Having college-aged kids makes a married couple do crazy things. Unfortunately, or fortunately, my wife and I are no different. Our situation is a little unique, however. Our oldest child - our son - has been living in another state since he was 15 due to his pursuit of soccer glory. Consequently, for the last 6 years, we have been single child parents to our daughter. This past May she graduated high school and is planning on moving from the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico to the arid, saguaro filled city of Tucson, Arizona for college. This is all great and exciting for the children looking forward to their long, bright futures, but for the elderly parents left at home with each other, there are some adjustments to be made!
Time to check out motorhomes! We did agree that a Class C is big enough for us and the 3 pups. We would need plenty of storage and it had to look sporty af (or as sporty as a motorhome can look)! :) We ended up test driving 5 Class C RV’s in different price ranges. To get what we wanted, my wife and I discovered we had to go a little larger than we thought and would need slide outs. We also agreed that the Ford chassis looked the best. The Fords also have more torque, which seemed to make the Class C’s, equipped with the Ford engine, get up and go a little better than the Chevy. Plus, the Triton V-10 has been tried and true for a long time. We also tried out a Mercedes Class C with the diesel engine, but the storage just was not enough.
On a windy Saturday in April, we decided to go look at a couple of Class C’s we had found on Craigslist. The first one we test drove was a smaller Class C Winnebago that was nice but seemed a tad noisy while driving. My wife did not love it. We were feeling a bit discouraged in our search and were beginning to think that maybe the RV life was not for us. We almost did not go and see the next RV on our list. Thank goodness we did!
After a couple of days searching we found a 2016 Coachmen Concord in Anthem, Arizona that seemed to meet all our requirements for a Class C. Without seeing it in person, we made an offer over Easter weekend, had it accepted, and we were proud owners of a Coachmen Concord. My wife named her “Connie”, but said when we are drinking wine, her name is “Constance”. Funny stuff. But anyway, getting Connie back to Albuquerque is a story for a different blog post! Let’s just say that nothing is ever easy!
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