The death of a motorhome

About four years ago I was returning my old motorhome to the storage place. A guy that parks his motorhome across from me pulled in just after I did. It was clear that he had fresh damage on the right rear wheel well from a blowout. He looked frazzled. Anyway, this motorhome was a sweet, great looking Monaco. It's now been sitting in the same spot since that day. The tires are mostly flat, the green mold and mildew is growing on it. The curtains in the windows are stained like it has developed a leak or something. Every time I see this thing I just feel bad. It's getting to the point where it may not be saveable.

It occurred to me that very few motorhomes actually get worn out from lots of usage. Most of them die from neglect and lack of usage. I say get a motorhome and work at wearing it out. Most of us won't wear out an RV in our lifetime. It also occurred to me that if a person has a motorhome going to seed it would be better off to just give it away than to pay years of storage, let it sit and rot and then pay the wrecker guy to haul it to the junk yard. If ever I decide I'm done driving mine I hope I will get rid of it as quickly as possible, cut my loss and move on.