Looks like "Road Trip" will be a fun and happy time!

Raven it's beautiful!!! It's huge. Congratulations on the new "home" and your anniversary. Many more happy, healthy years together. (I'm just a tad envious, in the nicest of ways. I'm very happy for you.)

Wow!!! That is awesome!

Great surprise. It is beautiful.

Congrats!!!! Isn't it a beauty! My sister and her family bought one very similar a couple of years ago and looooove it. They just up and go anytime, its wonderful. That is one spiffy gift! And how nice he surprised you! Happy Anniversary!

I am pretty proud of him and very very happy! He is quite proud and happy too.
Thanks Now that we know how much we have enjoyed having the other one looking forward to traveling with this one is going to kick it up a few notches. We just have to remember to look up too because it is so tall. We sent leaves flying driving down our street with all the big oak trees hanging over the road. Close call!

Wow! It looks huge in the pictures. I hope you enjoy it for many, many years.

OMG!! A bit in TV, "fireplace" and kitchen island! That's one heck of an RV! I love the loose dining chairs too, and the slide outs. How long is it? It looks pretty compact for a fifth wheel in the picture, but there's nothing to denote scale. [Fun2BHere and I cross posted with our opposite adjectives--it was simultaneous, not an argument!]

What a great secret! I generally hate surprises for myself, but I love that he took you shopping so he'd know what you liked and all that. If I had more of those kind of surprises I might like them better.

Do you have a sand plan for the beach?

Happy anniversary!

That is really, really nice!

Wow, it is beautiful!! Congratulations!!

It is a Forest River Sierra 34CK it is 39'11" long and 13'2" tall which is why paying attention to the height of things will be very important, like bridges and service station canopies and those big oak trees!

There's 3 slide outs, one for the bed and two large ones in the main area across from each other so it really opens up. It was the exact style of arrangement I wanted in layout. I didn't care about the fireplace but most in that range have them. You can run it just for looks or as a heater. It has a huge pantry that is so deep two people can get in it. I have a lot of storage. I would have preferred no carpet at all like my other one but it's just about impossible to find any now. We can of course later have it changed out. My main items were a very large shower with sitting area and adjustable shower handheld. And having room around the bed and area to change clothes. Big closets of course lol.

We have 2 very nice rocker recliners we had just bought for the other rv which we kept and put the original rockers back in. I want to take the dinette table and chairs out and put the 2 rocker recliners in the place. The island has an overhang so we can put stools there to eat. And we eat outside a lot.

Congratulations on both your anniversary and your new home away from home. It is pretty darn fancy!

That is gorgeous! Congratulations!

Sweet!

Congratulations!! Best of Luck!! . How many does it sleep? I love it.

Beautiful! Enjoy your touring.

Love it! Beautiful! I know you will enjoy it.

Happy Anniversary, and what a great mutual gift!!!

I love that you were able to get a large shower. I'll bet hubby is proud as punch over his new truck too! LOL

Congratulations on your gorgeous "home away from home!" Now you will really be traveling in style!

Woohoo! Congratulations on your anniversary and your beautiful RV. Hope you cover many miles and make many happy memories.

Wow--that's beyond comfortable! My house has 7' ceilings and just about no closets. I'm just sayin' . . . :-)

Awesome! Looks like you will be having loads of fun this summer.

That is gorgeous! Congratulations. Enjoy!

My birthday and our anniversary is June 20th so I am so surprised it all came together so well and quickly. I said it must have been meant to happen or it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

It was interesting getting it in the driveway. He has never driven a 5th Wheel so he had lessons at the rv dealership. It should be easier as we do it more. This one being much longer than the old one made it more difficult. We have a very narrow street out front.

Yes jasdip he absolutely loves his new big ole truck!

Thanks for all the details. Really lovely! Makes sense that it's somewhere between compact and huge. :) LOL! So you're putting the rockers there on the slide out instead of the table and chairs? Are you getting folding stools? (Just curious. I'm sure regular stools would fit for travel--and feel free not to answer my nosy questions. I'm just interested.) I'm still awed by the spacious kitchen and bathroom.

Yes I already have folding stools which will fit in the huge pantry and we have folding tables in the pantry as well. Yes I will put the dinette and chairs in my sunroom in the house good place for games and crafts.(the table has an extension leaf hidden inside so it gets bigger) I think I will put the couch where the dinette is and move the theater seating where the couch was so they are across from each other and put the 2 recliners in the back window which will allow us to see more out of the big window. Our setup in the old rv had the recliners in the back window and it was great we could turn them a little bit and have a great view out of the big back window.

Plus I think that arrangement will work best for TV viewing. The TV is on an extension arm that is articulated so easily adjustable. We are moving that TV into the bedroom we have a little bit bigger one that will go there and is a smart TV for streaming etc. There is a dvd player built into the stereo system but we have a small blu ray player and a full direct TV set up too. And of course it is cable ready.

The theater seating does recline too. The couch is what is called a tri fold it opens out flat to form a regular full size bed. So much better than the old jack knife beds. So I would say it sleeps 4 very comfortably. That was not something that was a big concern we rarely have anyone staying with us. Our granddaughter stayed with us once in the old one.

