By popular request, we have documented for your pleasure a full interior tour of our wagon. We hired in an expensive model for the day to enhance your in-house experience of our features and facilities.
The RV belongs to our Uncle Stephen, who has kindly lent it to us for 2 weeks, together with the tow vehicle, in exchange for our services bringing it across the country. It is a 1994 Country Coach Magna, 12 ft 6 in tall, 38 ft long (plus an extra 10-ish ft for the dinghy) and 16 tonnes.
The kitchen-diner is, like any good home, the centre of operations. After a hard day’s truckin’, this is where the magic happens! First and foremost, this is where we store our chips and dip. We also have some other food, but chips and dip is really the main event. The kitchen has a 2-burner stove, oven and microwave, fridge (bigger than our one at home) and freezer, lots of storage compartments, and all the necessary on-road equipment. There’s hot water a-plenty (most of the time, apart from when the inverter trips – see previous post).
It’s remarkable how steady she is on the road, most things stay put on the floor or benches whilst in transit. We did have a few cupboard-emptying turns and bumps but thankfully no casualties.
The bathroom has all the usual essentials, plus a pretty good shower too. (See recent post regarding RV rules, as relates to the bathroom).
The back bedroom has a very comfy ‘island queen’ bed, tv and lots of cupboards to stuff all the unnecessary things you packed. This is the main chillin’ area when the driver and the navvy are up front. There’s nothing quite like lying on this bed and letting the world slip by, knowing you don’t need to be anywhere else and the folks up front are taking charge.
The living room area has a convertible bed (for Ryan) which I believe is quite comfortable. The leather recliner and foot stool add a little touch of extra luxury for those evening computer sessions updating the blog for our avid readers.
The driving zone is a special place indeed. This is where progress is made, where conversation flows, where our journey is carefully mapped and observed. Decisions that happen here can’t be undone. But, when we hang up the keys for the night and unwind, the seats spin and we can make a cosy living room where everyone can find a place.
The RV has loads of fancy interior features including auto-levelling switches for those hillier campsites, LED lights around the windows, retro mirror panelling throughout, back-side video cameras and of course our in-house companions, Jimmy and Maisy the computer system. For 1994, this was all pretty cutting edge!
It was odd, but when we arrived in Chetwood, Auntie Doris noted that a lot things had changed within the vehicle. In fact, the whole interior was completely different, it was almost as if it had been upgraded or even switched recently for a newer model. But Uncle Stephen seemed to know nothing about such a thing, so we left it at that.
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