We currently drive a 2019 Newmar London Aire towing a 2020 Jeep Wrangler
In 2012, Karla and I set out to look at RVs, knowing only that we didn’t want a monstrous lumbering beast sucking fuel faster than a 1990s software engineer downing Mountain Dew (sorry, that’s the last programmer joke, I promise). Sadly uninformed newbies that we were, attending an RV show in Fredericksburg, Virginia confirmed we wanted to avoid anything over 30’, lest the rear end go wayward on every turn, smashing into vehicles with reckless abandon…or so we thought. Who would want to drive one of those big RV’s? Then we got serious about our search. Flash forward to present day and we own that exact lumbering beast we strove to avoid, after succumbing to the “rule of three”. To be fair, I had read about this rule, which simply states, “you don’t end up with the RV you want until the 3rd RV”. I did not heed this advice, and indeed we loved RV #3, a 2015 Newmar Dutch Star which we used for just under 2 years.
After a brief one month trip that was a downsize trial of a Winnebago Navion, in April 2017, we decided to sell our house and become full timers. We upgraded to RV#4, a leftover 2016 45′ Newmar Essex, for the increased storage and living space. After full time travel for 2 years, we decided to spend more time with our parents back on the east coast and returned to part time travel. We downsized to a 2019 33′ Newmar New Aire which we used for our Canadian Maritimes/New England trip in the fall of 2019. Based RV performance during our trip, we wanted more engine and air brake, so we upgraded to the 2020 35′ Newmar New Aire. After traveling in the mountains of Colorado for about 7 weeks, we were very disappointed with the singe stage exhaust brake, and the redesigned cockpit which left the steering column a mere 4.5 inches from the driver’s seat, so in July 2020, we traded it in for a leftover 2019 Newmar London Aire we found on a lot.
RV #1: 2012 Tiffin Allegro 32′ owned April-July 2012
RV #2: 2012 Tiffin Phaeton 36′ owned July 2012 – April 2015
RV #3: 2015 Newmar Dutch Star 40′ owned April 2015 – January 2017
RV #4: 2017 Winnebago Navion owned January 2017 -March 2017
RV #4: 2016 Newmar Essex 45′ owned April 2017- February 2019
RV #5: 2019 Newmar New Aire 33′ owned February 2019 (via factory pick-up) – October 2019
RV #6: 2020 Newmar New Aire 35′ owned March 2020 (via factory pick-up) – July 2020
RV #7: 2019 Newmar London Aire 45′ owned July 2019 – present
At least we got the tow vehicle right on the first attempt. Tow vehicle: 2012 Jeep Wrangler which we owned from April 2012 through 2017:
2012 Jeep Wrangler in Badlands National Park (above) and Moab, Utah (below)
While full time RV’ing we moved to a 2017 Grand Cherokee
As of March 2020, we’ve returned to pulling a 2020 Jeep Rubicon, though we still own the Grand Cherokee as well:
