Walk. We walk. 250 steps, easily. 1,000 steps, comfortably. 5,000 steps, frequently. 10,000 steps, not as often as we would like. One of the best things about our RV trips is that it gets us out and walking every day. We pack walking shoes, we pack a pedometer (Does it count if you don’t count?), we pack our ‘get out and walk’ attitude. Parks frequently have trails, even multiple trails. We love ‘em all but we particularly like the ones that go along a lake or a bluff or some other interesting point of view.
If there aren’t any trails, we’ll walk the campground, checking out all of the campsites and all of the RVs and tents. And sometimes we decide that we would prefer to walk in a city rather than on a trail. After walking by 500 or so trees there isn’t much new to see on many trails. We drive to the nearest town or small city on our route, find a neighborhood, and begin to explore on foot. We like to see how people make a living there, is it prospering or declining, is there a good bakery or at least a bakery, and how about the local hardware store. The last time we did that, we were in the middle of a triathlon that had running, biking, and canoeing. Much more interesting than another tree!
When walking the campground we frequently stop to talk to the other campers. When we do that, we end up shortening our walk. One of the things we love about RVing is that most people in most campgrounds are mostly friendly. As we walk the campground, people wave and say ‘Hi.’ We check out the campsites so that we can advise other campers who check out RVParking.com. And if there is a campsite with an RV like ours, well, it’s absolutely necessary to stop and trade stories and talk about the pros and the very few cons. If it’s a new model that we haven’t seen before, we’ll ask for a tour and do some comparing.
Walking at Devil’s Tower in Utah we met a couple who had a brand new RV about 3 years newer than ours. After we toured theirs, they toured ours. They had bought theirs in Ohio and were driving it home to Washington, and we were able to show them a number of features they didn’t know about. Among other things, we told them about RVParking.com! And we shared with them the View/Navion discussion group on Yahoo.
We don’t mind parking at the back of the parking lot when we stop to shop; we get in more walking that way. And we don’t get blocked in! We don’t mind taking the long way around a museum; we get in more walking that way. We don’t mind climbing to the top of the nearest tower; we get in more climbing that way.
We don’t tow a vehicle. We ‘tow’ bikes. But being flatlanders, we don’t ride a lot in really hilly country. We walk.
