RV Travel: 100 Years And Counting

New rigs, new uses and no annoying baggage fees
By Rob Lovitt

As I write this, David Woodworth is somewhere on the road between Indiana and New York, driving not one, but two, RVs. One is a fresh-from-the-factory 2010 Fleetwood Discovery; the other, a 1916 Model T with what was then considered a state-of-the-art sleeping/storage compartment known as a Telescope Apartment. Together, the two rigs represent almost a century of RV history.

In fact, according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), this year represents the 100th anniversary of RVing. To mark the occasion, the group is sponsoring Woodworth’s trip, which is currently wending its way from Elkhart, Ind., to New York and on to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Along the way, says Woodworth, the two rigs demonstrate just how much — and how little — RVing has changed.

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