In Transit
In Transit
by Mary A. Agria
It’s fun to read books that include the RV lifestyle. This novel, In Transit, set mostly in an RV park in Michigan, features Lib Aventura, age 64. She and her husband, Dan, had spent three very happy years full-time RVing. Dan had died while they were camped at Northern Lights RV park and there their motorhome sat. After a year of living with her daughter in Wisconsin, Lib decides she needed to start her own life and regain her independence. She was happiest RVing so that’s what she will do.
At Northern Lights she retrieves her RV. The park is under new ownership. She ends up staying at the park for awhile and working for the owner, Paul Lauden, even though they get off to a rough start. One of her goals is to learn how to drive the motorhome as well as be able to set up and break down the RV for travel. That is her key to independence.
It is clear this storyteller knows about RV parks, motorhomes and small town life in Michigan. They provide the backdrop for an appealing romantic story. In fact, when I asked her what her RVing experience is, here is what she replied:
"As a girl my family camped all over the U.S. After I married, my husband and I and our 4 girls started out tent camping, then on to a pop up, converted vans, used or leased moror homes and we now have a new 25 foot B+ motor home. Our greatest adventures--a 5000-mile camping trip in an RV through Europe twice when our girls were little and last summer's 2000-plus-mile book signing trip cross-country. My husband and I were out in the middle of nowhere chasing down Native American ruins in northwestern New Mexico along the way and in the campgrounds at night I was wildly at work polishing In Transit. Watching all this, one day my husband laughed and said, "You want research? Here's the keys." I grinned and proceeded to drive us through a tough 17 miles in and out of Chaco Canyon National Park...boulders and sand that gave new meaning to "unimproved" roadway."
Pick up a copy for an enjoyable read. 260 pages.