In the interest of full disclosure...

I have been reading some articles on Facebook recently that talk about how we only portray the side of our life that we want others to see - and that is certainly true in blogs as well! I thought I should mention a few things that aren't so "nice" on my blog in the interest of fairness in reporting. These are not necessarily stories about where we are now, but just a collection of reality stories.

In some campgrounds, the sites are VERY close together. This means that what goes on in your neighbor's rig may be quite apparent in your rig as well. We recently had a neighbor with two small children and three dogs in a very small rig. It was nice because the kids got lots of time outside - right?

In a similar vein, it is good that folks don't smoke in their rig, right? That would pollute their environment. It is nice that they get to smoke outside, and if it happens to be right under the bedroom window of their neighbor's rig, well... at least they are keeping *their* rig smoke free.

And, then there are the arguments. Some couples are more, uhm, noisy when they argue. Slamming doors, shouting, etc. Oh for a noisy a/c unit!

Have I mentioned "other people's animals"? Most campers abide by the leash rule, but there always seem to be a few who think it only applies to everyone else. Then when their animal is out, they must call and/or whistle loudly to get the animal to return. When it happens at 3am, it is a bit disruptive...

Trash trucks - do they get a bonus if they collect the dumpsters before 7am?

Railroad tracks - I think I have mentioned this before - it is very common for RV parks to be right along a railroad track. Obviously people don't want to purchase a home that is right along a busy train right-of-way - but the RVers only have to deal with it for a few nights, unless each RV park is by a railroad track... then we just get used to being lulled to sleep by train whistles and chugging.

Then there is inside the rig - cramped quarters that require each space to be multi-functional. The same space may be dining room, office, living room, kitty petting center, etc. Changing from one function to the other means finding another place to put the computer, kitty, or whatever.

Free wifi is usually worth what you pay for it. I wonder if there will ever come a day that RV sites come with a FIOS hookup? Or a time that the charges and quality mobile internet will come closer to what we had at home?

Ok - I'm done with griping for today, back to the "Everything's rosy all the time" messaging of your regular program!