Kait and I are going to take my mom Charley and my aunt on another camper van adventure.
Unfortunately my mom hasn't been doing so well so we decided to come to Southern California
grab a camper van and take the family out on a bit of an adventure. I think this will
be a great way to get her out of the house and of course Charley is going to love it.
This video is sponsored by Grech RV. Okay here's mom and I'm
telling everybody we wanted to come down bring another camper van get you out of the house
and go for another trip and figured this time we can bring Jan along. Oh we'll have so much
fun. Janet and Charley Joe Kait and Christine. We came back because you've been having a bit
of a rough go oh i had some surgery and i'm recuperating from lung cancer surgery
she lost what half of your right lung yeah yeah so we wanted to come out
i said lost some of my left lung five years ago yep so I have a deficit lung now
for this trip let's do something shorter Kait and i were thinking maybe go up to wine country for
how long just a couple nights something shorter the last time it was eight weeks I think two days
was a little bit shorter we make it longer well we have a limited amount of time but we can always
come back and do another trip Kait and i have to go get the band okay and then once we get back
with it we can give you guys a tour oh can't wait to see it can't wait to see it so we are at Grech
RV at their showroom in Riverside California and I'm here with AJ the reason we're here is
we're taking one of these vans on our next trip with mom and my aunt we figured mom needed
more of an enclosed bathroom something a bit bigger especially since we're bringing my aunt
and Charley along with us AJ is going to show us around and we're going to pick which one of
the vans we want to take so what do you think aj excellent well thanks for being here absolutely
so you know we've got um three different primary models we've got our Strada which is our largest
model the strata is built on the Mercedes-Benz sprinter 3500 extended chassis we also have our
Terreno which you see here this is built on the Mercedes 3500 170 non-extended we also have our
Turismo model which is our shortest model that's a 19-foot model that's built on 4x4 as well for
this trip we're going to need something a bit bigger yeah i think so i think you're right so
on the Strada which is our largest model we've got two different floor plans available we've got our
tour floor plan we also have our lounge floor plan I think the lounge floor plan would be most ideal
for your trip the captain's chairs these all swivel all the front seats are going to swivel
you have a table set up here for nice conversation since there's four of you guys going enjoy a nice
meal play some cards play some board games with any of these can we run ac so i think it's going
to be in the 80s and 90s where we're going yeah and i want to make sure that if we're leaving
Charley in the van by ourself we can run ac with the battery system yeah so our Strada model um
all of our models in fact but the strata model is going to come standard with a propane generator
okay and two 100 amp hour lithium batteries so 200 amp hours to run your 12 volt accessories
when you're not using the propane generator so on that model you do need to run the propane
generator or be plugged into shore power to use the 110 volt Dometic ac i would encourage you guys
to go with our lithium-ion package Strada-ion okay that has the highest capacity lithium-ion battery
package on the market in any class b van we've got a total of 1260 amp hours 16 128 kilowatt hours on
that unit that will run that 110 volt Dometic AC for a minimum of 12 hours. In fact we've
tested it to use it for 12 hours in very high temperatures. Perfect all right we'll take it.
All right very good enjoy the trip. Thank you we're looking forward to it.
All right we're back. So let's go see what my mom and aunt think of this thing.
I like this one wow
Something's in here but i feel this leather i can't open this
oh pull the bullet towards me you have a microwave in here uh-huh oh
right convection oven oh jan look what's in here wait till you see what's in there
okay oh are these comfy that works aren't they soft oh yeah sit down in one and see well i was
feeling them annoying and oh look cup holders very handy very smart that's really important oh this
is nice i like this joe where's the bed you're sitting on it oh so that converts into a bed yeah
boy this is going to be comfy and then does this become another bed
no that all connects together okay that's your bed is there a bed for like if you two sleep there
where would i sleep we are going to get you to a kind of a farmhouse to stay in
because we figured Kait and I will stay in here maybe with Charley and the two of
you can stay in a room thank you but joe if if we took a long trip where would i sleep
i don't know this is really meant for sleeping for two i like this because you can you'd be
able to just sweep it up or you know with a cloth if you spill something get rid of that
that's nice space not gonna stain i feel like we could fit you back there.
Fit me back where? In the cabinet. Why not.
oh you know what you probably could yeah look it goes all the way back there and to here
and i'm short in comparison to Kait and Joe the thing is I feel like I'm in a coffin oh
well they wouldn't close this on me i would hope you wouldn't roll out
oh look we have an induction
microwave what's your let's name oh they're all just the same or
this is a microwave yep okay these are all the same i think that's pretty slick in a
nice sink oh and look look at we're really going to get a good view of everything as we go by
that is nice uh there's also a table that goes in here where that's what I was going to ask you it's
actually right behind you yeah Jan found it yeah so there's a little see that i'm not going to pull
it because i don't that's where the table stand goes oh so that's where we'd eat look at this does
the fire extinguisher come with this yes a good deal i think that's a very smart thing to have
wow i'm always for safety you know me close the blinds locks the doors well the two what's funny
is the things that jan notices is one the floors are easy to clean and there's a fire extinguisher
and they're very soft leather that is very nice
i like this joke me too i'm very curious to see how it feels on the road while
you're here why don't you two go stand there and i'll show you the the bed okay
well shouldn't you go back first so you can do it no i can do it from here there's a master uh thing
here so you ready ready all right oh oh is that cool let's see you can you can stop it in lounge
or just go all the way down
and then the part you're sitting on actually comes together
in the middle get up Jan let me see that I see
yeah because somebody doesn't want to get the seat belt in their get out of the way here
oh that is look at that chris can't get past your boobs to see it let me get out of your way
got a girl yes ma'am hey Charley
this is your new home for a couple days what do you think of that oh yeah i know i know
that's it thank you thank you you're right Christine she is the perfect dog for you
she's perfection she likes adventure she sure customs herself to new places and environments
so fast she loves traveling yeah especially in a van she really loves the van yeah
with this crew the most important thing to bring is coffee gear
these cabinets are pretty big all right we need to get everybody and everything
packed including Charley she's already ready to go
she's been ready to go
come on okay all right i'm excited oh yes i am let's go baby okay i have Charley's bed
and her blankets i think we can oh sure hold that right there
hey
I'm gonna sit up there yeah you'll sit up front huh got in all by myself
there isn't any place to put we are out here or coffee cups
back there see you Wednesday for adventure all right put my seat belts on do you want
the lights on or off it makes no difference to me it's nice and bright outside so
Charley are you ready all right mom you ready always Jan i'm set okay let's go Charley
join us next week as we take my mom my aunt Janet and their dog Charley
on a road trip to wine country and thank you again to Grech RV for sponsoring this video