It’s the last day of January. Can you believe it? The calendar flips over to February tomorrow, which means we’re in the middle of winter. Does it feel like winter where you are? If you’re somewhere warm, know that our staff is jealous of you!
Do you usually use or store your RV during the winter? Are you in your RV right now or is it stored away, longing for warm weather and sunshine (like us)? Tell us your answer in the poll below. Thanks!
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We just used ours as a place to quarantine a single family member with COVID.
worked well as a place to isolate for 10 days. Steve B
We live in Florida, so use it year round. We belong to a club, so do rallies every month except for summer months. During the summer most club members are off on long trips. Getting harder to find locations to accept rallies, even though we are a small group.
Late fall and winter in Florida. Late spring and summer in the Adirondacks. In its RV Port spring and fall on the Upper Cumberland Plateau in TN.
We never winterize our Class A. Instead, we built a climate controlled RV Barn.
at our home in NJ. The low outside yesterday was 8 degrees. Inside the RV barn it was 60. So, we can use it in the winter at anytime. The water bay of the motorhome is heated when traveling in freezing weather. .
We use it but then we live in SW FL 😄
It is in the Barn and the barn doors are buried in snow until late March early April.
Winter is the REASON we RV. We love living in the PACNW, except during November thru March. Since we’re retired, we winterize our coach by pointing it South and driving until daily temps reach 70* and sunny. 🙂
I’m Canadian, so I am using it in the Southern US. Hope that counts!
Winter is almost over in this area. Maybe another week.
We live in PA so some winters we use our motor home to travel south for several months but some winters we stay home and during those winters we store it.
The question is academic. We reside in Florida so our winters tend to be more mild than the rest of the US.
We live in Arizona and would love to use our new trailer, but with the Snowbirds taking up every campsite, it is nearly impossible to find a place open for more than a day or two.
Since we live in Florida winter is a couple of 3 day events and camping can be a year round activity.
We live in Idaho so we store it for part of the winter months but try to go south somewhere warmer for at least a month. However, due to the covid virus, we haven’t gone for a couple of years but will be leaving in a couple of weeks until the end of March. Looking forward to getting out of the cold weather for awhile!!!
Until last year we use it until after Christmas. We plan to resume that this year hopefully. Our season usually starts in March for our grandsons Spring Break. Maybe a quick shakedown in early March to make sure all systems work and allow time for repair if necessary.
Living in Ohio, we must winterize but that doesn’t keep us from rolling down the road for warmer climes. Heading to the east coast next month, until then the rig is stored. We try not to travel in summer and avoid the crowds, so we take advantage of the other three seasons.
We get too much cold weather to use it locally in winter. Can’t trust road & driveway conditions to get back in place if we took it some place warmer. We store at our home in NW Montana when not traveling.
This year store it. Next year back living in it.
Live in Arizona and try to use it every single month year round.
Now will I use it in the winter when I move to Michigan, hmmm.
Checked use it normally, but it is in storage now as we are in the process of moving.
Took a trip in January and have a long one scheduled for March. Normally would also go in February, but are in the process of trading ours on a new one and trying to keep the mileage from increasing much before the transaction actually occurs — mid-May?
There wasn’t a “depends” choice. Some winters we take it to our Arizona winter home, some years we store it.
Store it at home, but ready to go on a moment’s notice.
Depends on where you are in the winter. I’m in Arizona using my RV so I’ll store it some in the summer (and use it). Do a poll to find out here many snow birds there are.
We are full-time as of 09/15/05, so we are in it and headed to Quartzite tomorrow.
We store it at home – Oct – thru Mar – with “another” winter storm watch for tomorrow and Tuesday and -32f to -35f ambient air temp for Thurs. I don’t believe we will be using it!!!
Mine is locked and sets in my driveway awaiting the buds of Spring when it to will open and prepare to roam the highways.
Live in The Artic; Well, so it seems!! Next to it anyway. So Wrap RV up & Store for Winter!!
Always greets me in the Spring with a Smile & then hands me “The List”!!
Seems to know HRH real well too!! Hmmm > something wrong with this picture!!
it all depends on the meaning of ‘use’. Do I go camping? I will if the weather is warm enough. but I often use it as a vehicle for tailgates and other similar activities. It’s winterized (water lines drained, blown down and antifreezed) but it’s still a comfortable enough vehicle to use as I need..
FT since 5/9/06. Houston for this winter
I use mine more in the winter than the summer.
We live in north Texas where the weather is crazy. It was 70 yesterday and on Wednesday it’s going to be 17 with ice or snow. That’s Texas!! We store ours at home in a garage, but we use it in the winter months. We are departing our rock and stick home this month to go to Heritage Motor Coach Resort and Marina in Gulf shores/ Orange beach Alabama. We have stayed at this resort twice. Last year they were still repairing the docks and club house and office from Hurricane Sally. You can rent a boat from the resort if you choose to go out on the gulf. Looking forward to the beach, hopefully it will be nice.
My wife and I love to winter camp. For several years we used it at ski resorts. Some use to allow you to stay in their parking lot if you purchased a lift pass. One of my “bucket list” items is to camp in Yellowstone in January. Mamma says, “I don’t think so”. 😅
They say the Mammoth campground is open year around. But all the others are closed in the winter. You can ride into the park on a snowmobile, however!
Almost to our destination in southern Arizona after 1700 mi drive
I live in upstate NY and store my MH at home. It’s systems are winterized but I do take it out once in a while if the weather is nice and it’s not too cold (above 30 degrees). Earlier in this pandemic, it was our portable dining room. We’d go to a restaurant, get their take-out meal, and eat it in their parking lot. We brought hand wipes and even a bedside commode if we needed it.
What’s winter?
All year round. 4-5 months on road and Two rallies a month when home!
We live in the Seattle area and have an RV Pad in our back yard and keep the heat on when it gets below freezing. The Evergreen Winnies Chapter we belong to schedules 12 outings per year, one each month, and has done so for over the 20 years we have been members. Very few in January have ever had to be canceled. December is our Annual Christmas/Holiday party. We have missed a few due to illness or mechanical issues.