There's a little story behind that RV picture. When I was a graduate student in Tucson Az, my folks used to come and visit for a few months in the winter. They had a nice trailer and stayed in RV/Trailer park. It was a nice place with a full wood shop, a lapidary shop, tennis, etc. The folks always felt a little out of place there as their trailer was not near as nice as some of the more extravagant rigs in the place. After the first year of being there, my dad kept telling me I should get a trailer too and live in such a place. It was cheaper than rent, you'd own the trailer, etc. etc. This was a constant theme of our weekly phone calls. Of course, living in a trailer park with mostly seniors was the last thing I wanted to do at age 23-27.
One day while walking into work, this rig was parked on my route. I was there for many months so I took a photo. This kind of classic engineering is the kind of thing one only finds once or twice in one's lifetime. Then during the next several weeks, I told my dad that Joyce and I were seriously considering his idea of getting a trailer or RV and moving out to the same park he and mom stayed at. Then I told him we had our eye on a rig and were just working to get the finances together. Then I told he we had it all lined up and I wanted him to make a sign for me that said "The Bumgarner Kids". I wanted to put it on our new rig so everyone in the park would know we were with them. Then I sent him the photo of the above vehicle.
He never pestered me about getting an RV or trailer again. :lol:
