NuWa RV Plant - Chanute, Kansas

Yes, we went to Chanute, Kansas, Wednesday to check out the Hitchhiker manufacturing plant and were part of the tour guided by the owner, Mike Mitchell. He was very interesting and sure knew his stuff; answer all our questions very honestly...we were impressed.

And yes, we fell in love with the Hitchhiker LS 32.5 FKSBG. The living room area is very open and with the two opposing slides measures 14 feet across from the window of the dinette to the back of the recliners on the other side. I couldn't find a way to copy the photo but here is the website address to look at it. It is a beauty! http://www.nuwa.com/cgi-bin/dbsql-2.1.0/db.cgi?db=tbl_2010_photo&cn=photo_file&do=view_file&id=1238&uid=default

The kitchen is on the side http://www.nuwa.com/cgi-bin/dbsql-2.1.0/db.cgi?db=tbl_2010_photo&cn=photo_file&do=view_file&id=1000&uid=default

With a pantry next to the entertainment/desk area http://www.nuwa.com/dbsql_data/2010/photo/683-entertainment.jpg

We will look for a 2008 or 2009 model, preferably used to get it into our price range. Maybe Arizona will have something in January.

It was only a 60 mile drive North to Chanute and easy. It started to rain on the way home and continued all night and into this morning. Everything is saturated as they have had a lot of rain already the last two months.

We had a pleasant surprise around 2 pm when Marie and Dave Dengate came by to visit us. We met the Dengates the summer of 2008 at the Colorado Boomerang in Buena Vista and traveled with them for about a month. They volunteer at the Great Sand Dunes National Park outside of Alamosa and so we saw them again this year when they came and camped in Big Meadows for a couple of days. We told them about amazon.com and so they signed up and have been here in Coffeyville, Kansas, since mid-September. They haven't been very fond of the weather here in Kansas - too rainy and dreary - but will stick it out till the end. We may join them for Christmas in Queens Valley, Arizona, if we can't get back to Alamosa in time or because of the weather.

After a little visit the Dengates invited us and Bill and Lesle to come to their house for happy hour. Boy did Marie put out a spread of snacks! We all enjoyed ourselves and learned about the changes at amazon.com this year.

Today is another rainy, dreary day - another Ho Hum day of knitting, washed clothes in town, napping and watching local tv - No Jim has not been able to connect the satellite; I've called the DISH guy to come to it....Jim is very frustrated about it, but it's been five days and the local channels are pretty *&^%$#@*.

Remember, you are loved.