Lazy Daze Owners' Group

I can't remember where it was on this site, but I remember seeing a picture/discussion about a Bimobil.  When I went to the library yesterday, lo & behold, there was one--right here in my dinky little town in north Missouri!  I thought perhaps--like those who sport a Rolls/Jag/Porsche, this was imported, but what a bigger surprise--it had a German license plate!

As I was starting a note to leave under the windshield wiper, a couple came walking up the sidewalk & the gentleman had quite the camera, so I hoped it was the owners & was rewarded with a delightful, though short, visit (it was around 1:00, & they had a good 2.5 hours to Hannibal for the night, plus whatever other stops they chose along the way); he is retired, & she's taken a sabbatical this year.  Unfortunately, since I don't have a phone-cum-camera that goes whither I goest, no pictures. 

They were from southern Germany, near the Swiss border (I've slept since then & don't remember the town  .  They shipped their baby (a 21' on Mercedes chassis--which they said is considered huge by European standards, especially given the road widths) to Baltimore, flew over themselves, & have spent the last ten months seeing our country from Atlantic to Pacific;  they are now en route back to Baltimore, to send her home & fly back themselves.  They'd been heading east on I-80, but decided to come down to US 36 (via I-29) & see the history from the Pony Express in St. Joseph to Mark Twain in Hannibal (along with JC Penney, General Pershing, & Walt Disney in between).

They graciously gave me a look inside.  It rides really high (two folding electric steps to get in from the sidewalk, & then an interior step).  The windows don't look very big from the outside, and while not the viewing space of an LD, I was surprised at how much one could see out--the eye level window over the sink was especially nice, though not the length of the counter like an LD.    There is a bulkhead (well insulated) between the cab & coach, with a small locking hatch between the seats that 5' me would have to stoop quite a bit to get through--they said they don't use it, preferring to use the coach door (which looked twice as thick as an LD, which is likely due to how well insulated the whole rig is).  They have solid looking built-in wooden steps that fold back along a wall (the steps look like they take less space than the cabover ladders I've seen) to access the cabover bunk. The dinette in the back could convert to a queen-size bed, but they don't need to do that since it's just the two & the use the cabover.    The bathroom is a wet room. I didn't see a wardrobe & didn't think to ask what they did for storage.  They have one solar panel.  I forgot to ask what they did for heat--I didn't see an auxiliary unit like a Buddy.

Anyway, it was exciting to see something like that here in the boonies--I'd have never thought to even notice something like that before entering the world of LD & all the enlightening discussions that pop up on this site.  ....now if there were just more LDs east of the Rockies (I'm looking forward to the spring gathering of the re-constituted group in Indiana).

Glad to see the note about the Ladeze gathering from Susie.  Golly, if those folks can make it all the way from Germany, I'll need to start thinking about going west of the Rockies again...

Lynne

I can't remember where it was on this site, but I remember seeing a picture/discussion about a Bimobil.  When I went to the library yesterday, lo & behold, there was one--right here in my dinky little town in north Missouri!  I thought perhaps--like those who sport a Rolls/Jag/Porsche, this was imported, but what a bigger surprise--it had a German license plate!

As I was starting a note to leave under the windshield wiper, a couple came walking up the sidewalk & the gentleman had quite the camera, so I hoped it was the owners & was rewarded with a delightful, though short, visit (it was around 1:00, & they had a good 2.5 hours to Hannibal for the night, plus whatever other stops they chose along the way); he is retired, & she's taken a sabbatical this year.  Unfortunately, since I don't have a phone-cum-camera that goes whither I goest, no pictures.  

They were from southern Germany, near the Swiss border (I've slept since then & don't remember the town  .  They shipped their baby (a 21' on Mercedes chassis--which they said is considered huge by European standards, especially given the road width...

Lynne