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hasanchez · hasanchez

Hi Everyone, My name is Henry Sanchez, along with my wife, Ann, we will be fully retiring in about 2-1/2 years. I'm not waiting till I retire to do all the research I possibly can regarding this life style of RVing around our beautiful country. Going "full time" is more than likely no...

jncrowe12 · jncrowe12

Hello everyone, nice to meet you all!

dstocum · dstocum

We’re David and Richard, we hope to be full time RVers starting in June 2016.We’ve been together for 16 years and married for 6 months (Aug 2015). We will be traveling with our two dogs, Shilow, a 16-year-old Border Collie and Scooter a 1-year-old Shiatzu Chihuahua mix. Our 18-year-old, Rio, is sta...

mh3860sh · mh3860sh

we are going to florida next week with the intent of buying our new home. currently live in wisconsin, but when dw retires in june, we will use texas as our home state. my question-- is there a legal way to avoid paying sales tax,registration and title fees to wisconsin? not sure how this works. thanks

myCatalina · myCatalina

We have been camping in our Coachmen Catalina Class C for over 15 years and each trip or camp out never seems to last as long as we would like so we are considering taking a year out and enjoying the USA. Our 2 oldest are now in college and we just sold our house (living in a rental until we decide what to do) so...

JeepGypsies · JeepGypsies

Hey all. We were glad to meetup with everyone in Quartzsite today. We told you a little about us but for those who were not there. We are Corey and Jen. We are fulltimers since Sept 2014. We have a dog named Piggy. We have a class A 2003 Tiffin Allegro Bus 32IP and tow a 1998 Jeep Wrangler for adventuring. We s...

AZaficionado · AZaficionado

Well, we have purchased a 2005 Winnebago Journey 36G and love it. We did much research on different models and really love this floor plan. Amazingly we found a great deal on a one owner coach close by in Prescott, AZ (we live in Tubac, south of Tucson). We are having a great time making it 'ours' as we get r...

RichandEmme · RichandEmme

Hi All, We (my wife and will be 2 year old) are looking to hit the US in a couple of years and all going well (VISA's) hope to spend 1 year to 18 months travelling in an RV, seeing and doing as much as we can. I have always loved the US and the people and have visited a few times over the years. we both decided to tak...

J and S · J and S

Hello! We are a retired couple from the Netherlands and fulltimers. The reason I subscribed here is because in Europe fulltiming is not very common and there are no fulltiming forums. I have browsed through your forums and already found very interesting topics. We are currently travelling through...

Hinterland · Hinterland

Glad to be here. Really liking the name of this forum - RV Dreams. Perfect!We are Full Time RVers in Canada. Recently sold our home and everything in it, and packed ourselves into our little Okanagan and headed from Alberta to the interior of British Columbia. Living our dream and so very glad to be do...

New Member · Roamin Richards

We just joined the RV-Dreams group. Have a 2000 R-Vision Condor Class A Motorhome. 34ft. long, 1 slideout, 454 chevy fuel injected gasser, low miles(10,276). Been to Cherokee, NC and San Antonio, TX on trips. Love our class a. 2016 trip planned for September 2016.

jandtbrooks · jandtbrooks

We're newlyweds with a good-size (but friendly) pup who were transferred recently to the south San Jose area. Having determined that our living budget only allowed us the worst of apartments, we bought a brand new travel trailer and a TT membership. We're in our first week at the Morgan Hill TT, and d...

SuzieQ · SuzieQ

I've been "hanging out" here for a few months and finally decided to join. My name is Suzie. I'm an accountant and Hubby is a retired firefighter. We've been talking about "doing the RV thing" for about 10 years. We were actively looking at it about 8 years ago and had a 2 year time f...

Wishing63 · Wishing63

Hello ... I'm not even a part-time rver yet but I've been thinking/dreaming/wanting to for so long, since 1999 in fact. Should have done it then! Now, however, I'm on SSD have some disabilities (well duh SSD) ... anyway, I want to do this so badly, but I don't know that I have the financial structu...

