Such exciting news for you guys!!!! There are days sitting in our Brinkley when I think, "Man, they took Marissa's style!" Which is one of the many reasons we chose them. But until then, we were sold on Grand Design, and there is no doubt that your partnership is exciting for all future owners. I am so sorry to read others throwing shade at Grand Design and you acting like things have never gone wrong in their lives. All anyone can do in life is improve from who they were yesterday, and a partnership with LJML will surely be an improvement! See you guys at your next rally, and now in Tampa. I'm so pumped for the reveal!
When passing through Michigan, you are welcome to stop and use the spot we have set up for RV's. We live on torch lake, which is also a nice spot to visit.
While in Canada you must see Kooteny National Park, and when going east, when you cross into Saskatchewan skip the TransCanada and take the secondary highway south of it. Grasslands National Park is amazing, as is all the little towns along the way to Lake of the Woods. I just looked a map and the route is zigzagging across Canada. There is so much to see in each province, so much to see so little time!
In the bedroom with adding a fireplace to utilize that space for Nathan to work and to gain a bigger window a televator would fit in that cabinet that the fireplace would go. When in work mode the TV would be down behind the fireplace and the window would be fully open for a view. Once the workday is done that computer goes away and you can raise the TV. It's a thought that you may want to put into the plan of the new RV.
I knew when you said what RV do you think we are taking I said oh boy Marissa is getting that Linage she loved. JJ is the chicken whisperer. I would have never thought years ago that JJ would be touching a chicken. Awesome. I’m excited for Canada for sure. Yes You Rock. ❤❤❤❤
My husband and I are traveling up to Canada to the same places you are going. We are like you, no reservations, flying by the seat of our pants and hoping for the best. Praying for good weather and lots of beautiful sites
If it’s in summer months you won’t have much luck getting spots in Banff or Jasper! They book up 3 months in advance. I live here in Alberta and it’s crazy trying to get to get a spot in those areas! Hope you enjoy it here! ❤️
It’s nice that you can go to these places and see these wonderful sights. When we think my wife and I can have an opportunity to go somewhere wonderful. We get stopped by personal restrictions and can’t even plan for that year. We’ve been struggling since 2014. There’s always next year right.😢 You guys have a wonder time. Go fulfill dreams.
Just watched Matt getting GD rep to tour him through the Lineage; we all were so impressed, you could see in the comments. So to see you folks actually traveling and living in it will be the real-life experience that tells all. Nice!
We just spent the last couple weeks driving from Florida to Washington without a reservation made! We planned each leg and picked stuff a night or two out, but even just found a nice place and stopped same day. Love the journey!
We are impressed with the Lineage and can’t wait to hear your take on it. Also we will be in the same area so we hope to run into you all. Safe travels!
Excited to hear you are coming through Banff again! We full-time a short ways away from Banff in our 2024 Grand Design Influence 3503GK which we love! They have done the lighter colours and more residential feel in the Influence.
Sounds like you guys have a busy few months planned. Good luck on the design project. If I'm at Tampa next year I'll come see you. Keep the good stuff coming guys and give the kids a hug for me.
The locks were an issue with our Minnie. So many people walking in on the bathroom. We replaced with a locking door knob. For the sliding doors we did a command strip hook and use the travel loop on it. Not super secure but great for privacy.
I think I totally agree with all you said about what you would change about your RV! I'm so excited to see what the layout looks like! See you in Tampa!
Congrats you all. You have packed within 10 yrs what we all would take 10 decades to get to and not got to 10 percent. What you do for your kids is amazing and for you. Not including the home schooling , wonderful. What your kids have seen and done. WOW !!!!!!!! Hope they think so. Sure they will later in life if not before. WOW !!!!!!!
We're taking our 26' Winnebago View and going to East Glacier, Waterton (hope you're going there), Banff, Jasper, West Glacier, Yellowstone and Tetons and then back to western NC. Leaving Aug 21 and back Oct 2. SO EXCITED!!! I'm thrilled you'll be there a little ahead of us so I'll get to journey with you before we go. I'm thrilled for you for all this fun stuff you've got planned.
My grandparents lived in a 5th wheel that they moved only 3-4 times a year and then they had a really small motor home that they called their “tent”. When not traveling it was parked next to the 5th wheel as a guest room for visitors.
I am with you on the fireplace in the master bedroom. Brinkley has a bumper pull that I love the layout on (would prefer a 5th wheel) and they have a fireplace in the master bedroom. We are currently trying to find our full time RV so are looking g at lots of models. Our kids are close to the point of heading off to college and starting lives of their own.
We went to Banff and Jasper on our honeymoon 28 years ago. It was majestic. We took our daughter their a few years ago. My province Newfoundland is beautiful as well. Love to see you guys here some day.💞🇨🇦
We have had trouble with all of our slow rise shades falling off the walls/ceilings due to rough roads. I hate the boxes that they install around all the windows. Those have been removed, curtains added. Will contact slow rise for more mounting brackets at each window and will add reinforced trim to better hold the roller shades. We do love the shades, but they are heavy & should be installed better. And yes we need bath tubs now that we have tankless water heaters. The face lift you did in your 5th wheel were perfect.
My nephew and his wife did Iceland in a camper van in Iceland and then my sister and brother in law did it with their Land Rover that broke down and they ended up doing it in a tent, and froze their butts off but had a great time. They both did it in summer though.
