A Week at Lazydays...

June 18-27, 2010. A Week at Lazydays...our RV Exchange Adventure. The original plan was to depart with our new travel trailer the day we returned from the cruise. To make a long story short here, we realized we had made a huge mistake. First, we had given up our original vision of "RVing" across the country, where the drive itself is half the fun. But secondly, I hated pulling such a huge trailer (35 feet) so much that we decided to trade in a two week old travel trailer for an RV. The next few days were spent finalizing that decision, finding an RV that would work for us, working financing issues, and trading in our SUV for a small car which we could tow with the RV. That little process took eight days! We made the most of it during that process, camping at the Lazydays campground for free. Although our journey was delayed, our experiences we had envisioned began as best we were able in the midst of our business. We swam in the pool; cooked full meals in our camper; played board games; had Bible studies; and watched movies. One night, the thunder and lightning was so bad Karen and I were a bit nervous, and we all watched a movie lying on the floor in the center of the trailer away from the windows! Cozy, but a relief when that storm was over. Our amazing salesman Dave also got us a complimentary two day pass to "The Crown Club," which is a nice club exclusive to those who spend $300,000 or more on an RV (not us of course). They serve complimentary breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon Happy Hour. Finally, we also now had a Yakama roof rack which we couldn't use but had no time to sell of course. This gave us a good excuse to call our good friends back in Tampa, the Voth family and ask them if they would like it. When they came to pick it up, we had a nice visit with them at the campground, the second half of which was also during a thunder storm. So all eleven of us were hanging out in our travel trailer. We really enjoyed seeing them all. We were exhausted from our business ordeal and a bit homesick... Thanks Jeff and Molly!