Our max has been three weeks, and our experience pretty much parallels
Stu's, except for the part about eating dead animals.

Cheap motel every 5 - 6 days and a good shower every other.  Sponge baths
only go so far.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Schwartz" <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: living in a westy or weekender for a few months while
travelling

> We drove cross country for 2 months last summer...with a small dog (wife
and me).  We had a good time but it did get small.
>
> We found it important to shake the bedlinens almost daily as well as sweep
the main area.
>
> We used 2-3 post max (in fact after about a week we sent a great deal of
stuff back home).
>
> The fridge wasn't really adequate (we traveled through 90 degrees most of
the time) so we had 2 coolers and purchased 2-3 days of food at a time.  Ice
2x per
> day was a must.  Since we are vegetarians most of our food didn't require
refrigeration...it was soy based and cooked already in many cases.
>
> We also stayed in hotels (super 8 mostly) once every 5-6 days for a
relaxing shower and a day off...and air conditioning.  It really helped.
>
> And even though my wife and I have lived together for almost 25 years...it
did become stressful at times...I would not "live" in it if I could help
it...but a vacation
> was okay.
>
> Good luck and have fun...
>
>
>
> --peace--
>     stu
>