2014 Wrapup: Where the YarrVee did, and didn’t, go…
Posted by YarrVee on Jan 10 2015, in All Posts, Trip Report
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen a few fellow Fulltime RV Bloggers including Eric and Brittany, Tim and Amanda, and Leigh and Brian post summaries of their travels in 2014. I thought I would follow suit – not so much because anything interesting happened in 2014 (I’m just getting started), but rather as a retrospective for the future. A guide to where I started the journey.
Number of States: 1
Number of Overnight Stops: 3
Where I Stayed: 1 private campground, 1 parking lot, 1 RV/Mobile Home park
Free vs. Paid: 2/3 locations were paid.
Camping Fees
Total: $1,112
Monthly Average: $556.00
Nightly Average: $18.65
October 2014 – Purchase
The YarrVee was purchased at CampingWorld of Golden. The purchase process was very, very smooth. The after-purchase support…not so much. Once that fiasco was resolved, we did enjoy our short stay the Garden of the Gods RV Park as well as the 2014 Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races. I forgot to take any pictures. …sigh…
We left the RV in a parking lot adjacent to our apartment, or parked on the street through most of October.
November 2014 – Skylark Mobile Home Park
On the 1st of November, the YarrVee got the first of many monthly homes. The Skylark Mobile Home and RV Park in Lafayette, Colorado.
The YarrVee’s new home – before the snow and the record breaking cold…
November saw a record breaking cold snap around Veteran’s Day. On Sunday the 9th it was 74 degrees. We knew that the cold was coming, so we went to Home Depot and bought a 1500 watt oil-filled electric heater, a utility light and a 100 watt bulb for the water bay, and heat tape + insulation for the water lines.
On Monday, the high temperature was 65, and the low was 14.
On Tuesday, the high was 17, and the low was 6.
On Wednesday, the high was 6, and the low was -7.
On Thursday, the high was 10, and the low was -11.
On Friday, the high was 30, and the low was 0.
The cold weather didn’t really break until early the next week. The interior of the coach did stay above freezing during this whole period, if only by a few degrees, and I haven’t (yet) seen any evidence of damage, though I think the 110 side of the water heater may have burned out. I’ll have to check it further in 2015.
In late November, I had a job interview…
December 2014 – Back to the Shop
December 3rd was my last day at Denver International Airport, where I had worked for over half my adult life. December 8th was my first day working a gig as a contract ServiceNow developer for a company in Niwot. At this point, I think it’s the move with the biggest successful risk/reward I’ve ever made.
December 22nd, I got a call from CampingWorld that the seat parts they’d ordered from THOR had finally come in. When the coach went back to CampingWorld for a couple of weeks in December, two things happened – my month old Galaxy Tab4 was stolen out of the nightstand drawer (“Not responsible for valuables left in your coach”) after I forgot to retrieve it when the coach was dropped off Christmas Eve – and while they had it, they broke the power steering pump.
And that wrapped up 2014…
Here’s to a more adventurous 2015! (I hope it’s the good kind of adventure!)