I Agree with Terry.

We have a 38 foot 5th wheel and have always been able to find a space for it. Keep in mind, we are willing to drive into a national or state park to see the sights while staying outside the park if our 5th wheel is too long for any of the inside the park spots. In addition we don't mind driving a few miles to go from the campground we stay in, to get to the national park to sight see daily. There are always lots of RV resorts and campgrounds located near the national and state parks.

I agree with Terry also, he sums it up well.

We kept our unit at 29 feet to make easier to fit into the older and smaller campsites often found in National Forests and some state parks.

We have three adults aboard and it has worked out well.

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two 4 the road: What part scares you? Have you ever stayed in an RV at all? Have you been to many dealerships to actually look and get a feel for the space? Do you have an issue with claustrophobia? For two years, myself, my husband and our 75 lb dog stayed in a 24 foot travel trailer. I can be highly organized and we decided we could do it so we had sold everything and drove to the east coast where our older son was stationed at an Army Base, my husband did have a good job waiting. We had, however, stayed for 5 1/2 months in a pop-up, nice one, while looking for a house when we moved from KS to the desert in the 90's. Are you bothered by the thought of not having a stationary house? Getting rid of a lot of things? We love adventure, been moving for over 30 years and it appears we are hopelessly addicted or at least I am, and I can't sit still for more than two years without feeling like my world is coming to an end. Figure out what scares you and work from there.

Yes...I have seen quite a few 5ers and none of them so far, have felt like "home." I keep wishing that there was another room! Still waiting to find that right one.

Not to be a downer, but you might want to go to different dealers and spend some time in the largest RV's you can find.  From what you are saying here, the smaller size of an RV might be an issue for you.  In our case, we lived in two homes that were 2300 square feet and 2250 square feet on anything from 3/4 to 5 acres.  In our case, we actually prefer living in something with less than 400 square feet.

If you feel you have to have your own space, an RV is likely to be a problem for you because even with a bunkhouse model, you will still not be very far from your spouse/family.

Terry

Terry and Jo wrote:

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Not to be a downer, but you might want to go to different dealers and spend some time in the largest RV's you can find.  From what you are saying here, the smaller size of an RV might be an issue for you.  In our case, we lived in two homes that were 2300 square feet and 2250 square feet on anything from 3/4 to 5 acres.  In our case, we actually prefer living in something with less than 400 square feet.

If you feel you have to have your own space, an RV is likely to be a problem for you because even with a bunkhouse model, you will still not be very far from your spouse/family.

Terry

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 I did not say that correctly....I don't really need to retreat....I don't need to get away from my spouse...I would like to have a room to go in, spread out, and concentrate on my work.  I cannot try to work in the same room while my DH is watching TV or cooking, etc.  I don't really need my own space, but my DH is the one who loves to have his own space. 

We are living in a 5,000 sq' house on 35 acres with no neighbors in sight.  So, I do wonder about the confinement.

Two 4 The Road, we are looking at a bunkhouse also as one of our options as we want an office space. If that is the option we choose we will remove the bunks put in a desk and chair. On the opposite wall of the one we looked at it had a 1/2 bath. we have no need for, so that would turn into a wonderful extra storage space, once the toliet is capped and removed. It has a door two windows so there is your private space if needed. My hubby and I do fine without private space, but just want an office. Although we are in the infancy of our looking right now and our desires will probably change 100 different times before we actually buy.

Check out the toyhaulers again, we are looking at those now as we have 14 grandkids and two on the way. (Heck I just turned 62 how did that happen?) We want to use the garage as a separate living room (plus extra cots if the grands visit) and I am having trouble finding one we want that doesn't have too many windows in the garage! Our last fiver would have crowds lined up in Canada when we went to park as they never see trailers that big up north! We carry a electric tree trimmer just the clear the 13' 6" height needed. We love all our room.

Can I ask why you are set on the big picture window in the back? Yes, it is a nice to have feature and for this 2 week stay we are actually backed up somewhere to enjoy the view (pond behind our campsite). However, it seems like 60-70% of the time the view out the rear window is either trees, thick underbrush, another RV, a wall that surrounds an RV park or something equally as boring. Even the sites that have a new view, don't always have that view from the back window, we've camped many places where the nicest view was out the windows next to the dinette or behind the couch. That doesn't mean we won't use the rear window and even when we park somewhere without a view we open that blind at least partway or Tazzy Kat pushes on the blinds trying to see out.

We have lots of windows on one side of our trailer and when they are all open we have plenty of light in the salon area. In fact we attached sun screen fabric to our screen door as we found we were getting too much sunlight and therefore too much heat in some of the places we've stay.

Our last TT had a front bedroom and rear kitchen so all windows were on the 2 sides and we had plenty of light and ways to enjoy the view.

That being said, we do enjoy our rear picture window but even more important for us was just making sure we had an RV with enough windows to enjoy the view, encourage airflow, etc. For us having enough windows was more important than one specific picture window which did give us a lot more options when shopping.