One week to takeoff. LOTS to do!
It's my first extended trip. This last week of getting ready looks like it shouldn't be a problem, if I can give up sleeping. The RV and toad have been serviced. Have arranged for lawn care and wee...
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rolling_rhoda wrote:
It's my first extended trip. This last week of getting ready looks like it shouldn't be a problem, if I can give up sleeping. The RV and toad have been serviced. Have arranged for lawn care and weekly house check. I'm using a good packing list, too. But the other stuff -- sheesh! Getting paperwork caught up, last get togethers with friends, more practice parking the RV alone, tying up loose ends at the store, fall yard work, cleaning gutters, emptying fridges....
Anyone else feel the pressure before you leave?
Any encouragement for a newly hatched snowbird??
The first year is always more difficult! We found that transferring our banking to on-line along with getting most important documents electronically helped a lot. Having a web enabled house thermostat with E-mail notifications if the temp was low (or the thermostat lost power due to a power failure) along with a house checker helped our confidence a lot.
As you get more experience it will get easier, and it helps if you have neighbours that "look out for you" while you are away. One of ours notified us when a tree branch fell on the roof during an ice storm.