I did want something that could be lived in if the situation ever occurred. We could move it to land we own near family. Not that we are thinking about that but you just never know what can happen in our old age! I won't be living under a bridge in a refrigerator box! Lol

Thanks for the more details. The furniture rearrangement you're planning sounds great. It makes a lot of sense. Your new RV definitely seems big enough to full time in, if you wanted to. I've been doing some research on the tiny house movement, and I keep coming up on the question of wouldn't a well built RV be better? Anyway, your fifth wheel is fab! May you be renewed, and have many years of happy and healthy travel.

sigh ...well that sure does put our 1998 we bought to shame, lol...and I thought 36 ft was crazy...and at least you're not stuck without a car to drive...I refuse to haul my new car (that I saved for 12 years to get, behind an already oversized....motorhome...the only thing was the price. we got it for less than list for the age and brand, so dh paid cash...

use it great fun and health!!! our first use was taking ours to all day soccer tourney, lol...it was nice for dgd to have a place to nap and eat...

Yay for you! I hope you enjoy yourself tremendously with that!

It's just beautiful. Happy traveling.

Wow-that looks super nice!! What a wonderful surprise! Know you will enjoy it.

It is spectacular!!! Congratulations to you both (and Happy Anniversary, early). You will be travelling in style, that's for sure. You and Nita can start a "KT Caravan"!

You will have so much fun traveling in that beautiful RV. Enjoy.

We had considered a motorhome but decided for us we preferred to have our truck separate so we can use it when we get where we are going and daily use here. With the 5th wheel we can get pretty much what we wanted and he can still have his new pickup to drive to work. That is what worked best in our case. But I have to say some of the motorhomes we looked at almost made me reconsider lol.
Hubby is going to be retiring in the very near future so we are hoping more travel days are ahead and this new one has a lot of just push a button and it is done so he has less set up and tear down frustrations.
Thanks so much !!!!

KT is just the best! We get to share your joy over the new RV! I hope the rains stop so you don't have to use it finding 'high ground' right now. Happy Anniversary -- wishing you both many happy years 'on the road'.

(We're almost 10 years ahead of you on the anniversary thing -- 51 years this fall. I think we are happier than ever.)

Wow that's a beauty. Happy RVing.

It's hard to imagine that beautiful home is on wheels! Wishing you many happy travels, Raven.

How nice!

I am so happy for you and I know you will have some wonderful trips ahead. I think what makes me the happiest is knowing that you are together after so many years and that your hubby apparently loves to make you happy! Ah, true love- - nothing better.

It must cost a few bucks to fill the gas tank on it. May you both enjoy it in good health!!

What a wonderful surprise! Congratulations to both of you.

It's beautiful and I think Forest River is a great product.

Thanks again everyone.

I am sure hoping my research about good brands paid off, I saw lots of good things about Forest River companies. It feels and looks like a quality product. My only dislike is the hanging curtains which I will be removing soon. Luckily they only velcro up into the big valance so easily removed. We were very happy with our previous Keystone Passport too. The new truck is a diesel engine.

heard good and bad about diesel...at least it's not as bad as it was in the 80's....we used to have to fill the car tank thru a nylon to catch impurities, and easier to find..

I can't stand the window treatments either...the fellow we bought it from had put in new flooring, and carpeting (like on the interior engine part, and under sofa) still trying to figure out to remove the 90's stick on paper of bird houses, lol...would rather have tile, easier to clean...we'll see...

That is exactly why hubby wanted to go with the brand new 2015 diesel engine they are supposed to have very good reviews and yes some of the older ones were a lot of trouble. It sure is quiet would never know it was not a gas engine.
I sure wish I had no carpet at all it is just not good for my allergies, I really loved that about my old one.
Nita took theirs to a guy not far from here that did a great job on their coach putting in all laminate flooring. At least there are options for when I get sick of the carpet lol.

When I saw "diesel" I thought of biodiesel and waste vegetable oil. : ) That brand new engine should have seals that don't break down (though of course, check the documentation). Even an older engine can use a petroleum/biodiesel mix. The bio is supposed to aid the viscosity of low sulphur fuels. Or something like that. I don't really know the details. I was just thinking about what you said about the RV being a fallback home, and thinking that the truck could, as a fallback, run on used cooking oil, especially if you ran a heater to the tank, or you could make your own biodiesel. :)

US car companies have struggled to produce successful diesel engines, It's funny because their subsidiaries abroad (like Ford and GM's Opel in Germany) have been selling diesel engined passenger cars since forever. I've had at least one, sometimes two, German made diesel-engined cars continuously since the late 70s. They're fast (turbochargers), fun to drive, get great mileage and last forever. US versions are bound to be better now than before, but I'm not sure what their problems have been.

I'd avoid bio-diesel. Vegetable sourced diesel fuel contains one or more substances that can cause parts like hoses and seals/gaskets to break down. I know in the two cars I have now, it's a no-no. There is a blend called B10 (which is 90 % conventional, 10 % veggie) that's supposed to be better tolerated but I, frankly, can't think up an advantage to using it.

Good luck with your new toys.