I recently completed my driving lesson, and I had so much fun. I was a nervous wreck both Friday and Saturday, but Randy Stanhope was wonderful. We went over everything as outlined, safety, knowing our RV, basic rules of the road, etc. The first day, we drove around our storage lot where I learned how to get out of our parking space without running over anything, how to turn corners, how to back straight up, and how to park in a simulated camping site.

Once I got home, I felt a little overwhelmed with everything and was pretty nervous on Saturday, especially since rain was in the forecast. After we talked more about the RV and more basics, we hit the road. I drove up to a campground we love to go to, which is about 20 miles away. There are two campgrounds on either side of a Forestry lake. The south campground is closed due to a lightning strike, so I drove in and turned around. The north campground is a little smaller and you have to cross two very narrow one way traffic bridges. I warned Randy that they were narrow, but he didn’t really believe me about just how narrow. My husband said he wished he’d taken a picture of Randy’s face when he saw the bridges. I safely negotiated them, and when I got past the second one without dragging a mirror off, he said “You passed.” We laughed.

He’s the best He’s very knowledgeable about all aspects of RVing and made me feel comfortable. I know both my husband and I learned a lot from him. I feel very confident that I can drive the RV. BTW, the reason for the lesson was my husband was diagnosed with cancer when we were on a camping trip 7 hours from home in May 2019. Of course, I couldn’t come home anyway at the time because he was in the hospital for one month. He wanted me to be prepared in case anything else happens when we’re on the road.

I can’t express enough how valuable this lesson was. I can’t wait to hit the road in the very near future. I may fight my husband to get behind the wheel.

Best regards,