RVs Come in ALL Shapes & Sizes.....

Here's our "baby".....all 45 feet and 500 horses of her....and she is all shined up here on South Padre Island (and no, I didn't do the shining up).

Folks we met last Fall while at Spartan Chassis Company in Michigan had told us about this Mexican family in the Padre Island area who will come to the KOA campground and wash and wax your RV for less than half the "going rate".   So when we knew we were on our way here we gave the Maldonado family a call, and they showed up today and over nearly 6 hours they washed and waxed the motorhome.   You can see how it gleams in this photo Pam took.

When you are on the road in a camper you are always "tuned in" to "camper oddities" as they present themselves.   Here are a few below:

Here is a 1990's something pink bus.  Someone had this painted to their "tastes"......hmmm!

And check this one out:

This bus was parked outside the KOA when we came back from our ride to the beach.....is it really the Clampetts?

Sometimes you see a coach that strikes you as "comfortable"....this one did for its colors....

We thought the silver and seafoam color scheme went together really nicely.

And last, but most certainly not least....here is the Earth Roamer...

Take a look at the "pickup camper on steroids".   The Earth Roamer is actually a very high tech workhorse that sits on a Ford 550 chassis (and they make  one on a Ford 650 too!!).  It has high end solar panels and high end inverters; it has HUGE off road tires to make sure it can go anywhere; it has a built in winch system just in case it does happen to get stuck somewhere; and it is loaded up with many more high techy things than I can mention here.  If you want to learn more about the Earth Roamers, here is the website....
   http://earthroamer.com/
Suffice it to say this expeditionary vehicle goes for a cool half million and up.....depending on the model.   A lot to pay for a 'pickup camper'.   Wow!