motor home : Life in a motor home has its moments pt1
It takes a few minutes and a paper towel for Cheryl Barnholdt to clean her kitchen and bathroom floors.
“I don’t have much to clean,” said Barnholdt, who lives year-round in a 25-foot motor home.
Barnholdt has spent the past seven summers working for Wall Drug Store (See related story on Page A1).
Life in miniature has its advantages and disadvantages, according to men and women who have forsaken the solid foundation of home for a mobile lifestyle that allows them to explore the country and earn a living as “workampers.”
“Life is easier and lighter, if gas was just cheaper,” Dottie White said. White and her husband, Jake, still have a house in Mississippi where a son lives.
For the Whites, home is a recreational vehicle parked in the small RV park that South Dakota’s 1880 Town provides.
“I packed the good stuff and the kids took all the furniture,” White said.
“Living in miniature is not fun,” Kanda Schurr, another 1880 Town workamper, said. Living in close quarters with your spouse 365 days a year means you can never get away from each other, Schurr said. “You’re always just right there.”
On the flip side, the lack of space limits not only your wardrobe, but your neighbors.
“So you wore the same thing six days in a row,” Schurr said. “Everyone understands.”
And, what about all those special things you have to give away or leave behind in a big storage unit?
After living in a motor home for six years, Texan Alberta Keys admits she is starting to miss her things.
Keys and her husband, Tom, are back for their fifth summer at South Dakota’s 1880 Town.
“There are times when I wish I was settled,” Keys said.
She misses the convenience of having a pet door and a fenced yard for the dogs and the luxury of slipping off alone for a little quiet time.
By Andrea J. Cook, Journal Staff Writer
“I don’t have much to clean,” said Barnholdt, who lives year-round in a 25-foot motor home.
Barnholdt has spent the past seven summers working for Wall Drug Store (See related story on Page A1).
Life in miniature has its advantages and disadvantages, according to men and women who have forsaken the solid foundation of home for a mobile lifestyle that allows them to explore the country and earn a living as “workampers.”
“Life is easier and lighter, if gas was just cheaper,” Dottie White said. White and her husband, Jake, still have a house in Mississippi where a son lives.
For the Whites, home is a recreational vehicle parked in the small RV park that South Dakota’s 1880 Town provides.
“I packed the good stuff and the kids took all the furniture,” White said.
“Living in miniature is not fun,” Kanda Schurr, another 1880 Town workamper, said. Living in close quarters with your spouse 365 days a year means you can never get away from each other, Schurr said. “You’re always just right there.”
On the flip side, the lack of space limits not only your wardrobe, but your neighbors.
“So you wore the same thing six days in a row,” Schurr said. “Everyone understands.”
And, what about all those special things you have to give away or leave behind in a big storage unit?
After living in a motor home for six years, Texan Alberta Keys admits she is starting to miss her things.
Keys and her husband, Tom, are back for their fifth summer at South Dakota’s 1880 Town.
“There are times when I wish I was settled,” Keys said.
She misses the convenience of having a pet door and a fenced yard for the dogs and the luxury of slipping off alone for a little quiet time.
By Andrea J. Cook, Journal Staff Writer
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