A few people have asked what its like staying in the new Carriage Domani fifth wheel. We have been here nearly a week and I am still really impressed with this unit. More than that I am really enjoying the styling. This might sound strange but the interior reminds me of staying at the Luxor in Las Vegas. Dark wood cabinets, sleek brushed chrome handles and taps, leather around the pelmets and even across the top of the door and around the main livingroom slide. The most lounge I have seen in an RV - you must be able to sit 12 people comfortably around the large U and second full wall couch.
The living area is just great. I love the space. You can put up a table (in 2 parts) in front of the U couch and then you would be able to have 6 people eating (or drinking) - word around the campground is this is the new "party" model for carriage.
I can see how it would be just perfect parked with its gianormous rear windows facing the pacific ocean celebrating 4th of July with family or friends. It really is set up to be a social little rig. It has a seperate enclosed bathroom and toilet for privacy, and the curved wall shared by the bathroom and bedroom really give you more space in the bedroom. The flat screen tv fits perfectly in the curve above head height and is easily seen from both sides of the bed.
I have to tell you about this cool TV system. They have a little 3 switch box which lets you watch the DVD / Game / New years eve celebration in the living room and in the bedroom at the same time. They have mounted the large LCD flat screen tv up high above the fridge so people walking past don't get in the way of people sitting on the couches seeing the tv. Very clever - good for fun times!
And of course one more cool tv feature is that the bedroom LCD tv can be easily taken off the mount and placed on the external mount outside under the electric awning. It can then access the same internal DVD or sattelite / cable as the inside tv's. So if your 12 seats inside are full - the rest of the family (on their own bring along garden chairs of course) can sit outside and watch the game too!
Hmmm... what else do I appreciate - the hot water hasnt run out once! The top bedroom has great power point access and shelves and bedside tables - good for the printer and re-charging the laptops. The windows in the living room are amazing - it is like being outside - right now I am looking out at the best sunset - and i can see the whole horizon. Very nice.
So, aren't you glad you asked - and if you are reading this and you didnt ask - well - consider it an unashamed plug for a great looking rig and a fabulous company that has really helped my family out.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
We're camping again! Woohoo!
It's funny. I forgot how much I love camping. I love the camper, I love the campground. I feel right again!
Carriage Inc, another RV manufacturer near Goshen, Indiana has let us stay in one of their cool Domani RV's while we wait for our insurance to get sorted. Our months housing expired on Tuesday, so it was perfect timing that they had a RV available for us to use from Monday.
Madi loves her new "special bed" that pulls out each night. In fact it is really comfortable, I lay on it with her for a while last night, most pull outs are thin foam and springs in your back. Oh, and finally, after a year I had the best nights sleep on the cosiest, most comfortable bed. So comfortable that I was still asleep at 10.00am this morning when the guys from Carriage came over to say hi and check everything was OK. We quickly got organized and were lucky enough to meet Don, and catch up with Andy and Josh (who we had met the other day). These guys are just really nice guys. We had a nice chat, had some of the luxury features we weren't sure how to use explained, and took a photo to send to the local paper who wanted to do an update of our situation. I should post the photo here - I will try.
We are staying in the Domani DF300 and it has a u shaped couch down the full slide. Instead of a dinette it just has a long couch with tables that are easy to put in and out to make a comfy dining table. Kids have spent hours today doing colouring and writing on it. it is the right height and distance for them to kneel at, and it is a corner couch at the end for them to lie back and watch the big screen tv!! Madi is especially fond of having a tv in her camper. Normally she only gets to watch tv when we are travelling in the car.
Oh, I do have a proud parent moment. Today madi wrote the word cat, unprompted. Then she proudly showed me and told me "I can write words now, mummy". Wow. We have recently discovered a couple of great DVD's, Blues Room - Alphabet Power and a Leappad DVD set of Letters and words. Its great. Denny loves it too and is up "writing" as well, however madi's words are a little more legible at this stage.
