The motor home was used up to 1924.
The first rv ever made.
Well according to the recreation vehicle industry association rvia it seems that it was one hundred years ago that the rv was invented.
It could sleep 11 people and was 28 feet long and had an icebox toilet salon and was 6 and a half feet wide.
Twitchell notes the modern rv industry spun off from detroit s ray frank who created the first dodge.
We spent the whole summer in the state finding places we d like to go but couldn t.
Well at least that s when the first auto related camping.
The first rv was pierce arrow s touring landau which debuted at madison square garden in 1910.
Our last stop in durango had us in a koa actually the best one we ve ever visited while our friends were all wild camping just outside of town in their smaller rvs.
It made us yearn for more possibilities with the rv.
These rvs are fit for a king.
Today more of us are seeking unsettlements or communities continuously on the move.
In 1910 the very first motor home ever made was built from a 3 ton packard truck.
The landau had a back seat that folded into a bed a chamber pot toilet and a sink that folded down.
This proto motorhome slept four adults on bunks was lit by incandescent lights and included an icebox and a radio.
In 1925 gm called it the house car and built it on the chevrolet 1 ton chassis.
The world s first rv built in 1914 was actually made from a single redwood tree.
And you can buy the first rv ever built if you head to arizona in january 2009 for the big barrett jackson auction where gm is selling about 200 rare and one of a kind vehicles from its private holdings.
As a result they called the vehicle the travel log.
Rving introduces you to a whole new language says charley.
Photos via country coach rv s.
The first rv was hand built onto an automobile in 1904.
An rv is a big investment but before you can even set a budget you need to understand the different options on the market.
Kellogg a popular performer wanted people to see the magnificent trees and to save these gifts of nature for logging was claiming them at a frightful pace.