Eureka!!

Well we finally did it. For the last 4-5 months have been following a wonderful used 2005 King Ranch F-350 Ford truck with a 2006 Host 11 1/2' dual slide Yellowstone camper offered originally on Ebay. The owner pulled it off Ebay and I talked to them back in June. Called back several weeks ago and it was still available; the owner hadn't been real agressive in selling it.

We had originally thought we'd buy a Class A RV of about 35', but after seeing the roominess and amenities of truck campers with slide out sides, we were sold. You get to a camping site and remove the campers and now have the convenience of using the truck without the encumbrance of the camper. Exactly what we wanted and the 2005 truck only had 5500 miles on it !!! Our good friend in Clearwater drove over last week to inspect it with his son. Their report was glowing. Long story short, I called and negotiated a good and fair price.

Jan and I will fly down to Tampa Thanksgiving week and drive it back to the Vineyard. Actually we'll stop over in Philadelphia to have T-Day with our 90 and 92 year old Moms, and my sister Janet and brother-in-law Tom. This is a huge step toward our dream.......much sooner than I thought just 2 weeks ago.



Here's some pictures.