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After flying out to Sun Valley and taking a look at #521, we decided to make the purchase.  Since the owner had passed away, we decided to go by Tom’s “Oasis in the desert” and take him up on his offer to help us with our new coach.  What a great decision that was.  Not only did we get to benefit from Tom’s invaluable knowledge of Newells, we enjoyed time with gracious hosts and new friends with many common interests.  His wife, Darlene is a master seamstress and has an amazing sewing room that was a plus for my creative wife.  Although Tom is in the process of recovering from knee replacement surgery he took the time to walk me through our new to us coach and explain the function of every switch and system and substantially reduce my “new owner” stress level.  Although being able to purchase a Newell was a great experience, getting to spent time with Tom & Darlene was by far the highlight of our trip.