Downsizing is not easy

This summer we were off for 6 weeks just to get away from the S&B and the heat. We didn't have the DGKs along and we really loved the room of the Winnie and while we were waiting for a new hydraulic pump so we could use levelers and slides, we got to liking the smaller size of having the slides in. The DW has wanted a really small rig with twin beds and better gas mileage, I've wanted bigger. I got the bigger, now after a big rock sticking out from the shoulder and a bent over sign post on a narrow road met the right side of the coach, coupled with the extra 6" in width and the loss of the pump, I said okay lets look at some small rigs. We had looked at a lot of Class B's and C's at shows and dealers over the years, several caught our eyes but on reflection, most were not viable candidates to replace the Winnie. What we wanted was our old 27' Bounder back, but reincarnated in the form of a 2010 or later RV. The Thor 25.5 and the Winnie 25T, have it all for us. They may be at opposite ends of the price/quality spectrum but the point is Both are narrower, shorter and have twins beds and a WC you can more than you could barely fit in much less reach the TP.

I thought bigger was better and she thought tiny was better and in reality, in between really fit. It is a compromise on each side. The Thor fits the budget and the Via fits the dream of luxury. The "Budget is Reality", the Dream is, well that a dream.

We're not newly wed's and during the last 56 years together, we have finely learned to consider each other's needs and desires, more than our own. Well mostly.:W