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03-12-2014, 10:49 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Ashland, Ky
Posts: 4
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New to camping
My wife got a wild hair in April of last year and decided she wanted a camper. Well, after 17 years of marriage and no mention of it before, it was quite a shock to me. We have two children (11 and 10), and after a couple of weeks of looking, we decided a Cougar 32 RET.
This model gave enough room for our daughters to move around since it has opposing slide-outs in the rear. Also lots of room in the kitchen area with oodles of storage.
As you can tell, we are happy. I am rarely good at anything, but I've taken to this camping thing like a duck to water. I've never pulled anything before, but miraculously, I was able to back that monster into my 13 foot wide driveway with no problem. I thought, "This is pretty cool!"
By the way, my name is Scott--glad to meet everybody!
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03-12-2014, 10:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,077
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 Scott & family. Glad to hear you are enjoying your new Cougar!
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Kristi & Jeff
2014 Cougar 313 rli
2013 F350 king ranch
2014 passport 2650bh (sold)
2009 GMC 2500HD 6.6L 4X4 (sold)
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03-12-2014, 11:16 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 105
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Welcome
Welcome everyone. You will find a lot of good info in this forum.
Mike
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03-12-2014, 11:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Morgan
Posts: 223
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Welcome Scott and family. I am sure you will enjoy your
new experiances. We sure have.
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A bit of our history:
Michelin LT XPS***no more g/y or duro's
68 Harley FLH (Basket case)
2004 R-Vision Trail-lite (gone)
2007 Mountaineer TT (gone)
2009 Montana F3465 SA(Best ever)
2007 F-350 6.0 D 4X4
2012 Shih Tzu (The boss)
Jim & DJ
Utah
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03-12-2014, 12:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Swansea IL
Posts: 198
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Welcome to the forum and happy camping!!
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Steve
USAF Retired '96
Land of Lincoln
2013 Laredo 294RK
2015 GMC Sierra SLT 4x4 (max tow package)
2013 Passport 2890RL (2003 Chevy Silverado LS ext cab)
1968 King Camper Popup
2008 Honda GoldWing/pulling a Aluma MCTXL cargo trailer
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03-12-2014, 05:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 3,153
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Welcome to the forum, glad everything is working out so great.
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2013 Premier 31BHPR
2014 F350 6.2L
Soon to be just DW and I
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03-12-2014, 06:17 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Ashland, Ky
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Thanks for all the welcomes folks! I'm finding a lot of useful things and helpful people already. What a great forum!
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03-12-2014, 06:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: North Florida
Posts: 1,241
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Welcome to the group
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2006 Keystone Hornet 29RLS (The Cracker Cabana)
2009 F-250 SuperDuty CC 6.8L/4.10 (The Black Pearl)
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03-12-2014, 07:13 PM
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Site Team | Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Western PA
Posts: 2,732
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Quote:
Originally Posted by consitter
My wife got a wild hair in April of last year and decided she wanted a camper. Well, after 17 years of marriage and no mention of it before, it was quite a shock to me. We have two children (11 and 10), and after a couple of weeks of looking, we decided a Cougar 32 RET.
This model gave enough room for our daughters to move around since it has opposing slide-outs in the rear. Also lots of room in the kitchen area with oodles of storage.
As you can tell, we are happy. I am rarely good at anything, but I've taken to this camping thing like a duck to water. I've never pulled anything before, but miraculously, I was able to back that monster into my 13 foot wide driveway with no problem. I thought, "This is pretty cool!"
By the way, my name is Scott--glad to meet everybody!
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From Western PA
CONGRATS on your new Cougar 32 RET
See Wife really did know what you wanted to do, they always do 
Enjoy and Happy Camping 
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2013 RAPTOR 300MP w/Rear Patio Deck NO Folding Side Ladder 
2013 Silverado 3500HD LTZ CC LB 4X4 DRW
Duramax 6.6L Turbo Diesel; Allison Trans
Reese 20K; Carlisle Radial Trail RH/HD; TPMS (12 Tires)
Veteran 
PSU (GO LIONS) 
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03-13-2014, 02:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Las Cruces
Posts: 4,665
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Congrats! It took me several years to get my DW to agree, she was hooked on the first trip out. Ever since she has been looking for that "perfect" RV for us. We just purchased our 3rd 5er in 5 yrs, I think she'll be happy with this one.
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Brent
2013 Alpine 3500RE
2019 Silverado 2500HD Duramax
U.S. Air Force Retired (25 yrs)
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03-13-2014, 02:35 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 11
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Welcome
My husband and I have the same unit and love it. Enjoy
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03-13-2014, 04:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Salem OR
Posts: 177
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Gotta love a wife with wild hairs! I drag my dear hubby camping with me all the time. I almost broke him last fall/winter when I went full timing October through February. He worked during the week and came out to the camp site for the weekend, doing long weekends when possible.
Yesterday he said he's about ready to go camping again!
Hope you enjoy all the camping you can! You'll get some great information from this wonderful forum. The members are all very knowledgeable and some great humor flies around from time to time.
Happy camping
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Camping pretty much 6-9 months out of the year now!
2012 Ram 4x4 5.7 Hemi
4 Hobie Kayaks
Julie (and Don)
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03-13-2014, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Southwest Wyoming
Posts: 497
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We started camping together as soon as we were married (45 years now). We have four grown children, and some of their fondest childhood memories are our camping trips. They have carried on the tradition with their own families (and we go camping with them, too). There is no better way to spend quality time with your kids. Your wife is very wise. Have fun!
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2017 Jayco Melbourne 24k-Jeep Wrangler
2013 Bullet Premier 19FBPR-Dodge Durango V8 Hemi
2013 Rpod 177HRE-Jeep Liberty
2011 Aliner Sport-Jeep Cherokee
2008 Little Guy 5^Wide-Toyota Avalon
1980 Shasta 21-GMC Suburban
1981 Coleman Tent Camper-1981 Dodge Ramcharger
1978 VW Westfalia
Lots of tents
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03-13-2014, 08:43 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: St. Petersburg, FLorida
Posts: 23
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Same here Scott .. just joined this forum & glad to hear there are other newbies. happy rv'ing!
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