My family thinks we've lost our minds
Not everyone's family is understanding and thinks this RV'ing thing is a great idea. My sister is one of those who think DH and I are to use technical terms - NUTS! (Personally, I think if we move ...
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We have an extra challenge explaining because where we live, Bermuda, there are NO RVs. An RV in the minds of most here is a luxury class A as seen on the Travel Channel worth $500k plus.
Uh, that is NOT the real RV world for most of us.
It takes some doing explaining that it is more of a change in lifestyle than the mad dash of the annual vacation. It takes some doing to get them to understand that life on the road on a daily basis costs less than staying at home in Bermuda.
Over the years most of our close friends have actually seen our home on wheels. All were amazed at how roomy & comphy it really is. We are all cruising boaters & during our years DC (thats during children), we hung out together, rafted up every weekend during the summer overnighting.
A few of them now have boats which they keep in the US & cruise to the Bahamas or the Intra Coastal. Not for us. Sure the Bahama Islands away from where the cruise ships & hotels are beautiful but how many times can you see what looks all the same? It is seabourne boondocking often miles from anyone else, often anchored with hundreds of others worrying if somebody is going to drag their anchor. We did a month in the Bahamas this year. Nice, but no desire to do it again anytime soon. Our cruising hosts saw our 5er a few weeks ago. The RVing seed has been planted.
Land cruising has so much more to offer at a fraction of the cost of a boat. We thought we would get the RVing out of our systems in a few years of travel & come back to our boat.
Well, after 7 seasons, over 1000 nights onboard, over 120,000 miles, a blowover, 2 trips to Alaska, every state at least once, we are still going strong with no desire to stop anytime soon.
Uh, that is NOT the real RV world for most of us.
It takes some doing explaining that it is more of a change in lifestyle than the mad dash of the annual vacation. It takes some doing to get them to understand that life on the road on a daily basis costs less than staying at home in Bermuda.
Over the years most of our close friends have actually seen our home on wheels. All were amazed at how roomy & comphy it really is. We are all cruising boaters & during our years DC (thats during children), we hung out together, rafted up every weekend during the summer overnighting.
A few of them now have boats which they keep in the US & cruise to the Bahamas or the Intra Coastal. Not for us. Sure the Bahama Islands away from where the cruise ships & hotels are beautiful but how many times can you see what looks all the same? It is seabourne boondocking often miles from anyone else, often anchored with hundreds of others worrying if somebody is going to drag their anchor. We did a month in the Bahamas this year. Nice, but no desire to do it again anytime soon. Our cruising hosts saw our 5er a few weeks ago. The RVing seed has been planted.
Land cruising has so much more to offer at a fraction of the cost of a boat. We thought we would get the RVing out of our systems in a few years of travel & come back to our boat.
Well, after 7 seasons, over 1000 nights onboard, over 120,000 miles, a blowover, 2 trips to Alaska, every state at least once, we are still going strong with no desire to stop anytime soon.
