The motorhoming lifestyle offers a freedom that is not like the normal Monday to Friday (or any other daily) grind that city life limits us with. Even if you do not work Monday to Friday, each day brings us different things - we go to an exercise session on Mondays, a club meeting on Tuesdays or a community event each Saturday. When out on the road in the nomadic lifestyle the name of the day of the week makes no difference as one day blends into then next and we do not know what day it is. Next thing you know you are trying to get some groceries in the nearest town and the store is closed. It must be Sunday!!

Living in the city brings us the benefit (or not) of having not to worry about planning for groceries and other necessities as most stores are open seven days and in some cities extended hours on all seven days. Get out of the big cities and we find life a bit different in the small country towns. We have been caught-out on several occasions thinking we could stock up at the next supermarket only to find we drive into town to very quiet streets with no one about not realising which day of the week we were at!

This is not a bad thing. It's what makes the country towns what they are and makes the nomadic lifestyle what it is. That is, the freedom to wander and not worry about the fact it is Friday and I should be at work or it is Tuesday and I should be at the local P&C meeting. It is simply the day I will take a walk on the beach, discover what is over the next headland and meet some new people along the way. If I find something or someone interesting over that headland I will stay a few more days and if not I will move on to the next spot where I might pan for gold and find my fortune whatever day of the week it is.

So next time you wander into town and find it all quite and no groceries, try a new menu for dinner with what is left in the pantry, and stay another day. Wandering around a quite town window-shopping is a great pastime that gives you a feel for the town. Call into the pub and meet a few locals. Bye the time you leave a day or two later you will probably appreciate the town and its people a lot more.