Oasis in the Desert

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Lifestyle as RVer's

LIVING SMALL IN A BIG WORLD

Life in a Recreational Vehicle requires adjustments that most folk could not make.  You cannot be a hoarder.  The first year we full-timed, our RV gained 1,000 pounds.  When something new comes in, something must go.  It is a cathartic thing to find that all that "stuff" you so needed is not even missed.  Even then, often there is stuff that you don't use and it can be discarded, donated, or dumped.  We always try to leave our books in campground social rooms.  I am now reading on a kindle.  Now that is getting really into new technology.

THE HUMAN BODY

Things do happen as the years pile on and we follow a lot of blogs and bad things happen to good bodies.  It is a challenge to leave the Medical care that you are familiar with and see different doctors and facilities.  I am awed by some of the people in our blog list that just tend to their ailments and go on down the road.  I also read today about a couple who just threw in the towel and settled down...they knew it was time.  Even then it was not an easy decision for them.  Luckily, they have a close family near-by.

MOMENTS TO PONDER

I guess Christmas is a season to look around and see where and why you are where you are.  We are working in the Las Vegas area and it is beautiful and glitzy, but life does go on.  The country here is very different than where we grew up.  The desert is its own kind of beauty and I revel in the diversity of the landscape.  Sometimes I look at the patch of green grass in the RV park and think...hmmm miss the water bill, maybe not.  So, have a great and healthy year and one more time....Happy Holidays.

1 comment:

Page said...

Thank you for your insightful thoughts. Hub and I now have a rule in our home that if something comes in, something must go out. As we prepare to go full-time, much more is going out than coming in. Goodwill loves us!
Be safe and be well.