My thoughts on RV-ing

I have always looked at RV's when I am camping with a mix of disdain and total jealousy.  I don't know why disdain, that's not really fair.  Sleeping in a tent, on the ground really isn't for everyone and some people physically can't do it.  The fact that people are getting out there, staying in campgrounds instead of hotels/motels and getting in touch with nature is great...I guess the RV just means "not camping" to me.  Part of camping is the work that goes into...pretty much everything...

That's where the jealousy came in.  I had this impression that the inside of the RV was wonderful - air conditioning, couches, running water, bathroom, organized cupboards....and you know what? I WAS RIGHT!

I knew I'd never have an RV for camping, it's just not my style (not yet, anyway).  BUT, Karen and I knew we wanted to do a road trip in an RV, and people, if you have not done a road trip in an RV, you need to!!  You can microwave a hot dog for a hungry kid WHENEVER YOU WANT!  You can lay down in a queen size bed and take a comfortable nap!  It's crazy.  The kids never complained ONCE during the 900 mile drive to St. Louis!  Lord, I'd give anything to have my own RV JUST for road trips.  In fact, someone suggested I write a book about America's best playgrounds...which would require quite a bit of traveling...I just need to figure out how to fund that operation...I'm seriously going to work on that...not kidding.

Anyway, enough words. Pictures of our RV life...

Watching TV on a screen bigger than the one we have at home!

Lounging on the couch turned bed...

With hours in the RV, we have taught Finn how to play some interesting card games...

Pictured here we are playing "Cards." A game Finn invented...that basically had no objective and rules that changed every 4 to 5 seconds.  I figured out that if I just went with it, he was very happy.

And then...since the RV park we stayed at in St. Louis was basically the parking lot of a casino (Casino Queen - which I highly recommend because it's right by the Metrolink station and it's easy to get to, etc) Finn decided he wanted to learn how to gamble.  So we taught him a Japanese dice game we looked up online.

We gambled with pretzels.  Turned out he's a very lucky kid.

Sometimes a kid will read!

And sometimes they fall asleep sitting up...

And we try to stop at a Starbucks as often as possible to keep the driver happy...

Happy driver = Happy everyone