You Can’t Make This Shit Up – Hocking Hills State Campground, Ohio, April 30, 2024

The last two weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind since we flew into Miami and spent the first week back in the states shopping for RV’s and cars.  Originally, we thought we were going to sell the motorcycle and buy a car.  We bit the bullet and visited a few dealerships to test drive a few since what we had picked out, we had never driven.  First off, we picked out a MINI Cooper Roadster which is a two-seater car.  Apparently, in Florida there is some specific law that the dealer had to ride with you, so Ron took it on a test drive without me.  We looked at a few across the state but none seemed to be in good enough condition (except one we fell in love with, in California) to make any kind of offer on. 

Then we moved on and started to RV shop instead.  Which of course was the most inefficient way to do this, and we ended up driving across the state multiple times due to our poor planning…oh well.  We had looked at quite a few online and had pretty much decided what we liked but didn’t know if it was going to be big enough for us.  We needed to see one in person and after looking at several dozen, we saw one and knew it would work.  It took us several days to finally find one that was in good enough condition, low enough miles, and a diesel.  Here is what we ended up with…a 2018 Diesel Winnebago View 24J with 22,000 miles.

It was by far the best one we could find in all of Florida, and we looked at nearly all of them.  So, for the next 6 months, this is it!  While we were waiting for the delivery, we snuck in a short visit to my parents’ house in Jekyll Island, then picked it up in Ocala just north of Orlando.  We have been working our way North and stopped to camp with Ron’s sister for a few days as well which was fun.  It is nice to just stop wherever you are, and it takes us about 10 whole minutes to set up.  Thus far, we love this almost as much as the boat.  Today and tomorrow, we are going to hike throughout Hocking Hills State Park then head into Columbus for the big family event.  I think this is going to work well but we will put her to the test by heading out west here in the next few months.  I can’t wait!