For about a year now, Jeanne and I have been thinking that we need an RV. Not just any RV. One that isn’t a monstrosity, isn’t greater than 25 feet, is easy to drive, and built with quality to last — we plan on heavy usage!

Jeanne did the research, and we settled on a Leisure Travel Van Unity, built in Winkler, Manitoba, about 90 minutes south of Winnipeg.

LTV only makes about 300 Unity’s a year (their most popular model), with a wait list of 6 months, and there are no dealers in the Bay area with any inventory. So, we saw that there was an RV show in Portland, and booked a flight and hotel. About 2 weeks before traveling there, we found out that there would be no Unity’s displayed at the show, but decided to check out whatever they had to show, and at least enjoy Portland a bit. Then, with 2 days to go, we heard that the local Portland LTV dealer was receiving delivery of a Unity, though a different floor plan than we wanted (Murphy Bed, but we were ordering a Twin Bed). So, we briefly met the local dealer at the RV show, who quickly handed us off to Bill Harder, the factory rep at the show. Bill graciously agreed to drive us the hour to the dealer to take a quick look at the Unity they were finalizing for delivery, and we were hooked.

What follows is the trip of a lifetime Jeanne and I spent, with our pup Gunnar, to fly to Winnipeg and drive over 2 weeks back with our new LTV Unity…

Off to Winnipeg ->

— Dave, Jeanne, & Gunnar