New Lessons in Fulltiming Lifestyle

We recently learned new lessons in living the full timing RV lifestyle.  While our 400sq ft of well-appointed living space is very comfortable for the two of us, it is a little lacking in being able to accommodate the demands of visiting family that have overnight needs.

Our couch is a sleeper-sofa but its mattress and springs arrangement seem more attuned to dealing pain rather than comfort for sleeping.  And its size is good for only one adult or two children.  And even if people shrugged off the poor sleeping arrangements there would be a morning traffic jam trying to get everyone ready for the day.  As it is now with just two people you have to do a bit of a ballet and time the things you do so that neither of you need to be near the sink or mirror or closet, etc at the same time.  All those things we used to do in parallel in a bricks-and-sticks have been modified in the past weeks to a routine for each of us that is slightly off-set from the other.  Not a big deal for the two of us but it would potentially add hours of preparation time if five or six were trying to do it.

So, for our daughter's wedding reception we did just like everyone from out of town; we got a hotel room.  All in all this was not a bad deal.  Since the reception was smack in the middle of the city of Atlanta we could not have been any closer than about 40 miles with our rig.  Getting the hotel room put us just minutes away and in the same building with my brother and his family.  We got to spend more time with family, sight-see and do more in general than we would have making 80 mile round trips.

The new rig should have a better quality sleeper-sofa (plus, we are investing in some quality air mattresses) and we certainly hope we will have the occasion to use it.  But there will be no getting around the one shower (12 gal hot water), one sink, one mirror challenge.  What I think will be great is that at whatever point in the future it is that we have guests, we will be in a traditional campground (because we will be retired and not stuck to one place) that has bath houses.  Lots of room, multiple showers, unlimited hot water (usually), everybody can dance to the beat of their own drum.  Yep, can't wait.

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