Any old time RVers around?
Hello from Idaho. I was wondering how many true old timers we have here..Back in the day before even the Camper special or any factory tow packages.We learned from experience about what would my tr...
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We started RVing in 1969 after spending a disastrous tent camping trip up the Oregon coast with three young children (including a six month old baby). We were inundated with rain for more days than not and couldn't get that old canvas tent dried out in between. That was the summer of 1968.
When we got home, the hunt for the right travel trailer began. We ended up with a brand new 16' Aristocrat Lo-Liner, the model with the L shaped kitchen and a propane fridge. We towed it with the only "muscle car" we ever owned, a 1969 Buick GS400. We spent many miles and many years with that rig. The longest trip we took was a ten state month long trip through the West.
When the kids got big enough that the little trailer and the cramped back seat were just too small, we graduated to a 1979 Aljo 18', pulled by a short Dodge van. At that time we were doing a lot of boondocking in the SoCal desert and I shudder to think of how much weight we were hauling between the five of us and a couple of motorcycles on board.
Thanks for suggesting this trip down Memory Lane. I hadn't thought about those old rigs in a long time. Quite a difference from five in a 16 footer to two plus two fur kids in a Cougar 25RLS.
PS. Where in Idaho are you, OP?
When we got home, the hunt for the right travel trailer began. We ended up with a brand new 16' Aristocrat Lo-Liner, the model with the L shaped kitchen and a propane fridge. We towed it with the only "muscle car" we ever owned, a 1969 Buick GS400. We spent many miles and many years with that rig. The longest trip we took was a ten state month long trip through the West.
When the kids got big enough that the little trailer and the cramped back seat were just too small, we graduated to a 1979 Aljo 18', pulled by a short Dodge van. At that time we were doing a lot of boondocking in the SoCal desert and I shudder to think of how much weight we were hauling between the five of us and a couple of motorcycles on board.
Thanks for suggesting this trip down Memory Lane. I hadn't thought about those old rigs in a long time. Quite a difference from five in a 16 footer to two plus two fur kids in a Cougar 25RLS.
PS. Where in Idaho are you, OP?
