This was the shortest distance we had ever traveled to a campsite. I placed the blocks under the levelers and raised the front end of Chummy about 8" to achieve level and shut off the ignition. We were spending the week camping in our driveway while having the wood floors in our house sanded and refinished. We love to camp. Anywhere, anytime of the year, anyplace, we love to camp. Fran and I camp in the dead of winter and in the heat of summer. We enjoy driving rain storms, forcing us to be inside Chummy for a day; crisp winter days that snap back at you; hot sunny days to lounge on the Lafuma; and even normal days. We love to camp. When we thought about spending the week in Chummy it never occurred to us that this may be different.
Day one. We live in an older house and sometime last year the wiring from the house to the garage turned to dust. I replaced it with an extension cord hung from the back of the house to the garage. My wife starts work at 5:00A.M. gets up at 3:30A.M. She is very concerned about having an alarm clock which works. I can not sleep with a wind up clock ticking anywhere within fifty miles of my bed. I plug Chummy into shore power which is really an extension cord plugged into an extension cord which is hung from one building to another building. It works, but sometime during the day goes out. I get it to work again . My wife goes to bed with the thought of never waking up in time. Just to be safe neither of us slept.
Day Two. EAA. We live by a small private airport 50 miles south of the EAA air show. During EAA the planes use our airport as a holding area while waiting to get into EAA. During the night WWII bombers were flying rooftop level with Chummy. Just to be safe neither of us slept.
Day Three. We packed no food since we could get into our kitchen. But today they stained the floors leaving the house filled with a horrible odor. Fran and I went out and had a wonderful Mexican dinner. However, we ate much later than we usually do and were unable to use the basement bathroom in the house due to the odor. Just to be safe, neither of us slept.
Day Four. We are not happy campers. Three sleepless nights and today Fran is off of work. The temperature is rising everywhere. For the first time ever we can think of nothing to do. We eventually decide to see Robin Williams in RV and love the movie. Come home to discover there is a problem with the finish coat on the floors. They might have to start over. Neither of us slept.
Day Five. We move back home. One laundry basket of dirty clothes and a stack of newspapers. The floors need to be redone but we can walk on them. The contractor said he could fix them without us having to move out again. We slept well that night.
Day Ten. The floors are finished and look spectacular. We are well rested and have several camping trips planned. All of our future trips will be far from our driveway
