Archive for February, 2007

>The Bacas of Evanston, Wyo., honor the motto: “Love the life you live and live the life you love.”
For them, the life they love is traveling across the country in a $660,000, 45-foot motor home with four TVs, heated tile floors and motorized closet doors you can open and close with a remote. Oh, and don’t forget the surround sound entertainment system for the outside of the RV.
On Saturday, the Bacas were gazing at just such an illustrious motorized mansion at the 42nd Annual Utah Sportsmen’s Vacation and RV Show at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy.
The show features more than $20 million worth of motor homes, trailers, and outdoor equipment, including a two-story modular house/trailer with vinyl siding. The four-day show concludes tomorrow.
The behemoth out back of the convention center that the Bacas were admiring is the Travel Supreme Select Limited, an RV so big the retailer couldn’t drive it into the building. It was being shown only by appointment.
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>I don’t think sirens are a total waste of money, but I know from first-hand experience that they are not the cure-all.

In 1995, while traveling in our fifth-wheel travel trailer, we were about 15 miles inside Oklahoma, just southwest of Ardmore. We were staying at a recreational vehicle resort with 20 other traveling folks. It was a beautiful working horse ranch with an indoor and outdoor arena. They had approximately 70 horses that they used for entertainment and work. The campground was near the Red River and had several dozen cabins.

Disaster struck about 5 p.m. on a Sunday. Thanks to a weather radio in the guard shack, we got a tornado warning from our security guard to get to the safety of the clubhouse, about a mile from the campground.
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>The motorhome exhibition is slated to run March 19-22 as part of a convention of an international motorhome owners’ club, the Family Motor Coach Association, based in Cincinnati.

March 19, from 3-7 p.m., a special viewing of the motorhome exhibits for visitors will take place.

In addition, those who wish to learn more about the motorhome lifestyle can attend the “Selecting The Right Motorhome For Your Needs” seminar that will be conducted from 5:15-6:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall.

Hours for viewing motorhome exhibits are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. that Tuesday-Thursday. Booth display hours on those days are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. as well.
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