Topper Takes a Trip: A brand new blog

Monday, June 6, 2016

A brand new blog

I explained on this blog, "Topper Takes a Trip," that I have been blogging about our travels in our new Retro 195 travel trailer on the Topper blog because we hadn't had time to come up with a name for our new trailer. Well, that has changed, as we have agreed that the "old" girl should be named "Blue Suede." We had already named our 2014 Nissan pickup "Black Beauty."

So, here we are sitting in the shadow of Mt. Rushmore starting a new blog called "Life in Black and Blue." I hope you will enjoy following our travels in "Black and Blue!"

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The Story of Topper

In 2006, we decided to buy an RV. We were approaching retirement, and with a daughter in Denver and one in San Diego, we thought that it would be nice to take leisurely trips to visit them, sightseeing along the way. We owned a Ford F150, so the first idea I had was a truck camper. I quickly learned that, as popular as they are, F150s are not "real" trucks. That is, they have a pretty limited load capacity.

We started researching RVs and visiting dealers, and eventually bought a travel trailer. With no experience in the field, we chose poorly, where floor plan was concerned. About a year later, we made the mistake of going to an RV show, where we became enamored of Class A motor homes. Later that year, we purchased a 20 year old cream puff of a motor home.

Now, we find ourselves retired empty nesters with four vehicles, to wit: the motor home, a small car that we tow behind the motor home and which doubles as my daily driver, my wife's daily driver/road car, and a different F150, which we use for various projects around home and with friends and family. We realized recently that life could be so much simpler. And so, we come full circle.

With a bit of RV experience under our belts, we decided to sell the towed car, the motor home and the F150, move up to a beefier pickup and do our "camping" in a truck camper. We will keep the wife's daily driver, and I can use the pickup as mine.

Thus, Topper, a 2002 ALP Adventurer 100WSB, has become part of our family. We look forward to many happy hours exploring in our compact "piggy-back home."

We chose the name Topper, because, of course, she rides on top of a pickup. But in addition to that, our taste in movies is romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s. The "Topper" movies are among our favorites, including "Topper Takes a Trip."

Monday, June 6, 2016

A brand new blog

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