Four Friends, Five States, One RV. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
But lately I've wondered if I've gone a bit soft. A few trips with friends who would sooner give up their gallbladders than their airline status has given me a taste for the finer things in life, like room service and heated pools. So when a different friend called me up and proposed a two-week tour of the South in a rented RV, it seemed an ideal way to see just how low-maintenance I really was.
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