RV's

Recreational Vehicles - the Brits call them caravans

A few years ago we visited the Pomona RV fair.  We thought that it would be a fine idea in our retirement to buy a rig and explore the country - I had a slight wish to visit Newfoundland, where I had never been.  As we were lining up to go in, an old man, who overheard our accents, uttered the dreaded words: "Where y'awl from, then?"  It's hard to avoid this and there often follows a long list of questions and statements which we try to answer before tiring of it all.  That often only takes a few seconds, and it's immediate when asked if we know the queen!
After our time at the exhibition, we were driving home, and I asked She Who Must Be Obeyed (S.W.M.B.O.) where she wanted to travel to in the US.  She said she didn't like driving, and by the time we hit Running Springs she confessed to only wanting to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Cost: one trailer  -$20,000; One truck to haul the aforementioned - $35,000, plus the continuing problem of answering the question: "Where y'awl from, then?"  Result, I shan't be driving to Newfoundland anytime soon!