Why do I worry?
After sitting in San Marcos TX since June in my new-to-me 1994 Holiday Rambler I’m now just a month away from heading out on the start of my new mobile life. The following is my concern. I’ve never...
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Sprig - spoke of a "sequence of operations" / "checklist before flight" or whatever you call the Checklist .. we could not function in this Lifestyle without our "Camp Departure" checklist .. I print several of them and check each item off as they are done .. and when I need more or need to modify the list, I simply print off more and put them in the file drawer - in readiness for the next journey.
On this Checklist are items such as "Tailgater/kitchen garbage can / dehumidifier next to bed" ; and "Water heater / Water pump - Off" and so on .. we start in back where our bedroom/bath is and proceed through the TT until the front door.
And if in doubt stop at the first Rest Stop, or ? and check the RV for any loose items .. this has taken a lot of the worry out of our traveling down the road. Sometimes it is a matter of "never been there before jitters", but remembering that there are wheels on our home now .. we can just pack up and go down the road if this place isn't where we want to stay.
In our case I have taken care of the inside (with hubby double-checking after I say "ready"), and he takes care of the unhooking, etc. If we didn't have check lists, then we would worry about forgetting something as we are almost 10 years older than you ..
We enjoy the Lifestyle even though our daughters would like us to get an apartment, but frankly we have met more people, have sat around more camp fires, and just generally enjoyed more pot lucks in this Lifestyle than we ever did when we lived in either a stick house or an apartment. People get out, they walk, they greet one another, chit-chat, etc. in this Lifestyle .. Enjoy.
On this Checklist are items such as "Tailgater/kitchen garbage can / dehumidifier next to bed" ; and "Water heater / Water pump - Off" and so on .. we start in back where our bedroom/bath is and proceed through the TT until the front door.
And if in doubt stop at the first Rest Stop, or ? and check the RV for any loose items .. this has taken a lot of the worry out of our traveling down the road. Sometimes it is a matter of "never been there before jitters", but remembering that there are wheels on our home now .. we can just pack up and go down the road if this place isn't where we want to stay.
In our case I have taken care of the inside (with hubby double-checking after I say "ready"), and he takes care of the unhooking, etc. If we didn't have check lists, then we would worry about forgetting something as we are almost 10 years older than you ..
We enjoy the Lifestyle even though our daughters would like us to get an apartment, but frankly we have met more people, have sat around more camp fires, and just generally enjoyed more pot lucks in this Lifestyle than we ever did when we lived in either a stick house or an apartment. People get out, they walk, they greet one another, chit-chat, etc. in this Lifestyle .. Enjoy.
