New owners in Georgia
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:03 am
After many years of looking and stalking the B190 Forum, my family and I finally bought a 1997 B190 from Texas 3 weeks ago. We were planning on buying one in Tennessee until the owner couldn't bear to give it up. After being disappointed on that deal, I found another 1 year newer one on the forum and jumped on it. After getting a B190, I now understand why Lou couldn't give hers up.
I picked up the new van in Houston, and made a new friend in the process with old owner, on August 31 and drove it back 16 hours to Flowery Branch Georgia. Was suppose to be a 2 day trip with an evening in New Orleans but, a work issue forced me to drive straight through the night. Left Atlanta at 5:00 am Tuesday pulled in driveway at 5:05 am Wednesday Morning, after a lot of coffee. Van ran and drove great, got 12.9 miles to the gallon, which I was very pleased with.
The next weekend, we took our first trip to Carrowinds on the North Carolina/South Carolina border over Labor Day. After years of sleeping in truck camper, it was awesome to be able to walk around and take a shower. Absolutely love it. Wife loved being able to lounge/Nap on the sofa while on the road. Skater got me setup on the forum while I was sitting on a bench at the park.
This past weekend was opening day of the GA Deer Bow Season. Had to take van down field road to camp and it did awesome. Think it has more ground clearance than my 2wd F-150 has.
Just wanted to say hey and thank everyone for the information posted on the Forum it has really helped in researching and learning about these wonderful motorhomes. Please feel free to send me a message if your passing through the Atlanta area. Vanbytheriver is my user name, its a joke b/w me and my wife from the Chris Farley SNL Skit. I'm always saying with the way the world is going I'm gonna go live in a van down by the river, just a really nice one like the Airstream. Plus my son and I do a lot of fly fishing and is one of the reasons we bought the B190 so, it just makes since.
Cant wait for the next adventure,
Wade
I picked up the new van in Houston, and made a new friend in the process with old owner, on August 31 and drove it back 16 hours to Flowery Branch Georgia. Was suppose to be a 2 day trip with an evening in New Orleans but, a work issue forced me to drive straight through the night. Left Atlanta at 5:00 am Tuesday pulled in driveway at 5:05 am Wednesday Morning, after a lot of coffee. Van ran and drove great, got 12.9 miles to the gallon, which I was very pleased with.
The next weekend, we took our first trip to Carrowinds on the North Carolina/South Carolina border over Labor Day. After years of sleeping in truck camper, it was awesome to be able to walk around and take a shower. Absolutely love it. Wife loved being able to lounge/Nap on the sofa while on the road. Skater got me setup on the forum while I was sitting on a bench at the park.
This past weekend was opening day of the GA Deer Bow Season. Had to take van down field road to camp and it did awesome. Think it has more ground clearance than my 2wd F-150 has.
Just wanted to say hey and thank everyone for the information posted on the Forum it has really helped in researching and learning about these wonderful motorhomes. Please feel free to send me a message if your passing through the Atlanta area. Vanbytheriver is my user name, its a joke b/w me and my wife from the Chris Farley SNL Skit. I'm always saying with the way the world is going I'm gonna go live in a van down by the river, just a really nice one like the Airstream. Plus my son and I do a lot of fly fishing and is one of the reasons we bought the B190 so, it just makes since.
Cant wait for the next adventure,
Wade