The Journey Begins

What is Pooh II, and why would we blog about it? There was once just Pooh ... a 1987 Winnebago motorhome that we bought in 1988 to give our kids the camping experience, and to take them on trips around this great United States of America.

And how we traveled.  We saw San Francisco, the Redwood Forest, the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rushmore, the Field of Dreams, the Gateway Arch, Lincoln's Tomb, the Indy 500, the Baseball Hall of Fame, Niagra Falls, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, New York City, Washington DC, Chesapeake Bay, Mt. Vernon, Florida, New Orleans, Texas (all of it), New Mexico, Arizona, and more weekends at the beach and tailgate days at Qualcomm Stadium that I can even count.

We kept this Winnebago for over 20 years, and it became part of the family ... a fixture in our driveway.  She was used to haul entire Little League teams to practice and she served as a dressing room for girls getting ready for the "big dance."  She was a guest house for visiting relatives, and she was even our favorite spot for hiding Christmas gifts.  The children knew not to enter the camper after October 1 without asking permission first.

And because she was a Winnebago, we called her "Winne the Pooh."  We even found a magnet of the real Winnie the Pooh and placed it on the overhead rearview mirror housing.   Eventually, the old motorhome became known as just "Pooh."

So when we retired, we wanted to continue the RV experience on a longer basis.  We wanted a larger motorhome that the two of us could live in for weeks or months at a time.  After 2 years of constant searching, we finally found one we loved, and could afford.  It was another Winnebago.

What else could we call the new rig but "Pooh II?"