The Beginning...
Perhaps you've heard the old saying that goes "the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it" . We're hoping that doesn't extend to camper vans, because in March (after about two years of meticulous research and hand wringing) we "pulled the trigger" on the purchase of a 2023 Winnebago Travato 59GL! You can view all the official specs on the Winnebago site , but our particular Travato is built on a 2022 RAM Promaster chassis (it's not uncommon for the chassis year of a camper van / Class-B RV to run a year behind the coach year, because of the time required to do the conversion), and being one of the last COVID-era build units she's something of a unicorn among her Travato siblings (i.e. due to supply chain issues, the chassis doesn't have the usual ParkSense front/rear sensors that beep to let you know how close you are to things when parking - but does have Adaptive Cruise Control instead...