New Wanderlodge Owners !!!

[Gardner Yeaw]

Pete,
I know you are right.
Now that I have seen what a top notch vintage bus can be, I have a
better understanding of the potential of other ones I look at. I know
I don't want a modern RV because you always have something to fix.
With a vintage Bird you won't be fixing, you will be restoring.
(makes it sound more like fun)

Gardner






--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Gardner,
>
> Hey... you just have to dive in and start swimming. Last December,
my
> wife and I decided that we (1) had to move closer to her elderly
> parents to assist them with old age matters and (2) we would do
this
> by full timing in an RV so that we wouldn't get 'stuck' providing
> daily care by living too close by. (Note: My wife's parents are
> sufficiently well-off that they can afford to hire as much help as
> they need and/or can afford to move into an assisted living
facility,
> should they so desire. They do need family to lend a hand and help
> them from time to time, but they do not need (nor want) daily care
> from us...)
>
> So, by January I was looking at RVs and had determined that a bus
> conversion or Wanderlodge would be my preferred choice --- and a
> Wanderlodge had many points in favor as compared to a bus
conversion
> (I did not want to convert the bus myself). In May, a Wanderlodge
> that had previously been owned by a member of this list was put up
on
> eBay by Mr. Oliver's, a used RV dealer located near Dallas, TX.
>
> I was the successful bidder (it was a good price) and,
essentially,
> purchased the vehicle sight unseen. (I exchanged some messages
with
> the previous owner, so I felt that I had a fairly good
understanding
> of the condition.) At the conclusion of a long-planned business
trip
> to the east coast, I flew to Dallas and picked up the coach on May
22.
>
> The last time I drove any heavy equipment was when I was in the
Army
> nearly 40 years ago... I had also last used an RV a similar time
> ago... I rented one for a couple of weeks back in 1967 or 1968.
>
> Our house is being prepared for sale and we will move into our
> Wanderlodge as soon as the house sells.
>
> My wife regrets "accusing" me of lacking spontaneity ... sometimes
> you just have to jump into a new lifestyle...
>
> Pete Masterson
> aeonix1@...
> '95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 4203
> El Sobrante, CA
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote:
>
> >
> > My wife and I flew to Florida from New Jersey to see James'
> > coach. We visited him on Sunday and did a complete walk through
with
> > James and took it for a drive. I also had a person I hired to
> > evaluate it come with us. I didn't ask his permission to use his
> > name so I won't mention it, but he was a knowledgeable and
provided
> > some enjoyable conversation along with his advise. The coach is a
> > real winner and the price is definitely low for the condition. My
> > wife and I have only tent camped and gone for a cross country trip
> > in a van (a long time ago) so we are new to the BIG RV. We
basically
> > chickened out at in the end. <snip>
>
>
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