Roadtrek Factory Closure - Out of Business

Erwin Hymer North America which manufactures Roadtreks is officially in receivership (bankruptcy) and all employees were given a termination letter dated February 15. The Canadian court appointed the legal firm of Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) as receiver.

The Receiver is empowered to deal with creditors and manage the business. At present, with no current employees, Roadtreks are not being manufactured. The Roadtrek website was shut down for a short period of time but was put back up on February 22.  A termination letter to Roadtrek employees was issued on February 15. All manufacturing has been suspended. Factory service is not currently available.

According to the "Service List" on the Receiver's website this is what Roadtrek owes the creditors:

             $273,609,280 (Canadian) to unsecured creditors.
               $15,133,001 (Canadian) to secured creditors.

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/sites/default/files/canada/appendix_a_-_creditor_listing_3.pdf

If you don't have a copy of the current manual for your Roadtrek I suggest you go to the Roadtrek website and download the manual. We don't know how long the Roadtrek website will be up and manuals will be available:

https://www.roadtrek.com/owners/#section-manuals

For current information from the Receiver, go to this website:

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/ehgna


Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/

RV Hobbies - Rock Painting

When trekking hobbies are useful for evenings, quiet days and so on. There are the obvious hobbies such as photography and blogging.  However, there are also other hobbies such as watercolor painting and rock painting.

Rock painting seems to be very popular. We've encountered rock painters from Florida to Arizona and everywhere in between.  After painting many of the artists hide the rock somewhere outdoors where it can be found.  Some put a website or social media group on the flip side, if one is inclined to announce their find.

We've encountered "official" Rock painting groups at some RV resorts. The one we are currently staying at has such a group. Materials are provided for free!

Materials (paint and brushes) are available at hobby stores such as Hobby Lobby, Michaels and of course on Amazon.  Small, smooth rocks can be found in streams or at landscaping (stone) supply companies. 

There are lots of videos on You Tube which can get on started, and of course there are dedicated websites.

I decided to dabble a bit so here is what I've done so far.  I'm using acrylic paint over gesso. There are many different styles and sizes of rocks. I prefer smaller, although that does make painting more difficult.

Blood Moon

Cave Dweller

Moon over Arizona Resort

Original material:  https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/