A Look at RVs Over the Years

Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the morning and we had time for another great tour in the afternoon. I have been to the Jack Sisemore RV Museum before. The museum is actually part of an RV dealership. Unfortunately, Camping World bought Jack out a year or so ago so I wasn't sure what we would find. They were smart enough to keep their takeover very low key and you would never have known about it from the outside.

This whole museum started when Jack Sisemore bought a small old camping trailer and repaired it. One led to another and another and someone told him he should start a museum so people could see it.

When you go into the dealership and ask about the museum, they will send you out the back door to this big building.

There are all kinds of RVs here set up like someone was camping. I have been to the RV Museum in Elkhart and really enjoyed the RV set up area. I believe they charged $10 a person which I felt was worth it but this museum that Jack built is free.

There are also a lot of vintage motorcycles on display.

You can actually go into most of the RVs on display.

Older RVs were built with solid wood cabinets and sometimes had regular furniture in them.

There are also some displays from the Route 66 days.

And displays of older style camping equipment.

The 1935 Torpedo is the World's oldest Airstream.

And who doesn't remember the hippy wagons?

This is what stopping for gas used to look like.

Once again, you can go inside most of the RVs and picture yourself camping in them.

Campers built like this little beauty are makinng a big comeback these days although they have fridges and microwaves these days.

You might have carried a big cooler like the yellow one in the trunk.

Do you recognize these red bus? It was used in the movie "RV" with Robin Williams. It was the home of the young couple with the teenage kids.

Look, I even caught Carolyn in a photo.

or two, lol.

This is another view of the front of the bus that the Gurnicke's lived in.

There is a bulletin board where you can put a pin showing where you are from. They have to replace it often as there are so many visitors. The U.S. and Canada won't hold another pin nor will Europe.

This is one just for the U.S. visitors.

We all really enjoyed seeing the RV Museum. Don't miss a chance to see it yourself. I noticed a few small Camping World signs in the dealership but they appear to be keeping their presence very low key.