We excitedly began our long-awaited trip today, and drove 650 miles to Rob's house in Indianapolis. The RV is extremely comfortable to ride in, and of course, it's easy for the passenger to get up and fix snacks and lunch for the driver :)
Bob and I reminisced about the first extended camping trip we took the summer we lived in Europe. We spent a month driving around England, Ireland, and Scotland in a tiny Ford Capri, staying in a small tent at night. The tent worked well until we had a week of intense rain while we were in Scotland. We ended up making a tent-within- a- tent by suspending an Army poncho over our floating air mattress!
Since that time, our mode of travel as well as our sleeping facilities have changed many times. We changed from tent camping to camping in a VW camper, and then camped with our preschool kids in a van turned into a custom-made camper by Bob. As the kids reached school-age, we changed our camping to a pop-up camper with room for everyone to sleep. That lasted all through the kids' school years, until the camper was worn out and became our "bedroom" at the Tree Farm before the mice took it over. Then, when there were just the two of us again, Bob and I switched back to tent camping, which we really like. However, the last few years, our bodies have been telling us that sleeping on the ground is rough, so we began dreaming of another small camper.
On a trip to Europe two years ago, we saw the small sprinter van RVs and decided that with their great gas mileage, that would be the thing for us to get. Last summer we located the RV we were looking for, customized it to our liking, and that's where we are today!