Chris is retired now. Some people buy a vacation home when they retire. We chose to buy a vacation home on wheels. We now own a 38 foot Thor Tuscany motor home. Isn't that a cool name? The plan is to drive it to Washington state for the summer where we get to see our son and his wife in Seattle and also partake of some cooler weather than the Houston heat.
We are brand new to the RV world so before our cross-country journey we took the big beast for some practice camping runs. A perk of retired life is being able to take quick trips during the week when the parks are not so weekend-crazy-crowded. We spent two nights at Sam Rayburn lake in east Texas and a couple nights at McKinney Falls state park in Austin. Chris got to practice driving our bus-sized vehicle, which I am not brave enough (or dumb enough!) to attempt. Our dogs were thrilled getting to travel with us.
I like this "glamping" business: glamour camping. We are now the folks that used to annoy us when we went tent camping, pulling up in our giant, view-blocking, generator-running machine. Being able to sleep with air-conditioning and use our own bathroom is so worth it. The cost of the overnight camping site is much cheaper than a motel room, not taking into account the cost of the RV! Ha!
Our two practice trips were quite enjoyable with lots of relaxing leisure time. There was some effort required ahead of time like buying supplies, prepping food, loading up the motor home, but then you reap the rewards later..... Kind of like working and then enjoying retirement!
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