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Rick_Jay
Oct 30, 2021Explorer II
When we purchased our rig back in 2004, accessibility while on the road was one of our requirements.
Our 36' gasser has two slides, a main slide up front with dinette and one of the sofas and a bedroom slide which only has the bed.
With the front slide in, everything is accessible up front in terms of the kitchen and all cabinets, sink, refrigerator micro/convection oven and the bathroom & shower. The only thing we lose is that the fold out bed can't be folded out. However, the jack-knife sofa across from it CAN be deployed, which pretty much forms a continuous sleeping surface across the front of the motorhome.
When the rear bedroom slide is in, there are two lower cabinets which cannot be accessed, along with the bench for the vanity. We store things in these cabinets & spaces that we do not need while on the road, such as bathing suits, bath towels and extra shoes. We do have to crawl over the bed instead of walk around it, but that is just a matter of convenience.
For many of our long trips, we've overnighted in a Walmart parking lot or rest area and done quite nicely. As I've related to many while discussing our travels, "You haven't lived until you've taken a shower in a Walmart parking lot!" :B LOL
~Rick
Our 36' gasser has two slides, a main slide up front with dinette and one of the sofas and a bedroom slide which only has the bed.
With the front slide in, everything is accessible up front in terms of the kitchen and all cabinets, sink, refrigerator micro/convection oven and the bathroom & shower. The only thing we lose is that the fold out bed can't be folded out. However, the jack-knife sofa across from it CAN be deployed, which pretty much forms a continuous sleeping surface across the front of the motorhome.
When the rear bedroom slide is in, there are two lower cabinets which cannot be accessed, along with the bench for the vanity. We store things in these cabinets & spaces that we do not need while on the road, such as bathing suits, bath towels and extra shoes. We do have to crawl over the bed instead of walk around it, but that is just a matter of convenience.
For many of our long trips, we've overnighted in a Walmart parking lot or rest area and done quite nicely. As I've related to many while discussing our travels, "You haven't lived until you've taken a shower in a Walmart parking lot!" :B LOL
~Rick
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