The RV decision made, we did most of our searching and shopping sitting at our computers with our shoes off. When we began our search, we had no idea what we were looking for, or any idea what we wanted. We chose a few advertised RV’s that sounded good and went for a first look.
The first we looked at was a huge thing being sold by an old retired queen and his partner from California who had been together for over 40 yrs. They’d thrown blankets on the steps and over the furniture to protect them from sunlight and dirt. It was decorated very tastefully. In fact, it was quite pretty! But it was too big and Tom said he was a little bit dubious of its age. Tom says that with age little things begin to break down…like seals, and gaskets and valves. We’re familiar with that phenomenon regarding our own bodies.
We went to look at another. This one was very nice, very well taken care of, low low mileage, price was right. The owners told us how they’d purchased the RV in November in preparation of retiring and traveling. Shortly after Christmas he was diagnosed with stage three esophageal cancer and is now stage four. He looked really sick, and showed us his feeding tubes. Meantime the wife told me how they’d bought the RV from a widow whose husband had died unexpectedly of a blood clot. Even though that RV seemed acceptable I was apprehensive. I know bad karma when I meet it. That RV was old folks jinxed.
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