Turns out Alexis’ company is closing their San Antonio office. She’s been told everyone is keeping their jobs, but now they will all be telecommuting like she does. Here’s hoping that is true; her being out of a job would put a real hitch in our giddyup. For now, I’m operating on the premise that [...]
Continue reading about Slight change in summer plans and spring cleaning
I found myself so restless last week. Things were just starting to warm up but weren’t really comfortable yet. I started daydreaming about vacations instead of grading papers. Next thing you know, I’m on Google Maps, have my iCal opened, and I’m making plans! So we now have spring break, summer, and Christmas all planned [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time in the blog describing the hardships we’ve faced thus far and much less time talking about the upsides to RV living. For the sake of brightening up a dreary winter day and to keep from scaring off those of you who might be thinking about fulltiming, here’s a little [...]
Last night as I was falling asleep to the sound of the wind battering the outside of the RV with gusts of up to 50 mph, temperatures in the teens, and sub-zero windchill, my final conscious thought was, “I should leave a faucet dripping.” I promptly went off to the land of Winken, Blinken, and [...]
This past year was an adventure, indeed! We’ve spent the past six months actually living in our fifth wheel RV, but three months before that we spent preparing for our move. It’s not been one big vacation, to be sure, but this life has its upsides. I want to take a moment to think about [...]
I’m a bit frustrated right now, and I’m finding it difficult to resolve said frustrations. Here’s a list of things that are bugging me about my RV life: 1) It’s been raining off and on for nearly two months now. The ground never gets a chance to dry out. This is a problem because our [...]
First snow of the season today, but it was mostly slush. As a result, the ground around my camper is nothing but mud. I went and bought a bale of straw and scattered it on outside my door so I wouldn’t track mud inside the house. I also bought some salt and put it down [...]
Think RVing is something new under the sun? Guess again! This year marks the 100th anniversary of RV manufacturing in the US, so 27 years before this film, folks had been hitting the road in their homes on wheels. Take a gander at all those vintage canned hams! I wish I had one of my [...]
Before we even took possession of the fifth wheel, I’d been considering moving the sofa into the rear of the RV where the recliners and end table used to be. We discarded the remaining recliner when we moved in because it was broken, and I turned the back part of the RV into my little [...]