We got on the local news again, as the good news story at the end of the news. Carriage to the rescue. I do have to say, it is really nice of them to do this for us. We have no connection to carriage at all, they hadnt shown up on our initial search as we were looking for a bunkhouse. Though, now we have discovered carriage does make 1 bunkhouse model. They seem to be targetting the serious RVer or fulltimer. We had a personal tour of the factory on Friday with Josh, and we saw the Carri-lite and the Cameo models. They are making a full slide version, like the motor homes. Amazing. The whole side is the slide, and it is full of so much storage - Le and I were just thinking - more toys for the kids. It had a side by side washer and dryer, drawer dishwasher, island bench in the kitchen. And it was beautiful.
But back down to earth, we have submitted the insurance claim and listed everything we had stolen (besides the camper). We removed most things, but we lost stuff under the kids bed. Unfortunately, the handmade hippo and quilt my mum made Madi! And the jumpers that Aunty Glor knitted the kids. Its only when I was packing up the stuff to move I realised that hippo was missing! It will have no value to anyone else as he was well loved. But ...
Anyway, it is great to back into our old rythym, again. Outside in the campground playing with the kids. They rode their bikes around and around the campground this morning and this afternoon. Kicking the ball, and of course picking up stones as gifts for all and sundry. Friendly fellow campers, dogs and cats to talk to. Feels for the first time in over a month that life is right again. Thanks Carriage. We feel normal again.
Carriage Inc, another RV manufacturer near Goshen, Indiana has let us stay in one of their cool Domani RV's while we wait for our insurance to get sorted. Our months housing expired on Tuesday, so it was perfect timing that they had a RV available for us to use from Monday.
Madi loves her new "special bed" that pulls out each night. In fact it is really comfortable, I lay on it with her for a while last night, most pull outs are thin foam and springs in your back. Oh, and finally, after a year I had the best nights sleep on the cosiest, most comfortable bed. So comfortable that I was still asleep at 10.00am this morning when the guys from Carriage came over to say hi and check everything was OK. We quickly got organized and were lucky enough to meet Don, and catch up with Andy and Josh (who we had met the other day). These guys are just really nice guys. We had a nice chat, had some of the luxury features we weren't sure how to use explained, and took a photo to send to the local paper who wanted to do an update of our situation. I should post the photo here - I will try.
We are staying in the Domani DF300 and it has a u shaped couch down the full slide. Instead of a dinette it just has a long couch with tables that are easy to put in and out to make a comfy dining table. Kids have spent hours today doing colouring and writing on it. it is the right height and distance for them to kneel at, and it is a corner couch at the end for them to lie back and watch the big screen tv!! Madi is especially fond of having a tv in her camper. Normally she only gets to watch tv when we are travelling in the car.
Oh, I do have a proud parent moment. Today madi wrote the word cat, unprompted. Then she proudly showed me and told me "I can write words now, mummy". Wow. We have recently discovered a couple of great DVD's, Blues Room - Alphabet Power and a Leappad DVD set of Letters and words. Its great. Denny loves it too and is up "writing" as well, however madi's words are a little more legible at this stage.
We got on the local news again, as the good news story at the end of the news. Carriage to the rescue. I do have to say, it is really nice of them to do this for us. We have no connection to carriage at all, they hadnt shown up on our initial search as we were looking for a bunkhouse. Though, now we have discovered carriage does make 1 bunkhouse model. They seem to be targetting the serious RVer or fulltimer. We had a personal tour of the factory on Friday with Josh, and we saw the Carri-lite and the Cameo models. They are making a full slide version, like the motor homes. Amazing. The whole side is the slide, and it is full of so much storage - Le and I were just thinking - more toys for the kids. It had a side by side washer and dryer, drawer dishwasher, island bench in the kitchen. And it was beautiful.
But back down to earth, we have submitted the insurance claim and listed everything we had stolen (besides the camper). We removed most things, but we lost stuff under the kids bed. Unfortunately, the handmade hippo and quilt my mum made Madi! And the jumpers that Aunty Glor knitted the kids. Its only when I was packing up the stuff to move I realised that hippo was missing! It will have no value to anyone else as he was well loved. But ...
Anyway, it is great to back into our old rythym, again. Outside in the campground playing with the kids. They rode their bikes around and around the campground this morning and this afternoon. Kicking the ball, and of course picking up stones as gifts for all and sundry. Friendly fellow campers, dogs and cats to talk to. Feels for the first time in over a month that life is right again. Thanks Carriage. We feel normal again.
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