I have been trying to arrange and re-shuffle many things here in the motorhome over the first week of my RV journey. Before I left I thought I might not have enough room, that I might be adding too much weight to the motorhome which I know is not good for the performance of the rig. As it turns out, I have a lot of space, many empty drawers inside and outside in the external storage bins. As a dedicated down-sizer, I don’t want to fill these empty spaces up – I prefer to keep only that which I need, those tools I use and will serve the trip’s demands as I make progress across the country.
One thing I did was open up the blind that is clipped above the doorway, and when I did I uncovered this
At first it made me laugh, because I had taken a tumble down the steep steps while moving in the week before I left Bucks County, landing right on the old keister. The automatic step on my Coachmen now only comes out half-way, so you need to negotiate the steps while holding firmly onto the handrail. I move things in to the motorhome in sections now: open door, place groceries or boxes on to the floor and then step in in a focused manner. I have to constantly remind myself, there’s no need to rush, take time, think ahead to what you want to accomplish, the lane you want to change in to, the lot you want to tackle with a large motorhome towing a car behind it.
There’s a tendency to want to have everything you need, and everything in its right place. But what I have slowly realized that since I’m basically driving once or twice a week, during my stops at the inevitable Walmart or other store with a huge and accomodating parking lot, I can get what I need there. It is nice to have the refrigerator working full time, be it parked or while driving, so the basics are on hand.
Have enjoyed my time in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, staying at Boondockers Welcome sites and a Thousand Trails park. It’s great to have the motorhome out of its storage lot space and out moving in the world, with water, propane and electricity coursing through its nerve center. I listen to a lot of music and podcasts; and when trying the TV antenna to autoprogram have been shocked at how many over-the-air channels there are out there. Hit or miss when channeling through them, since the majority of the programs are 50s/60’s tv westerns or Father Knows Best reruns.
So I am being careful when I exit, but not too careful in case there’s a path or park or nice old town that’s worth a good walk through.
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