Pre-trip Jitters?

[Stefrobrts]

I'm glad someone else brought this up! I've had my trailer for eight fun-filled years, and I still get the jitters even though we have a very good checklist!

[nomad3622]

Only 4 years of experience here, and I am happy to hear from everyone. I think it's healthy to worry a bit. Once I'm 10 miles down the road, I happily settle in to "life in the right lane"! Then I can't wait to get going each morning - urban or rural highways.
Enjoy Streaming!
Peter

[JFScheck]

Originally Posted by gheuer

Checklists? Yes, we have list to tell us to look at other lists.

That's funny, wait a second, I resemble that remark...

After towing the 25FB across the country and back, etc. - think with the bigger TV and Airstream I'm gonna start pre planning my fuel stops now.

[moosetags]

Lucy has been out for 824 nights and gone over 70,000 miles, and she still gets excited when she is prepped to travel. She is already getting excited about her upcoming Western excursion.

Brian

[Gene]

We've developed several pages of checklists over the years of traveling—we keep adding things too. I have lists of things to fix and service and things to improve the trailer. I refer to the lists in the lists in my appointment book (is it legal for a retired person to have an appointment book?). I bring enough tools to take a locomotive apart—and they get used too.

When we are about a mile from home I ask Barb: "What did we forget?" She might think of something, but it's another 3 miles to town where we can turn around. By that time it's not that important and there's always Walmart.

Do we worry? A bit, but we solve it with lists and checking each other to make sure we've got everything. But we do get wound up because we never seem to have enough time to get ready because we are always busy.

Fear creates lists and lists resolve fear. But it's also the sensible thing to do because it's easy to forget stuff.

I liked the story about experienced actors being nervous before going on stage because I used to get nervous for a moment before I went into court, but then I just went and did it. Once I was there I was completely calm and focused—pretty much the same thing happens by the time we get that 4 miles.

Gene

[Trex]

Originally Posted by CrawfordGene

We've developed several pages of checklists over the years of traveling—we keep adding things too. I have lists of things to fix and service and things to improve the trailer. I refer to the lists in the lists in my appointment book (is it legal for a retired person to have an appointment book?). I bring enough tools to take a locomotive apart—and they get used too.

When we are about a mile from home I ask Barb: "What did we forget?" She might think of something, but it's another 3 miles to town where we can turn around. By that time it's not that important and there's always Walmart.


Do we worry? A bit, but we solve it with lists and checking each other to make sure we've got everything. But we do get wound up because we never seem to have enough time to get ready because we are always busy.

Fear creates lists and lists resolve fear. But it's also the sensible thing to do because it's easy to forget stuff.

I liked the story about experienced actors being nervous before going on stage because I used to get nervous for a moment before I went into court, but then I just went and did it. Once I was there I was completely calm and focused—pretty much the same thing happens by the time we get that 4 miles.

Gene

Good advice Gene.....

[Michigander]

Originally Posted by Reganzo

The first week of full time travel, towing my 34 footer I had a bad case of the jitters. However the fun and thrill............ Bring it on as long as I am on the road...

Regards,

Reganzo

I'm with you Reganzo, Bring it on!!