April 27, 2011

• “R” “V” having fun yet?

  We went to Florida over Spring Break. Well, technically we went right before everyone else went to spring break at the beginning of April. We drove an RV down there, renting it with friends of ours.
  

  There were:
  5 adults and
  4 children,
  3 of the children were age
  2 or under all in
  1 RV.

  How did it go? Somewhere in between better than expected and ice-pick to the groin. Actually the kids really did quite well. The way down was filled with myself and Superman playing Final Fantasy I on PSP while driving through gale force winds and rain that seemed to be going sideways instead of down. This was the good weather.

  Oh, also the RV did not have what we in the car savvy world like to call “any handling at all.” You could turn the wheel about a full 1/3 turn in either direction without the RV moving. This put the driver in a continuous state of over-correcting back and fourth to try to stay in (or at least near) the center of the lane. You how they drive in the old sitcoms where the driver is

  I will say I was a BIG fan of being able to stand up and stretch while driving. I was an even BIGGER fan of being able to get up and pee, considering I drank about 3 pots of coffee during the night shift of driving.

  Florida itself was completely awesome. I did end up BBQing in the rain one day, but that was all good fun. Brother-in-law Randy and I went out canoeing and fishing and managed to catch a fair amount. A good relaxing time was had by all.

  When we picked up the RV, we managed also to have torrential rain as well. This video I took while driving said RV (cause when it’s hard enough to simply stay on the road, the smart thing to do is take a video while driving…) does not quite do the weather justice.
  

  Weeee!

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