Open and Shut

Recently, while we were leaving one campground or another, I had a thought. It hit me as I was standing at the front of the rig, looking toward the rear. My left index finger was holding the RETRACT button that operates the mechanism responsible for bringing the rear slide-out back into the main body of the coach, which is required before you can move the thing.

I’ve never really shared many pics of the inside of the beast. There’s no real reason behind that failure of mine, I just haven’t. But I really should because these things look and feel WAY different with the slide-outs extended. And we have a total of four slide-outs or “slides.”

Speaking of not sharing… how about a floor plan? I can’t remember if I ever shared one of those either. LOL.

This floor plan does not show the layout of our coach exactly, but it should illustrate the idea I am trying to convey. The sections sticking out of the side actually have to be pushed back into the main body of the RV before you drive off. You can only extend the slides when you are parked in a space wide enough to accommodate them. If, for example, we parked right beside a tree, we would either have to make sure the coach was positioned properly so as to avoid hitting the tree OR not use the slide(s).

The door-side, front slide holds sofa, kitchen cabinets, sink, cooktop, and microwave.

The door-side rear slide holds dresser drawers (for our foldable clothes) and overhead storage cabinets, plus a TV.

The opposite of door-side (ODS) front slide holds the fireplace and TV, dining table and chairs, some cabinets, and the residential-size refrigerator.

The opposite of door-side (ODS) rear slide holds the king-size bed and overhead storage cabinets.

So here’s the photo I captured with the slides all shut.

And here’s a look at the inside after we reached our next site and opened (extended) all the slides.

I also decided to include a couple others, just for fun.

 

When all the slides are out, it looks quite roomy inside, eh?

I didn’t bother straightening up for the pictures, so you’ll see some clutter laying about (we’re working on that), but who cleans before sharing pics with friends?