For a number of years we've enjoyed RV travels -- which in our case is usually via the blue lines. Thanks to the notebook computer and steadily improving options for internet connections, we've found we're able to continue much of what we do "on the road". Our home in Central Oregon is too enticing to let us become full timers. However, we are confirmed "extended time" RVers, and savor every moment of our travels over the road. Since so much of our life has been "online", it was only a natural extension for us to start a website free of commercial influences, and to tap into the incredible helpfulness and energy of RVers to build a new information resources for RVers and other participating segments of the RVing industry. An evolving purpose has been the opportunity to offer a place for greater dialogue between and among RVers; and between RVers and the various industry groups which provide products and services to them. Our efforts have been to encourage positive discussions, and to avoid publishing negative comments. We believe that if RVers can have an improved means of communication with park owners, manufacturers, dealers, and even the groups which "represent them", the opportunities and benefits of RVing can be even further improved. Our readers, to whom we also refer to as our "members", of course pay no dues, attend no meetings, and exist as a "group" only through the medium of the Interent. Yet those who have joined us in this cause have contributed in many ways through these pages to help fellow RVers, and to participate in a growing constructive dialogue about issues of importance to them. Many have contributed articles; others have volunteered to serve as "Online Advisors"; and so many more have contributed their time to respond to reader comments and inquiries in our "Mailbox" section. It is they who have brought national attention to the unique purpose to which these pages are dedicated. And with this attention has come the invitation to work more closely with most of the major organizations serving the RV community. We take this responsibility seriously, and will continue to do our best to fairly and objectively represent the interests of all our readers as we go. We continue to contemplate new horizons for this site. It has grown in directions we could not have imagined when we first started. Our emphasis has been on creating a credible, commercial-free information resource for RVers; and to find creative new ways for RVers to link together electronically outside of these pages to pursue issues of common interest. The path ahead continues to be full of surprises and opportunities which we will discover together. We're delighted to have all of you on board for the journey with us!
We are Tom and Stephanie Gonser. When not "on the road", our "center of gravity" is a townhome near Bend, Oregon. After successful professional careers, and guiding our two children through their education and into professional careers, we accomplished a long standing objective – to travel... on a schedule and path of our own creation... pausing where we choose... all the while, enjoying the wonders of a great RV lifestyle.
Tom & Stephanie Gonser