PS5039 · PS5039

Hello from Arizona. New to the site. Have been looking thru differant areas and havent found anything on RVing it to Alaska from AZ. Wife and I would like to take that drive the Fall of 2016.

PrairieRV · PrairieRV

I am currently planning to start full-timing in the next few years. I am 60-something, single and mostly retired. I live with my Pa, who is 90, and help him take care of his household. I'll be staying put as long as he is with me. (My brother and his son also live with us.) My main hobby is touring on my C...

David and Cheryl · David and Cheryl

Woohoo! One year from today--July 1, 2016--we'll be full-timers! We first started thinking about this in the spring of 2014, as Cheryl was recovering from one of five surgeries she had that year for early-stage breast cancer. We almost lost her during the first one due to an unexpected complication...

dblstack · dblstack

Hi,I guess you can tell I am new here.Will be fully retired in two months at 62. Never had a regular store bought rv,always tented or threw stuff in a van. Been traveling by Amtrak the last decade but wanna stop more along the way at my pace. I don't need anything fancy,I kinda keep it simple.I like the Spri...

AudreyLynn · AudreyLynn

Hey y'all, I'm AudreyLynn. I'll start with the bio and go from there. I'm the widow of a retired military veteran, raised 6 kids and have 9 grandchildren. I've been researching the nomadic lifestyle for a few years now and originally thought I wanted to live on the road in a Van. I imagined myself bei...

Jeff and Gwen · Jeff and Gwen

Well we are no longer lurkers on this site! Hooray. We are waiting for the house to sell and we will be on the road! After gathering all of our toys and getting the right vehicles we are ready to hit the road. Looking forward to meeting many of you on the Trail. We are planning on going to the 2016 rally in Te...

rodeojoe · rodeojoe

I am excited to be part of this site. I can't wait to learn more about RV options and to share what I do learn along the way. -- Edited by rodeojoe on Wednesday 16th of December 2015 10:46:04 AM

melody · melody

Greetings forum folks! I'm new to the forum but I've been reading and admiring the blog for a few years, and I got to attend the Fall Rally this year, so shout out to Howard and Linda and all the nice people I met at that event, what a great group! My status is, the house is determined to fight me every step of...

Torn_In_TN · Torn_In_TN

Hello everyone, I am sorry for the anonymity but due to the topic and all, I don't want family or friends knowing what could be up should we decide to do this. And thus far, things are stacking into the "YES lets do this" pile. Hmm, maybe I should seek out folks that say "NO, DONT DO IT!&...

mrogersmike · mrogersmike

Hello all! We (Sheila and I) aren't quite ready to pull the trigger on FT'ing yet. We still have a one or two responsibilities to fulfill. We are looking forward to it though. We already enjoy traveling and head to AZ as often as possible in the winter. I save all the time available to me for the winters. I...

boxyadventure · boxyadventure

Hi everyone ~ We are Dave and Lisa and we have just recently started to plot our escape from corporate america! We live in the Charlotte NC area and we are in our early 50s. When we found out the manufacturing plant Dave works for is closing and he will eventually be out of a job, it gave us the opportunity...

MovinAndAGroovin · MovinAndAGroovin

Our dream is slowly becoming a reality... My wife and I purchased a new Grand Design Solitude 366DEN over Thanksgiving weekend. YA HOOO! Got a great deal! The Dealer is storing the unit for us over the winter and we will have it delivered in the spring to start loading up with all of the essentials. I woul...

Jcently · Jcently

Hello Everyone, After almost a year of planning, searching literally hundreds of sites, blogs and RV options, and going to dealers and RV shows I bought me a fifth wheel. I am doing this on a step by step basis, my rental lease is not up until January 31st so I decided to buy it now and begin moving into it s...

tracyn · tracyn

first nite in Rv last nite recently divorced sold everything,50 years old retired and scared to death about the venture yall have been very informative . Going to set up in Texas for winter hoping to learn from folks in parks ! Selling everything was weird yet liberating! I'll take any advice cause I ne...

rebelvision · rebelvision

Not new to RVing but not really an old hand either. I am semi retired and the wife is retired and we are considering upgrading our RV. We are currently in a 2010 Mako by Gulf Stream, this is a nice unit but not for full timing. To put it bluntly, we need more room and more storage......oh yea the wife wants mor...