How exciting! We’re getting our upgraded RV in 2 days! It’s at the dealership awaiting us to pick it up. We cannot wait and understand your excitement for new things!
I have back yard chickens, chickens no matter where they live are messy. BUT, like any pet bird, cleaning up after them is part of the ownership responsibility. I can see traveling with a couple of hens, they give back with eggs and unlike other captured birds have a defined personality that brings joy. There are harnesses and leashes to walk them, chicken diapers , etc. These products would not be here if not for so many chicken parents.
Yes, quality is definitely an achilles heal in the industry. We also have to consider that the materials used have to be light weight, they’re towed down the road- adding to wear and tear, and often aren’t rated to hold as much as many load them with.
So many great ideas! Bath tubs are great, they do make walk in tubs, which is pretty cool to have the best of both types but it could be too heavy? The fireplace in the bedroom is a great idea. We swapped out our TV with a small one (we never watched TV in our bedroom so it made sense for us). I will say it helped a lot this winter to reduce the amount of propane we used. We just set it on a timer to turn off after a couple of hours. What I wish it would do is run on a thermostat to keep the room at a set temperature. I could not find one with that feature small enough to fit our space but I’m thinking if GD worked with a company they could get that feature added to a smaller sized unit. Why not give customers more custom options if they’re ordering a rig? If the cost is similar (bedroom TV vs Fireplace $150 or less, pick one or where space allows add both at an additional cost), offer an immediate option to upgrade the mattress by partnering with a couple of mattress companies (your paying to buy it after market anyway & if you can preorder with it you’re saving yourself the hassle & I’m sure GD could get deeper discounts than we can) plus GD would save money by not buying the first mattress. I’m not suggesting GD pays the cost of the upgrade, I’m saying if I’m ordering it I’d pay the extra for the upgrades I wanted (like buying a car) but only where it’s a higher cost. If the base model is XYZ frig, maybe the upgrade is a model that adds an ice maker. Zero cost swap outs would be like the oven: option A is a stovetop burner only with a storage cabinet below; Option B the propane oven combo; then an upgrade to that could be a convection air fryer microwave unit vs a standard microwave & you pay the extra cost; another upgrade could be to use the space under the stovetop only burners to add a dishwasher drawer. If you look at the most common modifications done by RVrs that is the list that could be offered as an upgraded bundled package (keypad locks, hand rails, door handle extenders, screen protectors, etc.). And why not partner with a storage solution company to design aftermarket storage that fits some of the storage space & Offer a % off discount link off the total? I have probably spent 20 to 30 hours just trying to find items that fit these odd spaces without losing too much storage, example: the medicine cabinet is ? 4.5 inches deep … I don’t want a 3 deep tray losing 1.5 inches … finally found plastic pencil boxes that fit it exactly & I put the tiny items in them & added a label (makeup in one, clippers & nail stuff in another, medicine etc) but it took me hours to find them. Pantry is another area where if it’s deep it’s easier to pull out two baskets than 20 items. If it’s tall it should have adjustable shelves. I’m testing out ways to hang a shelf in ours to better use all of the space (like can I hang a loaf of bread or bag of chips in a fish net or cloth under a shelf where I store shorter items below only because I can’t adjust the shelves and mine I’m is too shallow for a standard add a shelf unit. Clothes storage is another for full timers, vacuum packing seasonal clothing under the bed to a near exact fit took me a while to locate the right size, even if they just provided a list of links to these items they know fit I’d think Customers would appreciate it. Compactor makes a square size that when turned on its side uses up the full height under the bed so no lost storage space. Enjoy your rig testing, we’re looking forward to your ideas & thoughts!!
Love your ideas for a new design for Grand Design!💗 I love the quality that I have seen in many of the travel trailer options as well as the fifth wheels but they are ALL dark. As an interior decorator, I long to see the lighter colors and a more classic design that won't go out of style. A space is so small and in RV and lighter colors expand the space exponentially. I can't wait to see your design! A bathtub, oh my, that has to happen.... That could convince me to full time.🛁
It's exciting that manufacturers are listening to consumers more and taking their suggestions on functionality to heart. We're excited to see what you and GD come up with!
You are going to Love Iceland. I lived there as a 10/11-year-old. Dad was stationed at Keflavik. It was not far from Reykjavik. There are mud pots but please watch your babies. Don't let them too close some people have fallen in and gotten burned so severely that they could have died. I had a friend that happened to. I understand that they have fencing in place now. The winter is when you want to go for the Aroura Borealis. Summer the sun doesn't really set. It gets like dusk about 2 AM then comes right back up. the winter is opposite it is dark all the time with a tiny bit of sun close to noon. Gullfoss is a beautiful waterfall. the overspray keeps the ground wet so be prepared. Thingvellir is a cute cute little town that has thatched cottages, but I think a Volcano went off there this past year. Mt Hekla is a wonder also. We climbed that in 1968 and it was presented to us as an inactive volcano, yet it blew a year after we left the Island. The birds and native animals are beautiful. This is a very magical place. Trolls are very real to the local people and you will hear about it. Take pictures as well as videos. And an FYI, Fishing is the main commerce. Please be ready for the fish racks.
We have the Solitude 378 mbs-r and for the most part we love it. If I could change anything….I would add a 3rd axle and more basement storage behind the axles. Unfortunately….with this model, all the basement storage is so far forward, that it adds pin weight.
We moved from a 40 arc ranch..with tons of chickens..to a 29ft rv..in 2020..full-time..for 2 yrs..the one thing I missed was was my chickens..we pulled into a rv park in New Mexico and they're was a lady in a toy-hauler. With 3 chickens 🐔 🤣..she has my respect
We were just at Glacier National Park last week! Eastside Glacier Park RV for full hookups! It’s close to the St Mary’s, Many Glacier, and Two Medicine entrances. It’s such a beautiful place for hiking!
OMG!!! We are going to Iceland in November!!! How exciting! You will love it...I was there in 2015 and it is definitely EPIC!!! Golden Circle is a MUST!
I know ya’ll do a ton of research but if you want any tips we found useful or things to take that help in these vans let us know! It was only the two of us but we splurged and got the 5 passenger with extended height and we wouldn’t have done it any other way. It will take some solid organization if you’re taking your kiddos!! Tried to upload a photo but guess it doesn’t let you
To get it all, bathtub, fireplace in the bedroom, etc. Consider building a tiny home on wheels; some are pretty nice, like the timber craft ones of Alabama, and you'll get both the house and the moving possibility =D
I've been following you for years and you have shown some amazing footage in all of your videos - but that close up on JJ's chicken was Oscar worthy! 😂 Can't wait to follow along!
Wow! Y’all have a busy time ahead! We’ve built our campers so we could have what we wanted but we’ve only built smaller ones. I feel like the quality of our DIY builds is better than anything we could afford to buy and we are not professionals. I feel like the RV/camper industry needs to up their game in quality in general.
We have a Grand Design Imagine 17MKE (full time for 2.5 years in it) - it’s absolutely the best layout for a less than 22’ overall trailer! There are a few things they need to work on & fix on their Imagine line, but I would buy this trailer again.
I have an Imagine 2600RB and we love the floor plan. But I added a fan to the bedroom vent and had to fish wire to it from the kitchen. Not that hard but GD should just have this pre-wired for a fan. I also built drawers for the two dinette seats. This should be standard in GD. Excited to see your designed trailer.
I'm liking all the mods you talked about! (As I liked the ones you made a bit back.) This'll be great if the manufacturers go for them. - As far as a tub: every home should have one. One downside in an RV is the extra real estate they take. Another is that tub bathers are tying up a bathroom--though acceptable if there are two. Or, could the space be dual purpose, like the tub's in the bittom of a clothes closet? I can't wait to see what you come up with!
You might want to look at bedroom floorplan which may not be exactly what you want but does have both a fireplace and a window seat, Venture SportTrek 272VRK. It also has light colors. The main thing that bothers me is the dinette makes into a bed that will not fit an adult. My naivety in not checking.
We just got back from Iceland. You are going to LOVE it! Have a famous hot dog in Reykjavik. I don't like hot dogs, but these were amazing! Also highly recommend staying overnight on Westman Island. The volcano ATV tour is great!
Question for LJMJ and Finding Your Someday, both will be trialing the Lineage. What do think about the cargo carrying capacity. Even though it’s on a 450 chassis, do you think a family of 4, with gear and all the camping gear, it will be interesting if you can be under the CCC requirement. It will be interesting to see the fully loaded weight printout, CCC is our issue with 2 people and little water on our 350 MB chassis. Looking forward to the trial.
JJ and the chickens are so cute. At first I thought you were going to say that you were going back to Alaska with FOS. Look forward to this new “season”.
My husband and I were married in Pyramid Island in Jasper 25 years ago this July! You will love both Jasper and Banff (though I am clearly partial to Jasper 🥰
Want a bath tub? We have a 2003 Newmar Dutch Star 3803 diesel pusher Class A. One(,of many) reasons we bought it was it had a nearly full size bathtub( think rv queen size bed, slightly smaller). We bought it used from the original owner(via Lazy days Tampa) in 2016.
So exciting! Can't wait to see your upcoming adventures. Especially Iceland, I have always wanted to visit there. I hate we have to wait two weeks for the adventure to begin😄
They are a great company and because Winnebago owns them. Winnebago is great as well. They had the bridges like that as well, when I toured the plant in Iowa
So many exciting adventures! I love the new lineage too and can’t wait to personally see one! I live in Fl so hopefully I’ll be at the Tampa RV show in January! Have a fun week at camp ❤❤❤❤
Incredible energy in this video Nathan and Marissa! I'll have to work on the husband for a Florida visit and the Tampa RV show. I'd love to take a walk through your rig design. God bless your time in church camp. See you in two weeks. ❤ 🥰😘
If a man pays $1 for a hundred apples, but spends 10 hours picking them when he could have made $200 working at his job for 10 hours, what’s the personal price he paid for the apples?
They're not telling on the improvements because that's an admittance and acknowledgment that their prior toy hauler frame houses weren't engineered and built correctly to be functionally long term used if the RV was not used with the weight of a toy in the garage. I noticed that is what happened to all the youtube channels who had a toy hauler frame failure and what they all had in common. By publishing and talking about said improvements, that gives legal evidence in lawsuits or potential lawsuits for negligence for not correctly designing the RV in the first place for an obvious, normal use of an RV. Not engineered for use without the cantilever effect leading to frame failure.
Are they trying to build the Lineage piecemeal? The main reason quality slips imo is shoddy assembly by a line that gets pushed to get to the next one. Son works at Winnebago and says they don’t have that experience in Forest City. (Also mentioned the Lineage is basically the same as the Ekko)
Wow, ya'll are intense. But it's super fun to see you trying out these different rigs. I live full time in a 26" class C and my big ask is for more counter space in the kitchenette area. RV manufacturers always seem to skimp in this area unless you get to much larger rigs, like your 40 footer. They put in a 4 burner stove and oven, and then no space to actually cook anywhere. That's my bit of feedback to them.
If you want a bath in an RV you should look into Japanese bath concepts, they aren't as long as western baths so they would work for RV's but you would have to alter your idea of how you take a bath slightly 🙂
That’s so exciting I can’t wait to see all your rvs. I love that Lineage. Glad you are talking to Grand Design about designs of your Rv. I cant wait to see you travels and and your rvs. It’s exciting I’ve been watching you all for 6 years. It’s hard to believe. It went by fast. I couldn’t comment back then they were turned off. But glad they got turned on. Have fun going on your church expedition. That snake skin was scary. Love you guys! Hope you had a great 4 th of July! Safe travels have a great week. See you soon!
OH MY GOSH!!! a BATHTUB!! YES!!! i already have 100% absolute plans for putting a bath rub in any fifth wheel we buy which is our plan in about a year or so! I keep asking why there aren’t bathtubs in 5th wheels any more!! I haven’t had decent bathtub in my house for like 15 years and I am not retiring to a 5th wheel without a BATHTUB!!!
There’s a gal who designs custom 5th wheels and she shows how she put a small residential tub in a 5th wheel! I am totally doing that if I can’t find one ready made for me!
I love how excited Nathan gets talking about the manufacturing side of RV's. Thanks for making a difference in the RV industry...
We genuinely want to help the industry serve the community better!
Such exciting news for you guys!!!! There are days sitting in our Brinkley when I think, "Man, they took Marissa's style!" Which is one of the many reasons we chose them. But until then, we were sold on Grand Design, and there is no doubt that your partnership is exciting for all future owners. I am so sorry to read others throwing shade at Grand Design and you acting like things have never gone wrong in their lives. All anyone can do in life is improve from who they were yesterday, and a partnership with LJML will surely be an improvement! See you guys at your next rally, and now in Tampa. I'm so pumped for the reveal!
It does seem like they used our design as inspiration and that’s flattering if they did!
When passing through Michigan, you are welcome to stop and use the spot we have set up for RV's. We live on torch lake, which is also a nice spot to visit.
Awesome! Thanks!
While in Canada you must see Kooteny National Park, and when going east, when you cross into Saskatchewan skip the TransCanada and take the secondary highway south of it. Grasslands National Park is amazing, as is all the little towns along the way to Lake of the Woods. I just looked a map and the route is zigzagging across Canada. There is so much to see in each province, so much to see so little time!
Awesome that’s for the tips!
In the bedroom with adding a fireplace to utilize that space for Nathan to work and to gain a bigger window a televator would fit in that cabinet that the fireplace would go. When in work mode the TV would be down behind the fireplace and the window would be fully open for a view. Once the workday is done that computer goes away and you can raise the TV. It's a thought that you may want to put into the plan of the new RV.
Great idea! 💡
I knew when you said what RV do you think we are taking I said oh boy Marissa is getting that Linage she loved. JJ is the chicken whisperer. I would have never thought years ago that JJ would be touching a chicken. Awesome. I’m excited for Canada for sure. Yes You Rock. ❤❤❤❤
He loves the chickens! We are so excited to take the all new Lineage out on an adventure 🥳
My husband and I are traveling up to Canada to the same places you are going. We are like you, no reservations, flying by the seat of our pants and hoping for the best. Praying for good weather and lots of beautiful sites
If it’s in summer months you won’t have much luck getting spots in Banff or Jasper! They book up 3 months in advance. I live here in Alberta and it’s crazy trying to get to get a spot in those areas! Hope you enjoy it here! ❤️
🙌🙌🙌 yes! We are praying for that also!
It’s nice that you can go to these places and see these wonderful sights. When we think my wife and I can have an opportunity to go somewhere wonderful. We get stopped by personal restrictions and can’t even plan for that year. We’ve been struggling since 2014. There’s always next year right.😢 You guys have a wonder time. Go fulfill dreams.
I know that’s hard, it may seem like we are always doing epic adventures but sometimes we also are faced with disappointment. Hang in there!
Just watched Matt getting GD rep to tour him through the Lineage; we all were so impressed, you could see in the comments. So to see you folks actually traveling and living in it will be the real-life experience that tells all. Nice!
We are so excited to take it on a trip!
We just spent the last couple weeks driving from Florida to Washington without a reservation made! We planned each leg and picked stuff a night or two out, but even just found a nice place and stopped same day. Love the journey!
That’s amazing 🤩
We are impressed with the Lineage and can’t wait to hear your take on it. Also we will be in the same area so we hope to run into you all. Safe travels!
We cannot wait!
We would love to cross paths!
Excited to hear you are coming through Banff again! We full-time a short ways away from Banff in our 2024 Grand Design Influence 3503GK which we love! They have done the lighter colours and more residential feel in the Influence.
Amazing 🤩
Sounds like you guys have a busy few months planned. Good luck on the design project. If I'm at Tampa next year I'll come see you. Keep the good stuff coming guys and give the kids a hug for me.
We are “slowing down” this year 😂😅
Your plans are so exciting, I can’t wait to see all the adventures and changes in RV’s!😊❤
Can't wait! Canada 🇨🇦 and Iceland 🇮🇸 🥳
How exciting! I'm looking forward to following all your adventures. And JJ and his chickens
We are too! Isn’t that so cute! 🐓
The locks were an issue with our Minnie. So many people walking in on the bathroom. We replaced with a locking door knob. For the sliding doors we did a command strip hook and use the travel loop on it. Not super secure but great for privacy.
Good idea!
I,ve been going to Iceland since 1960. My mom is born and raised there. It is beautiful. Very touristy now compared to what it used to be.
We are really looking forward to experiencing it!
I love the flex room Ember RV is making. It has a track system on the wall for attaching beds, desks, or counters at different heights.
That’s so smart!
I think I totally agree with all you said about what you would change about your RV! I'm so excited to see what the layout looks like! See you in Tampa!
We cannot wait to share this journey!
Congrats you all. You have packed within 10 yrs what we all would take 10 decades to get to and not got to 10 percent. What you do for your kids is amazing and for you. Not including the home schooling , wonderful. What your kids have seen and done. WOW !!!!!!!! Hope they think so. Sure they will later in life if not before. WOW !!!!!!!
🙌 yes this lifestyle has blessed our daily in. So many ways!
We're taking our 26' Winnebago View and going to East Glacier, Waterton (hope you're going there), Banff, Jasper, West Glacier, Yellowstone and Tetons and then back to western NC. Leaving Aug 21 and back Oct 2. SO EXCITED!!! I'm thrilled you'll be there a little ahead of us so I'll get to journey with you before we go. I'm thrilled for you for all this fun stuff you've got planned.
Sounds like with that timeline you’ll encounter some colder weather! Don’t forget to pack for that!!!
That sounds amazing!
Exciting news! Can’t wait to watch ❤
🎉🎉🎉
My grandparents lived in a 5th wheel that they moved only 3-4 times a year and then they had a really small motor home that they called their “tent”. When not traveling it was parked next to the 5th wheel as a guest room for visitors.
That’s awesome 👏
I love, love, love some of your ideas for RV design -- specifically the flex room.
Yes! 🙌 we cannot wait to bring it to life!
I am with you on the fireplace in the master bedroom. Brinkley has a bumper pull that I love the layout on (would prefer a 5th wheel) and they have a fireplace in the master bedroom. We are currently trying to find our full time RV so are looking g at lots of models. Our kids are close to the point of heading off to college and starting lives of their own.
We do love that travel trailer it’s really nice!
Nice update on your plans. Happy travels.
Thanks so much!
You and your family are so inspirational-thank you! Bob from Spokane Valley, WA USA
Oh thank you so much 🥰
We went to Banff and Jasper on our honeymoon 28 years ago. It was majestic. We took our daughter their a few years ago. My province Newfoundland is beautiful as well. Love to see you guys here some day.💞🇨🇦
We are excited for this adventure 🥳🙌🎉
We have had trouble with all of our slow rise shades falling off the walls/ceilings due to rough roads. I hate the boxes that they install around all the windows. Those have been removed, curtains added. Will contact slow rise for more mounting brackets at each window and will add reinforced trim to better hold the roller shades. We do love the shades, but they are heavy & should be installed better. And yes we need bath tubs now that we have tankless water heaters. The face lift you did in your 5th wheel were perfect.
That’s good to know, we don’t have those shades but I think Brinkley does.
Oh wow!! Iceland is stunning! I've never been, just watched other's journey there. Looking forward to watching yours!
We are really excited 🙌
@@LessJunkMoreJourney I would be too!!!
My nephew and his wife did Iceland in a camper van in Iceland and then my sister and brother in law did it with their Land Rover that broke down and they ended up doing it in a tent, and froze their butts off but had a great time. They both did it in summer though.
That sounds like quite the adventure 😊
How exciting! We’re getting our upgraded RV in 2 days! It’s at the dealership awaiting us to pick it up. We cannot wait and understand your excitement for new things!
That’s so exciting 🥳
I have back yard chickens, chickens no matter where they live are messy. BUT, like any pet bird, cleaning up after them is part of the ownership responsibility. I can see traveling with a couple of hens, they give back with eggs and unlike other captured birds have a defined personality that brings joy. There are harnesses and leashes to walk them, chicken diapers , etc. These products would not be here if not for so many chicken parents.
The biggest problem with the industry, going back a decade at least, is build quality, not decor, especially for full timers.
Decor always been 12-20 years behind. Build quality always been crap
Yes, quality is definitely an achilles heal in the industry. We also have to consider that the materials used have to be light weight, they’re towed down the road- adding to wear and tear, and often aren’t rated to hold as much as many load them with.
So many great ideas! Bath tubs are great, they do make walk in tubs, which is pretty cool to have the best of both types but it could be too heavy? The fireplace in the bedroom is a great idea. We swapped out our TV with a small one (we never watched TV in our bedroom so it made sense for us). I will say it helped a lot this winter to reduce the amount of propane we used. We just set it on a timer to turn off after a couple of hours. What I wish it would do is run on a thermostat to keep the room at a set temperature. I could not find one with that feature small enough to fit our space but I’m thinking if GD worked with a company they could get that feature added to a smaller sized unit. Why not give customers more custom options if they’re ordering a rig? If the cost is similar (bedroom TV vs Fireplace $150 or less, pick one or where space allows add both at an additional cost), offer an immediate option to upgrade the mattress by partnering with a couple of mattress companies (your paying to buy it after market anyway & if you can preorder with it you’re saving yourself the hassle & I’m sure GD could get deeper discounts than we can) plus GD would save money by not buying the first mattress. I’m not suggesting GD pays the cost of the upgrade, I’m saying if I’m ordering it I’d pay the extra for the upgrades I wanted (like buying a car) but only where it’s a higher cost. If the base model is XYZ frig, maybe the upgrade is a model that adds an ice maker. Zero cost swap outs would be like the oven: option A is a stovetop burner only with a storage cabinet below; Option B the propane oven combo; then an upgrade to that could be a convection air fryer microwave unit vs a standard microwave & you pay the extra cost; another upgrade could be to use the space under the stovetop only burners to add a dishwasher drawer. If you look at the most common modifications done by RVrs that is the list that could be offered as an upgraded bundled package (keypad locks, hand rails, door handle extenders, screen protectors, etc.). And why not partner with a storage solution company to design aftermarket storage that fits some of the storage space & Offer a % off discount link off the total? I have probably spent 20 to 30 hours just trying to find items that fit these odd spaces without losing too much storage, example: the medicine cabinet is ? 4.5 inches deep … I don’t want a 3 deep tray losing 1.5 inches … finally found plastic pencil boxes that fit it exactly & I put the tiny items in them & added a label (makeup in one, clippers & nail stuff in another, medicine etc) but it took me hours to find them. Pantry is another area where if it’s deep it’s easier to pull out two baskets than 20 items. If it’s tall it should have adjustable shelves. I’m testing out ways to hang a shelf in ours to better use all of the space (like can I hang a loaf of bread or bag of chips in a fish net or cloth under a shelf where I store shorter items below only because I can’t adjust the shelves and mine I’m is too shallow for a standard add a shelf unit. Clothes storage is another for full timers, vacuum packing seasonal clothing under the bed to a near exact fit took me a while to locate the right size, even if they just provided a list of links to these items they know fit I’d think Customers would appreciate it. Compactor makes a square size that when turned on its side uses up the full height under the bed so no lost storage space. Enjoy your rig testing, we’re looking forward to your ideas & thoughts!!
Thanks for all the input!
Love your ideas for a new design for Grand Design!💗 I love the quality that I have seen in many of the travel trailer options as well as the fifth wheels but they are ALL dark. As an interior decorator, I long to see the lighter colors and a more classic design that won't go out of style. A space is so small and in RV and lighter colors expand the space exponentially. I can't wait to see your design! A bathtub, oh my, that has to happen.... That could convince me to full time.🛁
That’s our goal!
It's exciting that manufacturers are listening to consumers more and taking their suggestions on functionality to heart. We're excited to see what you and GD come up with!
That’s why we are working along side them, because we want to help these companies create better innovative products.
Exciting things in the future for sure! Looking forward to following the adventure!
We are excited to share this journey with you all!
You are going to Love Iceland. I lived there as a 10/11-year-old. Dad was stationed at Keflavik. It was not far from Reykjavik. There are mud pots but please watch your babies. Don't let them too close some people have fallen in and gotten burned so severely that they could have died. I had a friend that happened to. I understand that they have fencing in place now. The winter is when you want to go for the Aroura Borealis. Summer the sun doesn't really set. It gets like dusk about 2 AM then comes right back up. the winter is opposite it is dark all the time with a tiny bit of sun close to noon. Gullfoss is a beautiful waterfall. the overspray keeps the ground wet so be prepared. Thingvellir is a cute cute little town that has thatched cottages, but I think a Volcano went off there this past year. Mt Hekla is a wonder also. We climbed that in 1968 and it was presented to us as an inactive volcano, yet it blew a year after we left the Island. The birds and native animals are beautiful. This is a very magical place. Trolls are very real to the local people and you will hear about it. Take pictures as well as videos. And an FYI, Fishing is the main commerce. Please be ready for the fish racks.
Thanks for the warning! We will be cautious- we are SO looking forward to this Journey!!!
We have the Solitude 378 mbs-r and for the most part we love it. If I could change anything….I would add a 3rd axle and more basement storage behind the axles. Unfortunately….with this model, all the basement storage is so far forward, that it adds pin weight.
Great feedback thanks! 😊
Awesome Summer plans!! Can't wait to see the Lineage. Maybe we will run into you in Glacier this year! Safe Travels.
🥳 that would be fun!
We moved from a 40 arc ranch..with tons of chickens..to a 29ft rv..in 2020..full-time..for 2 yrs..the one thing I missed was was my chickens..we pulled into a rv park in New Mexico and they're was a lady in a toy-hauler. With 3 chickens 🐔 🤣..she has my respect
Wow! That’s crazy! JJ would become her best friend 😅
My Daughter just did Iceland in a Camper Van! She said it was spectacular!!
Awesome we can’t wait!
We were just at Glacier National Park last week! Eastside Glacier Park RV for full hookups! It’s close to the St Mary’s, Many Glacier, and Two Medicine entrances. It’s such a beautiful place for hiking!
Thanks for the tip!
So excited to hear you are coming to Canada!!
🇨🇦 whoohoo!!!
OMG!!! We are going to Iceland in November!!! How exciting! You will love it...I was there in 2015 and it is definitely EPIC!!! Golden Circle is a MUST!
