My New RV

Our daughter and I have always been interested in architecture. We have each drawn many floor plans just for fun. When she was six years old, Dave & I bought her first set of Lego blocks and she and I sat on the floor together building houses.

Each year for several years we bought her more Lego blocks and she and I continued to play with them together. Then she and Dave started buying Lego sets for me since I was obviously enjoying them as much as she was and I was harder to buy for.

Eventually we owned enough Logo blocks to cover half our ping pong table with town buildings.

Then she grew up and left home and we downsized so all the Lego blocks were sold.

Recently I mentioned to friends that I missed having that creative outlet.

They encouraged me to buy some new Lego blocks.

So I went online and found this:

You all can imagine how much that appealed to me.

Nearly 800 blocks is a lot to dig through so the first thing I did was sort them.

Instead of having shoe boxes of parts filling the other half of our ping pong table, I had Ziploc sandwich-size bins filling almost half my desk which still felt like a lot to sort through to find the next right piece.

Then I built the Class A motorhome following the instructions that came with this set. We often built something from the instructions first to learn about specific parts included with each set. And this set had a lot of them.

So, now I will play dealer and show you the photos of this particular unit. First the standard photos of the exterior showing the awning opened and closed and the slide open and closed. (Yes, it has a slide!)

   

Next usually comes interior details. Of course, I cannot actually walk into this rig with my camera. But the Lego designers thought of that so made the roof easily removable and the rear section hinged so you can open it for easy access.

 

Inside above you can see the dinette with its drop down table on the left. On the right is the cupboard/refrigerator where you store food. The set comes with two sandwiches and a turkey leg for food.

Moving up to the front area you see this:

On the left coffee cups hanging above the stove and sink, the slide with the bed in it, and the toilet. On the right are storage bins and lamps. Past the arch are the driver and passenger seats.

And, of course,

the bed in the slide lifts to reveal storage under it. Yes, that’s a suitcase under there. You never know when a family emergency means you might have to leave the RV and fly home so we always took our suitcases with us.

And here’s a typical scene:

One of the RVers sitting at the table studying a map while being distracted by the flat screen TV on its swing out arm.

Whoever designed this RV knew what they were doing when it came to the details.

Now, I wonder how long it will set on our end table being admired before I feel compelled to tear it apart to build a sticks n bricks house?

TTYL,

Linda