Ever dreamed of taking a vacation without the dread of airport security, hotel check-ins, or eating someone else’s very expensive food? Welcome to the RV life, where your front yard can be the Grand Canyon, Pikes Peak, a park near Orlando, or a slow-moving river in West Tennessee. You are the maker of your own reality. View the windshield as a movie screen, and you are the producer, director, and star of your own production. Allow me to explain this to you.
There are three different forms of RV lifestyle. Those who have one parked in the driveway for use a few weeks of the year, those who consider it a part-time home and spend several months living on wheels, and those who live in their RV full-time without the benefit of a “bricks and sticks” home base. I have been a member of the first category and have owned two different motorhomes in the past thirty years, logged hundreds of miles from coast to coast, and loved every minute of it. Although currently “motorhomeless”, I still find the lifestyle fascinating and keep up with the latest good, bad, and ugly of this marvelous answer to incurable wanderlust.
This column is dedicated to you. You who have a nearly unhealthy need for adventure and need a four-wheeled prescription to ease your symptoms.
There are nine types of recreational vehicles to choose from: three drivable, five towable, and one that slides into the back of a pickup truck. Finding the correct choice is daunting and each type of RV has its pros and cons, and the best choice depends on your travel style, budget, and the experiences you seek. Over the next few columns, we’ll delve deeper into each category, sharing tips, tricks, and stories from the road.
So let’s fasten our seatbelts fellow wanderlusters, and get ready to embark on an epic journey. The open road awaits, and your adventure is just beginning!
