Day 2 Ramblings

We finally have started our full-time RVing experience. The original plan was to be out of our house on Thursday (we stopped calling it a home back in February when we put it on the market). Tuesday both of us were feeling very stressed about how much we still had to sort through and clear out. That night we accepted that we didn't really have to be out on Thursday and that if it took an additional 2 days, that would be find.

The goal of Thursday was originally planned for as I was scheduled to work in Bar Harbor on Friday. We decided I would go to Bar Harbor Thursday evening, spend the night and work Friday. When I finished working, I'd drive back to SoPortland and we'd finish up clearing out. A new departure goal of Saturday morning was set.

By 9am on Saturday we still weren't quite there. It was 4:30 when we pulled away from the house that had been our home for 10 1/2 years. I wanted to cry about the potential of lost friendships and acquaintances, but I also didn't feel this was the final time I'd see some of those folks, and I had a 180 mile journey ahead that I needed to stay focused on to drive. We arrived at the campground a bit after 8 pm and took a pull-through site for the night, awaiting morning to pull in to the site we had selected last fall. As we went to sleep, the tears finally overtook me.

Sunday we awoke with new energy and brought the camper to the site we wanted. We unhitched and then decided we wanted to reposition the rig. That's when the fun began. The site we chose was a pull-in, better geared for bus campers. The ground under our truck hadn't been driven on and packed down, and there was still some frost in the ground. Although we have 4 wheel drive, we were spinning tires trying to get the truck back under the trailer.

After a bit of time between ourselves trying to get things moved and then calling in some of the workers at the campground, we were able to get the trailer moved - off the site. We then walked around the campground discussing the pros and cons of other potential sites for us to move in to. We ended up returning to the site we had used the previous year, but instead of pulling in (hook ups generally dictate which way you face) we backed in and are passing some of our cables under the rig to get our services.

Now that we're plugged in and settling in for the wait for the new trailer, we're walking about talking to each other about how great this site really is and how we should have turned the trailer around last year, the new positioning of the RV is so much better.

Two days down and things are going well. Of course, starting our adventures at a campground and in a community we already know is making the adjustment much easier.