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.
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Hey Lou,
I have been checking out all the trials and tribulations of all the prep and planning for "Lou's Big Adventure" and it sounds like you are handling it very well. I read on the other blog though that you feel most of your friends and family have been somewhat not supportive of your dream tour.
I didn't want any of my early comments to come across that way if they did. While I have always wanted to take a trip cross country in an RV (albeit on a less grand scale) I was just looking at it from the side of when Kenny J started this blog thing not so long ago you been lamenting financial concerns in your life at the time.
Being that you needed to purchase the RV, still keep the business running, just put gas in something that gets 10 miles a gallon at $3 a pop and all the hidden costs that always pop up on vacations that is where I got worried for you and the family.
You no doubt took everything into account with Kim before deciding to make the big plunge with this endeavor. I think it will be a great learning opportunity for the kids.
I hope that you get everything out of this adventure that you had hoped and I just remember that I have an outlet on the side of my house ready for you to plug in the RV if your travel plans ever bring you back through Illinois.
Bodie
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