AVetsWife · AVetsWife

Hi all! I'm new to the group and would like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Stacey and I'm from Upstate NY. My hubby and I are getting ready to go full time in Feb. While I have some experience going camping and he is retired military and used to fox holes this is all very new to us. We have a 38' T...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Hello Everyone...... VERY NEW here and begining the process of lots of Research (Preview) Hi Everyone, My name is Henry Sanchez, along with my wife, Ann, we will be fully retiring in about 2-1/2 years. I'm not waiting till I retire to do all the research I possibly can regarding this life style of RVing around our beautiful country. Going "full time" is more than likely no...	hasanchez	29	1743	09:42 AM Feb 26, 2016 by hasanchez
	Hi (Preview) Hello everyone, nice to meet you all!	jncrowe12	3	964	05:40 AM Feb 25, 2016 by garyking
	Introduction and question (Preview) We’re David and Richard, we hope to be full time RVers starting in June 2016.We’ve been together for 16 years and married for 6 months (Aug 2015). We will be traveling with our two dogs, Shilow, a 16-year-old Border Collie and Scooter a 1-year-old Shiatzu Chihuahua mix. Our 18-year-old, Rio, is sta...	dstocum	3	1003	07:21 PM Feb 23, 2016 by Selah
	Domicile (Preview) we are going to florida next week with the intent of buying our new home. currently live in wisconsin, but when dw retires in june, we will use texas as our home state. my question-- is there a legal way to avoid paying sales tax,registration and title fees to wisconsin? not sure how this works. thanks	mh3860sh	3	1396	12:22 PM Feb 16, 2016 by jayc
	Fulltiming for a Year with young ones? (Preview) We have been camping in our Coachmen Catalina Class C for over 15 years and each trip or camp out never seems to last as long as we would like so we are considering taking a year out and enjoying the USA. Our 2 oldest are now in college and we just sold our house (living in a rental until we decide what to do) so...	myCatalina	1	1055	09:37 AM Jan 31, 2016 by Terry and Jo
	JeepGypsies in the house! (Preview) Hey all. We were glad to meetup with everyone in Quartzsite today. We told you a little about us but for those who were not there. We are Corey and Jen. We are fulltimers since Sept 2014. We have a dog named Piggy. We have a class A 2003 Tiffin Allegro Bus 32IP and tow a 1998 Jeep Wrangler for adventuring. We s...	JeepGypsies	4	1095	08:37 PM Jan 30, 2016 by The Restless Youngs
	Almost there!! (Preview) Well, we have purchased a 2005 Winnebago Journey 36G and love it. We did much research on different models and really love this floor plan. Amazingly we found a great deal on a one owner coach close by in Prescott, AZ (we live in Tubac, south of Tucson). We are having a great time making it 'ours' as we get r...	AZaficionado	5	1021	09:42 PM Jan 16, 2016 by NWescapee
	RV wannabe (Newbe) Eyes set on the US in two years time (Preview) Hi All, We (my wife and will be 2 year old) are looking to hit the US in a couple of years and all going well (VISA's) hope to spend 1 year to 18 months travelling in an RV, seeing and doing as much as we can. I have always loved the US and the people and have visited a few times over the years. we both decided to tak...	RichandEmme	11	1273	05:07 PM Jan 14, 2016 by RichandEmme
	New kids on the block (Preview) Hello! We are a retired couple from the Netherlands and fulltimers. The reason I subscribed here is because in Europe fulltiming is not very common and there are no fulltiming forums. I have browsed through your forums and already found very interesting topics. We are currently travelling through...	J and S	4	1163	10:05 AM Jan 12, 2016 by Second Chance
	Canadian Full Timers - yes, still here in the snow! (Preview) Glad to be here. Really liking the name of this forum - RV Dreams. Perfect!We are Full Time RVers in Canada. Recently sold our home and everything in it, and packed ourselves into our little Okanagan and headed from Alberta to the interior of British Columbia. Living our dream and so very glad to be do...	Hinterland	8	1152	11:12 AM Jan 11, 2016 by TRAILERKING
