Whether or Not There's Weather

Beginning of my icy visit to Hohenwald

Whether or not there’s weather, you just gotta go!!

One of the things you really have to keep an eye on when living in an RV is the weather. If your awning is out and it gets windy, be prepared to deal with an awning tragedy. I learned that lesson in Cedar Key, FL back in 2013.

Rain is not usually a factor, unless you have a roof leak. Back in December I returned to Thor after a Christmas party to find water dripping in around the front passenger window. Not much can be done while it is raining except try to catch the drips. A few days later I went in to Camping World in Nashville where they determined the window needed resealing. Confident things were fixed I moved on down to Hohenwald for the holidays only to find that I still had that window leak. When a friend came over to help me put up a tarp we discovered a small crack in the caulking on the roof, just above where the water was coming in at the top of the window. Ah hah….. I had a roll of Gorilla tape that much to my surprise kept the rain out until I got a warmer, dry day that I could get up on the roof and re caulk. I kicked myself for not checking the roof caulking after the first go, but then, why didn’t the service guys notice it? And why did a 6 month old RV need re caulking anyway? Oh well, the damage has been cleaned up now and no more leaks.


Thor has a propane furnace and a 13,500 BTU roof mounted air conditioner. While I’ve only used the air a

Snowy days in Nashville

 couple of times, so far it works. The furnace, on the other hand, has had a workout already. In New Mexico I used up 2 thirty pound tanks of propane. And of course I spent the coldest 3 months of the year in Tennessee. I’m not sure how many tanks I went through, but I was glad I had my buddy tank hooked up. In February I was iced in at the house in Hohenwald, and I ended up staying in Nashville an extra week in March because of the snow. Through it all my furnace kept working great.

Best way to cook

Now that I’m in Georgia during the famous April showers, I’m very glad the roof caulking is in good shape. We have had a few sunny and even downright warm days. One evening was so nice I cooked dinner on the campfire. Would like to do that again soon if I can get some of my fire wood to dry out.

Of course it is tornado season in the south, but so far they’ve stayed away from Georgia. Still I’m keeping an eye on the weather channel. My good friends Mary and Fay along with Mary’s mother Lucille have headed out on their zig zag path across the country to Alaska. The best I can tell from my last communication with them, they are heading right into tornado alley. But hey, as my dear departed husband once told me about 3am one morning as I was watching the weather channel while he tried to hurry me up to go deer hunting with him, "No matter what the weatherman says, we’re going anyway." Yep, Larry, we’re going.