Member Spotlight

Billy and Susan Lowe
Port Orange, Fla.

FMCA membership number:
F147205. We joined FMCA in 1991.

FMCA chapters we belong to:
Bits & Bytes, Southwind Club of Florida, Freightliner Chassis Owners Club

Our current motorhome:
A 2001 42-foot Tiffin Zephyr with plenty of room

Three words that best describe our current motorhome:
Elegant, comfortable, roomy

Other motorhomes we have owned:
A 1972-'73 24-foot Explorer
A 1988 34-foot Fleetwood Southwind
A 1995 34-foot Fleetwood Southwind
A 1998 34-foot Tiffin Allegro Bus

We decided to buy a motorhome because:
It looked like a great way to travel.

Current or former occupation:
I (Billy) am a pharmacist.

The best thing about motorhoming is:
We can travel almost anywhere at our own pace.

We travel in the motorhome approximately:
Four months per year. When we're not motorhoming we're enjoying our home on a golf course in Florida.

Our all-time favorite motorhome trip was:
Nova Scotia. Other favorite destinations of ours are Maine and the Oregon coast.

Our "dream" motorhome trip would be:
To Alaska on great highways

Our worst motorhoming experience was:
Owning a well-known manufacturer's 1995 34-foot wide-body model. It was the motorhome from hell.

If we could change one thing about our motorhome, it would be:
Add more legroom in the driver's area

Something about motorhoming that we know now but didn’t know when we started is:
Just about everything

When driving the motorhome, the most important thing to remember is:
Be constantly alert (aware).

Our favorite thing about FMCA is:
Our chapter friends

"Fantasy" guest we'd like to invite to dinner in our motorhome:
George W. Bush. I could corner him with some hard questions.

Our hobbies:
Susan enjoys photography.

Favorite way to exercise is:
Playing golf, snow skiing

Favorite restaurant:
While on the road, Perkin's for brunch

Favorite store:
Wal-Mart

Favorite campground:
Outdoor Resorts in Oregon

When motorhomers visit our state or hometown, they should be sure to see:
The beach, the St. John's River

Items that are always in our motorhome refrigerator while traveling:
Wine, ice

Our advice to new motorhomers is:
Be friendly and courteous to others. Leave your campsite cleaner than when you got there.

Behind our motorhome, we tow:
A 2001, four-wheel-drive Chevy Tracker two-door soft top with automatic transmission. We use a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.

Our favorite activity to do inside the motorhome is:
Cook, watch TV, entertain friends

Other comments:
We raised three kids during the 30 years we have owned motorhomes and it is a great way to keep the family involved in fun activities — together!