Getting Started

This is a post I drafted some time back with the intention of catching up on our travels. Rather than delete it, I will post it and ramp up my intentions to post everyday.

We’ve been living in an RV for a little more than 6 months now. There was a trip to New Orleans and back to South Carolina in the small camper then, sitting for 2 or 3 more weeks until the new fifth wheel arrived. Then we waited for bicycles, then the rack for the kayaks and bikes, then Christmas with the families and finally got on the road December 31^st only to have a flat tire on the camper within the first 10 miles.

The flat tire was a true learning experience. We learned how to navigate Roadside Assistance. We learned that truck drivers can inflate a tire with the compressors on their trucks. We learned that camper dealerships do not install tires on rims but they will take the flat off your camper, sell you a tire,  take it all to a tire business to have it put on the rim then, reinstall it on your camper and send you on your way-all on a New Year’s Eve.  This is a big shout out to Sonny’s Camp and Travel in Greenville, SC.

Time Warps

Seems I forgot to post this draft from March 10. Please note it is not time to reset any clocks as this gets posted on August 24th!

Today is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. Thankfully, the computers and phones changed automatically leaving only one watch, the microwave and the truck clocks to manually change.
The time change in November really wound us up. We had crossed 3 time zones, turned around and headed back toward South Carolina and then needed to fall back. My son thought my mind must be ticking down when I called to ask for the correct, east coast time.
We learned our lesson about changing the clocks in a timely fashion instead of trying to do the math in our heads, all the while wondering why it should make a difference. We are retired after all and there are no schedules to adhere to but as long as the rest of the world marches to the beat of a second hand or a flashing digit, I guess we should at least pay some attention.
As I write this, there are Pileated Woodpeckers entertaining us with their wood boring skills. It reminds me that even wild animals have a sense of time and place for migrating, mating, nesting. They just don't have to worry about time zones and the silliness of losing or gaining an hour.

Test 1 2 3 Test Test

This is a first post meant as a test to make sure everything was working.
We are Sandy and Dianne from South Carolina and we began our RV experiences with a 25 foot tag along and an F250 truck in 2008. Now we are towing a 36 foot fifth wheel with an F350 diesel and our full time adventure started December, 2012.
Follow along with us as we experience the RV life, learning as we go.