For Caiqian's 30th birthday we were faced with an interesting scenario, her birthday was right on Thanksgiving but we were also in the middle of quarantine. So we decided that glamping (glamorous camping) at an Air BnB RV would be secluded enough to be safe while being more festive than just staying at home.
So we drove up to a lakeside RV. On the way, we took a detour at an outdoor restaurant (Tris) where we could have a celebratory meal while being far away from other people.
At Tris we ordered one of everything on the happy hour menu as well as a French Pear Cocktail. Little did we know that our order was massive. My favorite item was the Tris burger with English muffin bun and bacon jam. Caiqian's was a fairytale pumpkin soup. But my goodness, look how many fries we had left over at the END of our meal...
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 Kicking off the weekend with Tris |
After our ~1 hour drive we arrived at our lake-side RV named "Georgie Boy."
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| The Fit meets Georgie Boy |
We moved our stuff inside and after a night's sleep began our next morning with breakfast, namely a toasted everything bagel with lox, cream cheese, and capers.
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 Main quarters (couch, table, kitchen) |
We soon got acquainted with the RV which came with couch seating, a dining table for two, a kitchen, shower, bathroom, and bedroom.
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  Bedroom, shower, and passenger seat |
We soon learned that Caiqian's motion sickness did not pair well with an RV where everything moves whenever people walk around (or even re-adjust where they are sitting). So we tried to minimize time in the RV which was tricky since it rained on-and-off after Caiqian's birthday (thankfully on her birthday it was just cloudy). In the RV Caiqian and I enjoyed reading, playing boardgames (Thanks Nick for Codenames Duet!), playing videogames, and painting a "paint by numbers" sunflower Caiqian had purchased earlier.
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  Gaming (Codenames Duet @ top, Schotten Totten @ middle) and painting at the main table |
Our favorite part about the RV experience was enjoying the outdoors and the great location. The pictures below are from the morning of Caiqian's 30th birthday where we had a zoom call with the family and opened presents (not pictured).
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 Enjoying the back patio with lake view |
We really enjoyed the dock, which came with an awning and seating. That morning there was a perfect cool 70 degree breeze coming from the lake, it was reminiscent of perfect Switzerland-like weather.
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 Reading "The Great Library" series on the dock |
Speaking of outdoor birthday activities, Caiqian and I had great fun playing disc golf, although we threw our discs in the ditch more than a couple of times, and Caiqian rightfully pointed out how reckless I was while retrieving the discs.
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  Disc Golfing at John Burge Park |
To wrap up Caiqian's B-day celebration, I started a campfire using dryer lint we accumulated, some amazon carboard boxes, and a firewood set we purchased at Home Depot.
With the campfire going, Caiqian brought out the ingredients for our deluxe smores, Biscoff cookie wafers and Amy's Mexican vanilla marshmallows. But there was a crisis... we left the chocolate at home, and now it was Thanksgiving night!? So after some thinking I made a late night run (leaving Caiqian to tend to the fire) and managed to get a couple Dove chocolate bars from the nearest gas station. Nothing was going to ruin Caiqian's 30th birthday smores!
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   Campfire Smores and Reading |
After a delightful smores eating we sat by the fire while Caiqian read from her Kindle and protected herself from some of the heat using nearby cardboard. We decided in our next house we will get a fire pit because they are awesome.
On the last days of our stay, Caiqian and I did some unsuccessful fishing (no pics because very boring) but we did end the trip with some successful kayaking. At first Caiqian was hesistant but once I got her in the water she had a blast. We kayaked across the entire lake and made it back before one last bout of rain.
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  Canoeing Lake Conroe on the last day |
So that was our experience staying in an RV for an extended time. Overall we loved the freedom and outdoors but we decided long term we can't live in an RV due to the wobbliness and feeling that we are in a vehicle. But thanks to all who helped make Caiqian's birthday special with gifts and celebratory calls :)
