Our first RV. Researched for several years by surfing the web.
Our priority is to explore both the urban (museums, etc.) and the backroads (sites of interest, parks, etc). Probably no more than a couple of nights in one place. Not "campers" in the general sense (more like truck drivers-LOL). Got tired of hauling all our gear in/out of the minivan and the motel on nearly a daily basis. Boondocking was appealing.
We started with some walk-thrus of dealership units, on the scale of those with a Freightliner-type cab. It became apparent real quick that my wife was very uncomfortable with the idea of driving anything in the class C or above size, where my past CDL experience didn't make me blink an eye. But we enjoyed sharing the driving on previous roadtrips in our Honda Odyssey so a class B was a better fit for us.
So we bought a Roadtrek CS/XL this spring and my wife doesn't mind driving it at all. She kind of prefers the CO/KS portions of I-70, when we chase grandkids' sporting events. It is kind of nice to have the flexibility to tour before or afterwards. And we can pull over just about anywhere to rest/sleep when we want to. Living in the close quarters has been/is/will continue to be a learning experience. But it is just the two of us and we believe we can make it work for us.
So, to answer the thread original topic: Our first two trips took us from homebase to Goodland/Russell/Salina/Hesston, KS. Then another directly to Beloit, KS. Real glad to have this unit available at track meets! Thanks to an injury the first of June we had a "staycation" for the rest of the summer. We did get in a two night trip to Cripple Creek Mining District, where I drove the Class B around the small towns with a great view from that big front window. And another 600 mile run back to our hometown so the 12 year old grandson could go to the nearby state park and camp overnight with me before school started.
As we have a place to stay back in our KS hometown, the Roadtrek will be parked unless the game(s) are out-of-town (and in western KS, you expect to go long distances to play your competitors). At the end of this school year when the grandkids start their summer jobs and camps, we expect to just go wandering far afield!
