RV travel is different than other types of travel. By plane you show up at the airport and POOF you are at your destination. OK maybe in a couple of hours. By car you drive and find hotels along the way. Car travel can be as much as 500 to 700 miles a day and hotels are usually readily available. Also gas stations are even more plentiful than hotels. RV travel requires a bit more planning.
First of all driving an RV is not the same as driving a car. It is much more fatiguing, both physically and mentally. It is quite the responsibility to be in charge of sixty feet of vehicle weighing around thirty thousand pounds. Rough roads seem rougher, cross winds seem stronger, and then there is the fact that 30,000 pounds doesn't stop on a dime. All this while cars around you are oblivious to these facts. This usually limits us to around 300 miles each day, so it takes longer to get to each destination.
Speaking of destinations.... RV parks are not as plentiful as hotels nor are gas (diesel) stops where we can fit. RV parks can be quite a ways off the highway, down questionable roads, and not have adequate hook ups for the RV. Poor electrical hook-ups can do $$$$ damage, water pressure can be too high or too low, and the water could just be YUCKY! The navigator, Mary because of my social media ineptness, makes it look easy. That makes it easier for me to concentrate on the actual driving.
I personally would rather deal with the roads, the weather, and the other drivers than have to deal with the internet, apps, and phone calls. I'm lucky I can get this blog written and posted. The up side to all this is when we get to wherever we are headed we are in our own home, in our own bed, using our own bathroom, eating our own food, and just enjoying the comfort of familiar surroundings no matter where we are. My blog sign off says it all.
We are home in Klamath Falls Oregon because......
Home IS where we park it.....
Frank and Mary
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