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This is one of several questions we are often asked when
people find out we are full-time RV’ers.
Another question that we have probably always been asked but never gave
it much thought is, “Where are you from?”
For a quick reply, we often say Auburn, AL since that is our current legal
residence. There are certain Federal and
State legalities that require residents to have established residency. However, it is more difficult for us to
answer since we lived in several different locations during my military
career. As times moves on, we may or may
not retain a residence in Auburn, AL and it may become harder to answer what is
typically a simple question.
Speaking of states and maps, it has been about 10 months
since we added a new sticker to our RV map.
Many RV owners add these maps to their rig to show where they have
been. Some people ask, "Are those all the states you have been too?" There are no hard and fast rules
on what qualifies as sticker worthy.
Some people add stickers if they drive through a state while others add
them if they stay overnight in the state.
We decided that we would only add a state sticker if we actually spent a
night in The Bus there. Just because we
visited a place in the past and may have even camped there in a previous RV, we
felt The Bus needs to qualify its own experiences.
We left Alabama after having new Koni shocks installed on
The Bus at Red Bay Diesel and made a short stop at the National Corvette Museum
in Kentucky. I appreciate all types of
cars, and even though Corvettes are not my thing; I enjoyed seeing the
beautiful examples on display. It was
sad to see the ones on display that were crushed by the sinkhole under the
museum a few years ago.
We selected a campground near Frankfurt, KY and paid for a
week. This would give us enough time
for me to get my work hours in and also see a few of the distilleries along the
Bourbon Trail. The official Bourbon
Trail passport is more of a marketing gimmick where several of the large
producers award a t-shirt for visiting all the ones listed in the passport. There are many other distilleries in the area
that you can also visit and all of them offer tours to the public. We picked out a few to tour and called it
good. Hey, they are all making booze and
its pretty much the same process. It was
surprising how much Bourbon and Whiskey is made in this area. There are literally more barrels of whiskey in
Kentucky than residents. 
Another question we get asked is “Do you cook in your
RV?” Certainly, we do. We have a full
kitchen including a dishwasher. The
convection/microwave oven took a bit of getting use to as it cooks differently
that a typical oven. Pattie was given
some sourdough starter by my mother recently and decided to try and bake fresh
bread. She followed my mother’s recipe
and the results were fantastic.
This was our first overnight stay in Kentucky so we were
able to add the Kentucky sticker to our map.
From here, we plan to head north to cooler weather.
Thanks for keepingupwiththejonesrv!
RV Tip: Knowing the tire
pressures and temperatures on your RV and anything it tows can alert
you to trouble before it becomes a crisis.
We added the EzTire monitoring system to The Bus and the Jeep this
month. It is easy to install and wirelessly
receives data that is presented to the driver on a small screen. Now if the Jeep develops a flat tire, I
should know before a motorist pulls along side blowing their horn and waving frantically.
