I am changing up the blog format a bit. With a daily update you have the option to read as much as you have time to read on any given day. Save them up to read in a longer session or read them in smaller doses.
Greg flew to MS to be with his ailing mom, so the cats and I are holding down the fort. It is amazing how many more noises I notice when I am by myself in the camper! Every noise, I think, especially the other night when winds were 40 mph and it was raining. Trailers do not hide wind very well with all the shaking and creaking. It’s a great reminder that we really do live in a fancy box.
The morning after the wind and rain I felt compelled to walk around the outside of the camper to make sure everything was still attached and connected. There was a giant puddle encompassing the entire underside of the camper. Normally that would be cause for concern, but this was definitely just rain. Everything was fine!
Since then I have been hunkering down, reading, talking to the cats, taking walks, a run and a couple of trips to the commissary. Today will mean a trip to Wal-Mart for prescriptions. Depending on the location, a trip to Wal-Mart can feel adventurous. The local Wal-Mart has 3.5 stars on Google. I’m ready for anything!
Here are few lessons we have learned in our first six months as nomads:
- Don’t look a gift laundry in the mouth. If a campground has a laundromat, do a load when you are there, even a small load if that’s all you have. You just never know how easy it will be to do laundry when you do need it…out of order machines, crowds, expensive, broken change machine, 20 miles away…who knows?
- Don’t look a gift bathroom or gas station in the mouth while traveling. Remember when you were a kid and grownups would tell you to use the bathroom before you left to go anywhere? Or a new driver being told not to go below half a tank of gas? Sounds like great advice to me! (Now, not when I was 16. It was just annoying back then.) Use the bathroom and top off the gas whenever you have the opportunity…for the love of God! It could be over 100 miles before you see any services again. It is amazing to be in an area so desolate. I love it! It feels like freedom. But only if you are prepared. Otherwise, it feels like impending doom.
- Don’t look a gift bird in the mouth. Keep a pair of binoculars in your vehicle. We have pulled over many times to get a closer look at birds and critters. Always amazing!
- Don’t look a gift grocery store in the mouth. Stock up on tough-to-find ingredients when you have the chance! Some stores across the country have nearly zero fresh produce. And try to find anything needed for Indian cooking! Or any spice other than salt and garlic powder. Or tofu! Not happening. A good grocery store appears as a lush, green oasis on the horizon usually a few blocks from the highway, rarely right along the highway.
- Don’t look a gift cat in the mouth while packing up on travel day. Get Nemo in his carrier before he catches on that we are packing up. He detects a disturbance in the force after a certain point and decides to act like a cat instead of the loyal dog he normally impersonates.
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