This will be fun 
The editor for RV Mag heard that Kimberley was importing Karavans to the US and got interested in writing an article on it. They put him in contact with me a few weeks ago and it worked out that he was in Tucson last weekend.
He came over on Sunday and checked out the Karavan in my driveway and interviewed my wife Pam to get the feminine persuasion's perspective. Then we closed it up and towed it out looking for a good area to show off it's capability and get some photos. I took him out to a well know area near Tucson called Chimney Rock. This is a unique area almost like an island of granite rock formations surrounded by rolling desert foot hills between the Catalina and Rincon mountain ranges. It's a common destination for the local rock crawling community because there so many challenging routes through the rock canyons and steep steps.
The road in is a typical back road that is hilly and a little rocky but not very challenging. We passed a couple jeeps on the way in and met up with them later at Chimney Rock. They said, "what the heck is that? We have never been passed on a back road four wheeling by a rig towing a trailer!" :Wow1: There were already several rock crawlers out there playing when we arrived.
We obviously didn't follow their crazy routes but did find a nice little side canyon that climbed up a couple hundred yards over some reasonably challenging rock slopes and wash outs up to a flat area where we set up the Karavan, shot some pics and ate lunch. Everybody in the area ended up coming over to see the trailer and find out what it was and where it came from. They couldn't believe we were able to tow it up to that spot with no problem.
The editor was very impressed with the experience and plans to put it on the cover of the May issue of RV Mag. :wings:
I'll hold off sharing any photos for now until we decide which ones will be in the article but I am having fun with this and am looking forward to seeing the article and the cover shot.:coffeedrink:
