Sheltering in place part 2 (from 2020)

This was lurking in cyberspace apparently as a draft... from 2020.

Day 14 in the motorhome. Hiding all the knives and other sharp objects. Another two nights and we head for home as we wait until the wind and rain abates. The dogs are used to this routine, but I know they would prefer to be at home with much more freedom. Jada has decided to sleep nightly right in front of the bathroom door. The result is I can't use the bathroom while in my "semi-conscious" routine. I must be fully awake to not step on her or bang her head with the door. AND if I wake her up, then she begins a nightly routine of pacing, staring in a corner and digging at the carpet. At times, demands to be taken outside - only to forget why she is there. Ah, the joys of a very senior dog. But we are dreading the day - not far in the future - that she won't be in our lives.

There are no photos to go along with this stream of consciousness at the moment I'm not exactly sure why I revived this blog. I don't plan on becoming a beacon of knowledge for RVers such as giving advice on the best toilet paper or taking photos of our best meals. There are literally thousands of blogs dedicated to such information. Generally those are written by bloggers looking to gain financially by measured "clicks" to and from vendors.

Ah, but stories of real life screw-ups pinned to the RV life? Yep, I have stories to tell (and yes, they are all mine). After four tent trailers, a travel trailer, two fifth wheels and now the motorhome, I've got plenty of stories. The tent trailers were our favorites (all of our friends had them too) and the kids grew up in campsites all over the area. Our brief ownership of the travel trailer (which leaked every time it rained) was due to everything being way too tiny for Steve. He hogged the bed (leaving me a tiny corner), hated the shower, hit his head on the light fixtures - yep that was a wise decision. Our first fifth wheel had cabinets no one (not even steve) could reach. The ability to see the tiny TV was challenged by the distance from the seating. And the plastic sinks and such didn't evoke any confidence in its ability to withstand longtime use (our future goal) So, on to our favorite fifth wheel - our Alpenlite. It was the perfect design, very well-made, and built for boondocking without hookups. And I simply loved both the floorplan and the decor. And the company went bankrupt the year after we bought it. But it came with six batteries, a 2000 watt inverter (to run everything except the microwave on the batteries), a solar panel and an extra large water tank capacity. That rig was built to park off-grid.

The Alpenlite had a sliding basement shelf (think giant metal shelf that slides out and allows for more efficient packing of stuff)