ABOUT RVers ONLINE

We are Tom and Stephanie Gonser. Our center of gravity is now in Florence, Oregon; we also have a small downtown condo in Bend -- and the trip between the two is the world's most scenic commute.

We began this site in the mid 1990s, and continued it through 2018, by which time we had completed the process of upsizing, then downsizing. Our last RV was a 2016 RV, which we reluctantly sold in 2019. We had discontinued website updates, except for minor changes, since late 2017. But left the site in place because it still contains items of value to newbies and experts alike -- and we wanted to continue to make those available.

By 2020 we decided we would discontinue the hosting service -- and the site was slated to simply disappear. We intended only to "keep" the domain names, since the name recognition has become something of considerable value. This observation was confirmed recently when we had an unsolicited offer from a credible source to purchase the website -- i.e., the contents. That's something we hadn't even contemplated, since 100% of the information here represents a considerable investment of time, and contributions from guest authors. However, the understanding would be that all materials at the site would be maintained for access without cost, and without editorial change.

But we had reservations about selling the website, even under the most positive of conditions. And then the world went upside down with the Covid-19 pandemic and we knew we could not "let go" at this time. There is too much now, as of Spring 2020, that we believe we can publish that will be needed by the RV community in future years. So, at least for now, we're back in the cyber saddle and hope we'll be able to provide some insight and persepctive based on a lifetime of RVing.

Tom & Stephanie Gonser