The weatherman said that this was it; no more warm weather after today. So I headed over to the Home Depot, got some fiberglass insulation, face masks, duct tape, and a new length of heat tape, came home, and commenced to winterizing. I put down a tarp under the rig, climbed underneath, and trimmed the [...]
Continue reading about Taking advantage of the last warm days of the year
October is gone, and November has begun. The nights are dipping down to near freezing, and I’m in deep denial. I really can’t continue to drag my feet about winterizing. It needs to be done, and it needs to be done soon. I need to buy a new, shorter fresh water hose, a new length [...]
At long, long last the repairman from the shady RV dealership came and fixed our awning properly. Mind you, it still has the original roller instead of the new one we paid for, but at least that roller now has a spring, and the hardware that broke on the arm of the awning when we [...]
I hate going to the laundromat twice as much as I did before since my favorite washateria closed for remodeling and I now have to go to the 24-hour place that is overpriced and frequented by Creepy Groundskeeper. So desperate am I that I decided to seek out other options. I don’t have the money [...]
…and not a neck to wring. But I want to. I really, really want to. Since we returned and gained our two neighboring rigs, the children in the neighborhood have multiplied. Yes, the folks next door have three boys, but the neighbor next to them has one little girl, and two doors down, those folks [...]
Instead of Ms. Fixit, I’m Ms. Breakit. Yesterday I turned off the water in hopes of resolving the fresh water leaks around the toilet. Well, I took the whole, nasty, stinky mess apart and discovered that the water valve and vacuum breaker are leaking. More like spewing, really. Each time I flush, water shoots out [...]
Lex called me today to say that when she was walking the dogs this morning, she heard a whole lot of screaming and yelling, and as she walked back toward our rig, she realized it was the neighbor, Jeanne, screaming at her mother. Apparently, Jeanne was standing outside the door of her mother’s travel trailer, [...]
Continue reading about Cussfest 2010 and Let’s Play Find That Smell!
As you may recall, we had a new couple of neighbors show up a couple of weeks ago. Today, our second set of neighbors showed up. These folks are actually Bill and Jeanne’s parents, and they have their own travel trailer. There have been a couple of extra pickups parked outside for a week or [...]
Continue reading about More new neighbors, a child on the loose, and ongoing awning frustrations
We’ve been back in Maryland for more than a week, but I still haven’t wrapped my head around the idea just yet. Been in a little bit of a fog, despite the fact that I had to return to work last Monday. It’s that odd time right before the start of the semester when classes [...]
I’ve written before about how much it costs to live fulltime in an RV, at least when stationary. On the East Coast, it’s not really any cheaper than being an apartment dweller. Well, in our case it isn’t cheaper. But what about travel? Is that any less expensive? For the past two months while we [...]
