Summer Vacation

Just got back from 10 days in sweltering Missouri heat, Rving with the entire family.
Things I learned:
1. Do not rent your RV the week before your trip, or you will get the RV that no one else wanted. (I would have preferred the one with the huge picture of the Alaskan coast on it, with the large bear and the fish in his mouth, instead of the boring picture of the ships overlooking the Boston harbor. This way when everyone that we pass on the highway will know that they better get out of our way instead of not taking us serious).

2. Do not try and mimic the speech of each individual that you meet along the way. (Honey, we are no longer speaking to that Asian couple, remember these people said they are from Russia, not China)

3. Never take 2 teenage girls, both with hormonal issues, and fit them into a small bed, each and everynight then, expect them to be happy in the morning.

4. Jessie James definitely had it better, even in his hideout.

5. Chiggers are things that embed themselves into your skin and do not come out until you put fingernail polish on them, or itch them till your feet bleed and weep with pus.- They are NOT a new kind of fried chicken sold at the Steak N' Shake.

6. When the clouds look dark it is ok, but when the clouds look dark, and the wind starts to blow, you have 2 minutes before you need to start running, like in the horror movies, with your arms flailing in the wind, high above your head, to "high tail" it out of there before you are engulfed in a wall of water and you end up like in Titanic.

7. Do not let your husband talk you into staying in a camp site that he says " Looks really nice" and as you pull in, hundreds of overgrown flies land on every inch of the outside of your vehicle.

8. Hotels are really, really, really the way to go!