Coming Back Home

I am not sure if folks remember me, but I'm back home after a long hiatus from RVing. A lot has happened since I last posted in the original Open Roads Forum, so I'll reintroduce myself.

My name is Lou Leopold and I was the moderator for the Beginning RVing and Tent Camping areas the Open Roads Forum (rv.net) from 2001 to 2020. I see from my profile that my previous membership to the form is still active (has it really been 25 years?).

I originally lived in Southern California (Camarillo) and towed a 2000 Fleetwood Mallard with a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 diesel pick up. My wife and I enjoyed the RV lifestyle and traveled many miles on the open road prior to 2020.

With pending retirement and COVID we decided to downsize, so we sold just about everything, including the RV and truck and our home of 35 years and moved to Northern Colorado (just east of Fort Collins) where we now live.

We've been setting up our "forever" home and I've been settling into retirement for the past few years. Now that we're established, we're looking to get back into RVing, so we attended a number of shows and visited a number of dealers this year to see what's out there.

All I can say is... wow. It looks more like "glamping" with all the bells and whistles that are available and, as before, it's hard to decide but with 20 years of RV experience, we actually are in a better position shopping than where we were with our first purchase in 2000, but that said we feel like "newbies" again.

So, we're researching. I'm still partial to fifth-wheels, but my wife is open to just about anything from travel trailer to Class A. We'll see what the future holds, but in the meantime...

It's nice to be back.

Lou