Our Great Big Road Trip

We are just over two weeks away from living our lives on the road, so I thought I would check in to give you an update on our efforts.

The RV we bought has turned into a project. The people that owned it before us had some of their kids living in the RV outside of their house and they never cleaned it. Food and drink was spilled all over the seats and carpet. Plus, they must have had a little dog that pissed all over the place. To make matters worse, they smoked in the RV, so there is a nasty mixture of cigarette smoke and dog urine that greets you when you enter the Big Rolling Turd.

Thankfully, we have already made progress cleaning up the RV. I took all of the furniture out and we are having it all steam cleaned and deodorized later this week. We also tore out all of the carpet and we’re having it replaced next week. I’m in the process of sealing the plywood sub-floor so the smell doesn’t come back. Just getting the carpet out of the RV has improved the smell by about 90%.

As of today, we have 15 days left before we leave on November 19. We still have to get everything moved out of the house and into storage before we leave. We’re donating a bunch of stuff to Habit for Humanity. They’re coming out next week to pick the stuff up. Then I’ll need to get busy moving the rest of the stuff into a storage room at my office. Want to help?

Don’t forget that you can follow along on this grand adventure at greatbigroadtrip.blogspot.com.