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Relax RV Podcast – Episode 22 We start our 2019 Northeast Trip
Here’s links to pictures from the places we visited in this episode:
Mystic Seaport in Connecticut
Rock Harbor Cape Cod, Massachusetts
We drive on the beach in Cape Cod
A day at a lake on “the Cape”
Salem, Massachusetts
Gloucester Massachusetts
Relax RV Podcast – episode 21 – Dewinterizing and destroyed our water heater
Spring is here. I did a break in trip and found I didn’t winterize our rig correctly, ….. our water heater is shot, I made a short video on this mistake
Here’s a video on the water heater replacement:
And along with spring comes wild life. Bears are awake and hungry. Here’s a link to Yellowstone’s podcast “Telemetry”, in episode 9 they talk with a family that were attacked with a bear less than 1 mile from their car. They had bear spray with them. As of 2018 we always hike with bear spray.
I talk about being careful taking selfies this season and always. stay hydrated while driving.
Our Summer 2019 Northeast Trip is starting next week (May 2019). We will be visiting Connecticut, Cape Cod, Salem, Boston in Massachusetts. Then New Brunswick Canada, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Then to Quebec City, Montreal, 1000 islands, Finger Lakes NY and possibly Pennsylvania.
Relax RV Podcast – episode 20 benefits of stress?
I talk about the benefits of stress. Wait, Stress has benefits? It sure does ! Ever get sweaty palms while driving? Well, that Stress response helps you grip the steering wheel better.
I also talk about downsizing. Can it help lower your stress level? Check this out:
And ways we lowered our Stress like our new Bedlift kit to ease the access to un the bed storage. Here’s a video on that and other Stress reducing modifications we’ve made: https://youtu.be/D5Y5zNK4CzI
Check out the bedlift kit at: https://relaxrv.org/thingsweuse/
Relax RV Podcast – episode 19 find your passion
Find your passion in life. If you love what you do, it is never work. I met a retired S.W. on the road. We were talking about helping others. He said “don’t worry you’ll get over it”. That sure isn’t me.
Between trips I’m keeping busy with my clients and teaching. Also spending time editing photos and working in the website.
Podcasts I listen to: RV Navigator, RV Podcast, Campground of the week, Living the RV dream, Radio arizona RV, in the field camping.
Also spending time working on the RV. Our Fantastic Fan was getting really noisy, I contacted them and they sent me a new motor, so I swapped out the old one.
We hit a RV show in Suffern NY, which gave us the itch to hit the road
Relax RV Podcast – episode 18 home and work
I’m working on the website to include ways to deal with Stress, ways to be proactive and relax.
Relax RV Podcast – episode 17 Planning a Nova Scotia trip
The RV is back in the shop …. again. So, in the meantime we are planning our next trip in May 2019. Going up though the North-East; Connecticut, Cape Cod, Boston, Salem, Acadia National Park, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Then down through the 1000 islands and the Finger Lakes in NY. And I talk about fears
Relax RV Podcast – episode 16 Snow, Grandson, Cousins and Dad
So the last episode we left you when we were arriving at the winery. The day we arrived there we had driven 160 MI but it took us 7 hours to do that. We left from Prince William’s Forest campground Virginia to Cedar Valley winery in Logan township New Jersey. I was beat when we arrived at the winery but I was very glad that we stuck to our 3-hour drives per day. Planning for 3 hour drive day allowed us to get to the winery before bedtime. Lol. When we arrived I was beat. But I was very glad that I listened to my intuition and canceled our stay in Maryland. Have we gone there we would have been way off the beaten path and stranded in the snow with a flat tire. Yay intuition. Another problem was when we pulled into the winery I forgot to turn off the driving lights on the Jeep so the battery was dead and are towed. We unhooked I pulled the RV next to the Jeep and jump started it for more chassis battery. So we arrived during the storm of November 2018, do you remember that storm? It had dumped almost a foot of snow on New York City. We had gotten 5″ of snow in south Jersey. That night it was supposed to be super cold so we planned on bringing the slide in to cut down on drafts however the slide would not come in. We thought it had broken again. But with the 5 in of snow up on top of the slide it would not come in so I had to climb up on top of those rig to clean off our topper.
George our repair guy from slate Hill New York had always said if it’s going to rain or snow pull the slide in. When we left this winery we drove a very short distance to the KOA in clarksboro New Jersey. Koa’s or not our first choice that’s for sure. And once again we were not surprised to find this isn’t a great campground. We pulled into our site and it was full of garbage that we had to clean up. The picnic table had a torn tablecloth on it. We went over we picked up Trish’s grandson and we took him to our rig. He was amazed by it he had his own bed over the cab. This was the first time we were having anybody sleep on that bed. He had a great time practicing climbing up and down the ladder getting on and off the bed. We had pizza delivered to our site. Then we had a nice campfire and sat outside. The next day we took him to an all-you-can-eat buffet which he loved. The next day we dropped him off at home and we drove over to spotswood New Jersey to visit Trish’s cousins and aunts. We parked the rig for a night of mooch docking. The next day we drove up to Bloomfield New Jersey and parked in Trish’s dad’s driveway and spent the night there. This was the first night that we slept outside the rig in over 5 months. It felt a little surreal. The next day we drove home I looked at the odometer and so that we had driven the rig over 8,000 miles and another $5,000 on our toad. We had stayed in 17 States, two countries.
Wow what a trip! We had our ups and downs. A ripped topper a broken generator. We slept in temperatures of over 100 degrees fahrenheit. We had to slide that wouldn’t work. Electrical problems. Killing our batteries. A trip to thor. Getting stuck in mud. A flat tire. Closet door falling off. And lots of rain leaks. And yet through it all we had a wonderful five-month trip we’ve seen so many sites and met really wonderful people.
It took us two days to unload everything from the rig. We organized RV stuff into bins so it’ll be easier to reload. Now it’s time to do an oil change.
So what are the things that we learned on this trip? First and foremost patience. Patience with each other and with the rig.
#2 help each other when you can. It really does take a pilot and a co-pilot to drive a rig. #3 set aside time for chores and root planning. #4 remember takes a lot longer to drive the rig a certain amount of Miles than a normal car. #5 set limits to driving times and distances to meet your needs. #plane driving days and off days a day off to do laundry and catch your breath is always helpful. #6 laugh! Laugh at yourselves and things .
The next thing we will add to this rig is a new mattress.
We ordered a 6″ inner coil mattress from Mattress Insider and wow do we love it ! And if you go to relaxrv.org/discounts you can get a discount on all if their bedding stuff like mattresses and sheets etc.
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