trikebubble
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I drove down to the lower mainland (Vancouver) last weekend to have our new Hawk installed on the Tundra. I dropped my truck off with Gary Friday afternoon and picked it up Saturday, all ready for the trip home. After a 5 month wait it is hard to believe that the time is here, and the biggest piece of our adventure puzzle is complete.
I have to say again, that Gary at FWC Canada is an amazing person. He is both accommodating, personal, and professional, all wrapped up into one human being. He drove me down to the bus station so I could get over to North Van for the night, and then picked me up again at the bus station on Saturday afternoon. He spent as much time as I needed to go through every operation and option. They were able to get the install done ahead of time so that i could exit the lower mainland as quick as possible.
So, down to business. our rig's name is Hawkeye Rovi. (Hawk for the obvious, and Rovi as a little memorial to my late father who recently passed, His home town was a little village in Italy called Rovinaglia, and he helped instill that sense of adventure in me that I carry around today.)
Hawkeye Rovi was ordered with pretty much every option that we could think of. We had considered a few others, and after a long talk with Gary (3 hours sat his home) we decided against a few things. We did decide on the standard wooden cabinets, but ordered the Silver Spur upholstery with it. I kind of like that combination. We ordered it with the 3-way fridge, stove, hot water tank, front dinette, furnace, 160 watt solar panel, single battery, Fiamma awning, all the exterior light options, and standard sink and stove.
I have 2 separate 75 watt solar panels at home that we can bring along if need be, and I'll decide down the road if a second battery is warranted. We will tote our porta-potti along and park it in a shower tent outside during the day, and bring it inside in the evening. We have two dogs, so the dinette will most likely spend time as the dog bed. If the weather forces us inside to eat, the mutts can chill out on our bed while we use the table.
Our immediate plans are to head up into the hills this weekend ot go snowshoeing, spend the night i n the camper and start feeling out how we want to organize and store things, and what little modifications we can make to make life more easy on us.
I'm sure I'll have more to say, more to inquire down the road, but for now I've babbled on enough.
I have to say again, that Gary at FWC Canada is an amazing person. He is both accommodating, personal, and professional, all wrapped up into one human being. He drove me down to the bus station so I could get over to North Van for the night, and then picked me up again at the bus station on Saturday afternoon. He spent as much time as I needed to go through every operation and option. They were able to get the install done ahead of time so that i could exit the lower mainland as quick as possible.
So, down to business. our rig's name is Hawkeye Rovi. (Hawk for the obvious, and Rovi as a little memorial to my late father who recently passed, His home town was a little village in Italy called Rovinaglia, and he helped instill that sense of adventure in me that I carry around today.)
Hawkeye Rovi was ordered with pretty much every option that we could think of. We had considered a few others, and after a long talk with Gary (3 hours sat his home) we decided against a few things. We did decide on the standard wooden cabinets, but ordered the Silver Spur upholstery with it. I kind of like that combination. We ordered it with the 3-way fridge, stove, hot water tank, front dinette, furnace, 160 watt solar panel, single battery, Fiamma awning, all the exterior light options, and standard sink and stove.
I have 2 separate 75 watt solar panels at home that we can bring along if need be, and I'll decide down the road if a second battery is warranted. We will tote our porta-potti along and park it in a shower tent outside during the day, and bring it inside in the evening. We have two dogs, so the dinette will most likely spend time as the dog bed. If the weather forces us inside to eat, the mutts can chill out on our bed while we use the table.
Our immediate plans are to head up into the hills this weekend ot go snowshoeing, spend the night i n the camper and start feeling out how we want to organize and store things, and what little modifications we can make to make life more easy on us.
I'm sure I'll have more to say, more to inquire down the road, but for now I've babbled on enough.
