Life in an RV is harder than I thought. With so many little things to get used to and new processes to learn the first week is really hard for my mom and I. Remembering to turn on and off the water pump before and after using running water. A big one for me is stowing everything before driving. Imagine a kid not picking up after himself every hour of the day? In an RV if you don't then things slide and fall as you drive around curves and stop. It's a lot like being on a boat where if things aren't stowed away and a rogue wave comes everything spills out of the cupboards and onto the floor and the captain trips and yells at you! It's really hard to make the habits required for living happily and peacefully in an RV. We are trying our best to keep our spirits up with all the things to learn and the rough weather we have come into. Our Winnebago had a few glitches we got repaired and while they took a couple hours I rode my bike around and tried to make most of the sunny weather and time on our hands.
As for school, my spelling test is tomorrow! The theme is Geography, so i'm learning lots of new terms and words like caldera. Want to know what it is? Look it up just like my mom says which often drives me crazy! As for science, i'm learning the difference between AC, DC, shore power and generator electricity. I am also learning more about meteorology as we use maps and weather in our everyday life on the road. Seeing national parks, forests, and monuments are my history right now. Ancient geologic history of land forming and changing and who was responsible for preserving Yellowstone so everyone could enjoy it instead of just wealthy resort people. I didn't know as much about Sitting Bull or General Custer before yesterday when I got to see their artifacts, places they battled and places named in their honor. I liked the revolver they found when digging up Little Big Horn the most. Seeing the warrior headdress was pretty intimidating too. For writing I journal and blog and take two weeks of travels and write a report on various topics. I am currently doing one on National Parks. We purchased a National parks Pass which allows us access to every park in nation for one year for only $80! You should get one! Reading is mostly research for places we go and finding cool stops and attractions and getting history and features of each region. We found a cool app for that Roadside America and it alerts us as to what's in the area. AAA put out a great book, Explore America, that lists out great encyclopedic information by state and as we cross into state lines I read up and share the facts. Bigger cities like chicago have whole books and so I am reading up on that city right now to make the most of our time there. New York's book is even bigger! For music I am doing guitar and bass and listening to different kinds of music along trip. We will be hitting a music museum and seeing a concert in a couple days in Iowa. I'm not a country music fan but Jason Brown is supposed to be good.
Sorry we haven't blogged and posted as much but our hard drive crashed on our computer and then we had electrical problems getting anything charged like camera batteries, laptop etc. We had no internet other than quick spurts at a free wifi spot here and there. Mostly we are just dog tired after long driving days and fun places. I will write more often with shorter entries so you can stay more in tune with what we are doing on CHARTER TRIP. We are hoping this next week has a lot less troubles.
People ask if all the troubles have been worth it up to now in the first week... the answer is YES! All the bumps along the road were worth it to see the steaming geysers and thermal pools and wildlife in Yellowstone. It was cool how widespread the activity is all over the park. I thought it was one small part but they were everywhere! To see a family of bears running and eating and playing was extremely cool. A buffalo following alongside the car was neat. The moose crossing the river towards us was a sight to see! The best part was a young elk who tried to head butt our rig and jump out on us from an embankment. Not everyday you get that happening. So, it's worth the hassles to get to see things I've only read about in books and on the internet.
I may never come home. Kidding.... I really miss my Dad and my beagles. Cooper tried to hide in the RV before we left and stow away. We kicked him out FOUR TIMES! Once he was in drivers seat really protesting our leaving. Dad...post the pics!
Last thing for today is that we are writing haiku poems for each day or thing we do. I will begin posting them and hopefully my haiku writing skills will improve. My mom says I need to be less obvious and use more clever words. A haiku for those who don't know is a short poem with three lines. First and last line need five syllables and middle line needs seven. So ti's a challenge to say a lot with very few words. But it's fun! Try it and post in the comments section of the blog. I want to read yours! Happy Trails! The WayWard Wind-ebago Crew and Jack de Leon Day Tripper!
HAIKU
When our rv was on jacks at service center: Dad post the pic of it in the air!
Wounded airborne rig/I'ts clogged filters cause delays/Tended by tinkers
Of Cooper:
We cannot leave now/beagle in the driver's seat/his sorrow revealed
Of storm in Sundance Wyoming: (it was a doozie!!!)
Winds dance in Sundance/Rig sways waltzing with the rains/Thunder keeping time
Lightning measured beat/Winnebago as woodwind/ concert plays all night
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