Escapees May-June 2024

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Location is Key I'm a fairly spry 71, meaning that I'm only starting to fall apart physically.Mentally, I'm about the same as I always was, working to capacity and learning new things. But, some things never change, as I was reminded just last night. Going to check the time, I suddenly won dered, where was my phone? T he telephone used to be wired into the wall until some smart person decided to keep it in their pocket. This brings back a memory I have of a contest for third graders during the hype that ushered in the Seattle World’s Fair of 1962. If you were in third grade in Seattle from I960 to 196I you had a chance to enter this contest, predicting how things would be different in 50 years. That was when one cocky third-grader, a girl just like me, albeit smarter, predicted that in 50 years we would all have phones in our pockets. The Seattle papers took a picture of her, 50 years later. She looked good for 58. As a matter of fact, so did I. But she won! Why didn't I think of that? What could have been easier? “Everyone my age should have a friend who is young enough to help you with your machines, but old enough to be proud of themselves.” But now, smart phones invented by even smarter people, which our Seattle third grader in her wildest dreams really could not have predicted. Sure, to make a call from your pocket, easy to predict, at least for her. But to do international banking while your Tesla with no real engine tells you it's ready to go? Many great machines have made our lives just a little more complicated. I’m thinking of the tiny square piece of plastic that fi nds your phone for you. Everyone my age should have a friend who is young enough to help you with your machines, but old enough to be proud of themselves. Just such a friend set up my little phone fi nder. Right away it stopped working, actually, as soon as I was out of sight of this friend. I kept it in my purse for a few months in case it might come back to life. But last night I didn’t have that little square piece of plastic.

What I love about the Brinkley: • I can jump and not hit the eight-foot ceiling. • I have a seltzer drawer in a 16 cubic-foot fridge. • A residential shower that makes me feel like I’m on vacation every time. • Dumping tanks that require only a simple push of abutton. • I can charge my phone in 20+ outlets with with USB charging stations throughout. • It doesn’t have a typical RV mattress that needs to be switched out or upgraded with a memory foam mattress topper. • Taking so many showers with a 75-gallon freshwa ter tank. • No waiting for hot water since it has a tankless on-demand water heater. • A big kitchen island with mood lighting. • One hundred and thirty cubic feet of exterior storage. • Amazing customer service readily available. • Brinkley RV Facebook groups and events. I never thought I’d be living in my dream home, and I still pinch myself every day. If you haven’t explored the Brinkley name, do yourself a favor and check it out at most local RV shows and dealerships. You will not be disappointed! Kelley Welch #173565 (This article was written for general informational purposes only. I am not a ffi liated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way o ffi cially connected to the Brinkley RV company.)

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ESCAPEES Magazine May/June 2024