{"id":22922,"date":"2026-07-18T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=22922"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:57:06","slug":"inside-wild-thing-ii-july-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2026\/07\/inside-wild-thing-ii-july-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Wild Thing II: July 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No bike ride this morning. It only cooled to 67F and was humid and trying to be smoky so I bailed on a ride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m writing this just after 4:00 p.m. it is 91F, 41% humidity and smoky. 41% humidity is higher than normal for 91F in Montana … good for fire danger but noticeably more humid than typical. I’m guessing the smoke is from Oregon fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emmett and I played outside in the shade for a little while after lunch to celebrate finding his Wubba toy. It was lost for over a week and I thought I must have put it in one of the outside storage areas but finally found it wedged next to the little sofa. Sheesh. You’d think it would be hard to lose things in this small space but it happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it is not pretty outside, following are some photos from inside:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oscar on the dinette keeping an eye on the neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kitchen … small but everything I need. I wouldn’t mind a smidge more counter space but I am adapting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That is a queen size bed minus a few inches in length aka an “RV queen”. LOTS of space for clothes and bedding. The bed also lifts up on gas struts. I have an extra comforter as well as Winter coats, jackets and some of my heavier clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This corner cupboard makes a good spot for Oscar’s food. The food does not move around during travel! I have extra toiletries in the top and bottom parts of the corner pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the kitchen looking forward. I am considering removing the dinette and replacing with a counter … open section for me to have a chair and storage on the ends. Also replacing the sofa with a recliner and small flip up table. That would open that area up. Emmett could have a bed on the floor and we would have more of a “living room” area vs the aisle between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No passenger seat :). If you missed the whole story, I removed the passenger seat so Emmett could enter via the passenger door vs the RV entry. He stumbled on the RV steps twice and then refused to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The open spot also works for Emmett to nap and not be disturbed. The seat was really wasted for just me and not having it works better for all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the morning when I can have windows and door open, Oscar sits in the stairwell watching birds, people and whatever is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One outside shot from this morning. It has not been windy so I put the awning out. When the sun gets a little higher and hotter, the awning shields that side of the motorhome and keeps things a bit cooler. There is also nice shade in my site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are quite comfortable in Wild Thing II. After 5 rounds, I have storage inside and outside organized and the only “extras” on board are some toiletry stock and a few food items. It has been challenging to change my buying habits to not always buying for a large pantry! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have had the mindset for so long to keep backups of various food items, toiletries, supplies … So now I am editing my shopping list a few times so I don’t overbuy for my space. It is a bit tricky to have the bike and not a car for shopping when I am stationary but I have an insulated backpack plus a milk crate that straps to my rear carrier. I can fit plenty in those 2 carriers. The challenge there is bottled water. But, my basement storage is not full so I made a space for extra bottled water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, I am headed to Whitefish on Monday and will get the Yukon. I am very much looking forward to having a car for a bit AND also looking forward to biking in Whitefish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No bike ride this morning. It only cooled to 67F and was humid and trying to be smoky so I bailed on a ride. I’m writing this just after 4:00 p.m. it is 91F, 41% humidity and smoky. 41% humidity is higher than normal for 91F in Montana … good for fire danger but noticeably […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22936,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22922\/revisions\/22936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}