The RV Sleeping Arrangements

Oh what fun! Living in an RV! Forever camping! Not! It IS, however, an adventure! :)

Living in an RV might sound like a very romantic and quaint idea. Well...maybe...if there are two of you. And that is a very strong maybe! A lot depends on the RV. So, I am going to describe over the next few posts what living in our particular kind of RV is like...with three of us! **smile**

Our little RV is about 24 1/2 feet long. It has no...read NO...bedroom. It is what is called a Class C, which means that it has a bed over the cab. Now, the bed is actually a good size...what is called an "RV" queen. However, this RV is very old (1984?) and it does not have the head space that the modern day ones have. If my husband lays on his side he has very little room between him and the ceiling. Add to that the fact that you have to lay sideways and you have a really tight situation if someone has to get up in the night. We immediately found out that crawling over one another was just NOT an option.

So, our son sleeps up there and we make the couch into a bed every night and the bed into a couch every morning for us. We have a bedroll made up of a sleeping bag stuffed with foam. That goes under Dave, who sleeps near the window. I sleep near the aisle. A sheet goes over my side of the "bed" and over the sleeping bag. On top of that are our covers. The size of our "bed" is less than a double/full size. Dave is not a small man...so it does make things very cozy. It is narrow and it is short.

Every morning I have to carefully fold the blanket and sheets onto the sleeping bag. Then I roll the whole thing up and use straps to keep it in place. The bedroll, along with the pillows, gets stuffed into the driver's seat. The "bed" is then turned back into a couch. This is the routine twice a day...every day.

Our son keeps his bedding up in his area. This is really his only "private" space. In that space he also has a plastic bin for his clothing, a plastic bin for other belongings and a cardboard box turned sideways that faces into the main area. The box is being used like a mini-bookcase. There are also a couple of plastic file containers up there for assorted paperwork.

There is a curtain that can be drawn across the sleep area blocking some of the light and giving some privacy.

Well, those are the sleeping arrangements here in our Little RV on the Hillside!