I have lived in a travel trailer since February 2018. I spent two weeks in an RV park in San Diego as a safeguard that if I hated it immediately, I could pull the ripcord and find an apartment.

At the end of the two weeks, I picked up my Dad at the airport, met my friend Nikki at a rest stop on the 15 to pick up my new 8-week-old puppy Sterling, then we headed for Texas.

Since that first road trip, Sterling and I have been to 46 of the lower 48 states and traveled over 130,000 miles. We have seen some spectacular scenery.

The Open Range was a great weekend trip camper. But the miles began to build up, and living inside full time took its toll on the interior. Finally, after a hail storm in May 2022 that broke the bathroom skylight, I had had enough. I called a Grand Design dealer in Texas and worked out a deal on a new Reflection 341RDS over the phone. From watching many YouTube RVers, I knew I wanted a Grand Design. I have walked through enough of them that I felt comfortable purchasing a trailer sight unseen.

Sterling and I are excited to begin this new chapter of our lives in a new, much larger home.