In April of 2019, my wife and I purchased our first RV so that we could travel around our beautiful country.  Of course, we had to buy an RV that would accommodate two humans and two dogs.  To be honest, I don’t think any RV would be enough room for Titan and Choctaw because they play continually and the chasing of each other is endless.  Nevertheless, we bought a Class C that’s 32 feet long.  It accommodates us for now but who knows what the future holds.

Our first outing in the RV was the week after we purchased it.  We actually went on a retreat with the dealership that sold us the RV.  The dealership hosts four different outings through each calendar year at various campgrounds throughout the country and their first outing was at Catherine’s Landing in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  This was perfect for us because we had no idea how to hook up the RV so it was going to be a beneficial weekend to say the least. We decided to leave Titan and Choctaw at home so that we didn’t have the extra stress of taking care of them and learning about our new RV.  Choctaw stayed at a pet resort that she loves to go to and Titan stayed at another K9 Officer’s residence.  Due to Titan being a retired police dog, we can’t just take him anywhere to stay.

The following Friday after we purchased the RV, we left on our weekend outing.  When we arrived at Catherine’s Landing, we were very impressed with the campground.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  My wife and I looked at each other and both agreed that we could get use to this type of camping and traveling.  When we entered the gate area, an employee handed us some paperwork and another employee escorted us to our RV site.  Once we pulled into the site, we notified the dealership employees that we were there.  These guys were on the ball because we didn’t have to wait long for them to help us. While these guys were helping us with the hook up process and educating us on how the RV functions, we didn’t realize we were responsible for buying certain hook up items.  I honestly thought all those items came with the RV. The only thing that we had was an electrical cord which provided electricity to the RV.  We needed water hoses, TV cable, and RV hoses for the grey/black hookups.  My wife drove to a nearby store and purchased the items that we needed.  I guess you could say this was our first lesson to learn.  Once we were all hooked up, we stood back and admired our new RV and the campground surrounding us.  The campground was by a lake and it was so peaceful.  As you can tell by the photographs below, we were really roughing it on our camping trip. This weekend happened to be the weekend of the Kentucky Derby so my wife was wearing her little derby hat.

Needless to say, our first outing in the new RV was such a great experience.  Once we got through all the hookup issues in the beginning, it was a wonderful weekend.

In June of 2019, my wife and I retired from law enforcement.  Titan also retired and legally became our dog.  My wife had been a law enforcement officer for 25 years and I had been a law enforcement officer for almost 21 years.  We both enjoyed our careers so retiring was a hard choice for us.  The many years of service was starting to take a toll on both of us so we decided to start a new journey in our lives. At the time we retired, my wife and I had been together for 19 years and all we knew was law enforcement.  We wanted to experience life and we knew there was more to life than what we were doing.  And, the fact that Titan and Choctaw could come with us made the thought of the journey even better.  Life was good.

Next up, Titan and Choctaw’s first trip in the new RV!!