Saskia and Richard's RVing Adventures

So what do we do when we are not hammering down the interstates?  We eat, read, update Quicken accounting software with our purchase receipts, so we can do our taxes.  Unlike in the UK where we have a “PAYE” system (Pay As You Earn) with a flat nation- wide tax rate paid at source by your employer, in the US, everyone, whether employed or self employed, has to file their own taxes, and there are Federal and individual State tax returns which have to be filled out – all of which takes a lot of prep work! We also cook, barbeque, chill, play computer games, surf the net, do trailer housework, take part in RV campsite social activities, shoot the breeze with our neighbouring RVers, and take the odd snooze! Pretty much normal everyday things, really; we are, after all, not just touring, we are living our lives.  In fact, our previously eager desire to see everything of interest as soon as we arrived at a new destination has mellowed.  We are retired, not on holiday, ...

The outside temperature was 33 degrees Fahrenheit (just above freezing) last night and it is about 41 degrees (6 C) in the trailer when I wake up.  This is the coldest it has been since we moved in last week, and since we arrived in the US five weeks previously.   The whole of the last week it was in the 60’s and 70’s (17 to 25 C) during the day, and no lower than the high 40’s (9 C) at night, which encouraged us to take the plunge, and actually move into our 5th wheel, aka the Jet.  There is an electric fire and we bought a little fan heater for extra heat.  They kept us cosy at night and in the mornings (which is about the only time we are actually in the trailer – the rest of the time we are out and about, or in the main house).   We were even more delighted to discover there is a propane gas-fired heating system that blows warm air from the underbelly of the Jet, and we began using it Sunday morning, reassured that it would kick in the...