RVing Creates Unique Opportunities for Portable Hobbies

I enjoy seeing the country through the windows of our RV and I especially like wildlife sightings. I enjoy the antelope in Wyoming, the moose in Maine, gators in Florida, eagles in Oregon, sea otters in California and roadrunners in the deserts of the great Southwest. One of our hobbies is bird watching. Well, not that kind of bird watching, no, we’re out in the field with binoculars and a bird book. Two days ago I saw a roadrunner cross the street in front of me (actually he was walking). I started thinking about the fact that RVing allows us to travel all over North America enjoying a hobby that would not be practical otherwise. In order to see birds of many different species you either have to wait for them to come to you or you have to go to where they are. If you’re stuck in one geographical area, then you’ll be limited on how many types of birds you’ll see. We photograph as many birds as possible and print them out and put them in a binder along with information about the places we saw them. It acts as a kind of a RV travel log. After we spend some time in Arizona where I’ll be reporting on the happenings in Quartzsite, we’ll be headed across to Texas and down to the Rio Grand Valley to photograph the birds of that region. Many RVers enjoy hobbies on the road like photography, geocaching, biking, painting, boating, off-roading, fishing, needlepoint, golf, scuba, racquet sports, astronomy, history, writing, and genealogy studies to name a few. Some hobbies aren’t very portable and not well suited for the RV lifestyle, but for rock-hounds, history buffs, artists and golfers RVing opens up a whole new world of possibilities. An RV allows you to bring your transportation, hotel, luggage, hobby gear and dining facilities with you wherever you go at a fraction of the cost. If both husband and wife have portable hobbies they take along in the RV they’ll be more satisfied with the RV lifestyle. Hobbies add to your overall quality of life, so next time you go RVing, bring them along. With a birds-eye view on portable hobbies - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing