In A Group vs. On Our Own

We're home again, and already looking forward to our next mini-escape. Such is the life of a future fulltimer.

With this trip behind us, we've now spent 10 nights in Bullwinkle. That's exactly equal to the number of nights we spent in our rented trusty Tioga when we went to the big ditch and back in April. (True, the nights in the Tioga were spread over 11 days...in Bullwinkle we've done it in just about a month.) We're looking forward to our next trip when Bullwinkle will represent the majority of our nights on the road.

Of our 10 nights in the new moose, we've noticed that we've spent a mere four enjoying a quiet dinner alone. That's one of the things we love the most about this lifestyle. Already, our extravert tendencies have taken the lead: six nights have been spent happily enjoying dinner in the company of others -- Winnebago groups we've met in the campground, friends we've met along the way, and an FMCA group that invited us to join them for a rally.

That leads us to an important question: How much do we do with groups vs. going out on our own?

With groups, we love meeting new people, the camaraderie, the conversation, the food, fun and good times. With ourselves we love, well, being by ourselves.

Right now, we're missing enjoying time alone with our moose. So 40/60 isn't balanced enough for us. Maybe we'll shoot for something closer to 50/50 or 60/40.

Next outing, we're definitely on our own.