Today we hosted a very fabulous Open ‘House’ at our little RV Park in South San Francisco, as a way of being able to show our many friends in the area our wonderful Oliver Travel Trailer, and say ‘good bye for now’ to many as we prepare to hitch up tomorrow morning to embark on our eastward trek.
It went wonderfully, and I am reminded with how blessed we are to have such a diverse and wonderful community in this area.
I am also reminded of one of the few things that a nomadic life makes it difficult to do – and that is hosting. When I lived in Florida, I had a decent sized home with a hot tub near the beach in which I frequently hosted weekend long gatherings (I don’t dare say ‘party’, because they were really much more casual and laid back than the word implies) of friends. We’d make up all the guest beds, put out air mattresses and just all enjoy hanging out, cooking, soaking, walking the beach, watching movies, playing board games, sharing music and YouTube finds. They were wonderful weekends.
Living in a small trailer of course means we don’t have room to host such things under one roof. We can do things like we did today – but had the weather been bad like the forecasts hinted at, it would have been quite miserable. But no matter the weather, folks can only hang outside at a trailer park for so long comfortably.
When the weather is better, I would like to host a campout where we can bring our house and others can camp around us. I think that would be quite fun, and a great way to bridge the gap. And I look forward to various nomadic gatherings across the country, such as NuRVers and our own Camp Nomadia at Burning Man.
But I will always miss providing a space for gathering.
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I hear ya – it is difficult not to have somewhere to hang out with friends in a laid back way. I’m looking forward to our upgrade to a rather gigantic (for us) Class A from a TT – people will be able to come stay overnight with us, but it still won’t be the same as when you’re stationary. Glad you’ve found such great groups of people to spend time with during your travels!