EDIT: For those who are asking, this is my mom’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEux2uQo6yzgqdqtcxjNOQg

I’d like to take a moment and welcome all the new viewers coming from various places around the internet in the wake of the Bertha/Tilly the Twooth trade last week.

I’m Jon and I’m a software developer. My current gig is in Phoenix, Arizona (right in the middle of Sweltering Hell season, at that!), and I live in my 30′ Thor Hurricane with my cat, Figaro.

It’s been a wild ride so far this year, and I hope you all decide to come along for All The Adventure, None of the Scurvy!

–== 2015 Cost of RV Life ==–
205 Days on the Road
42 Free nights
176 Paid nights
218 Total nights

2015 Total Spent: $9188.99
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging only): $21.81/day
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging + fuel): $34.01/day
2014 Average Daily Cost: $43.49/day

–== WHERE AM I NOW? ==–
Follow my adventures in realtime at: http://www.YarrVee.com

At the end of July, I left my mom in Sacramento and headed down to Phoenix to start a gig helping a customer implement the software platform I support in their company.

While doing that, I got to hang out with Mary for a while, and I got to go over the Grapevine in a Gas Coach – so I was able to form an opinion about the great Gas Vs. Diesel Vs. Hills debate.

Gas wins.

–== 2015 Cost of RV Life ==–
201 Days on the Road
44 Free nights
170 Paid nights
214 Total nights

2015 Total Spent: $9114.47
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging only): $21.87/day
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging + fuel): $34.29/day
2014 Average Daily Cost: $43.49/day

–== WHERE AM I NOW? ==–
Follow my adventures in realtime at: http://www.YarrVee.com

Just a quick note to everyone as I hook up the Mini Toad and hit the road for Scottsdale, Arizona!

Thank you all for your comments and subscriptions and well wishes over the last couple of days! I’m so very fortunate to have all my friends along for All the Adventure, None of the Scurvy!

There’s so much more than YouTube to my Adventure! Don’t forget to sign up for notifications at http://www.YarrVee.com so you can come along for The Rest of The Story – Blog Posts (I’ll be posting a series of ‘deep dive’ articles about the costs of RV living vs. Apartment Living this week), Instagram photos, Twitterpation and a lot more!

YARR!

After Eric spent most of the night in the comparative cool (80s cooling into the 70s, vs. the high of 106 yesterday) moving into Tilly the Twooth, Nomadic Fanatic and I delivered Bertha to my mom this morning. She was delighted. The van is so much smaller than the Tioga, she feels much more comfortable in/with it than she did the Tioga.

It’s obvious that Teah likes the new space MUCH more than she liked either the YarrVee or Tilly the Twooth, as well.

Off camera, my mom and I discussed the fact that the van is an E350 and has a towing capacity somewhere around 6000-7000 pounds. There is a very real possibility that the most feasible way for her to see the country in her golden years would be to ditch the rack on the back of the van, and substitute a moderately lightweight (3000-5000 pound) travel trailer – she could tow the trailer to a location, then use the van for overnight trips to see the sights away from her temporary home base.
(Of course, she’d need Lojack and a solid hitch lock on the trailer, but those are just details)

–== 2015 Cost of RV Life ==–
198 Days on the Road
42 Free nights
169 Paid nights
211 Total nights

2015 Total Spent: $9098.93
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging only): $22.1/day
2015 Average Daily Cost (lodging + fuel): $34.71/day
2014 Average Daily Cost: $43.49/day

–== WHERE AM I NOW? ==–
Follow my adventures in realtime at: http://www.YarrVee.com