Hypoxia
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We're about to enter a further phase of life. We bought a new little RV. We've had two before, much like this, all around 25 feet, not buses. We sold the last a few years ago; we'd been traveling mostly across Central America where gringo RVs are cumbersome and gas is costly. An old SUV did best there.
This RV differs from the previous. It's on a diesel Mercedes-Benz Sprinter frame, slim, sophisticated, great fuel mileage (~18 mpg). At current prices, running costs are about 14 cents/mile. That's 70 bucks to haul an apartment (with king bed) 500 miles. 400 bucks for a transcontinental drive with no motels. And it should last a long, long time.
It'll be more than an RV. A guest room for visiting grandkids; shelter and juice when our power goes out; quiet studio space; playroom. But as an RV it's a freedom machine. Wanna get away? Just GO!
And we plan to go far. All around USA and Canada. Maybe convoy down to Guatemala. Definitely do all the scenic bits we've missed for so long.
We won't be full-timers. Our home houses our collections. But we may go on excursions of many months. This will greatly impact my life.
I sneak drinks. That will be harder in the close RV environment, so I'll probably dry out some and drop more weight. I sneak writing LIT stories. That will also be more difficult, and because we camp off-the-grid a lot, away from Wifi and Ethernet, y'all won't see me as much here on LIT forums. I play many musical instruments. RV storage space is limited; I must be selective. And we might need to acquire a travel dog. Travel without pets is lonesome. We used to camp with 3 dogs and a cat. Fun fun fun.
We used to travel with box-loads of books and maps; those are on small discs now. We used to keep a tube TV and VCR stashed under the dinette seat. This baby has a DVD system feeding *3* LCD screens. We should have fun watching pr0n outside on the external 32" screen, sprawled under the electric awning, diddling each other, oh yeah.
Anyway, y'all will see less of me in coming months. Try not to cheer.
This RV differs from the previous. It's on a diesel Mercedes-Benz Sprinter frame, slim, sophisticated, great fuel mileage (~18 mpg). At current prices, running costs are about 14 cents/mile. That's 70 bucks to haul an apartment (with king bed) 500 miles. 400 bucks for a transcontinental drive with no motels. And it should last a long, long time.
It'll be more than an RV. A guest room for visiting grandkids; shelter and juice when our power goes out; quiet studio space; playroom. But as an RV it's a freedom machine. Wanna get away? Just GO!
And we plan to go far. All around USA and Canada. Maybe convoy down to Guatemala. Definitely do all the scenic bits we've missed for so long.
We won't be full-timers. Our home houses our collections. But we may go on excursions of many months. This will greatly impact my life.
I sneak drinks. That will be harder in the close RV environment, so I'll probably dry out some and drop more weight. I sneak writing LIT stories. That will also be more difficult, and because we camp off-the-grid a lot, away from Wifi and Ethernet, y'all won't see me as much here on LIT forums. I play many musical instruments. RV storage space is limited; I must be selective. And we might need to acquire a travel dog. Travel without pets is lonesome. We used to camp with 3 dogs and a cat. Fun fun fun.
We used to travel with box-loads of books and maps; those are on small discs now. We used to keep a tube TV and VCR stashed under the dinette seat. This baby has a DVD system feeding *3* LCD screens. We should have fun watching pr0n outside on the external 32" screen, sprawled under the electric awning, diddling each other, oh yeah.
Anyway, y'all will see less of me in coming months. Try not to cheer.
