Our new Winnebago Journey Express 34Y came with a king-size bed complete with bed spread and two king-size pillows with shams.
What it didn’t come with is space to get to it. Here’s the “aisle” on my side of the bed:
And Dave’s side of the bed:
How would you like to have to squeeze down that every night? Neither would we. And we’ve never had a king-size bed before so it’s not as if we would miss having that much bed.
So we looked at the construction of the bed. The base is not king-size; only the platform that rests on that base is that big. So we asked the dealer to cut down the platform to queen-size and buy us a new mattress to put on it. After much hemming and hawing they decided they could do that.
So now we have this much aisle on my side:
And this much on Dave’s side:
I can actually walk around the bed; imagine that!
Of course they didn’t buy the mattress we were hoping they would. The memory foam topper we bought helps with that.
But now the bed is like one of those beds you see in old house tours where they have a step stool to get up onto it–33″ to the top of our new bed! I can’t even come close to being able to just walk up and sit down on that bed.
Fortunately, Winnebago provided for that problem with its own version of bed steps.
So, each night I literally climb into bed.
TTYL,
Linda
I’m so proud of your new motorhome. Certainly must be a hassle to move things from old to new, but it will be awesome when it’s all done and you can be back on the road again. We went around our area of the state today and found a decent camper – nothing as gorgeous as yours but we think it’s a good deal and worthy of serious consideration. There was another good deal but more costly. Ummmm, more to consider but it’s exciting to think that we can be on the road before long. Wish we could sell our house and then we wouldn’t have to worry with the taxes, upkeep, security, etc. Should we rent it, should be sell it then not have a home base? So many questions, no answers so far. All that to say, congratulations and enjoy the queen-sized bed and the extra room around the bed. Wentzi