in just about every type of parking lot you can think of. The big thing to watch out for are trees. A really good benefit of shopping with the RV is the boys and I hang out in the RV and watch movies; much better than waiting in the store for mom to finish whatever.
We have a couple of small air mattress that quickly inflate with a blower. It takes only a few minutes to set up a place for the boys to sleep. In the morning again it only takes a few minutes to break it down and stow.
So like others have said try it for a while before you take a bath on trade.
We go camping on average once a month and every two weeks we drive the coach around. Nominally 40+ miles just to exercise it. When exercising it I like to use that time to practice tight situations. So we purposely take it places you would not think possible. Like you we live in the country so we take this opportunity to do some of our weekly shopping. Been in just about every type of parking lot you can think of. The big thing to watch out for are trees. A really good benefit of shopping with the RV is the boys and I hang out in the RV and watch movies; much better than waiting in the store for mom to finish whatever.
We have a couple of small air mattress that quickly inflate with a blower. It takes only a few minutes to set up a place for the boys to sleep. In the morning again it only takes a few minutes to break it down and stow.
So like others have said try it for a while before you take a bath on trade.
