Taking you through a day in the life of an RV couple

A Day in the Life!

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” - Lao Tzu

So, in case you are wondering what Tom and Suzy are doing on any particular day I will provide a short description of our daily life in the 5th Wheel. If you are not interested in what Tom and Suzy are doing, what the hell are you reading the blogs for anyway?

Morning Rituals

No alarms, the sun or Jet usually awakens us around 6:30 AM. First one up has to take Jet out to send some Pee Mail and to check for new pee mail. Then he usually makes a large deposit in someone’s inbox which we have to quickly scoop into a plastic bag for future deposit in trash.

Tom then gets the coffee going as Suzy checks here email and Jet waits patiently for breakfast. After a Diet Coke, Lamb and Rice Kibble, and a Cup of Joe, Suzy and Tom begin their itinerary management discussions. Suzy usually starts with “Where are we this morning?” Tom looks at the receipt from the RV park from the night before and provides an answer. Neither can believe where it is they are so they take turns pinching each other. Jet high fives them both.

Then out comes the map, the Trailer Life Campsite Book, the “Thousand Places to See Before You Die” book, the toast and peanut butter and the bananas. Lively discussions follow and we determine the inside temperature of the RV. If it’s warm, Suzy takes first shower, if not Tom gets the job of warming it up with the first shower.

After the shower Tom decides on which shorts and T shirt to wear and how many consecutive days he has worn only a t shirt and shorts. Suzy then decides what to wear out of her 7.5 feet of the fifth wheel’s 8 foot closet.

Then its time to “breakdown the rig.” Suzy puts everything that could fall or slide off into cupboards and secures them with Velcro straps. The chairs are aligned so to be out of the way when the sliders come in. The TV is moved into the middle of the bed, the computer screen put in a chair and the laptop stowed. All bathroom items are secured in the sinks and coffee maker is secured in the kitchen sink. Jet is usually sensing a imminent move so he nervously waits for a chance to streak to the car and demand entrance to the back seat where he promptly goes to sleep.

Tom is outside disassembling the water hoses, the electrical service, and the sewer umbilical. Careful not to lick his fingers he stows it all in the basement of the rig. Then the satellite dish comes down and is carefully stowed away on the bed. Then the jacks get jacked, the truck gets backed, and the six ton rig gets dropped on the truck. All the while multi-tasking, Tom consumes a pot of coffee so that the first thing he has to do in the first five miles is stop and relieve himself.

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