Writing retreat research

On my way to my North Carolina writing retreat I stopped off just outside of Athens, Georgia.
Since this was my first road trip with my dog, and I wasn’t sure how she’d do spending so much time in the car, I decided to spend two nights here to break up the trip.
But because I’m a bit on the quirky side, I decided to satisfy my long-standing curiosity about RV/Campers and stay in one. I really want to set a series based on an RV trip. I even planted the seeds for it in THE HITWOMAN TAKES A ROAD TRIP.

I decided I could justify my stay as “research”.
Plus, I wanted to get a feel for whether I want to rent one next year and take myself on a cross-country adventure. I figured two nights of dealing with the small space would give me an idea how I felt about it.
This one was parked on a small farm.

I’d like to say I loved the experience, but I had mixed feelings. It wasn’t the limited space that was a problem for me; it was the movement (even though it was parked the whole time).
Maybe it was because it was fairly windy (there was even a tornado watch for a few hours) but I ended up with motion sickness.
Then, because I was feeling so sick, I turned off the ROARING fan in the hopes I could get some sleep.  I did for a few hours until the carbon monoxide detector alarm went off at 3:18 a.m. waking me and scaring the dog, who then started barking her head off.
I guess that even with the windows cracked, you shouldn’t turn off the fan. Who knew?