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Hello, name is Ron, going by Desert Ron on this forum. I’ve been reading different posts including the welcome to forum letter. What brought me to this forum was researching solar hookups on my new 22 MLE. I’ll get more into that another day but for now will just introduce myself.
My wife, Lynn and I have been retired a few years now and used to spend a few weeks a year in Mexico but when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, like so many others, we quit traveling. After 6 months of cooped up we decided to buy a travel trailer so last August we bought a 22’ Forest River Rockwood Mini Lite, which we liked very much. At that time I was towing with a Toyota Tacoma and felt the smaller trailer was best. We initially wanted a Grand Design 17 MKE but I was afraid the extra weight was too much. Fast forward 8 months…….we have been on six trips with our Forest River. The first 5 trips were 4 or less nights. Trip number 6 was a 2 1/2 day drive to Galveston Island, TX for 7 nights then 1 1/2 day drive coming home (I was in a hurry to get home) and after spending 10 nights in the trailer, we knew we needed larger and since I upgraded my truck a few months ago, I can tow more weight so we went with the 22 MLE to have separate seating and dining options. We haven’t used it yet but will be taking it out for a 3 night trip just after the 4th of July. We’ve gotten it all outfitted and ready. All I need to do is install the rear view camera before we go. My plan is to eventually install solar at least for temporary boondocking such as we had to do on the way to Galveston and I found the post about installing solar so I will most likely be asking questions in that post.
That’s it for now. Thanks for reading.
My wife, Lynn and I have been retired a few years now and used to spend a few weeks a year in Mexico but when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, like so many others, we quit traveling. After 6 months of cooped up we decided to buy a travel trailer so last August we bought a 22’ Forest River Rockwood Mini Lite, which we liked very much. At that time I was towing with a Toyota Tacoma and felt the smaller trailer was best. We initially wanted a Grand Design 17 MKE but I was afraid the extra weight was too much. Fast forward 8 months…….we have been on six trips with our Forest River. The first 5 trips were 4 or less nights. Trip number 6 was a 2 1/2 day drive to Galveston Island, TX for 7 nights then 1 1/2 day drive coming home (I was in a hurry to get home) and after spending 10 nights in the trailer, we knew we needed larger and since I upgraded my truck a few months ago, I can tow more weight so we went with the 22 MLE to have separate seating and dining options. We haven’t used it yet but will be taking it out for a 3 night trip just after the 4th of July. We’ve gotten it all outfitted and ready. All I need to do is install the rear view camera before we go. My plan is to eventually install solar at least for temporary boondocking such as we had to do on the way to Galveston and I found the post about installing solar so I will most likely be asking questions in that post.
That’s it for now. Thanks for reading.
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