We had a lot of questions ourselves before we moved from a “sticks and bricks” house into a home on wheels! We did a lot of research and talked with our friends (The Goldens) who have been a full-time RV family for almost 2 years now. We actually bought our RV “The Admiral” from them. They have been SO helpful with all of our questions! Thanks Todd and Stephanie! Here is the link to their blog if you would like to see all of their RV adventures: http://goldengangusa.blogspot.com/
So- every so often on the blog, we will pick one of the
questions we have been asked (some more than once) to help people get an idea
what the traveling lifestyle is like…for our family anyway. Feel free to ask us a question as well!
Just put it in the comment section of the blog and we will try to answer them if we can!
Where do you stay/camp your
RV?
There are actually many full time RV families that live on
the road and so there are a variety of ways to camp as well. We could go for free and just camp
(boon dock) out at Wal-Mart parking lots or rest areas. But- obviously there are pros and cons
with that option. If we are not
hooked up at an RV park campground site, we can just use our water tank for our
water supply, but with 6 people, it is limited. There are also 2 tanks for the dirty (grey) and sewer
(black) water. Before we bought our RV this past spring, I had no idea what all
of that meant! I know it probably sounds weird, maybe even yucky or gross
(don’t picture the scene from the movie RV with Robin Williams!) Believe me - I
made sure my husband knew how to dump the “grey” and “black” water as they call
it (so as not to gross anyone out I guess). I knew that if he had anything happen to him like in the RV
movie…well…lets just say I would have to put ALAN on the sanitize cycle of the
washing machine for a week!
So- for our family, we decided the best thing to do was to buy a
campground membership with Thousand Trails. You can purchase different packages to fit your needs and
stay at their campgrounds throughout the U.S. I really liked the fact that you get an idea of where you
will be staying before you go. They have certain amenities, and it is
comforting to know that it will be a clean, safe place to stay. We have also stayed at a few state
parks, which have been overall pretty good experiences for us except that
generally the Internet and cell phone coverage isn’t that great.
After visiting our families in North Texas for Thanksgiving,
we decided to head south to Austin.
We took our time traveling down and we stopped at a Thousand Trails RV
Campground in Lake Whitney for 3 nights before with stayed at Lockhardt State Park in Austin.
Since we have a membership with Thousand Trails, our stay there for full
RV hook ups (30 electric amps) was free!! 30 amps was good enough since it was
cool and we did not have to run both air conditioners in the RV. Having water
and sewer hook ups are always convenient so we don’t have to worry about using
up our tank, and we don’t have to move the RV to a dump station to empty the
tanks. I know, I know… it sounds
gross! Actually- the process is surprisingly not like what I thought. It is simple…basically just put a hose
into a hole in the ground (making sure the seal is tight of course). You don’t see a thing! Whew! OK…that
was probably TMI ;)
Well- that answers one question for now! Until next time....
Blessings to you and yours!
Jill and the boys:)
See! You're already talkin' like a PRO! We haven't stayed at the Lake Whitney TT park yet! Can't wait to see you guys on the road. :)
ReplyDeleteLove,
Steph