Mom's moving castle -- total newb

[BYoshida]

Originally Posted by Bearstream1

You guys sound like a hoot! Tell me every time you open the door, does the outside change?????

Love it. And yes it does for us. That's the great thing about RVing.

Calcifer, welcome aboard.
We have our collection of Miyazaki dvd/blu rays onboard for bad weather days

[Bearstream1]

Originally Posted by calcifer

I'll confess, I like to laugh...and life gives plenty to laugh at, and sometimes bad situations can be endured no other way...

This is exactly how my family and friends are. We are laughers. Even in the most inappropriate situations! Its our defense mechanism.

Im sorry to hear about your grandfather. I lost mine in April. That day my mother turned to me and asked, “Would it be wrong to get a party hero??” Lol. I like to think it was a sign from my grandmother, being so happy to see him, she sent down the message saying “Dont be sad. This is cause to celebrate!”

Attitude is everything.

[chrisicool]

Welcome to the forum! Firstly, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my dad about 7 years ago while we were stationed in Germany. It's difficult to lose a loved one and I commend you for keeping up a positive attitude.

I'm relatively new to the forum myself; But, I carry a CDL and have been living full-time in an RV for a bit over a year. We roll in a 42' 5th wheel. It takes some getting used to, and noone can fault you for feeling nervous driving something so big. It was a relatively easy transition for me driving ours because I had experience driving semi's, box trucks, tankers, etc.. That being said, I also crunched the back end of ours a little haha. Wasn't quite expecting it to bottom out so easily(Fortunately no serious damage).

That's what it is though, a transition. Just take it slow and easy and things will get easier. It is harder driving a long straight truck than a trailer, the margin for error is far smaller. Practice and look up some trucker information via google, turning radius/etc. There's some great info out there that can be applied to driving an RV as well.

Good luck,
Chris

P.S. - When my wife first drove it, scared the ever living crap out of me, but she did really well. I also don't take well being a passenger haha.

[Mike-NM]

Originally Posted by calcifer

Thanks for the welcome Mike. I know it wasn't intended...your message comes off a bit ominous...but I know what you mean...

Sorry for your loss.... Did not mean it to be ominous ... LOL. I love humor and appreciated yours intended or not. When I find my ice maker not working and go through a thousands steps to figure out why only to realize i did not turn on the water pump to ensure it had water. All i can do is smile and say whew close one or a flat tire when my TPMS alerted just in time to prevent any damage to my undercarriage, I just have to smile and Forest Gump it with sh%t happens.