Goodbye to the RV

After driving 2,200 miles / 3,500 km in the RV, we were sorry to finally hand it back in L.A. It served us well over the last 2 weeks and it provided a certain freedom where we could pretty much go where we wanted and sleep where-ever we were.

There are a few things which we won't miss however.....the mysterious hole in the wind shield that sprays water over the driver's face whenever it rained or whenever you put on the wipers.....the annoying gas detector that sounded an annoying alarm on a regular basis, even when we weren't using the gas cooker......driving the the boxy thing across open desert when there is a 40-50mph/65-80kph cross-wind. During the 2 weeks, we've been in various diverse environments from windy mountainous roads, to long straight flat empty desert roads, to the busy city streets of Las Vegas and L.A. We've needed snow-chains in one place and air-conditioning on full in others!

Aswell, the thing drinks fuel like there's no tomorrow! It holds about 95 litres, but you can only drive 240 miles / 385 km on a full tank of gas! That is a bit worrying when driving through the Mojave Desert and fuel stations seem to be on average 240 miles / 385 km apart!! On the plus side, it did cost an average of $55-$65 to fill which was cheaper than the cost of filling Conor's old Opel Corsa (which only had a 45 litre tank....although the Corsa could drive 400 miles on a full tank!)

During our ownership of the RV, we managed to put a nasty scratch on the back bumper during a midnight 3-point-turn on a dark country road near Yosemite. We were very thankful that the RV collection place missed this scratch on her inspection and we didn't have to pay for it :)