Where is this water coming from? The morning after our third onenight familiarization camping trip at a nearby county park in a level site with no hookups, we found a pool of water along the edge of the refrigerator and under the runner. There was no obvious source of the water leak. Diane and I soaked the water up the best we could with paper towels as we agonized over how we were going to get this fixed by the dealer who sold us this camper van.

Background:

After selling our 2001 Fleetwood Bounder 32h on consignment for just $13,000, essentially giving it away, we missed camping with our good friends. Diane and I decided to look for a Class B camper van. We wanted a much smaller RV that was easier to drive, much less of a gas hog, and which we could use like any of our vehicles for driving to local parks and shopping, or longdistance trips traveling on busy highways and interstates, camping at RV campgrounds with hookups, no hookups, or boondocking wherever we happened to be, including driving up narrow gravel fire roads to remote campgrounds. The problem was, a lot of people were looking for such an RV, and when a new or used one in good condition came on the market, it was quickly snatched up! When I found this beautiful red and black 2022 Winnebago Travato 59kl, with only 23K miles for sale at Poulsbo RV in Mt. Vernon, Washington, about a 3hour trip with ferry ride, I jumped on it sight unseen putting a $3,000 hold down payment. The total price: $160,708. Yikes!

Thus began our journey as new owners of a highend camper van, and our experience after just three single nights of camping has been fun, challenging, and a little disappointing.

Yet I am certain that once we get familiar with all the complicated systems and technology, and most importantly living in a very tight space, we will have some amazing RV adventures.