Ricardo is our Winter rig. During the holiday season, and during Winter, we tend to focus inward, doing more work on personal projects instead of going out and traveling much. Because of this, our Wintertime camper is the biggest rig we own. It’s a 38′ fifth wheel, with 5 slides, and doesn’t really have many compromises when it comes to living in a camper. The kids have their own dedicated bedroom, complete with desk and television, I have my own dedicated desk space, we have a couple very comfortable recliners, a dinette, and a large island kitchen.
The disadvantage of this rig is that setting this camper up comfortably is an extensive process. Three of the slides benefit from stabilizer support, which requires that I get under the camper and put 6 stabilizers down, plus two more on the rear-bumper. I also need to set up a tripod stabilizer on the hitch in the front, and also go through the process of pulling out the slides. Plus, when traveling, most of the camper is inaccessible because the slides prevent you from accessing pretty much the entire rig, save the bathroom. Due to these reasons, plus the considerable weight of the camper, we tend to avoid traveling with this rig in-favor of Leela, which is much lighter, and can be set-up and packed-up in minutes.
But, when we’re looking for a comfortable rig that’s not going to move much, and is not going to be parked in our summer spot (that’s reserved for Charlie), Ricardo is the best rig we’ve got.
Alex Standiford
Woke up this morning to a lot of wind outside. Turns out, a tiny sand bar off the coast of North Carolina is quite windy this time of year. Yet another moment where this area reminds me of our visit to Elephant Butte, New Mexico, even though it is way on the other end of the country.
https://casualweirdness.life/articles/travelogue/elephant-butte-new-mexico
Alex Standiford
I think my favorite thing about OBX is that it’s all one road lol. Directions are super easy, and I’m directionally challenged ????
Alex Standiford
We have made it to the outer banks, where for the next two weeks we will call home. The campsite takes up about 2/3rds of the total width of the island where we’re parked(!)
There’s so, so much history in this region of the US, and I’m so excited to dig in!
Alex Standiford
Today’s a travel day. We’re leaving Virginia Beach and going south again for a bit. We discovered that our seasonal in Vermont wasn’t going to be available for another month so we decided to buy some time on the outer banks ????.
Alex Standiford
I’ve been spending time backfilling content on my site. A lot of stories I share were once linked to a Twitter feed (ick) so I’m converting that content to a blog post and backdating as I go.
This is one of my favorite RV stories, where we had an unexpected visitor that scared the daylights out of me.
One of the biggest challenges that comes from our current phase of travel is that we rarely get an opportunity to get away from our kids. They’re always with us, simply because there’s nobody nearby to watch them and they’re too young to take care of themselves right now. We don’t send them to school, […]
Alex Standiford
So this week, we happen to be parked somewhere that’s close-enough to a family member that they were able to come out and park beside us for a few days. I’m so happy to see a familiar face!
That’s one thing I didn’t expect about travel – I always thought I was basically saying “bye” to everyone for years on end, but it hasn’t played out like that. We get to see family a few times a year.
Alex Standiford
We’re parked pretty close to a military base right now, and there are (loud, but very cool) jets flying by overhead. Kate and Devin are enjoying the view out the back window and watching them zoom by.
I love this setup! I wish we used it more. It’s just a little too annoying to rotate the chairs to historically make it worth it, but today we have something worth seeing.
Alex Standiford
I am at an awesome Mexican restaurant in Virginia Beach. The food is REALLY good.
I speak a fair bit of Spanish but am always scared to speak it back, but my waiter today basically served us in Spanish so I took a chance. I was presented with a free shot of coconut rum.
I really should take more chances.
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