Back On the Road

 

 

There’s gotta be a reason people leave a perfectly good and solid house behind and travel in a trailer.  Is it adventure? Maybe.  The idea of doing something different for a change?

When we travelled full time, our trailer was our home. Everything we needed and wanted was there. But it’s different now.  We have a very comfortable home in a lovely neighbourhood.

So for us it’s a desire to see things we haven’t seen before, or to return to places we want to see again that drives us.

Whatever, we have now begun to get back on the road.

We started with a little 12’ T@b trailer. It wasn’t much, just a place to sleep out of reach of bears, and a tiny fridge. No bathroom.  Good thing we only camped a few days at a time.

There was the first trip just across the border to Wellesley Island to see how it worked. It worked great, and we had a nice spot not too far from the campground showers.

It was a little different on a weekend trip to a balloon festival in northern NY State.  The “campground” was an open field above the airport runway.  There were no bathrooms or facilities at all.  Porta Potties were provided on the airfield, but you had to catch the bus to get there. 

Since we were thinking of doing longer trips, I insisted on a trailer with a bathroom.  “Essential” and “non-negotiable” I said.

It worked.  We got a 17’ r-pod with a bathroom. Yay!

Since then, this new-to-us trailer has been tested by a 35 day trip to Texas, and a 4 month stay by my hubby in Quebec. Starting in the still-winter month of March. Tested indeed.

Now that the pandemic restrictions have eased, we want to finish what we started back in our days of full time trailering. We still have a bucket list that needs ticking off before that bucket comes down on us.

So here we go again. Keep an eye out for future blogs as I attempt to recreate our new adventures.

At least we know how to get back to where our house is. 

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