Comments on: Flexibility Is A Great Asset http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/ Fulltime RV Travel In Our Winnebago Motorhome Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jan Stewart http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-7249 Jan Stewart Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:29:31 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3130#comment-7249 When I bought my RV I made the decision to always take my time on the road, not try to drive too far in a day, and just enjoy. I get a big kick out of eating a sandwich for lunch at my table while parked in a rest area. Everything about RVing is fun! Jan When I bought my RV I made the decision to always take my time on the road, not try to drive too far in a day, and just enjoy. I get a big kick out of eating a sandwich for lunch at my table while parked in a rest area. Everything about RVing is fun!

Jan

]]> By: Jim Mossman http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-7222 Jim Mossman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:11:14 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3130#comment-7222 You have to feel sorry that guy... we had planned to be in Souther Utah by now seeing all of the wonders of that area again. We did it several years ago, but it was very, very hot and we did not enjoy it, so we wanted to do it again. After a major detour We are now at Guaranty RV in Junction City Utah for the third night waiting for repairs to two of our slideouts. We also found out that since Monaco declared banrupcy that our extended chassis warranty is no longer valid. Monace stuck Guarantee with over a million dollars of repairs! We are afraid to see the coming bill at $105 an hour....but we WILL be in Southern Utah when we are done...schedule be damned!!! Jim and Linda Mossman You have to feel sorry that guy… we had planned to be in Souther Utah by now seeing all of the wonders of that area again. We did it several years ago, but it was very, very hot and we did not enjoy it, so we wanted to do it again.

After a major detour We are now at Guaranty RV in Junction City Utah for the third night waiting for repairs to two of our slideouts. We also found out that since Monaco declared banrupcy that our extended chassis warranty is no longer valid. Monace stuck Guarantee with over a million dollars of repairs!

We are afraid to see the coming bill at $105 an hour….but we WILL be in Southern Utah when we are done…schedule be damned!!!
Jim and Linda Mossman

]]> By: Jim & Cathy Palm http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-7220 Jim & Cathy Palm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:17:36 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3130#comment-7220 Nick, I'm sure your friend had a lot of German blood in him since this is one of our major traits. I'm a planner but nothing is locked in stone, I normally plan 2 or 3 different routes and then we decide in the morning which one we want to take. For destinations we make a list of things that we want to do or see along with their information, Hours, Admission, etc, then when we get up in the morning depending on the weather we pick one or two to do, then scratch it off the list. Whatever doesn't get done we save for next time, sometimes like today we look out the window see the nasty weather and just say the hell with it, roll back over and sleep in. I remember my dad planning our vacations back in the 50's & 60's, before the computer or internet. He had to mail to the various states to get the pamphlets and then read them all while he was hunched over the card table with all the maps trying to figure out the best route and where the campgrounds where located. He would spend 4 to 5 months planning our 4 week vacation and I think he got almost as much fun or of that as he did the vacation. Like father like son, it's his fault NO MINE! Nick,
I’m sure your friend had a lot of German blood in him since this is one of our major traits. I’m a planner but nothing is locked in stone, I normally plan 2 or 3 different routes and then we decide in the morning which one we want to take. For destinations we make a list of things that we want to do or see along with their information, Hours, Admission, etc, then when we get up in the morning depending on the weather we pick one or two to do, then scratch it off the list. Whatever doesn’t get done we save for next time, sometimes like today we look out the window see the nasty weather and just say the hell with it, roll back over and sleep in.

I remember my dad planning our vacations back in the 50′s & 60′s, before the computer or internet. He had to mail to the various states to get the pamphlets and then read them all while he was hunched over the card table with all the maps trying to figure out the best route and where the campgrounds where located. He would spend 4 to 5 months planning our 4 week vacation and I think he got almost as much fun or of that as he did the vacation. Like father like son, it’s his fault NO MINE!

]]> By: Karen Knoll http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-7219 Karen Knoll Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:47:18 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3130#comment-7219 Yep! I'm a "list maker"...married to a "let's go with the flow" kinda guy! We've only been married for 6 years and fulltiming for 2, but we're blending!! I make the lists and when we have a "challenge" like last weekend when we developed a stress fracture in one of our rig's wheels, I can bend and rearrange the list...we have to!!! We did it the week before when we arrived late at the GJ Rally because our service call at Newmar took 7 days instead of 2-3...and we were battling colds!! Retirement gives us the opportunity to flex with time as needed. (Now we're in the Chicago area and can't leave until Monday because of weekend commitments and we're facing dipping temperatures. We have our eyes on AZ, our travel destination for the winter, where the weather is sunny and warm!!! This is Life!!!...and it's all part of the journey!!! Yep! I’m a “list maker”…married to a “let’s go with the flow” kinda guy! We’ve only been married for 6 years and fulltiming for 2, but we’re blending!! I make the lists and when we have a “challenge” like last weekend when we developed a stress fracture in one of our rig’s wheels, I can bend and rearrange the list…we have to!!! We did it the week before when we arrived late at the GJ Rally because our service call at Newmar took 7 days instead of 2-3…and we were battling colds!! Retirement gives us the opportunity to flex with time as needed. (Now we’re in the Chicago area and can’t leave until Monday because of weekend commitments and we’re facing dipping temperatures. We have our eyes on AZ, our travel destination for the winter, where the weather is sunny and warm!!! This is Life!!!…and it’s all part of the journey!!!

]]> By: Jerry and Suzy LeRoy http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/10/08/flexibility-is-a-great-asset/comment-page-1/#comment-7215 Jerry and Suzy LeRoy Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:34:16 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=3130#comment-7215 The fast answer to the gas station question is to never let the tank go below half full. That way, you can always make it to another station somewhere! Flexibility? We are moderate on that point. We're on a two week trip, with a local festival on the front end, an SKP chapter rally on the other (we HAVE to be there as we are the newletter editors), and sightseeing near Truth or Consequences in the middle. Yesterday my camera batteries both died and there's nowhere on our planned route to get them, so we're taking a mid-schedule detour and will spend one night in Las Cruces to see if we can find a battery. We had PLANNED to stay in Deming at the SKP park there. Stress? No, just a shift in plans. The fast answer to the gas station question is to never let the tank go below half full. That way, you can always make it to another station somewhere!

Flexibility? We are moderate on that point. We’re on a two week trip, with a local festival on the front end, an SKP chapter rally on the other (we HAVE to be there as we are the newletter editors), and sightseeing near Truth or Consequences in the middle. Yesterday my camera batteries both died and there’s nowhere on our planned route to get them, so we’re taking a mid-schedule detour and will spend one night in Las Cruces to see if we can find a battery. We had PLANNED to stay in Deming at the SKP park there. Stress? No, just a shift in plans.

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