Written By: Kevin & Debbie McCauley
I thought I would write a fun, little story about three couples who are very close, long-time friends; all who are proud PW owners. And to make it more special, we all have lived in the same neighborhood for the past 40 years and only about 200 yards from each other.
Our town is Encinitas, California, which is a well known surf town 20 miles north of San Diego. We all moved here from various locations and built our homes on one acre lots, 2 miles from the beach. We raised our families together on the same street and all of our kids are still friends today. Between the three families, we have 7 daughters,1 son and 20 grandchildren. My wife, Debbie and I have previously owned two Class C motorhomes. When our neighbors across the street, Brian and Nancy, bought their 2021 Plateau FL, we were intrigued by its size and maneuverability. This prompted us to start looking at Pleasure-Ways, and we were immediately impressed by the level of build and quality. I am a custom home builder and what kept drawing me back to PW is their cutting edge technology and, once again, the level of their builds and integrity. We did extensive research and a deep dive into making the change into our 2023 PW Plateau TS. This was a big step for my wife, as she was very concerned about not having all of the space we had with our class C’s. She scaled back some and adapted very well and would never go back.
Our first big trip was the summer of 2023 where we completed a 7 week, 8000 mile loop around the US and Canada. Currently we are traveling up the entire western coastline of California, Oregon and Washington on a 3 week adventure. I have added a good deal of extras and off-market goodies, such as the Agile RIP package, a horn upgrade, a rear OWL ladder and a custom built roof storage rack, plus much more inside.
I can’t put into words how much enjoyment and carefree miles we have gotten since taking ownership of our PW through Beach Cities RV. Both PW customer service, as well as Beach Cities, have given us invaluable support on any and all questions that have arisen. We are incredibly impressed with the support team at PW and their expedient response time. We have bought and sold all kinds of things in our lives and never have we received the caring support as we have from PW. We are SO impressed with this company!
Another happy customer of PW and Beach Cities is our third neighbors, David and Ann, who previously owned another Class B of inferior quality. They purchased a 2023 PW FL and are enjoying the peace of mind with this vehicle vs. the many, many months of problems with their previous “lemon”. All three couples have traveled together for stays in Paso Robles, CA and Borrego Springs, CA. I jokingly refer to us as three geezers and our lovely wives traveling together in our $175,000 hippie vans. Ironically, all of us have previously owned a collection of assorted VW vans and Westfalia campers. We’ve come a long way, baby!! Brian and Nancy have owned and traveled since 2021 in their FL and have the most time and mileage of all of us. We credit them with starting the PW trend in our neighborhood. We all look forward to many more adventures together in our amazing PW campers.