My RV is 25’ long. My driveway is not. (Although, by February, it seems longer as I shovel the drifts). It seems that I can park in the street up to 25 days each year, which will be handy for the occasional I-want-an-early-start trips, but doesn’t really address the big questions: Where do I keep my rig between trips? and Where do I over-winter my rig?
I sent out a blast email to about 30 people I know, not asking if I could park in their driveways, but rather, did they know anyone with a long driveway, or who owns a business with its own parking lot. This was a long shot, and I really had no idea what I was going to do if no one answered, but I figured, just write to anyone you know in the GTA or even as far afield as London.
Well, much to my surprise, I had two replies within 20 minutes. (Interestingly, they were the only two replies – I had half expected people to at least write and say, ‘sorry, can’t help, but a new RV sounds fun!’. But maybe they thought it was a scam email? After all it did rather come out of the blue. But I digress.) Two wonderful ladies from my women’s group each came in with a different offer (I will refer to them as Bee-lady and Gardener respectively, for privacy’s sake): Bee-lady has a patch of unused land tucked away on her property 8 minutes from my house, which will be perfect for between-trips over the summer; and Gardener has a massive covered barn about 25 minutes from my place when I can over-winter the rig. How wonderful this club is; I really do owe MB a lot for recommending CFUW when I retired. And of course, I will be paying both of these ladies rent for their property.
What a load off my mind.