Class A

Quite a few people that have rested their gaze upon the glory of the striking magnificence that is the sight of our aging motorhome have been completely surprised that we can drive it about.  Of course we can!  I'll fill you in on the basics of motorhoming.

Recreational vehicles come in several different styles or categories.  They include:

-Class A Motorhomes -- Basically these are shaped like big rectangles.  More specifically, they are constructed on bare frames that are used to make things like bread trucks, busses, UPS trucks and the like.

-Class B Motorhomes -- These are like conversion vans.  They are built on van chassis.

-Class C Motorhomes -- These are built on heavy duty truck frames. They look like U-haul trucks.

-Truck Bed Campers
-5th Wheel Trailers
-Toy Haulers                  } All the rest are just pulled about by big pickup trucks and are clearly less cool.
-Trailers
-Park Model Trailers
-Pop-up Trailers

Our Bounder is a Class A!!  Sounds pretty awesome because it is.  Since the home is built on a bare chassis, the living space and the driving space are not separated.  Class A RV's are also self contained, meaning that they have all the necessary tanks and batteries, etc to operate without hooking up.  This is called Boondocking in RV lingo (camping without hooking up to say electricity, water, etc.).  I am stoked at the potential to boondock in some great wilderness with an awesome view.

Another thing that makes the Class A my favorite is that they drive like you are driving around a house.  This is thanks to the fact that you drive in the living space, so as you look around you can see your sink and stove and curtains and bedroom along for the ride.  Remarkably, though, its quite easy to drive!  Power steering and an automatic transmission make it just like driving anything else really.  Yes, it is slow and lumbering and long, but that just makes it fun.  Katie and I both agreed that it seems scary at first, until you realize that it is not that hard.  Backing up is tricky, but not impossible as long as you know how to use mirrors.

The best part though, is going over a bridge whilst sitting in the front.  Its similar to sitting on a swing set except the swing doesn't go back and forth it just goes up and down.  That probably doesn't make any sense.  Just come along for a ride, I'll show you.

Real speak.  If you have any questions about anything, even if it sounds as dumb as that last statement, just let me know.