Colin Perkins
The Number of the Day: 450,000
by Colin Perkins - September 8, 2010 - 3:25 AM

The Recreational Vehicle Industry Association estimates that around 450,000 “households” are comprised of families who live and travel the country in their RV year-round.

Related Fact: The very first RV, the Pierce-Arrow’s Touring Landau, was first unveiled one-hundred years ago in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Have you logged any miles in an RV?

[Source: Smithsonian. See previous Numbers of the Day here.]

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Comments (9)

  1. MY recreational vehicle.

    -”BB”-

    posted by Bicycle Bill on 9-8-2010 at 3:42 am

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    -”BB”-

    posted by Bicycle Bill on 9-8-2010 at 3:43 am

  3. No, but I have spend THOUSANDS of kilometers behind RVs traveling to and from Holland from Italy. I never want to see an RV ever again. I might get caught stabbing its tires.

    posted by Kate in Italy on 9-8-2010 at 5:51 am

  4. I would love to be one of those people who live year round in an RV travelling the country. It’s just not really practical with the life I lead. Maybe if I was not married and didn’t have any children I could pull it off. Maybe one day, a long way down the road when I retire, my wife and I could do it. 35 years to go… sigh.

    posted by Red Bunny on 9-8-2010 at 9:03 am

  5. my parents bought an RV instead of helping me pay for collage :(

    posted by kat on 9-8-2010 at 10:17 am

  6. Moved from New Hampshire to Arizona in 1980 via RV — showed our kids how big the U.S. really is — we had a blast!

    posted by Dolly on 9-8-2010 at 12:37 pm

  7. My husband and I sold everything and bought a 15 ft RV that we traveled in for a year and a half. We also had an irish wolf hound and a cat with us. It was great and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Our next adventure is to buy a boat and sail around the world, but we aren’t quite there yet with our sailing skills.

    posted by tanya on 9-8-2010 at 1:46 pm

  8. @ Kat–you can make a collage out of anything–pictures, trinkets, etc. I would hardly think you need your parents help.

    As far as your education is concerned, you may consider a community college?

    posted by Wayne on 9-8-2010 at 1:58 pm

  9. My sons and I travelled from Oakland to Montana with my sister’s family last year. It was too small to sleep all of us, despite renting the larger size that supposedly could sleep 10 (there were only 7 of us.)

    The kids watched movies and the adults rotated driving. After Reno, Nevada thru to Utah is one boring stretch. North from Salt Lake to Montana gtot old, but rolling hills and mountains were nice.

    Going was okay, but the return trip had everyone on edge and angry. It took months before we talked to each other.

    posted by gamerjohn on 9-10-2010 at 10:05 pm

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