Sounds like you two have gotten into the full swing of things, good for you!
OT: I'm also really jealous of your RV activity; I watch those luxury RV segments on Destination America all the time and drool over those things. Perhaps one of these days!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled vaping!
OT reply: We've been at the fulltime RVing for 13 yrs now and still are enjoying it! We're in our 2nd (2009 35') 5th wheel pulled by a (2000) diesel Ford pickup (this combo is the least expensive way compared to motorhomes with towed cars). We've been in all 49 states on this continent, as well as many of the Canadian Provinces to our north. Having lived in San Diego, CA for 35+ yrs, we've been 'south of the border' MANY times but won't go close these days with the chaos happening on both sides there now (drugs, guns, money, cartels, etc.). I am so glad we spent some serious time (15 yrs after the boys 'flew the coop') laying $ aside for this time in our lives so we could do this! We spent a summer up in Alaska back in 2006 and loved traipsing all over the state on their '3 roads' - haha not really, but they sure are few and far between - lots of 'elbow room' up there!
Everyone seemed to have such a good sense of humor too! The scenery and wildlife was AWESOME! We saw glaciers up close, bears and their cubs catching fish in streams, moose next to the Anchorage Airport, mountain goats licking salt off the pavement, and eagles galore down near Homer! We've taken over 50,000 pictures of our travels and I just love my digital camera for all the memories it's given us. The folks we meet along the way are just too fun also - we often share where we've been that we loved and they do the same thing, so our list just keeps getting longer and longer of places to go see and experience - lol. The hard times are tough going thru but are great fun 'topping other's hard luck stories' around the fire circles later on down the road. ie, our trip from Washington to Ariz. this past January - we locked both sets of keys to the truck in it's cab when it was 11 degrees out (Oregon Mtns)- waited 30 mins for tow truck to come and unlock the cab, next morning we tore the awning off the new rig on a light post in the RV park when we left cuz neither of us looked UP when checking everything (opps!), then spent a week in Bakersfield, CA getting a new awning installed when we had waited 8 long mos. in the soggy NW waiting to return to our winter RV park in AZ for some 'dry heat' - lol we figured we were either too 'water-logged' or just 'out of practice' hooking up and leaving with our rig... live n learn! haha MOST the time it's not at all like that, but when the time rolls around, hang on for a wild ride! nothing ever goes according to plan when you're waiting on parts to arrive! haha It's not a lifestyle for the faint hearted or shaky marriages either - but oh so worth going through the tough spots, to enjoy the AWESOME ones that are predominant
one other big problem we had in the beginning - 7 flat tires on 1st 5th wheel in first 2 yrs on the road - RV's 15" tires should have been 16" trailer tires! We exchanged them all and never had another flat - but those things are never 'convenient' when they happen! Anyway - yes, it is fun most the time
this week we're enduring triple digits outside Phoenix trying to finish up some dentist work that I've neglected too long - then we'll be off exploring for the summer, visiting kids (CA and TX), rock hounding, geo-caching, traveling and enjoying our hobbies once set up for the night. "Friends are always welcome in our rig, but family is by appointment only" (lol)
