Solo RVers away from family for the holidays
A companion thread to the other current one :). Solos, what are you doing for the holidays? Do you ever get lonely? I spent Thanksgiving this year, and Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, at t...
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We do. Notice I say WE? That is because wife is from big family and she feels really left out at holiday times when we are on the road and away from her family. I hear it every year and it makes me feel sad for her.
Here is what we've discovered. RV parks that cater to our life style are very good when it comes to people getting together. Even if people themselves do it spur of the moment.
Start planning with the area you planning to be at over holidays?
Number 1... plan your area that has good cell service so you can calls your family, buds etc over holiday.
Number 2...Call around before hand where you'll be and ask what is the plan for holiday.
We've had fantastic pot luck meals at Escapees parks over Thanksgiving and Christmas. Might even run into someone you know from your travels. Or believe it or not, run into someone that lives 2 miles from where you are from 1,200 miles away. Join the Elks, Eagles or Moose clubs, something that has places all over. If nothing else if you break down you can go inside and ask for recommendations from locals. Not to mention many have space out back to stay overnight.
Bottom line is you have to get out of your RV and join society sometimes. It won't come to you. And it's nice to be able to choose to either stay away or join in.
Last year we saw a sign for a crab feed as a benefit to raise money for a local person that fell on hard times. Some tiny town on Oregon coast right on 101 somewhere. We were hungry so why not stop? Greatest bunch of people we ever met. Almost wanted to move there before we were done. Before the night was over we had several "Camp Driveway" invites. OH and got one heck of a good family BBQ sauce recipe.
If you really, really get bummed out stop at some Homeless kitchen and sign up to work one or two meals. Preferably at smaller type city where people really need help. And not a city where I'm from and homeless can get something like 17 meals a day free. After that you will feel so happy and free with your own life. Even if you can't do much, there will be something.
OK, hope this helps
Here is what we've discovered. RV parks that cater to our life style are very good when it comes to people getting together. Even if people themselves do it spur of the moment.
Start planning with the area you planning to be at over holidays?
Number 1... plan your area that has good cell service so you can calls your family, buds etc over holiday.
Number 2...Call around before hand where you'll be and ask what is the plan for holiday.
We've had fantastic pot luck meals at Escapees parks over Thanksgiving and Christmas. Might even run into someone you know from your travels. Or believe it or not, run into someone that lives 2 miles from where you are from 1,200 miles away. Join the Elks, Eagles or Moose clubs, something that has places all over. If nothing else if you break down you can go inside and ask for recommendations from locals. Not to mention many have space out back to stay overnight.
Bottom line is you have to get out of your RV and join society sometimes. It won't come to you. And it's nice to be able to choose to either stay away or join in.
Last year we saw a sign for a crab feed as a benefit to raise money for a local person that fell on hard times. Some tiny town on Oregon coast right on 101 somewhere. We were hungry so why not stop? Greatest bunch of people we ever met. Almost wanted to move there before we were done. Before the night was over we had several "Camp Driveway" invites. OH and got one heck of a good family BBQ sauce recipe.
If you really, really get bummed out stop at some Homeless kitchen and sign up to work one or two meals. Preferably at smaller type city where people really need help. And not a city where I'm from and homeless can get something like 17 meals a day free. After that you will feel so happy and free with your own life. Even if you can't do much, there will be something.
OK, hope this helps
