My comrade Allan over at RVRoaming.com had this image on his blog. He said he’s in the third row. I’m a hybrid: Just move the seventh image to the sixth position with the kids and dogs from the fifth spot, and you’ve got me pegged.

Reminds me of the parable: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three in the evening? The answer, of course, is Man (crawling as a youth, upright as an adult, and with a cane as a senior). If you’re an RVer, though, somewhere in that lineage of age must be six – as in wheels.

As we prep, pack and panic to head out for three weeks on the road in the ZRV, it’s important to remember the essentials.

10. My Office Depot Christopher Lowell Collection Home Office Lean-To and Herman Miller Aeron “Around the Campfire” office chair.

9. The back-line to Tim, your Filipino buddy in the IT help desk overseas. Always there with some advice.

8. Raid, Off, citronella, flyswatters. I know how bad bugs can be in the Florida suburban summer. I can only imagine what they’ll be like in the actual outdoors — especially with the glow of the monitor to attract them like moths to the flame. Read More »