It has now been just over two weeks of full-time living in the motorhome. The transition has been effortless for the most part, but there are a few things that we are still getting used to.

The coach came with a combination washer/dryer. In theory it is great to have, but the load size is tiny, it uses a lot of water, and it takes a good long time to get things fully dry. The instruction manual says to take things out when still wet, shake and fold them, then stick back in to finish drying. This seems to keep the wrinkles down, but things like jeans can take more than ninety minutes, and are still damp inside the folds. Not a big deal since we both have plenty of clothes, but is something that we need to get used to:)

I am very comfortable cooking in my little kitchen. I have plenty of cupboard space, and once I remember where I stowed everything, it is not much different cooking in our tiny RV kitchen than any “normal” kitchen. We actually have one convenience that we have not had before–the combination convection oven/microwave. It is a microwave, a convection oven, or it can combine the two for a “fast cooking” option. We have used it as a convection oven, and it seems to work just fine for everything from baked potatoes to bar cookies. I am not sure how or why to use the fast cook setting, so we have not tried that yet.

Currently we have the convenience of using the dishwasher in the house that we are renovating, so the hardest part about washing dishes is carrying them to and from the house. We did purchase a small countertop dishwasher for the coach, but it does not hold very much. That will be a new challenge–fitting all of our dinner dishes into one dishwasher load!! I decided early on that I did not want to eat off of paper plates with plastic silverware just because we were living in an RV. I bought a set of melamine dishes and acrylic cups that have so far worked nicely. We will just have to conserve a little, and not let the dishes pile up–just like the laundry!!

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The new roof was put on. After tearing off the old roof, the house still had the original sheeting and it was badly cracked and rotted in places, so new roof sheeting was laid down and then all new materials laid down from there. Makes a huge difference, and no more leaks inside!

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