Today is "RV Prep Day" at our house. It takes a surprising amount of work to dewinterize the RV and get her ready for camping. Our first trip is next weekend, yay!
Our RV's name is Betty. I know people tend to conjure up images of glamourous vehicles that put their houses to shame with the word "RV," but let me assure you...although she was glamourous in her day, the best word to describe her at this point is "functional." And "loveable" because we love her. She's given us a lot of great memories.
She's a 24 foot 1985 Chevy cutaway. When we first bought her, she had gold shag carpet and rust-and-gold velour cushions. Eek.
We called her "That 70's Mobile" until we ripped out the carpet and replaced it with vinyl (seriously...camping with rugs is a BAD idea unless you can shake them out constantly) and replaced (most of) the cushions. The bed cushions are very customized so they stayed, but we cover them with bedding. The captain's chair will need a cover or something, that is still rust, but we cope. We named her "Betty" because she just feels comfortable and happy, like Betty Crocker. The fridge died two years after we bought her, and when I called to see if an RV guy could come fix it, he warned me that there was an old recall on the fridge and it was very dangerous to try to turn it back on. Lovely. We replaced that too with a fridge half the size and twice the cost of our house fridge, but it works out because we can plug Betty in to stash extra stuff in when we have cookouts or just food overflow. And our fridge probably won't blow up.
So now I'm bleaching and wiping everything down, taking out everything that's not nailed in and washing it, cleaning and replacing the bedding, and packing everything except clothes, perishable food (or food we still have to buy) and toys. Busy busy busy!!! I better get back to work.
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