California RV Show

We had the chance to attend our first-ever California RV Show this last weekend in Pomona, CA.  Quite a change from the RV shows we attend in Portland, Oregon and Salem, Oregon!  We were swarmed with multiple aisles and quadrants loaded with every possible gyration of a "life on wheels".  Barkers were yelling from every product booth and salesmen were parked behind almost every slide we traversed.  For those of you that have never attended one of the GIGANTIC shows...it is an awesome time to be able to see all of the new products and floorplans that are out for the coming year.  Being lovers of the pusher, we spent most of our time exploring the new offerings from Monaco/Holiday Rambler/Winnebago/Tiffin.  We were bummed that neither Newmar or Entegra were at the show as we were really hoping to check out their new models.

Entrance to the show

The show is going on through the 21st, so it is not too late to check it out if you happen to be in down South.  I was saddened by the fact that no used rigs were on site.  The one thing I love about the Oregon shows is the chance to check out all of the used pushers and explore all of the creative changes and updates that people have made, and to drool of course at a few and play the "what could we get that for" game.  I know the point is to show off new rigs and move them off of dealer lots, but we found ourselves just saying....well, in 2 years this may be something that we would look at.  We were especially impressed by the new floorplan on the Tour/Ellipse...the 42G.  I suspect other manufacturers will take the lead with this new floorplan with a HUGE wall-mounted TV.

Hopeful 2012 and 2013 Sales

It was certainly excited to check this off our bucket list.  I think the Hershey show may be on the list sometime down the road.

Our advice if you are going:  eat beforehand (everything is ridiculously expensive), bring some water, work quadrant by quadrant through the show and plan on 3 hours minimum.