Selling the RV

 This is about nine years after the last blog. Fittingly, it is the finale of the series. It entails the selling (sigh! yeah!) of the rv.

It is said the that the two best days regarding owning a boat are the day you buy - and then the day you sell it. I think the same applies to the owning of an rv. As I remember it, there were 2 main reasons we decided to sell. 

The first one had to do with our original expectation of traveling America at length geographically. With the understanding that we had and still do not have a great need to see every sight in the country, we had covered the eastern U.S. We had traveled previously in the western U.S. by flight and seen really the best scenic vistas and otherwise. This encompassed a lot less sightseeing than most people, but how many times can you be blown away by mountains, cities, etc. It all seemed to start running together. When we started balancing the hassle of the rv and travel in general with the thrills, it just did not seem worth it. Being "dull" people may work itself into the conversation here, or maybe difficult to impress, or maybe just getting old and the hassle was really working on us. Some enjoy the rv parks/camping aspects, not us. Other things such as the growing needs at home for six grandchildren definitely takes precedence.

Secondly, indeed, hassle....  the rv.  To review some that sticks with us even after nine years, a place and expense to park it and even the having window broken mysteriously, a license plate stolen, checking on it when not in use, winterizing, dewinterizing, mechanical issues, replacement of things like the front curtains that did not exist anymore, etc. A major rv issue was our experiences with mountains. A gas engine just does not cut it. It takes a "pusher," a diesel engine to travel extensively up and down in altitude with any degree of speed. 

We never intended to keep the rv for that long. The dogs were a major part of getting an rv in the first place, i.e., not putting them in a kennel during our travel and so on. One of them was no longer with us and the other was getting very old. My health impacted on the possibility that Gin would have to drive if necessary. Her attitude could best be described as "NO WAY!" 

It was time to sell.

I put ads in RV Trader and Craigslist. One serious reply was received after a month or so via Craigslist. Long story short and by the way, much more could be told about the sale. It was a cash deal negotiated that was fair to both. They were a wonderful family of four. Our rv had found a good home. It was a happy day when we delivered for both us and the family receiving the rv in their driveway.

We enjoyed the rv. I tease Gin all the time about getting another one. It will never happen for mostly reasons related to my health and just old people not being able to cope with the many needs of having another child, the rv, at this stage in our life. We had a great time. We had trying times. We spent a lot of time fretting about rv when we had it and not being in it. I have spent a lot of time dreaming about getting another one. The dogs loved their many adventures, including not being in a kennel, and certainly we did too. The positives outweighed the negatives by a large margin.

I am glad we did it! 

This completes this blog series. I enjoyed doing - and for the many, many people who did not read, you probably did not miss anything. However, if you are in the brotherhood/sisterhood of having had an rv, well, you probably did not miss anything either. You have already experienced it.

Happy Trails...