I was in the valley over Easter spending time with family and stayed with them. During my stay I observed some humorous things. It made me think a little and laugh a lot and wondered if after nearly 7 years if I was a seasoned full-timer or what.
I found myself at everyone’s house trying to flush their toilet with my foot. I also found myself turning the water off a couple times in the shower while scrubbing down then turning it back on and almost asked my brother how often he dumped his tanks. Little things like that. I watched my sons neighbor who’s a friend of mine mow his lawn and work up a sweat. I myself got tired watching him and have to have something cool to drink with him afterwards.
It seemed like a half day event to walk from one end of the house to the other, it was like an adventure walk. I looked around my brother’s house and thought, what in the world would I do with all this stuff!? He had more stuff in his garage than I had in my whole RV! I did get a little choked up seeing my old mower and weed eater, but was glad they were still together. I had raised them their whole life and that was one of the things that really bothered me in leaving on my full-time adventures, splitting the two up and in different homes. Sure glad my brother came to the rescue!
One family member told me they sure wished they could do what I was doing, but I told them to forget it as it was cost prohibitive as house movers cost a fortune!
I drove by my old house and stopped. I started thinking of mowing that lawn, painting, cleaning the garage and all the other laborious tasks I once had. I’ve been spoiled beyond return! I must say the new owner had appeared to taken good care of the place. Most of my old neighbors had moved on except for a few and they were getting ready to go full-timing of all tings! Three I spoke with were within weeks of departing. They were very surprised to see me, but also told me the neighborhood had gone downhill pretty bad with less than desirable characters. I kind of had a feeling of missing the place a bit and all my former neighbors. That sinking feeling hit me for a good 20 to 30 seconds! After that sinking feeling left reality had hit me that sales tax had gone to 10%, property taxes had risen, my old neighbor was mad because he was paying property taxes for a house he bought for 250K and now worth 150K, then the DMV tags double in June. Now where did I put that map of Idaho???
I think if I ever had to get off the road it would be placing my RV somewhere on land or get a small condo. It might be difficult as I’d have some prerequisites such as holding tanks, foot flushing toilets, propane tanks, walls that slide out and a few others.
I enjoyed my Easter visit and the grand kids, but I can honestly say I was glad to return home to my RV on the beach and start pondering my summer travels. The visit was a funny one in that it was much like visiting an adventure park, but once the excitement was over it was time to go “home”.
Ah yes….nothing like a foot flushing potty, view of the ocean and the simple life. If I never own another mower or weedeater it’s OK by me.
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