RV Living
Winterization, part 2
Well, we waited as long as we could. We were hoping against hope that the house would sell before the end of October and we could escape to Ft. Myers for the winter. Didn’t happen. So we are going to let the listing expire, enjoy(?) our (hopefully) last New England winter and re-list in the … Continue reading
Coming off the road
Sad, but true – we are out of the RV and back in our house in Medford, MA. We put the house up for sale in early September and agreed that if it didn’t sell by the end of October we would reside there over the winter (ugh!), fix the place up a bit and … Continue reading
Water, water everywhere
We have had an average amount of rain this summer, but have had a much-greater-than-normal amount of water inside the RV. First, one of the bunkhouse slides sprung a leak. Beginning with a heavy rain in May, we found a large, very wet spot in the bunkhouse due to water seeping in – somehow – … Continue reading
Screen houses
It may just be that we have a screen house this summer, but I have been noticing how many RVers have them. I suppose in places with few insects (yes, there are some – the desert, for example) they really aren’t needed. But we are in New England where there are, after a good, soaking … Continue reading
Electrical Problem: The Final Chapter
Just like the Nightmare on Elm Street our electrical problem went on and on. But I think we have finally arrived at the Final Chapter. To make a long story short, it seems that the problem is with the 50A socket on the campground’s electric box. It wasn’t that the socket was broken, just worn. … Continue reading
Um… never mind
So I finally got around to diagnosing my inverter problem, which involved pulling all of the boxes out of our “basement” and crawling inside so that I could get an up-close-and-personal look at the inverter. And there, right on the top of the box, was the label: CONverter. Not INverter. Instead of changing 12V DC … Continue reading
The inverter
Well, almost two years into the journey I continue to learn new things about our RV. In this case it is the inverter. I knew that we had an inverter and I knew its basic function – to convert 12V DC current into 120V AC current. However, I never quite figured out when it was … Continue reading
Puzzling
One of the many aspects of life at the Seminole Campground that I enjoyed was the ever-present communal jigsaw puzzle. I have enjoyed the challenge of a good jigsaw puzzle since early childhood when I assembled one with the help of my father’s wartime buddy, Dale Richter. Well, it may be coincidence or it may … Continue reading
The downside of WFH
Since arriving in Florida, I have been working out of the RV using my Verizon hotspot. This has worked pretty well overall, despite the cramped quarters. I am able to access the servers that physically reside in Burlington, MA, just as I would if I were working in Cambridge. And I can participate in meetings … Continue reading
Thanksgiving, RV style
We don’t have family or friends in Fort Myers, so it was going to be a quiet Thanksgiving, regardless. Jett doesn’t use the RV oven – she doesn’t like that it has to be manually lit and seems to think that she will blow up the RV if she attempts it. So if we were … Continue reading