1252 Days on the Road – What I’ve Learned
1252 Days on the Road – What I’ve Learned Three and a half years of RV life, thousands of miles, and a few quiet lessons the road teaches if you stay long enough. It started as a journey to destinations unknown. At least, that’s what I told myself when I first pulled out of the driveway in my 2020 Pleasure-Way XLTS. I had no real plan—just a sense of curiosity and the freedom of an open road ahead. A few weeks, maybe a couple of months, I thought. I would wander, see places I’d never seen before, and chase the kind of quiet mornings and endless horizons that only travel can give. But the road has a way of stretching time. One place leads to another, one sunrise makes you want to see the next, and before long, those “temporary” weeks quietly became 1,252 days. Long enough that the road stopped feeling like travel and started feeling like life. Somewhere along the way, I realized the road had been teaching me a few things—some practical, some deeper, and all unforgettable. Jou...