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One thing that is hard to deal with in the nomadic lifestyle of Rving is when people move on. It is always in the back of your mind that the people you meet and form friendships with will come to an end much more often than when you live in a conventional home.

Many folks we have met stay in touch whether we cross paths again or not. That is one of the great things about the age of technology, you can choose to stay in contact much easier than ever before. Cell phones, texting, email, these are much easier than writing a letter and hoping it finds the person somewhere like we had to do a few years back. Some folks refuse to enter the world of technology and avoid anything that is new, claiming it makes communication too impersonal. We feel the opposite way and believe it allows us to maintain a bridge with our friends no matter where they are.

Recently, one of the campworkers who we befriended last year here in Texas decided he had a case of the movin-on fever and packed up to head to newer pastures. Brian has been a great friend to us and appointed himself chief tour guide last year as he enjoys motorcycling around Texas as much as we do. He lead us around the area until we got to know the where things were and was always there when we needed help with something. One of the reasons we returned to this campground was because we knew Brian would be there, which he was, but this lifestyle does have it's drawbacks and seeing Brian leave was one of them.

Change is something we can't avoid in life no matter how much we wish we could. Everything is in a constant state of change, it just seems to happen with more frequency in the RV lifestyle than it does when you have a permanent home somewhere. In a stick and brick community, change does not happen as often as most neighborhoods stay the same for years in some areas before someone moves on. In an RV park, people are contantly entering your life and exiting it.

Before Brian left, I asked him what brought about this decision to move on. His reply was that he had been in one place for over 2 years and he was getting tired of seeing the same things everyday. He had never stayed in one location for that long after he had sold his home in New Mexico several years ago and bought a 5 th wheel. He wanted to travel the country and see everything this part of the country had to offer and had been staying in different RV Parks in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and finally Texas. He had deviated from his plans for much longer than he had intended to and decided it was time to get on the road again before the weather down here became too hot.

I can understand his desire to move on, but that will not make us miss him any less. He does have a cell phone and I'm sure we will hear from him in the near future to catch-up on his travels.

But, that is the nature of friendships formed on the road. You meet some great people, but you know it will end sometime sooner than you want it to. I guess it's part of the price you pay for being a nomad.

Does this make us want to give up the RV lifestyle? No, but it is something that you have to keep in mind when meeting people on your journey.