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~ Welcome to Robin's Travel Blog! ~
~ I'm Totally Enjoying My Experience of
Living as a Nature Loving RV'er
& Inspired Jewelry Artist! ~
You have two choices
in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can be distinct. To be distinct is to be different. To be different,
you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.
Alan Ashley-Pitt
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William Morris
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The single greatest moment on any RV trip is the instant you turn the key on the ignition of your motorhome or tow
vehicle and hear the engine roar to life. You are about to untether yourself from your fixed-based life, and you feel a surge of
energy from deep within your soul. Adventure, excitement and discovery await, and that's a feeling that nearly all RVers experience
at each moment of departure.
(Now, This is What I'm Talking About!!)
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Friday, June 23, 2006
Do It Anyway...
I do feel a certain sense of accomplishment, considering the fact that a little
over a year ago when my RV-Journey began in earnest & yet completely from scratch--without my even owning
either:
#1) An RV or
#2) Any RV or Camping-related supplies,
at all.
Remember: Slow & Steady Wins The Race!!
Slowly but surely over the past 13 mos. I've managed to
put together a nice, cozy space
for myself that is attractive, functional & complete with all of the essentials & then some. Notwithstanding
a Shoestring of a Budget, as well.
As sterotypical as this may sound, I've been more concerned with the overall Esthetic
of my RV & how I feel being in it, rather than with the mechanical aspects of it. I can't help it--it's just the
way I'm wired, & since I do work Creatively as a Designer--with a Designer's Eye for things, it's only natural
that it would show itself in my efforts to make even this small space my own...
I also have a tendency to want everything "just so" & my RV/Camping is no exception to this perfectionistic
tendency--I want to be prepared for everything & would still like to purchase sooooo many more things
that the list, which I had already declared short, has now somehow grown to include many more items--some of, which
are too $costly$ for my pocketbook at this time & not absolutely neccessary. (Ex.
Flat Screen TV/DVD, GPS, CB Radio, Inflatable Kayak-to name a few).
Now--I don't want to Psych myself out--by thinking that what I have at this point in
time isn't adequate--which is not helpful at all, because what I do have now is more than adequate--it's just not extravagant
or on a Grand Scale, after all it is a Mini-Motorhome (with the emphasis on
the Mini).
So, I'll just have to help myself to realize that even with the best
of efforts & inten-tions on my part--it's nearly impossible to cover all of the bases at once & I'll just have to
deal with "things" as they happen & buy some of the Creature Comforts at a later date.
The thought of heading "Out There"--Into the Great Wide Open (Tom
Petty, is one of my all-time favs!) on my own with the RV is--at times, Pretty Damn Intimidating, & the longer
it's taken me to actually get my butt out there, the worse the anxiety has become--though it's true, I do wish that I had
a buddy to come along to help ease this transition & performance anxiety; Funny--because I didn't feel this way before
when I headed out, by myself, on cross-country trips in my car
Even so,
I shall persist &
FEEL THE FEAR & DO IT ANYWAY...
P.S. In speaking to the non-RVers/non-Campers I know--this includes all my family
& nearly all of my friends--they look at me wondering "What Supplies" do you need to get? They have no
clue regarding the Specialty RV/Camping items needed to properly outfit an RV from scratch. I've kept a file, that's
now full of receipts, which I intend to tally, so I have an accurate total & know exactly how much I've spent overall.
(Considering there were NO upgrades whatsoever to mine & no supplies included either--it was bare bones baby)...
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
De Ja Vu...
It's my 9th day House/Pet Sitting, this is the
3rd year I've done this, for friends of mine so they can get-away-from-it-all relatively worry free.
This year I was still unexpectedly here in Florida,
when the time came around again for their vacation--my friends requested that I be careful--no accidents this time as
opposed to last year, when I was in a lot of PAIN &
it wasn't a very enjoyable time for me, due to a pretty bad fall I took off their Deck Platform just
hours before they left on their 2 week trip. While watching Fireworks in the Sky & walking at the same time--I missed
an all important but unlit step----OOOPSY DAISY!! (I was totally & completely sober)!
I knew I was in trouble when I couldn't get up--my right leg & ankle had buckled under
the sudden, awkward, & twisted way I'd landed. I immediately had my friend get a chair & ice & I sat there
with my leg elevated on the Deck Rail icing my ankle/leg, while the neighborhood 4th of July fireworks--which are still legal
here in New Port Richey, Florida--continued...
It was the first time I'd ever hurt myself in this manner & boy did it ever make me feel
vulnerable--I'd never realized how easily one could go from independence to disabled in a matter of a split second just from
missing one little step. Luckily, nothing was broken, I'd received a severe strain in a few places with deep internal
bruising & swelling which took a couple of months to heal. It was not a pretty sight...
Thankfully, my daughter Amanda came to the rescue by performing the necessary tasks associated
with the Pet Sitting/Dog Walking so I could stay off my ankle/leg & keep it elevated & iced as much as possible.
It took way longer than I expected it to take for me to return to normal, all along thinking I was going to be just fine &
still be able to leave last summer in my RV. Needless to say that did NOT happen.
Somehow, between the Drunk Driver slamming into me last May, then another
freaky incident that took place on the road last June--involving a chase, people going through red lights
& driving straight toward me on MY side of the road, the girl yelling out her window for someone to call the Police--the
fall I took in July--In August the $damage$ my RV sustained when my Dad knocked over the cemented-in
Basketball Pole---I got the implicit message?---"Yes, to my Higher Power, I am paying attention"--to
stay put for awhile longer--besides the fact that my nerves were totally & completely shot--& now here I am almost
an entire year later still getting my so-called "act together" enough to finally be able to get on that road that's
still calling to me...
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Remember--All Who
Wander Are Not Lost...
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