Chicago RV and Camping Show 2013

This weekend is the 45th annual Chicago RV & Camping Show.  I love to go and inspect all the RV's and dream about a life on the road.  When our kids were small, we owned several different sized travel trailers and we loved each one.  We had a great time camping and the kids loved the bunk beds we always had in them.  It was fun to camp next to the lake and wake up to the sun rising with a cup of coffee in my hand.  We liked to have roaring campfires where we roasted hot dogs and ate gooey s'mores.  At  night we'd lay on the big bed and look up at the dark sky through the opened vents and if it rained, the patter of raindrops on the roof would lull us to sleep.  But most of all I loved the sense of adventure, the open road and the closeness that being in a camper afforded us. 

Really, is there anything better than hitting the road and watching the horizon stretch out in front of your windshield?  If I had my choice (and the money) I'd buy a Class C motor home, pack it up and travel the country.  I want to visit every state and what a great way to do it.

Here are some of the campers we checked out this year....

I saw several that I fell in love with.  The interiors are beautiful.  I thought the campers we used to own were pretty nice, but they have made vast improvements in the past 15 years.

I really liked these with the slide out side...

Look at how roomy the front seats are - and comfortable too!  I can see Louie and I cruising down the road in one of these beauties....

Chablis and I had a great time at the show.  We walked around for four and a half hours.  We talked to a lot of salesmen, picked up a ton of brochures, sat in on a travel seminar about Rt. 66 and got a couple of cute shopping bags for free.....

This one was a regular travel trailer that you pull behind your car.  These are more affordable, and the nice thing about this option is that you can park it at your campsite and still have your vehicle to travel around with.  Definitely an option to consider.

 

 

So, have you ever owned a camper?  Which kind and what did you like best about it?  Would anyone like to give me a camper so I can travel around the country and write about my adventures?  That would be the perfect job for me!  I can just hear Willie Nelson's song "On the road again" playing in the background.