Amazing!!! We cannot wait!
Looking forward to seeing your new Solitude. So exciting!
We are so excited to innovate something that’s already great!
Just came back in may from 8 days(not really enough) of Camper Vanning Iceland!!! We loved it! Definitely different than my 42’ Solitude!
That’s amazing!
I know ya’ll do a ton of research but if you want any tips we found useful or things to take that help in these vans let us know! It was only the two of us but we splurged and got the 5 passenger with extended height and we wouldn’t have done it any other way. It will take some solid organization if you’re taking your kiddos!! Tried to upload a photo but guess it doesn’t let you
To get it all, bathtub, fireplace in the bedroom, etc. Consider building a tiny home on wheels; some are pretty nice, like the timber craft ones of Alabama, and you'll get both the house and the moving possibility =D
We think we could make it all work in a facts wheel!
I've been following you for years and you have shown some amazing footage in all of your videos - but that close up on JJ's chicken was Oscar worthy! 😂
Can't wait to follow along!
🐓🐓🐓 he loves those chickens!
I love the Mini-Nathan! JJ is so cute and growing so fast.
He is 🥹
Have an awesome journey! Enjoying following along.
We are looking forward to sharing this journey with everyone 🎉
Can't wait to see where you go !! Missed ya all !! God Bless
Thanks we are excited 🥳
Wow! Y’all have a busy time ahead! We’ve built our campers so we could have what we wanted but we’ve only built smaller ones. I feel like the quality of our DIY builds is better than anything we could afford to buy and we are not professionals. I feel like the RV/camper industry needs to up their game in quality in general.
Haha we said we were “slowing down” this year 😅.
That’s amazing that you have customers built yours!!!
I can hardly wait to see the adventures. Thank you
We are so excited to share this journey!
sounds so exciting... I'm happy for you all!!!
We can’t wait to share this journey!
We have a Grand Design Imagine 17MKE (full time for 2.5 years in it) - it’s absolutely the best layout for a less than 22’ overall trailer! There are a few things they need to work on & fix on their Imagine line, but I would buy this trailer again.
That’s awesome! Glad you’re loving it!
Wow! So exciting guys! We can’t wait to travel thru UA-cam with y’all! See you in Tampa!
Can't wait! 🥳
Y’all are just so adventurous!! Love your sweet loving family !! 💙🩷🩷💙
Thank you 🥰🇨🇦🇮🇸
So excited for y’all! Can hardly wait to follow your journeys!
🥳🥳🥳 whoohooo!!!
I have an Imagine 2600RB and we love the floor plan. But I added a fan to the bedroom vent and had to fish wire to it from the kitchen. Not that hard but GD should just have this pre-wired for a fan. I also built drawers for the two dinette seats. This should be standard in GD. Excited to see your designed trailer.
We are excited to take you along in this journey!
I'm liking all the mods you talked about! (As I liked the ones you made a bit back.) This'll be great if the manufacturers go for them. - As far as a tub: every home should have one. One downside in an RV is the extra real estate they take. Another is that tub bathers are tying up a bathroom--though acceptable if there are two. Or, could the space be dual purpose, like the tub's in the bittom of a clothes closet? I can't wait to see what you come up with!
We are so excited for this!
You might want to look at bedroom floorplan which may not be exactly what you want but does have both a fireplace and a window seat, Venture SportTrek 272VRK. It also has light colors. The main thing that bothers me is the dinette makes into a bed that will not fit an adult. My naivety in not checking.
Thanks for the tips!
We just got back from Iceland. You are going to LOVE it! Have a famous hot dog in Reykjavik. I don't like hot dogs, but these were amazing! Also highly recommend staying overnight on Westman Island. The volcano ATV tour is great!
Awesome thank you for the tips! We love hot dogs 😂
Sounds so exciting!
We are pumped 🙌
i'm glad you are coming back to my country (Alberta). Banff & Jasper are second to none in my book for national parks
We are so excited 🙌
I lived in Iceland for a year, been awhile ago. I loved it... I pretty sure you will too!
It’s been on my journey list for a long time we are so excited 👏🙌
Can’t wait to see your adventures!
🎉 We cannot wait to share this journey!
enjoy your summer
You too!
Question for LJMJ and Finding Your Someday, both will be trialing the Lineage. What do think about the cargo carrying capacity. Even though it’s on a 450 chassis, do you think a family of 4, with gear and all the camping gear, it will be interesting if you can be under the CCC requirement. It will be interesting to see the fully loaded weight printout, CCC is our issue with 2 people and little water on our 350 MB chassis. Looking forward to the trial.
We are going to be covering those details.
What about the plumbing in the Imagines? Are they putting brass fittings in them and improving the leaking in the plumbing?
I think they’re making these upgrades across all brands.
How many Grand Design infomercials are you gonna do?
We are partnering with them in order to help bridge the gap between the RV community and the manufacturers. This is not meant to be an infomercial.
OMG, YES THE DECOR!!
Yes!!!
JJ and the chickens are so cute. At first I thought you were going to say that you were going back to Alaska with FOS. Look forward to this new “season”.
He is a chicken 🐓 whisperer! We love traveling with our friends!
Excellent. Sounds exciting!
