OT - New RV! Winnie Brave 26a

Thatgrimguy

My beautiful bride and I just celebrated our 4 year anniversary (dating, not marriage but we don't care. Only been married for a year and a half)  She and I have been talking about getting a RV one day. Well I got a chance at a ridiculous deal on a brand new one and took it! So for her anniversary I got her an RV! We need some people to go travel with now!

It's a retro design from the 1970s Brave.  Iconic brow and all!  I LOVE it. It's just one off enough for me. 











This is my competition buddy. He is very excited we won't be sleeping on the ground at the next KCBS Comp!






This is my lovely bride checking out our new ride!!



Started moving in and went camping over the weekend!











We swapped out the shower curtain for something more appropriate!




Now some stock photos so you can see it all cleaned up. I'll take some pictures of ours once my wife is done making it ours!












This couch sold me.. I mean, it's awesome. PERFECT for comp bbq. Or tailgating!







And an extra bed over the main seats!





Thanks for checking it out. And if you have an RV and live anywhere near me... Let's go camping!

MJG

Nice looking rig. Good luck with it. 

Hotch

Wow that looks great.

tarheelmatt

Nice new paint!  

MrCookingNurse

Sweet!

YYZegger

Nice looking ride!

Bustersdad

Love that retro look

blasting

Agreed, that retro is right up my alley.  

Although with your yard and view, I'm not sure where you could go that would be better.

nolaegghead

Very nice!

byrne092

Sharp ride!

Grillin_beers

Looks great man! 

Focker

Sweet rig, alot of character for new.  Hope you get many years of good memories out it.  Was looking at an older Pace Arrow with the 454.  
http://ames.craigslist.org/rvs/5079153820.html

After further self-evaluation, decided that I am a travel trailer camper and don't venture too far from home base enough.  The service guy at my dealer has an older one and he loves it.  My cousin(mechanic) is on the hunt for an older Rockwood.

Enjoy the good times on the road!

TN_Egger

Very cool.  But will that be enough band-aids?

WeberWho

Wow!  That's a cool looking RV.  Love the look

Thatgrimguy

TN_Egger said:

Very cool.  But will that be enough band-aids?

That's hilarious you noticed that.  I went way overboard with the first aid thing. That's not even all of them. My wife has been giving me chit ever since. I guess it's the boy scout in me, Be Prepared.

Thatgrimguy

Focker said:

Sweet rig, alot of character for new.  Hope you get years of good memories out of it.  Was looking at an older Pace Arrow with the 454.  
http://ames.craigslist.org/rvs/5079153820.html

After further self-evaluation, decided that I am a travel trailer camper and don't venture too far from home base.  The service guy at my dealer has an older one and he loves it.  My cousin(mechanic) is on the hunt for an older Rockwood.

Enjoy the good times on the road!

Wow, that thing is super clean to be almost 30 years old!

Jeremiah

Great looking RV! Once my daughter gets a little bigger were planning an RV too. Probably an older one though as were p o o r. :-/

Thatgrimguy

For cooking, I don't know how I can bring my small egg unless I figure out a way to store it. The only option I can really think of is getting one of those Trailer hitch cart things. Then I could throw a cooler and the small egg on it. But that's just asking to get stolen. A nice cooler and a green egg is a lot of temptation.

Focker

Thatgrimguy said:

Focker said:

Sweet rig, alot of character for new.  Hope you get years of good memories out of it.  Was looking at an older Pace Arrow with the 454.  
http://ames.craigslist.org/rvs/5079153820.html

After further self-evaluation, decided that I am a travel trailer camper and don't venture too far from home base.  The service guy at my dealer has an older one and he loves it.  My cousin(mechanic) is on the hunt for an older Rockwood.

Enjoy the good times on the road!

Wow, that thing is super clean to be almost 30 years old!

It took alot of self-evaluation.  Like you, I will be a proud motorhome owner, it will be towards the end of my working career as a traveler nurse.  At least that is the current future plans.    

Focker

Thatgrimguy said:

For cooking, I don't know how I can bring my small egg unless I figure out a way to store it. The only option I can really think of is getting one of those Trailer hitch cart things. Then I could throw a cooler and the small egg on it. But that's just asking to get stolen. A nice cooler and a green egg is a lot of temptation.

My brother puts his deer on one of those with the 4Runner.  An egg and cooler should be no problem, just strap them in tight for the ride.  

SmokeyPitt

Thatgrimguy said:

For cooking, I don't know how I can bring my small egg unless I figure out a way to store it. The only option I can really think of is getting one of those Trailer hitch cart things. Then I could throw a cooler and the small egg on it. But that's just asking to get stolen. A nice cooler and a green egg is a lot of temptation.

I assumed you were going to figure out a way to hitch mount the Blackstone

I'm sure you can figure out a way to transport the small egg.  It looks like the small might fit in the tall storage compartment. 

That is REALLY nice- Congrats!  

SGH

Awesome looking rig brother Grim. That will make life much more comfortable at events. Enjoy it brother. 

DoubleEgger

You'll need a sign 

Hotch

I think the 28" Blackstone may fit in the under storage. Does it has a slide out tray in the storage bay?

Thatgrimguy

For a griddle I plan to grab a Discada. Easy to store, extremely versatile and just cool.  But I want to be able to low and slow too. I'll probably just grab the Egg and Carten for those trips and leave the discada and a smokey joe jr weber kettle in the RV at all times.

@hotch No slideouts in the storage area, but I may build one to make it work. 

biggreenrob

Good for you!  Congratulations!  Post some cook pics from the road or those competitions.

Legume

that's very cool.  not sure I'm counting correctly - but it looks like that sleeps at least 5, maybe six?  I like the layout and the retro-ness of it, you'll definitely have fun with it.

Thatgrimguy

Legume said:

that's very cool.  not sure I'm counting correctly - but it looks like that sleeps at least 5, maybe six?  I like the layout and the retro-ness of it, you'll definitely have fun with it.

There are 5 separate sleeping beds (1 of which is really just for kids)  And of those 5 beds, 3 can sleep a couple. 

So, if you were really hard up for sleeping quarters - I figure you could sleep 7 Adults and 2 kids. with no one on the floor.  

We will carry at the most another couple and their kids. And most of that time the kids will tent camp just outside the camper.

johnmitchell

Very cool enjoy and safe travels...

FearlessTheEggNoob

That's tiny for a class A. Been debating whether to go class A or C myself.

pgprescott

I'm jealous and I know it will get me nowhere. Enjoy! I wish you many more years of happiness  with your lovely bride and lovely RV.