Confessions from a month long RV trip

·        A dog puking in your lap just two minutes after leaving home does not ruin your entire trip.

·        You can take the man away from the cars, but… our first stop was the National Corvette Museum.

·        We have become extremely quick at setting up and taking down camp. We work well as a team.

·        You end up eating out more than you planned.

·        All campgrounds are not created equal. Amenities, other campers, etc.

·        RV toilets can, and will, get plugged up.

·        Ticks in New England LOVE our dogs.

·        If one person in an RV gets sick, the other will get sick also.

·        Urgent Care Clinics in New York and Virginia are pretty good!

·        Sometimes the RV antenna gets better reception than campground cable

·        Our favorite state to visit this trip was Maine.

·        When at a campground with extremely poor cell service, sometimes you stand with your hand in the air to try to get service.

·        You MUST love your spouse. You will be together 24/7 in a small space.

·        Pork chops taste better when cooked on the grill vs. a frying pan.

·        Yes, it is a tiny bathroom and odors will escape that tiny room. Overhead fans and odor eliminator are your friends.

·        Three dogs bring a lot of dirt, mud and grass into an RV. Including on the bed.

·        Check the campground washing machine before washing your clothes. Sometimes, “something” is in there and you have to rewash the load.

·        Inevitably you will discover something you need that your husband removed from the RV to save space.

·        Sheets can go a month without being washed. I don’t recommend it.

·        Clothes can be worn a few times without being washed.

·        If your husband gets lost in a parking lot and drives around in circles for a while, he doesn’t find it amusing that you are laughing hysterically until after the fact.

·        Trying to fit too much stuff into a month long trip wears you out.

·        Our next long trip will be off the cuff. We’ll go/do whatever we feel like doing that day.

·        You can pack a month’s worth of food into an RV. The only shopping we had to do was for milk and bread.

·        Bugs WILL find the small hole in a screen.

·        You will always need more wood blocks than you think.

·        Having a built in vacuum is EXTREMELY helpful. Especially with dogs.

·        Having at least one large fan to help air out the RV is helpful.

·        When stopping for gas, wash not only the windshield but the entire front of the RV to remove bugs.

·        You can’t make a sharp U-turn and you can’t back up with a car dolly attached.

·        The Good Sam GPS is amazing. It let’s you know if you can’t go down a certain road in the RV.

·        It makes the wife happy if you put up the decorative flag upon arriving at your site.

·        You may get a pull-thru site but that doesn’t mean you can leave your two car hooked up. The RV BARELY fit in one site.

·        It’s a good feeling when other campers ask if you’re in the “big rig”.

·        Yeti, RTIC, etc. cups are AWESOME to take along in the car. Great for the day trips and even when you return from an excursion, they still have ice!

·        Two people can easily drink an entire bottle of wine in one night.

·        Husbands can make a nice breakfast. If we had a tray, Debbie could have had breakfast in bed one morning.

·        Showers are not always possible every day. Not every campground has sewer hookups.

·        Always bring plenty of dog treats.

·        You can make some really good meals in an RV.

·        You can buy good lobster and flat iron steak in Maine.

·        You can buy some pretty crummy meals at restaurants.

·        You can buy BAD pizza and Chinese food in New York.

·        When visiting Niagara Falls, take dry clothes.

·        Niagara Falls has terrible road signs to show you where to go.

·        Tolls can be EXPENSIVE.

·        The good restaurants and view at Niagara Falls are on the Canadian side.

·        Adults can have fun on jumping pillows also.

·        Big cities are expensive to park in.

·        Tom turned into a fan of mass transit when we visited Washington, D.C.

·        Colonial Williamsburg would be a fun place to work.

·        We were able to see so much history.

·        If you are enjoying your grilled pork chops too much you will miss a rocket launch.

·        You will vacillate between being ready to be home and wishing the trip could last another week.

·        Online banking is a great invention.

·        You can get a great view of the Milky Way in some of the northern states.

·        Men seem to think they are smarter than the GPS. I’ve yet to see this as truth.

·        Do NOT run a fan to push the hot air out the window while flushing the toilet. Gag!!

·        Can we just go park by a lake and relax now?