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RV Hall of Fame
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Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
When traveling through Elkhart, Indiana, do not miss the RV Motor Home Hall of Fame, a one-of-a-kind camping collection (rvmhhalloffame.org/). The museum features camping curiosities sucy as the 1913 Earl Trailer and Model T Ford, believed to be the oldest trailer camper in existence. There's a 1915 Model T with Telescoping Apartment (earliest known example of a “slide out”). It was interesting to peer inside the 1931 Chevrolet House Car owned by Mae West. Built for Paramount Studios, it was used as a chauffeur driven lounge car and featured a rocking chair on the back porch! One of my favorites: the 1935 Bowlus Road Chief Trailer. This shiny silver predecessor to today's Airstream has the shape of an inverted boat. Impossible to miss: the 1954 Spartan Imperial Mansion. At eight feet wide and a whopping 42 feet long, this trailer is immense. Tromping through 100 years of RV and motor home history—many models featuring original flooring, bedding and furniture--I was struck by one unifying reality. From the primitive Model T Ford campers to the technology laden RV's of today, they are all designed only for temporary living: vacation housing, not permanent dwellings. So nobody expects even the fanciest recreational vehicle to be as big or as nice as a real home. It's just intended to keep you comfortable for a short time. Which is exactly the same attitude we should have toward this thing called life on earth. It's only temporary. Our sights are to be set on a better—and ultimate—destination: heaven. Philippians 3:20, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Here's to loosening our grip on this dying world—and fixing our eyes on the world to come. Happy travels! |
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