RV Poetry

Yep, I said that, I think I mean it, too. But then, I don’t have an RV yet. In fact, I have never even ridden in one. So, how did I come up with this directive?

It just came to me, like my poetry, my short stories - and the excuses that pour freely out of my mouth when I don’t want to do something at any particular moment. At 58, I’ve had plenty of practice at thinking - without actually concentrating - via a very active subconscious.

Seriously, your RV must accommodate your needs, just as your marriage needs do:

• 1. If you prefer your spouse be in the other room and out of your hair more often than not, you might survive RVing (and marriage) if you have an RV large enough to have a bedroom with a door for those days the weather is too poor to send him/her outside to help a fellow camper or
• 2. walk off his/her temper. Yes, an interior door (other than a glass or acrylic shower door) will come in quite handy when you (or your partner) feels the need to express yourselves with a slam or two. That interior door might just prevent your driving hundreds of miles with the exterior door hanging off the hinges and all that unwanted attention it will bring. The bedroom door can be wedged inside somewhere - no one will be the wiser - well, except your blog readers, perhaps.
• 3. Then there is the sleeping issue. If you like to snuggle close to your spouse and they prefer distance - and they have always won that battle in the past - here is your chance to win! Get a small RV with over cab storage and your partner’s dream HDTV up there. There will be nowhere else to sleep but the uneven sofa with that crack in the middle. You will just naturally roll together, just like on an old mattress with bad springs. Instant togetherness. No way your TV fanatic is going to give up that HDTV for a bed, well for a little while, anyway. And by then, you may just decide you don’t like sleeping with your nose plastered in his armpit with only GI showering available.

OK, that’s enough for now. Stay tuned, I am quite sure I can come up with more.

Tags: choosing an RV, humor, marriage

I realized today that other than a brief mention of C.E.R.T. in a recent post about preparing for full timing, I had not mentioned it on this blog. I wrote about it here, however. Go ahead, read about it. It is a great thing!

And, I personally think all of us should take the course, especially RVers. (Hint. Hint.)

Tags: C.E.R.T.

In our case, the next step is budgeting for part time RVing. It is not as simple as just coming up with money for a vacation or extended vacation. Every month we are gone not only prevents him earning anything those months, the first three months back will have no income coming in because of the nature of his business. So, before we leave we would have to have saved 4 months minimum, if only gone one. Plus, many of the business expenses would be ongoing, just as household bills would be.

So, I’ve begun the tedious process of figuring a tentative budget - and the tentative figures did nothing to make me smile. That said, once the house is sold, the computers and the new software is paid for by the business, the smile that is more a frown, should begin to turn its edges up a bit!

I am sure that, plus finding an HONEST CPA that we are happy with to explain a few things, and cooking more meals at home once we move will head us a few miles closer to our dream. Our dream and alternate but equal ones are in place, we can see them, and we have given more than just precursory thought to them, so we are closer to this, RV camping next to the water and a ferry terminal with mountain views in Washington state: