Tin Can Trip

We have decided to try the RV life, but just a taste.  We are taking an RV (Class C) to Florida.  We figured the best way to see if we enjoyed life on the road was to give it a try.  We found an RV that needed relocating from Virginia to Orlando, FL.  The rate wasn't bad and we got 1500 free miles and we picked it up in Monday and had to deliver it on the next Monday.

So we started planning.  When we looked at the travel time and divided it by the numbers of days, we only had to travel about 2 hours a day so we got planning.  We wanted to try and figure out a couple of things.

• Could I cook for a week on the road? In an RV?
• Could we live and function in that small a space for a week or more?
• What kind of places were RV campgrounds?  And to try a variety of places: parks, resorts, backyard campgrounds.

As I started to put it together, I realized we went right past Florence SC where Lois and Pat were - we hadn't seen them in over a year, do one of the stops was easy.  But it was a good day's drive, and we couldn't pick up the RV until 1-4 on Monday.  That required an overnight between here and SC.

We'll be spending over a week in one of these......

Doesn't look too, awfully small, but we'll see.  We have spent the last few weeks trying t plan a trip that will allow us to see if we want to go any further with this idea.    In doing the research I also came up with a relocation trip from Seattle to Phoenix.  Seems like Phoenix is a reoccuring theme.  Mapped out that as a possibility with stops in Crater Lake (my absolute dream destination) and then down through LA to see Jimmy, Kristine and the kids - we'll see sbout that if we pass this introductory test.

Back to Orlando.  We decided to stop by Lois and Pat's for two nights, and to stay the last night in Kissimmee near the Cruise America turn in.  It will make that morning soo much easier.  

We started making lists upon lists.  lists of what to take, of what to do before we leave, what to cook, clothes to pack, itinerary, maps, and what not to take.  We have to bring back on the airplane what we take so it's going to be an adventure.