19ft Escape - Progress

[Jim Bennett]

Lookin' good.
Definitely raises the excitement level.

 

[reace]

Well....after a late night (Saturday) pulling the molds off the plug....everything looks great! When the mold comes off the plug, the finish is dull so today was spent polishing them up to a shine. Sorry, no pictures. The next photos will be of the first part coming out of the molds... which will be Wednesday evening. Hoo Hoo!

 

[PGDriver]

What else can one say... thats awesome news Reace.

 

[Sandra L]

[size=10pt][/size]Wonderful!

 

[Jim Bennett]

That is so cool Reace, the birth of the first new Escape 19 is only days away.

 

[reace]

Pssst.....3 more sleeps until Reace doesn't get to sleep..... The first 19' shell will come out of the mold on Thursday.

I will see if I can take some photos for you.

Tammy

 

[PGDriver]

Hi Tammy

We all love photos....

 

[escape artist]

Hi: All... Who's first in line for #1??? Who's XXXing days on the calendar... Sweet "ANTISIPATION".
Someone wrote a song about that!!!
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

 

[ellen smith]

42 sleeps to go. Picking up our trailer on April 8th. Can hardly wait.

 

[Jim Bennett]

I am not sure where I stand in the order, but am slated for the first week of May for completion. I have a two week trip planned in Oregon leaving the last weekend of May. I too am getting excited about this.

Hi Ellen, and welcome. Do you have a trip planned yet? You know you will be required to submit reports on your assessment of your new trailer right away.

 

[Sandra L]

Welcome Ellen,
Does anyone know how many 19' are ordered? I'm guessing 5 at this point. (My 17' is going to be between 19's.)

 

[Jim Bennett]

Not sure Sandra, but I am betting up into the 'teens of 19's ordered.

 

[Sandra L]

I also wonder about the geographical distribution of Escapes. Are they mostly in British Colombia? (That might be determinative of a future Escape rally.)

 

[Jim Bennett]

A rally later this summer, or even a year from now once Escape gets more units out would be fun.

 

[Hokie Escape]

Hi: All... Who's first in line for #1??? Who's XXXing days on the calendar... Sweet "ANTISIPATION".
Someone wrote a song about that!!!
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

I'm XXX'ing the days!!! 4 weeks from today, we fly into Seattle. 4 weeks from tomorrow we see our HokieEscape 5.0 for the first time in person! Have trip planned? Only 2500 miles back to Virginia. We are psyched!!!!!!!! I've been learning the art of "blogging", so hopefully, those who want to follow us along, will be able to, beginning the 24th of March, the day we leave Blacksburg. I'll post the website at that time. I loved following Dirk around BC.

 

[Jim Bennett]

A bit curious here, if you fly into Seattle and driving back to Virginia, are you buying or renting a vehicle then?

 

[Sandra L]

Me too! I'm very happy or you! Should be a great trip. Would love to see pictures. What are you going to do about outfitting it? Ie: blankets, dishes, etc? Or have you stockpiled and stored stuff while in BC? I'm trying to figure out how to pack plus leave room for the dog.

 

[Jim Bennett]

Sandra, could you not use a car top carrier? What are you using to pull the trailer with?
We are not going to worry a lot what we take, just some bedding, a cooler full of food, and a couple boxes of kitchenware. We will likely head out on a Friday (12 hr drive) and come back more slowly on Sunday/Monday. We won't be making a big trip out of it.

 

[Sandra L]

I'm contemplating borrowing my son's new car top carrier that he uses for his ski equipment. My tow vehicle is a 2005 Toyota Sienna. The only difficulty for me is that I am short and not sure what the reach is to the carrier. As it is, I use a small step ladder to clean my windshield. (I may have to bring it along too.) ;D I also thought about one of those hitch cargo carriers, but then it would have to go into the bike rack receiver for the trip back, and I don't want to deal with that. At least I don't think so :-\.

 

[JeffZ]

What about shipping the bulky items to Escape Ind.. You probably could ship the bedding and things that take up alot of space, but are pretty light..