The Funniest Thing Happened in Tampa!

Ditching The Cold

It was January in Tennessee and it was cold (yes, we are wimps now). So cold we might have been back in Chicago again! We decided we had to escape! Good thing our house has wheels! We’d been talking about going to The Keys, but that was so far and so full of snowbirds that is was impossible to get a campsite. We looked at weather maps, and settled on Tampa. Tampa had a lot going for it. Far enough south to be warm. Near The Gulf, so beautiful views. Home to the largest RV dealer in the world, LazyDays, where we’d purchased our Monaco motorhome 9 years ago.

Tampa RV Supershow

So we made a phone call and got a site reserved at LazyDays campground. We threw a bunch of stuff in the bus and pointed her south. And lo and behold we’d arrive in time for the last 2 days of the Tampa RV Supershow! Who knew??? (Snerk!) We love RV shows! This show was so big that even though we limited ourselves to only looking at Diesel Pusher Motorhomes, we couldn’t see them all in 2 days. We had no intention of buying a new RV. Our Monaco was just fine. OK, past due for an oil change and a full chassis service. And those 8 tired old Monroe shocks. And the back tires were almost aged out. Oh yea, don’t forget about the rotting slide floor, and the leaky bedroom slide, The dying refrigerator, and the worn out furniture…

LazyDays RV Tampa

I’m not even sure how this happened (cuz ya know, we weren’t buying a new motorhome), but the Monday after the show, we met Jason, our new LazyDays salesman. He showed us a bunch of RV’s. We really liked the Entegra’s. Oddly this brand was not on our radar, we’d even skipped them at the show. They were pretty, but a bit above our price range. The next day we went to General RV to see what they had since they handled the Monaco’s and Holiday Rambler’s. But they didn’t have the one we’d fallen in love with at the show, and we didn’t really click with that dealership or the salesman.

We Bought The Entegra!

And then Jason called to tell us, “We just took in an Entegra trade-in that has everything you want, and since it’s a year old it’s in your price range.” We told him we’d be in in the morning (no hurry, cuz we weren’t buying a new RV anyways). He said “Hurry, it’s not gonna last.” The next morning we showed up and she sure was pretty. A 2017 Entegra Aspire. A 45 foot long tag axle rig, bath and a half, and a king bed. It has the countertop extension Carol wanted, and the expandable couch. A conventional dining table and freestanding chairs. We don’t have to turn our heads to watch TV! Beautiful cherry woodwork. A 450 HP Cummins ISL9 with a side radiator. 49,000 pounds of pure muscle. Carol said, “I’d live in that” and I said, “Where do I sign?”

I’m still not sure how this happened, cuz we weren’t buying a new RV!! But a couple days later, we moved across the street to the Crown Club delivery area, and moved into our new RV! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!?!???

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