Fireball mentioned the first shower you take in your RV -- that was a real "aha!" moment. Yes, the shower was tiny and limited -- but gosh darn it, it was a hot shower in the middle of nowhere! That was a real luxury, and to this day we still feel incredibly lucky to be clean every evening, even if we are 20 miles away from pavement.
The other "aha!" moment was when we were camping in Zion in April -- a sudden midnight rainstorm sent the tent campers scurrying to pack up and leave, while we enjoyed the unfamiliar sound of rain on the roof. We were such newbies that we did not know what that "tinkle tinkle" noise was!
