It has been interesting reading so far and some good info. As I originally mentioned, "sucks" was rather harsh, but it did get people posting!
I guess what I like to imagine and what is reality, offer differ. What I would like to imagine is a "loaded & ready to go machine" and the moment we feel bored, we could hop in and just go. I like the spontaneity, freedom and adventure in that!
But when I observe what the local RVing crowd is doing, along with what I see on the web, it looks much less appealing.
I have traveled a fair bit and could afford other travel methods describe in some of these posts, but to a certain extent they lack the spontaneity.
So after discussing with DW, I think we'll likely own a decent RV once the kids are gone and use it when we feel up to it. But also travel and live in other parts of the world for extended periods of time (as we had always imagined). That way I know it will sit for long periods of time unused and won't feel bad about not using it.
Perhaps there will be enough good places and Audreyh1s on the road to offset the bad.
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