We purchased our Solera from RV Direct’s dealership in Des Moines, Iowa. Why so far away? There are no Forest River dealers in British Columbia that sell this model. In fact, there is only dealer in Canada (in Laval, Quebec) that sells them, and they buy them at RV Direct, Continue Reading
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Introducing our new motorhome
We purchased a new 2013 Forest River Solera 24S. You can read about our search here The Search for our RV (Part 1) and The Search for our RV (Part 2). We purchased the Special Edition model which supposedly has a number of upgrades, but I believe that every Solera available Continue Reading
The Search for our RV (Part 2)
After several weeks of researching motorhomes and narrowing down my list (see The Search for our RV (Part 1)), there were still 10 different models we were considering, with nothing significant to separate them. With a bout of analysis paralysis coming on, we applied a bit of intuition and started Continue Reading
The Search for our RV (Part 1)
Buying an RV is an analyzer’s worst nightmare. There are thousands of new and used RV models to choose from in North America. Only a few of these are great. Some are downright dangerous. Some key decisions that need to be made are: Type – Should we get a motorized Continue Reading
Europe Phase 2 Update
We’ve reached the point in our journey where we are about as distant as we’re going to get from London, our starting place for Phase 2. The blue lines on the map below show our route for Phase 2 so far. Phase 1 is in Red. This may look like Continue Reading