Welcome to our Travel Blog!

Hi and welcome to our blog!

We are excited to begin our full-timing adventure.  We retired in April of this year and we are now busily downsizing our life.  Our goal is to sell the old homestead and be on the road by fall of this year.  We don’t have any firm plan yet as to where we will journey first, but we intend to follow the good weather and visit family (especially grandchildren!).

So why name out travel blog WistfulWanderers?  Well, wistful can mean “reflective or meditative”.  And wander can mean “ramble without a definite purpose or objective”.  So if you combine the two, well, you get the picture.  We thought it summed up the goal of our next 10-15 years on the road.

We haven’t exactly settled on a particular RV yet.  For many years we thought a fifth-wheel was the way to go.  After looking at dozens of ‘fivers’ at many RV shows, we came to realize the disadvantages of the large pickup truck that would be required to pull it.  Once we had settled into our next locale, we would have to use the truck for all of our transportation.  The size of the truck, the hard ride, and the low fuel mileage all were negatives.  So,  on day 3 of a 4 day RV show we started looking at Class A motor homes.  With a Class A, we would pull a small fuel efficient car (a ‘toad’ or ‘dinghy’) behind us.  We had done no research on Class A’s, so we were flying blind.  We fell in love with one that had an outdoor kitchen which we both would like to have.  This unit seemed to have everything: the floor plan, the kitchen, the length was right, and lots of storage.  We were content that we had found ‘it’ the whole drive home from Pomona, CA to Tucson, AZ.

Now came the belated online research. Within an hour or two. we realized the quality and customer service for this particular brand was poor.  We reluctantly crossed the entire brand off our list.  Our short list was now Winnebago, Tiffin, Newmar, and Fleetwood.  We soon became enamored with Tiffin; especially with the satisfaction and loyalty of owners.

We were excited earlier this year when we thought we had found the model and floor plan.  It is an Allegro RED ( a rear engine diesel – a diesel pusher) about 36′ long.  But recently Tiffin dropped it from their 2016 lineup.  We still may purchase a used one though.  The one pictured below is a generic Allegro RED model.

We have put the whole which-RV decision on hold for a month or two since we are so busy getting the house ready to put on the market.  We will keep you apprised though so stay tuned!