Our Story

Welcome to our Blog! We, Dale and Kay, started this Blog as a way to show others the wonderfulness of Travel and RV'ing in a "Skinny Minnie" and hopefully give some helpful hints of things (good and bad) that we've learned along the way.

 When we bought "The Navion" we were not new to RV'ing or  even to Winnebago products - we have owned many a Van Conversion, Travel Trailer, and other Motorhomes, even a 1975 Winnebago Brave that we nicknamed "Winnberghini" that we loved for years. However, when we were introduced to the Navion at the dealership it was LOVE at first sight and this love has grown enormously in the almost two years we have owned it. Let me give you a bit of background.

In March of 2013, we were taking our children and grandchildren from Vancouver to Disneyland for Spring Break in our Dodge Durango and 2001 26Ft. Travelite Trailer when the truck broke down near Portland, OR. 

Doing what we did a lot of with this combo - "Filler up"!

We weighed our options and opted to rent a 40Ft. Georgetown and continue our trip and deal with the problem on the way back. The comfort and coziness travelling inside of the motorhome brought back memories of our old "Winnberghini" 

"Winnberghini" and "Bob" the boat

and our other 26Ft. Vanguard RV that the decision was made to trade in the trailer for another Motorhome ASAP when we got home. 

The old Vanguard called "RV".

Recently, we had downsized from our very large home of 25 years to a Townhouse with limited parking and so we went in search of a van conversion or even a "Rialta" - one of which we had seen on our travels.

 We headed out to Traveland, close to our home and met salesman Lorin Collins. We explained what we were looking for and were told that "Rialta's" were hard to find and expensive but he had something that might fit our needs. He showed us some ex-rentals - a 2008, 2 X 2011, and a 2012 Itasca Navion. Like I said previously - It was LOVE at first sight. We spent about 4 hours going over all four models and comparing the likes and dislikes. We finally settled on the 2008. I liked the colour scheme best plus the fact that it had less "dings" and "wear and tear" by the rental part of it's life and Dale liked the "Refreshment" cooler on the outside as well as the lower milage and price compared to the other three. 

"The Navion" as it sat on the lot at Traveland

Traveland does a complete service and cleanup before it lets the Rigs off the lot so it was a very, very long week to wait until we could pick it up. We have never been so happy as when we finally took possession of "The Navion" and the love for it has grown greatly everyday that we've owned it! 

Kitchen and Master Bedroom

Dinette Area

Front Bunk and Cab Area