Exterior Images

We added my "The Easy Traveler" graphics to our RV.

(Photos are in Dickinson, Texas, RV park just south of Houston, our winter 2004 base that year.)

Interior Images

Adding a cabinet & modifying the dining table top (raises to reveal a slide-out extension) created a concealed computer work station.

A set of two sliding doors and two top-opening doors hide the equipment.

The computer stuff is ready and waiting and neatly put away.

M&G ENGINEERING BRAKE SYSTEMS (ATHENS, TX): This incredibly effective braking system was installed at the factory to link the RV's braking system to the Jeep --- when the driver brakes, both the RV and the tow brake, too. Wonderful!

We bought a third new-to-us Jeep to upgrade our 9+ year old RV because we were planning to go to northern California (redwoods) and knew we would be better off in the Rockies with this new system. Worked perfectly!!!

SCOTTY'S CAMPER SALES (NEW IBERIA, LA): All repairs were handled via Scotty's Camper Sales in New Iberia, Louisiana, which kept us safely on the road as full-timers for 10 years.

Scotty's (a family company, now headed by Walter Scott) sold us our bus at a very reasonable price and took care of us so well that we kept coming back to Louisiana every year for service.


TIFFIN (RED BAY, AL): We went to Red Bay several times: We lived in the RV, so replaced the couch and the driver's and passenger chairs and the windshield.


HWH LEVELING JACKS (MOSCOW, IOWA): The leveling jacks got to working oddly, so we called the factory, which invited us to come and let them take a look. We did. They looked and fixed whatever had worn out. Would have let us stay for free at the factory. No charge for anything.


INTERIOR FABRIC REPLACEMENTS:

New front curtains.

Naturally, we replaced the bedspread several times: Best idea was a two comforters --- one for the bed and the other to cover a foam-insulating-panel, fitted to create a plush headboard for the entire wall area behind the bed (no window, of course) --- made the room seem bigger, much more plush, and much quieter.

We kept our RV looking good and functioning perfectly: We lived there.

Tow Vehicle Images

Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited offered 4-wheel drive and towable 4-down

We were on our third Jeep (to which we added the M&G ENGINEERING BRAKE SYSTEMS --- which made driving much safer for our old RV --- which we loved, kept maintained, and definitely wanted to keep --- being driven through the Rockies, etc. My advice to anyone with a diesel RV is to get this M&G system installed, from the first, because I believe this makes RVing much safer.)

Easy to hook up to RV, via metal "arms" that folded to stay attached to the RV.

Towing was simple because --- via the Jeep's own transmission system --- the Jeep became towable 4-down, with no record of miles traveled on the odometer.

Louisiana, Lafayette & Cajun country: Great food, friendly people, good times! We often wintered (late-October to mid-March at Bayou Wilderness RV Resort in Carencro (Lafayette). There's a whole lot to explore and do around the area.

Montana (Missoula) We stayed weeks at Jim & Mary's RV Park, taking our jeep to drive out and explore the area. Moving the RV up to Big Fork, etc.

Maine (Trenton): Timberland Acres RV Park made a great base to use to explore coastal Maine, including stunningly beautiful Acadia National Park. From here, driving inland to Bangor was easy, as was driving the Jeep north to Canada and FDR's family home.