Our Motor Home

It will be 30 years this summer since we bought our new Lindy Motor Home. It was built on a 350 Chevy chases with a V-8 engine, automatic transmission and averaged between 7.5-8.5mpg.  Julie was 3 years old and Carolyn was just ready to start her Teaching career. The four of us went on an extensive trip for our first "outing". It took us to the Black Hills, Devils Tower, Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, MT, Rock Springs, WY and home. During that first year we went on several short junkets and back to North Carolina to visit kids. We had the Motor Home for 12 years during which time we drove it some 30,000 miles. In '84 the 4 of us went to visit Tim's in Columbus, IN, on to Franklin, NC to visit Jon's and from there to Oklahoma City for a SCSA meeting. In '85 Julie went along with Elaine and I when we visited Tim's, Verlon in Richmond, VA, down to Jon's in Oxford, NC where we all went to an event at the  H.H.Bennett farm. Jon's went along with us up to D.C. for an SCS 50th Anniversary Banquet. We visited Ralston's in Arlington, VA and on up to Davis's near Harrisburg, PA and on home. We covered much of the same ground in '86 by again taking Julie along and going to an SCSA meeting in Winston Salem, NC. We visited all 3 boys and their families on the trip. In '87 Elaine and I drove the Motor Home along with the VW to the SCSA meeting in Billings, MT. We "camped" on weekends with a group of friends from Seward on numerous occasions  and made many short trips during these years. We made a couple trips with the "rig" up to Wisconsin while working over in Ankeny, IA. In '92 Carolyn and Julie went along with us on a trip to Yellowstone. And, in January of '95 we drove it down to Donna, TX where we spent a month including a tour through the Copper Canyon in Mexico. During the past 2 days, I have blogged about the trips we made with the Kilzer's in '87 & '88. In April, 1995 we decided to pass it on to let others enjoy it as we did for those 12 years.