by Rain Trueax
If you've never gone on a road trip with a recreation vehicle, a small introduction is in order. Ours is 26' with one slide-out, small bathroom (sink, toilet, cupboards and shower), queen sized bed, sofa, refrigerator, stove, oven, microwave, sink, small counter space, cupboards, table, chairs and even a little TV. It has big windows and has given us some great times, allowing security, warmth or cooling, and a way to be places motels aren't-- when we are too old to want to sleep in a tent, which would not enable taking the cats.
Most of the complications of trailering fall on Ranch Boss. There is connecting and unconnecting it from the truck. There is making sure the lights are working. Once he heads out, his experience over many years of pulling cattle and hay trailers helps a lot with backing and cornering.
Once in the park, he levels it while I put out the slide, which multiplies interior space, making it feel like a cozy cottage. The dining chairs have been hooked to the table for travel and are then set on the floor when we get somewhere. We have four but generally travel with three-- two for us and one for whichever cat gets on it first.
We have a small TV, which works great for DVDs. For internet, some parks have it but we have a hotspot, which if we have cell coverage, we can get online for the basics. We also have a generator if we plan to be off-grid. With minimal service, we keep the hotspot year round although at the farm, we get no cell coverage. It is a nice backup when in Tucson. If we are out a long time without other wireless, we generally add GBs.
Basically, when he comes in, we check the internet for news, He does the cooking and we keep it simple-- think canned hash :). For entertainment we sometimes pop in a DVD, read or at one stop he hooked us up to the park's cable and we watched a little TV news (never a good idea but sometimes we do it anyway).
These photos are all from earlier trips with the TT. Tomorrow's post will be how our January trip went:
Most of the complications of trailering fall on Ranch Boss. There is connecting and unconnecting it from the truck. There is making sure the lights are working. Once he heads out, his experience over many years of pulling cattle and hay trailers helps a lot with backing and cornering.Once in the park, he levels it while I put out the slide, which multiplies interior space, making it feel like a cozy cottage. The dining chairs have been hooked to the table for travel and are then set on the floor when we get somewhere. We have four but generally travel with three-- two for us and one for whichever cat gets on it first.
We have a small TV, which works great for DVDs. For internet, some parks have it but we have a hotspot, which if we have cell coverage, we can get online for the basics. We also have a generator if we plan to be off-grid. With minimal service, we keep the hotspot year round although at the farm, we get no cell coverage. It is a nice backup when in Tucson. If we are out a long time without other wireless, we generally add GBs. These photos are all from earlier trips with the TT. Tomorrow's post will be how our January trip went:
5 comments:
Looks like a nice home away from home!
It has all the basics. A tiny home on wheels. That said, I was glad to get to Tucson :)
I should add what I like best about RVing is when we are someplace for the night, we just move in, no packing and unpacking. The cats like that element too as they don't like motels-- the few that allow cats.
I've often thought of joining the "tiny home" movement, but that still involves building a house that usually has the bedroom in a loft. This looks portable and yet still comfortable.
If we get a fifth wheel, 30', a tad longer than this one, with a bedroom and bunkhous, i think it'd work better but I could live in it, I think. The hard part would be getting rid of what I have in the house as very little can go with you.
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