LOVE OUT LOUD

Wow...we took our newest member of the family...."Arvey" to Kentucky.  He's 18ft long.  I was hoping it would be a touch warmer than Illinois this time of year and besides we have heat and campfires for the cool nights.  Well, our first driving trip was 7 hours long and boy was it windy.  You could feel the car and trailer moving back and forth.  We got 6.7 miles per gallon...we were told we should get about 13mpg.  Well, I hope the wind was the issue because at 7mpg it would make me re-think the size of what we were buying. Please let me know if anyone out there has an RV and can relate!
Then my son Zack was asking to go to the bathroom twice an hour....not sure if it is a sensory thing or he is just not emptying his bladder.  He is always thirsty as am I, because of our allergy meds.  Trying to limit drinks. So we arrived at our campsite at 9pm.  Cold and dark...but a easy set up.
We previously had a 1985 pop up camper.  We could not figure out cable for 3 days...had it all plugged in and nothing....read the manual...nothing.  The hubby went to talk with the campsite owner and she asked if we had our power antenna up?? Yup!! Sure did!  WaaaLaaa...Cable!
Fun discovering how to work everything. 
We were unable to have a campfire at our particular pull thru site...bummed because that is a big part of the camping experience...is it not!! ;)  It was cold and windy so we may not have sat outside long.
Then we had to worry about using the bathroom in the camper since they only dump 3 days a week...we were full by day 4 and that was really watching it.  My son took one quick...and I mean quick shower.  I will look for sewer hook ups at each site from now on.  Between my son and I we would have the tank full the first day! LOL!  Wait..I am not kidding!

Here's a pic of our little Arvey!!