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26.5 LD for family of 4?
Yahoo Message Number: 56127
We thought we were all set on a 26.5" LD, then my wife was wondering if we'll have enough space as our two daughters are now 3 & 6 years old, but will grow quickly.  And of course a friend will want to go sometimes.  So,  any families in a 26.5?  We'll being mostly 2,3,4 day short trips here in GA. AL, FL, NC.  thanks,  Rick
Re: 26.5 LD for family of 4?
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Yahoo Message Number: 56130
Depends on your floorplan; the Mid-bath has the best accommodations for crowds, and the plans with an island bed and an entertainment center instead of an over-cab bed  are of course the worst.

At the Northeast Get-together
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] 26.5 LD for family of 4?
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Yahoo Message Number: 56131
We are a family of 5 and we fit fine in a 26.5 MB. My kids are 7, 5, and
3. Two of them sleep up top, and one sleeps on the dinette. I figure
 about the time that arrangement no longer works, they'll want to sleep out in a tent anyway!

Go for it!

Stacy

team6d wrote:

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We thought we were all set on a 26.5" LD, then my wife was wondering if we'll have enough space as our two daughters are now 3 & 6 years old, but will grow quickly.  And of course a friend will want to go sometimes.  So,  any families in a 26.5?  We'll being mostly 2,3,4 day short trips here in GA. AL, FL, NC.  thanks,  Rick
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Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: 26.5 LD for family of 4?
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Wow! Thanks for the tip, Joanne! Maybe we'll try that arrangement sometime - I'm jealous of my kids sleeping in the top bunk! :)

joanne0012 wrote:

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Depends on your floorplan; the Mid-bath has the best accommodations for crowds, and the plans with an island bed and an entertainment center instead of an over-cab bed  are of course the worst.
 At the Northeast Get-together in June, we met one family who traveled in  a Midbath with FIVE adolescents. I learned one good trick from them:  if you have a plan with two sofas in back that can be made up into a king-size bed (i.e., either the 26.5 mid-bath or the 23.5-foot  TK), you can leave the sofas in place and use the two back cushions on the floor between them to create three narrowish but separate beds.
 I used this strategy recently while traveling with my two daughters, son-in-law and grandson.  The 5 of us were quite comfortable in my TK, so you guys should positively rattle around in a 26.5. Have a great time!

Joanne in Boston 1994 teal TK  NE-44
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Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] 26.5 LD for family of 4?
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At 10:52 AM 7/26/2005 -0700, you wrote:

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I figure about the time that arrangement no longer works, they'll want to sleep out in a tent anyway!
That was my suggestion, too. Usually about age 10-12, the kids want to be separated from the parents and will happily sleep in a tent. We've accommodated up to six adults in a 22-foot RB for daytime activities with reasonable comfort; sleeping arrangements would have been impossible. A tent or two can make this workable.

Sonsie