Never had that happen before...

I've read a lot of blogs.  I like to look around and see various viewpoints on this type of lifestyle.  To me it is an interesting way to get perspective on a variety of matters in a short amount of time.  While we were traveling through Eugene, I wondered if we might have time for a factory tour.  Our tours in Elkhart did not go well (one factory was unexpectedly closed on our last day and before that we were left waiting for an hour in the lobby for a "stop by anytime" tour--so we left) and I thought it'd be a great place to see some RV's being built.  So, knowing that Oregon is home to a few well-respected builders, I did a search, and while there are several options for tours in the area - none fit our schedule, so we didn't go...  But that's not the important part of this story.

While rooting around the Internet looking for tours I happened to run across the blog of someone who had built a Country Coach (their second) in 2008 and it was quite an interesting read.  I enjoyed seeing their pics, and watching the RV go through the various stages from frame to final paint and the fit-and-finish.  Well documented, and even through the shutdown at the factory over the factory's bankruptcy, you could feel their sheer enthusiasm for what they were creating.  They call it Magna Peregrinus, or "Great Wanderer".  The blog was, and is, a fun read.

Link to the build of the Rig: http://www.rvgoddess.com/POSTCARDS/MAGNA/Magna_Peregrinus_Construction.aspx
Link to the finished product: http://www.rvgoddess.com/POSTCARDS/MAGNA/Magna_Peregrinus.aspx

Imagine my surprise when, as I'm driving through an RV park "to check out the chain it belongs to" and I run into that very same RV!  They weren't home, and I would have felt a little awkward stopping the car and running over to knock on the door.

However, it was a very cool experience to have seen something like that first-hand.  I can tell you this - MP is a really nice Rig.

The Cool: Seeing something you've read about. It's kind of a little celebrity-star-struck in a way, but interesting nonetheless. I've never had it where I read about a Rig and then saw it. I've seen rigs and THEN checked out the website, but never the other way.

The Interesting: The Rig is quite lovely and the paintjob is clearly first-rate.  Reading the information about the construction of the Rig amazed me at what goes into those top-of-the-line units.

Welcome...

I came up with an idea this week that we've seen some pretty cool stuff on the road this last year, and while it doesn't fit on our blog (rvfor5.com), I wanted to archive it somewhere.

I think it really got put into my head when I saw a little Scamp 5th Wheel (no pics) in Eugene, OR, because it was just not anything I'd seen before, and we've been to a lot of parks. I read a lot of blogs, wander the web a lot and have found some really amazing RV finds, but I wanted to catalog the things that have stopped me in my tracks and have either made me take notice, or have (even better) made me grab a camera. I truly believe there are some cool and interesting RVs out there. Posts may not be about one RV, but about some aspect/creation/modification that I think is cool in some way.

In the next few days I'm going to begin posting about some of my finds. Some posts will just be pictures, some will have information, some may have complete backstories... regardless of how much info is out there, I'm hoping it will be fun.

I look forward to your comments and criticisms. However - it's my blog, they are my pics, and this is my journey - so let's just have fun here, ok?