Bullwinkle

When shaping a dream, it helps to be as detailed as possible about the “what” in your vision. Imagining the sights, shapes, colors and sounds of a dream can help make it real for you, and inspire you to plan and take action toward that very detailed picture.

So it is for us. Our yet-to-reveal-itself RV has a name: Bullwinkle.

Actually, the transportation system for our great RV escape is being created from back to front. We own a 2005 “Rocky Mountain Edition” Jeep Wrangler. We’ve never really been the types to name our vehicles. But, this little Jeep seemed to name itself: Rocky. (The nifty little Rocky Mountain logo on the passenger side really helped!) Wherever we go in our Jeep, Rocky makes us feel like we’re on vacation. Where some people might see a bumpy ride, little leg room and a lot of wind noise, we have a feeling that with Rocky we can go anywhere. It turns out that Rocky may well have sprouted the seed of inspiration for our dream to go anywhere we want...with a little more legroom.

We’re quickly learning that a late model Jeep Wrangler is just about the perfect tow vehicle, or “toad”, for an RV. All Rocky needs is something in front of him to “push”.

Our decision of what kind of RV we want to escape in has evolved rather quickly. You can’t tow anything behind a fifth-wheel or travel trailer. So, that’s out. While Rocky could follow behind a big Class C, he’d be so much happier pushing a Class A. So, Class A it will be!

When we started considering Class As, our original thinking was a gas model that was a maximum of 35-feet long. After all, although gas ain’t cheap, diesel costs more. And, anything more than 35 feet long would surely drive like a bus.

Applying our most recent learning about and very limited experience with Class As and what we want to do with one, now we’re thinking big. Really big. Today, we’re envisioning a 40-foot diesel pusher with at least a couple of slide outs. With a 350 or 400 HP engine in the back and air suspension, this big RV should climb mountains with ease and ride like a dream.

If you’ve stuck with us this far into the story, it comes as no surprise that the name of this big, boxy moose-on-wheels came to us as quickly as the name for our nimble little Jeep.

So, our great RV escape will be the adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle! We’ve already started referring to ourselves as Boris and Natasha.

Yep. This dream is really starting to take shape.