For my current lifestyle, Miranda is perfect; she’s a real apartment on wheels with a functional kitchen and bathroom, much more ‘home’ than ‘RV.’ But I do think about downsizing even more at some point when I might be ready to focus more on the travel part of RVing. I found one guy in the US, Tynan, who really demonstrates the advantage of having a smaller, more van-like, RV–you can stealth boondock in cities.
Tynan has a Winnebago Rialta. I’d consider it a B+ or an A-, classwise, that is. One of the coolest things about it is the bathroom. Check out his RV in its early days, with a demonstration of the bathroom:
I’m not a huge fan of convertible furniture, but I have to say that this bathroom would almost be an acceptable step down from my current digs and make it possible to squeeze myself into a smaller rig.
Like me, he realised that having a small RV means cheaper renovation costs, so he made some upgrades to the flooring, then to his kitchen, including putting in granite countertops!
His rig is quite luxurious and small enough that he can sneak into some parking garages. He’s been dry camping in San Francisco for a while, and that’s a city where overnighting in an RV is very difficult to do unless you have a tiny rig like his.
I’m not yet ready to subscribe to the extreme minimalist lifestyle the way Tynan is, but I can tell that that’s where I’m heading. I took some huge steps in that direction by getting into the RV, and I think that further downsizing will happen on its own thanks to the new habits I’ve picked up. But I don’t intend to give up Miranda any time soon!