We are so excited 👏
My husband and I were married in Pyramid Island in Jasper 25 years ago this July! You will love both Jasper and Banff (though I am clearly partial to Jasper 🥰
That’s amazing! 🤩
Want a bath tub? We have a 2003 Newmar Dutch Star 3803 diesel pusher Class A. One(,of many) reasons we bought it was it had a nearly full size bathtub( think rv queen size bed, slightly smaller). We bought it used from the original owner(via Lazy days Tampa) in 2016.
That sounds amazing 🤩
So exciting! Can't wait to see your upcoming adventures. Especially Iceland, I have always wanted to visit there. I hate we have to wait two weeks for the adventure to begin😄
We are really excited for these adventures 👏
They are a great company and because Winnebago owns them. Winnebago is great as well. They had the bridges like that as well, when I toured the plant in Iowa
So cool!
So many exciting adventures! I love the new lineage too and can’t wait to personally see one! I live in Fl so hopefully I’ll be at the Tampa RV show in January! Have a fun week at camp ❤❤❤❤
We are so excited for this upcoming season!
What are your plans with the current rig.
We will likely sell our current rig.
Incredible energy in this video Nathan and Marissa! I'll have to work on the husband for a Florida visit and the Tampa RV show. I'd love to take a walk through your rig design. God bless your time in church camp. See you in two weeks. ❤ 🥰😘
Thank you 😊
What was your personal out the door price for each?
If a man pays $1 for a hundred apples, but spends 10 hours picking them when he could have made $200 working at his job for 10 hours, what’s the personal price he paid for the apples?
I am from Alberta. I could go on and on. But for the kids at their current age, you cant miss Drumheller
Thanks!
@@LessJunkMoreJourney yes! The Dinosaur interactive Museum! Perfect!!
Oh my goodness!!! 🎉❤ what amazing updates
🎉🎉🎉
They're not telling on the improvements because that's an admittance and acknowledgment that their prior toy hauler frame houses weren't engineered and built correctly to be functionally long term used if the RV was not used with the weight of a toy in the garage. I noticed that is what happened to all the youtube channels who had a toy hauler frame failure and what they all had in common. By publishing and talking about said improvements, that gives legal evidence in lawsuits or potential lawsuits for negligence for not correctly designing the RV in the first place for an obvious, normal use of an RV. Not engineered for use without the cantilever effect leading to frame failure.
Hmmm, 🤔 I’m not sure about that.
Great video. Thanks
Thanks!!
Are they trying to build the Lineage piecemeal? The main reason quality slips imo is shoddy assembly by a line that gets pushed to get to the next one.
Son works at Winnebago and says they don’t have that experience in Forest City.
(Also mentioned the Lineage is basically the same as the Ekko)
It’s similar to the Ekko, this was the prototype model.
Can't wait. Blessings
We are so sorry excited to share this journey! Blessings to you as well!
Wow, ya'll are intense. But it's super fun to see you trying out these different rigs. I live full time in a 26" class C and my big ask is for more counter space in the kitchenette area. RV manufacturers always seem to skimp in this area unless you get to much larger rigs, like your 40 footer. They put in a 4 burner stove and oven, and then no space to actually cook anywhere. That's my bit of feedback to them.
Counter space is so valuable!
Rather have the drawer space than a fireplace in the bedroom. Maybe as an option for those who want it.
Great feedback! Thank you
Lost dead space in RV's is common phenom. I do see some incremental improvements in this (like some brands using the space in the frame).
Yes! Our goal is to help them see all of these improvements to create the best RV there is!
Awesome plans, we were just in Banff area, stunning for sure
We cannot wait to revisit and spend a little more time there!
I took the Amtrak the Glacier and that was cool. Park Ranger gets on in Shelby Mt and walks you through it until Seattle
Awesome 👏
Looking forward to the new adventures. ❤🇬🇧
Yay! 🇮🇸🇨🇦
If you want a bath in an RV you should look into Japanese bath concepts, they aren't as long as western baths so they would work for RV's but you would have to alter your idea of how you take a bath slightly 🙂
Thanks for the input we will check it out!
That’s so exciting I can’t wait to see all your rvs. I love that Lineage. Glad you are talking to Grand Design about designs of your Rv. I cant wait to see you travels and and your rvs. It’s exciting I’ve been watching you all for 6 years. It’s hard to believe. It went by fast. I couldn’t comment back then they were turned off. But glad they got turned on. Have fun going on your church expedition. That snake skin
was scary. Love you guys! Hope you had a great 4 th of July! Safe travels have a great week. See you soon!
😊😊😊
Probably coming right by us - Barrie, Ontario. Reach out if you need anything, you're doing a meet up or want any tips
Thanks!
Yes! Please advocate for a bathtub! As of now the only garden tub we have found was in an older Montana, 2017 I believe.
Awesome! 👏
OH MY GOSH!!! a BATHTUB!! YES!!! i already have 100% absolute plans for putting a bath rub in any fifth wheel we buy which is our plan in about a year or so! I keep asking why there aren’t bathtubs in 5th wheels any more!! I haven’t had decent bathtub in my house for like 15 years and I am not retiring to a 5th wheel without a BATHTUB!!!
There’s a gal who designs custom 5th wheels and she shows how she put a small residential tub in a 5th wheel! I am totally doing that if I can’t find one ready made for me!
Are you talking about Courtney with The Flipping Nomad? We have toured her rigs! Cannot wait for a place to relax 🛀
CONRATULATIONS!
Thank you 😊