Well, we finally got it. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. We thought about this for a long time, we have never camped. If you were to ask my friends they would say we are not camping people. Whatever that means. I guess we proved them all wrong. What a great decision this was. My husband, although he should retire, still works long hours and is never unplugged. I worry about his stress level. This first trip was just an overnight to a fairly close campsite. We found Olema through Moon West Coast RV Camping. Great camp site, we met such nice people. The stress just melted away, as evidenced by the fact that my wonderful husband slept EIGHT hours. He has not slept eight hours in ten years.
We purchased it through Bay Area Airstream Adventures. We picked them because they have a large dealer network up and down the west coast. We will probably stick to traveling up and down the same corridor. The walk through went very well. A nice young man, Cedric, spent close to three hours with us. He is obviously very knowledgeable about the Interstate, and very proud that he works there. It showed. He answered all our questions, took his time and had lots of patience with our dumb questions. We brought our son with us, he's an electrician, he was very interested in the power stuff. It's a total guy thing. We ordered the coach with the screens, but they didn't have them. They have promised us an install shortly. The vent in the bathroom is a little too tight, they will fix that at the same time.
My husband was a wiz at setting up. We had no problems with the coach (is that the right term). Our problem was getting the furnace to work. We dug out the instruction book and voilà it worked. When all else fails, read the instructions. The bed is a little tricky to make up, but I'm working on that. The awing was easy, press the button. The LED lights are a nice touch, we were able to sit out and play cards. We even got to listen to the Giants game. A couple of camp sites over they had a crowd and a big screen TV going. Go Giants. A friend of ours suggested we get those battery operated candles. What a great idea, they worked as a night light. They even substituted as a flash light. Okay, first trip, we forget one.
Driving the coach was the easy part. I drove it out of the dealer, well just to the street, but it was smooth. It has a built in warning system, if something is getting too close to the side the red lights on the side mirror goes on, if you cross over the white line on the road you get a beeping noise, if you pull in too close to something there is a series of lights on the front dash. The rear camera can be a little deceiving it's pointed straight down so you don't see cars right away. The side view mirrors make up for this little issue as they are large and easy to adjust you won't miss anything. Again, once you readjust your brain to "I'm driving my house" mode everything will be fine.
Overall, I think this was a great decision for us, it may not be for everyone, but it sure was for us. I have no complaints about the coach, or the dealer. I can't wait to go again. Our next trip is to Big Sur. Maybe we'll meet some of you down the road.
I forgot to mention how helpful the airforums.com site and Rich Luhrs Airstream Interstate 3500 Motorhome were in helping us to decide. We referred to Rich Luhrs book the first night, his illustrations really helped. Keep up the good work everyone.
We purchased it through Bay Area Airstream Adventures. We picked them because they have a large dealer network up and down the west coast. We will probably stick to traveling up and down the same corridor. The walk through went very well. A nice young man, Cedric, spent close to three hours with us. He is obviously very knowledgeable about the Interstate, and very proud that he works there. It showed. He answered all our questions, took his time and had lots of patience with our dumb questions. We brought our son with us, he's an electrician, he was very interested in the power stuff. It's a total guy thing. We ordered the coach with the screens, but they didn't have them. They have promised us an install shortly. The vent in the bathroom is a little too tight, they will fix that at the same time.
My husband was a wiz at setting up. We had no problems with the coach (is that the right term). Our problem was getting the furnace to work. We dug out the instruction book and voilà it worked. When all else fails, read the instructions. The bed is a little tricky to make up, but I'm working on that. The awing was easy, press the button. The LED lights are a nice touch, we were able to sit out and play cards. We even got to listen to the Giants game. A couple of camp sites over they had a crowd and a big screen TV going. Go Giants. A friend of ours suggested we get those battery operated candles. What a great idea, they worked as a night light. They even substituted as a flash light. Okay, first trip, we forget one.
Driving the coach was the easy part. I drove it out of the dealer, well just to the street, but it was smooth. It has a built in warning system, if something is getting too close to the side the red lights on the side mirror goes on, if you cross over the white line on the road you get a beeping noise, if you pull in too close to something there is a series of lights on the front dash. The rear camera can be a little deceiving it's pointed straight down so you don't see cars right away. The side view mirrors make up for this little issue as they are large and easy to adjust you won't miss anything. Again, once you readjust your brain to "I'm driving my house" mode everything will be fine.
Overall, I think this was a great decision for us, it may not be for everyone, but it sure was for us. I have no complaints about the coach, or the dealer. I can't wait to go again. Our next trip is to Big Sur. Maybe we'll meet some of you down the road.
I forgot to mention how helpful the airforums.com site and Rich Luhrs Airstream Interstate 3500 Motorhome were in helping us to decide. We referred to Rich Luhrs book the first night, his illustrations really helped. Keep up the good work everyone.
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