RV Life

There are different types of RV’ers.  Some take a short vacation and stay the whole time  in the same park.  Some use their RV as their summer and winter home by staying at two RV parks in different parts of the country.  At this point, we like traveling so that we only stay at one place for a day or two.

They say you can keep your mind young by trying new things.  Well, RV’ing definitely counts.  At each RV park you have different connections for the RV.  The utilities might include electric, water, sewer, wifi, and cable.  Or nothing The hose for the water might be close or far.  Sometimes the electric plugs are on the opposite side of the RV.  You always need to watch for a wasp nest in the outlets.  Sewer might be at the site or maybe there’s a dump station at the park.

Each bathroom and shower is different.  There have been big spacious showers with large connected dressing areas along with small showers and areas to change that require the contortions of yoga or no dressing area.  You never know how the water temperature or pressure will be or how to dial in the best temperature.  Besides the changes in daily life, you are consistently learning at new museums or in seeing new sights.

RV’ers are friendly but value privacy too.  Since many parks have sites where you are close to others, you keep the TV volume down and never look in others windows.  Yet there is always conversations with someone who’s taking a walk or while you’re doing laundry.

Adaptability is important.  Twice so far our primary RV sites were full.  I try to have alternates and one time we skipped to the next night.  I had planned one night to be boondocking in the backwoods of Vermont.  It’s been raining for several days so we’re changing that night to one on paved roads.

RV life also means maintenance.  I try to sweep the RV every day since you only are walking a small path inside and carrying in dirt and leaves from nature that is right outside the door.  John has to do maintenance more often than we expected.  Not only are you in a small house, but that house is being shaken by driving from spot to spot.  On this trip, we had the AC fixed, had to replace an old TV remote, and added some sealant since we were getting some leaks. 

During a recent thunderstorm, we lost the TV.  In the middle of the night the TV turned itself on, went to static, and started fading.  I unplugged it, but it wasn’t working in the morning.  I didn’t hear the thunder, so it felt more like the scene in Poltergeist where the static is talking to you!  Anyhow, we’re trying to figure out how to get a new TV with limited tools to install it.

There’s no “same old same old” with RV’ing.  RV life isn’t for everyone, but we like it!