[DQDick]

Your still going to live in your rig for the winter so you want a floor plan that you can live in long term. That's different for all of us. There are many different floor plans just in the Montana family and most if not all are used by someone for full timing. It's like stick houses, everyone's tastes are different. We're probably what you would call "whole hog", but we bought ours with the basics and then added the rest to our liking. You will want double pane windows, the best insulation and most likely since you are from the mid-west two air conditioners beyond that opinions will vary. Many of us would warn you to get your rig with other than Marathon tires just from our past experience. If you plan on boondocking you'll want to figure out some way to generate electricity. We have two honda generators in the back of our truck, Montana's can come with a built in generator and many MOC members rely on solar to generate electricity when they are off the grid.