Meet Fred. He is our 5th wheel trailer. He is twenty years old but has been kept in wonderful condition and we plan to keep it that way. He recently got a brand new set of wheels!
This past September Travis began working for a new company. This new job has him traveling near and far across the United States, well that’s the hope, right? J. Travis was in Waco for some training with this new job and staying with some of our near and dear family friends, Drs. Steve and Trish Raley. These guys are like second parents to me. We lived across the street from them for many years, before they moved out to their new house in the country with their Tennessee Walkers (horses).
While Travis was staying at their house, Trish’s parents were also visiting as they had evacuated from their home due to Hurricane Ike. Well, Trish’s dad (Mr. Kelly) and Travis started talking about his new job and how he has the potential to travel all over and has to stay in hotels for extended period of time. Mr. Kelly mentioned that he has an older 5th wheel RV trailer that he and Mrs. Kelly used during their retirement years to travel around the country and that he would GIVE it to Travis for FREE. Travis didn’t know that to think as he just met Mr. Kelly and he was just going to give him a 34 foot travel trailer?!?!? We have never seen anybody be so generous especially having just met them!
So, after Travis completed some work in November he headed out to the Kelly’s home in Louisiana and picked up our new trailer, Fred. Fred is a Nu Wa Hitchhiker 34 foot beast complete with queen size bed, full shower and bath tub, toilet, sink, stove, oven, microwave, a/c and heat, fridge, kitchen table, sofa that folds out in to bed, flat screen TV and surround sound. Fred looks a little older on the outside, but he’s had a bit of an internal and external makeover. We had 4 new tires put on, the water heater re-vamped, new stainless fridge installed, flat screen TV, play station 2, and a good ole wash down on the inside and out!
I still cannot believe the generosity of the Kelly’s. Travis cannot wait to take Fred out with him when duty calls. Fred might not look the prettiest on the outside, but he’s been well taken care of and I know he will treat Travis well on his journeys around the states.
4 comments:
Wow what a generous gift. Don't people just amaze you sometimes.
PS-Matt is so jealous that you and Travis live on 30acres. We are looking for a house and all he wants is land but it is hard to find around here to where I would not have a 45 min commute to work!
Let's hope Fred gets some use very soon!! How did ya'll fair last night with the weather? I know it was bad in OK.
I've always wanted to stay at an RV park. We should take Fred down to the river instead of renting a cabin/house.
OMG! That's SO cool! You gotta post pics when ya'll take your first road trip!!! ;-)
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