Our New Montana 3730FL

Our floorplan

We bought our coach from Camping World in Draper, Utah...ironically, we also said we would NEVER buy one from them because apparently their service stinks.  So, I guess the motto of this post is "never say never".

The Living Room with 3 sofas (the two on the windows open to double queen beds for guests on the 2 slides plus a stone fireplace and retractable television unit in front of the HUGE picture window.  The theater seats recline all the way with lights and cup holders for movie watching.  Notice the LED lighting along the ceiling!  9 windows total just in this area! Finally, comes Master Bedroom (2 slides) featuring a KING size bed with little side end tables for your cell phone, clock or glasses.  Over the bed cabinets, and under the bed storage.  A VERY nice, thick mattress with rounded corners and a warm comforter.  Across the bed is an extremely large closet with full length clothes bar and 9 dresser drawers!  Lots of storage!  And, of course a TV mounted to the closet (which I had them lower because it was just too high and now it fits nicely in the flat wood panel evenly).

We traded in our 2014 Winnebago 22' Travel Trailer and purchased a 40' 2017 Montana 3730FL on June 1, 2017 just a few weeks after purchasing our white Dodge Ram 3500 Laramie Dually.  We had actually been leaning toward a 5th Wheel Toy Hauler, but realized that there was more actual living space in a regular 5th Wheel.  Since we weren't going to haul toys, this made more sense.

Here's the exterior, which features a whopping 6 slides!  This makes the coach very livable and feel so roomy.

A Beautiful Kitchen and Dining Room area with 2 slides (3 windows plus the door window), Corian Island about 24" x 36" larger with 2 trash areas and 5 drawers on the island with an additional cutting surface if needed.  Also a regular large oven, beautiful back splash, separate sink area with tons more storage, plus spice pantries on the left and large pantries on the right next to the fridge (also plumbed for a washer/dryer but I'll use storage, thank you) and a beautiful larger French double door refrigerator.  The sink is a double deep stainless sink with more Corian counter tops and a very large retractable faucet.  The kitchen table also retracts more from the wall and there are two more chairs plus storage under the table top for games or office supplies.

Next is the bathroom with a large 30" x 48" huge shower with a seat, retractable door, large storage cabinet with 2 deep shelves, Corian counter tops with a fairly deep medicine cabinet (that I lowered because I'm so short down to the light switch) with 3 shelves and a lower storage cabinet.

This is our king sized bed and spacious closets.  It's actually a good-sized bedroom.

Finally, I just had to note the wonderful Morryde stairs leading to and from the coach on both sides of the dining room.  They are very sturdy and extremely well built.  Very pleased with these!

A lovely Coach and we're happy to have it.  We do have a few small things to get repaired but overall she's in pretty great shape.  Now to give it a name...We'll have to ponder on that one for a bit!  I'm kind of liking "Gypsy Rose".

Here we are leaving the lot.  Let the magic of traveling begin!

Leaving with our new Montana.

The Maiden Voyage - Canyon Springs RV Resort

This past weekend (June 16-17, 2017), we took our new Keystone Montana 3730FL on the maiden voyage to Boise, Idaho specifically to see our little granddaughter's ballet performance at the 85th annual Emmett Cherry Festival on June 17th.  She was such a cute little dancer at the performance and the Emmett Cherry Festival has quite the following!  There was a carnival that filled the entire city park with people, vendors and food!  Entertainment was constantly in supply and it also had a cute petting zoo and pony rides to top everything off.  I would have liked to stay longer, but after a 5 hour drive from Utah to Idaho we were both exhausted.  We bought a 25-foot flagpole for our RV which we'll get set up for the next trip.

Little Lilly dancing at the Emmett Cherry Festival

We parked our 5th wheel at Unit 128 of Canyon Springs RV Resort in Caldwell, Idaho - a good 40 minutes drive from Emmett.  There was no vacancy at any other RV park anywhere in the area but we weren't disappointed with where we stayed.  We brought the girls and enjoyed a super clean facility right off the freeway but far enough away that it was enjoyable and you really didn't hear freeway noise except when it was very quiet in the wee morning hours.

Our Unit #128

The nightly rate was $45 but the resort did offer discounts for veterans and Good Sam members.

The park had a nice game center with a pool table, bass fishing (catch and release only), sandy beach, a playground for young ones, fire pit, and a basketball court.  There was a nicely enclosed dog run area next to the pond.  The park also offered 32 cable TV stations, but we were way to busy to watch any TV.

Our unit was a 60' pull through.  The only thing I didn't like was that the "grass" was Astroturf, not actual grass, so the girls couldn't really "use" the area and it was a pain to have to relieve themselves at the unleashed pet area way on the far side of the park or the designated potty areas located at the end units.  However, each site did have a nice round picnic tables.

The sites were quite narrow in my opinion and not very long or wide.  Our 40-foot Montana with our huge 350 Ram Dually made our unit quite tight.  Many trucks from other units stuck out making it hard to back-in or pull-thru to your unit.  We also had to duck when going from the unit to the truck because we were so tight.  I felt like I was often in a "concrete jungle" of RVs due to the lack of trees and shade.  Some of the pull-thru and back-in sites had gravel.  Ours was asphalt.  Many of the units by the pond had ample shade trees.  We were right near the middle of the red sections on the map below.  Also, while the picnic table was nice, it was also right next to the sewer of the unit next to us.

The office/clubhouse was very clean and the hosts were all very helpful and friendly. 

Typical amenities were found at this site:

• Water
• Sewer
• Restrooms
• Showers
• Laundry
• Dumpster
• Propane
• 4 cottages
• Beach
• Fishing
• Playground
• Internet
• Cable

You could select executive, premium, deluxe, lake front and pull-thru sites.  If I were to return, I would select site 116 pull-thru or 8, 9, 10 or 17 for back-in; and 18 for the executive.  These sites were shaded and/or grassy.  Site 116 was next to a large grassy area for the girls, which I would prefer just because I have dogs.