Travel Our Year Away: Six months and a little break

While we have been on a little break from travel, first at Grandma and Grandpa's house, then up on our family's annual trip to Hampton Beach, NH, we passed a major milestone of six months on the road. We have traveled a vast distance, and been blessed to see things that most people never see in their lives.

We traveled from CA to NV to AZ then UT (back to NV and AZ), CO,NM, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, (back to AL, MS), TN, AR, (back to TN), KY, (back to TN), NC, SC, (back to NC), VA, DC, MD (back to VA, DC, MD) DE, NJ, NY, CT, MA, NH and now, back to MA for a total of 25 states (and DC) in half of a year which is a very nice even number, half of the states in half of one year.

Over the course if the next few months, we'll tack a few more states onto our list as we venture back to the Thor factory for rehabilitation of the RV. I'm torn as to what I am looking for from this rehab. On the one hand, I am grateful that they are going to fix the things that are broken and whatnot, but on the other hand, I am not confident that it will be enough, and that the issues we've had will continue, particularly with systems that have never worked properly such as the windshield wipers and the jacks.

The windshield wipers were not initially a huge issue, however the fact that they've been tended to six times and still malfunction does not make me confident that they'll be repaired completely and properly. The jacks have had repairs to the electrical system, hydraulics and the motor and they are still not properly set to auto-level.

I almost hope that they'll offer to take the darn thing back and just let us start over, but at the same time, our six month journey has been in this RV and despite it's flaws, we have come to love the Bratmobile and call it home. Hopefully something can be done to rectify the issues, but I am not feeling confident right now.