We're slowly working our way north from Florida to Michigan, and this week's stop was East Bank Campground on Lake Seminole, booked through Recreation.gov. The plan was simple: park for a week, work our normal jobs on weekdays, and explore when we're off the clock. The week mostly cooperated, with two exceptions. One was a door. The other was water showing up where water should not be.
The door that wasn't locked
Before we even arrived, we caught a problem that could have been much worse. Our RV door wasn't security locked properly, which means we'd been rolling down the highway with the door one good bump away from swinging open. We caught it in time, and now checking that latch is part of the pre-departure walkaround, right up there with the tailgate and the awning. Most of our checklist items exist because of a moment like this one.
Setting up at East Bank
The campsite itself made setup easy. We had a pull-through site, so there was no backing drama for once, and East Bank Campground sits right on Lake Seminole, technically just across the Georgia line near Bainbridge. It's quiet, wooded, and cheap compared to private parks, which is the usual trade with Army Corps campgrounds on Recreation.gov: fewer amenities, better settings. For a work week, quiet is the amenity we care about most.
The leak in the passthrough
Midweek we found water in the passthrough storage, the big compartment that runs under the front of the fifth wheel. Nothing dramatic, no dripping ceiling, just moisture where it had no business being. We spent an evening pulling gear out, tracing where it was coming from, and drying everything before mildew could get any ideas. Leaks in a rig this new are frustrating, but finding one early beats finding it after it has soaked into something expensive. If you own an RV, open your storage bays after rain. That habit has now paid for itself twice for us.
The ordinary parts of a work week
The rest of the week was the routine we rarely film but actually live: working remote on Starlink, exercising outside because the gym is wherever you park, and cooking real meals in the rig. Fabiola made lunch and showed how she actually uses the kitchen in our Brinkley Model Z 3515, which gets asked about a lot. Short version: the kitchen works like a small apartment kitchen as long as one person cooks and the other one stays out of the way.
Ending the week underground
For the weekend we drove out to Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna, one of the few places in Florida where you can tour a real cave system. Walking through limestone rooms full of formations while it's sweltering outside is a strange and great way to spend an afternoon, and the guided tour is worth the few dollars it costs. If your route ever takes you across the Florida panhandle, it's an easy detour.
One door latch, one leak, one cave. Not the week we planned, but pretty close, and that counts as a win in this lifestyle.
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