What do you spend more time thinking about?

[holstein13]

I just saw a great post by Shane Evans on the Xscapers Facebook page about the 10 things RVers spend thinking about more than regular folks. His list was good, but I think we can improve upon that. Here's my list:

1. Our neighbors and surroundings
2. Area / navigation / grocery locations
3. The weather
4. Sunrise and/or sunset
5. Fuel prices, Gas, diesel, and propane
6. Space saving items
7. What goes in and comes out of the toilet / black tank
8. Water consumption / storage
9. Energy management
10. Wi-fi / Cellular availability and quality

NOTE: I enjoy thinking about these things. For example, it makes me happy to find a collapsible fishing rod that works as well as a full sized fishing rod.

On virtually every post I write on this forum, one or more people will tell me to stop worrying. This post is not about worrying. I'm not worried at all about any of these items. I'm just wondering what are the things that we think about more than non-RVers. i.e, what makes us different?

[pennysmom09]

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
Sunsets, no way, got up early all my life and there is no way I am getting up to look at a sunset.

Now, you do sleep late!!

[toedtoes]

I don't think my thinking has changed with the RV. My needs for camping haven't really changed with the RV.

I will say that I NOTICE other RVs more now that I have one. But my thoughts haven't changed (other than an initial "how do I dump", etc.).

[Jack_Diane_Free]

Sunrise, no way, got up early all my life and there is no way I am getting up to look at a sunrise.

Oops, sorry I fixed it. Still not getting up.

[eichacsj]

Weekend boon-docking, we go very remote.
1) Did somebody take my spot
2) Will somebody pull into my spot and squeeze me out (happened once)
3) If someone gets close will they have kids, dogs, music and/or party late night

Traveling;
1) Will the camp ground have a space for me
2) Will the neighbors have kids, dogs barking or running loose, music and or party late. this tends to happen a lot so parking lots tend to be our overnight stay.
3) Parking lots, will I piss-off a trucker and they block me in. Truckers hate RV'rs that park in truck stops, rest areas. Thing I hear on CB just makes me look for business parking lots (we go in and ask)
4) What are the sites to see on/or close to our path.

[3oaks]

I would like to think we are all regular folks. Just that many people have different hobbies. RVing happens to be ours.

[fj12ryder]

Yeah, RV'ers are unique all right. Just like everybody else. 🙂 Who knows what "regular folks" think about? Why try to separate "us" from "them"?

[korbe]

Many of the items listed above I would consider things that I could "worry" about.

The one true thought I have when campin' is that I wish I didn't have to go back to work...... 🙂

[GordonThree]

Top 5 for me:

1. Pet friendly; If my dog isn't welcome, I'll take my money elsewhere

2. Accessibility of the site; I don't need pull-through, but a challenging back-in site is stress i'd like to avoid.

3. Cellular availability; I don't use it much, but it causes me anxiety not having it, I admit I have an addiction

4. Campfire; burning stuff is fun and relaxing 🙂

5. Location; I don't know how to describe it really... not too close, not too far from whatever it is that brought me to the location, which is rarely the campground itself.

[DutchmenSport]

JAXFL wrote:
Why I was not born rich.........

Yes! That consumes the remain 1% of my thoughts! :B

[JAXFL]

Why I was not born rich.........

[Cloud_Dancer]

Probably nothing....

[DutchmenSport]

My dog and were we are limited where we can go and what we can do with him. We take our dog with us everywhere. We never leave him in the camper. This is #1 on our list of thoughts ... always!

Edit:
At the campsite it's always about the dog. Getting up in the middle of the night to let him out. Keeping him on a leash. Walking him, exercising him, picking up after him. He controls our entire life.

On the road traveling, its about keeping him hydrated, fed, and finding places he can potty.

Our dog consumes about 99% of our attention. Everything else is just trivial.