	New Member (Preview) We just joined the RV-Dreams group. Have a 2000 R-Vision Condor Class A Motorhome. 34ft. long, 1 slideout, 454 chevy fuel injected gasser, low miles(10,276). Been to Cherokee, NC and San Antonio, TX on trips. Love our class a. 2016 trip planned for September 2016.	Roamin Richards	5	796	09:40 AM Jan 10, 2016 by bigredoes
	We DOVE IN! newbie TT member dog-friendly (Preview) We're newlyweds with a good-size (but friendly) pup who were transferred recently to the south San Jose area. Having determined that our living budget only allowed us the worst of apartments, we bought a brand new travel trailer and a TT membership. We're in our first week at the Morgan Hill TT, and d...	jandtbrooks	4	3351	11:12 AM Jan 7, 2016 by el Rojo and Pam
	Countdown is on!! (Preview) I've been "hanging out" here for a few months and finally decided to join. My name is Suzie. I'm an accountant and Hubby is a retired firefighter. We've been talking about "doing the RV thing" for about 10 years. We were actively looking at it about 8 years ago and had a 2 year time f...	SuzieQ	5	1269	07:45 PM Jan 4, 2016 by SuzieQ
	Wondering if I can live my dream (Preview) Hello ... I'm not even a part-time rver yet but I've been thinking/dreaming/wanting to for so long, since 1999 in fact. Should have done it then! Now, however, I'm on SSD have some disabilities (well duh SSD) ... anyway, I want to do this so badly, but I don't know that I have the financial structu...	Wishing63	15	1219	12:01 PM Jan 3, 2016 by Wishing63
	Newbee (Preview) Hello from Arizona. New to the site. Have been looking thru differant areas and havent found anything on RVing it to Alaska from AZ. Wife and I would like to take that drive the Fall of 2016.	PS5039	9	959	11:03 AM Dec 30, 2015 by PS5039
	Hello from the Kansas prairie (Preview) I am currently planning to start full-timing in the next few years. I am 60-something, single and mostly retired. I live with my Pa, who is 90, and help him take care of his household. I'll be staying put as long as he is with me. (My brother and his son also live with us.) My main hobby is touring on my C...	PrairieRV	1	693	09:45 AM Dec 29, 2015 by Jim and Barb
	One year from today... (Preview) Woohoo! One year from today--July 1, 2016--we'll be full-timers! We first started thinking about this in the spring of 2014, as Cheryl was recovering from one of five surgeries she had that year for early-stage breast cancer. We almost lost her during the first one due to an unexpected complication...	David and Cheryl	23	2184	08:31 AM Dec 28, 2015 by David and Cheryl
	Hello it me Dblstack (Preview) Hi,I guess you can tell I am new here.Will be fully retired in two months at 62. Never had a regular store bought rv,always tented or threw stuff in a van. Been traveling by Amtrak the last decade but wanna stop more along the way at my pace. I don't need anything fancy,I kinda keep it simple.I like the Spri...	dblstack	9	1405	04:38 AM Dec 28, 2015 by dblstack
	Beginning the dream! (Preview) Hey y'all, I'm AudreyLynn. I'll start with the bio and go from there. I'm the widow of a retired military veteran, raised 6 kids and have 9 grandchildren. I've been researching the nomadic lifestyle for a few years now and originally thought I wanted to live on the road in a Van. I imagined myself bei...	AudreyLynn	4	1382	04:14 PM Dec 27, 2015 by AudreyLynn
	Just waiting for the house to sell! (Preview) Well we are no longer lurkers on this site! Hooray. We are waiting for the house to sell and we will be on the road! After gathering all of our toys and getting the right vehicles we are ready to hit the road. Looking forward to meeting many of you on the Trail. We are planning on going to the 2016 rally in Te...	Jeff and Gwen	15	1513	12:02 PM Dec 26, 2015 by Julie and Casey
	Excited to learn and share (Preview) I am excited to be part of this site. I can't wait to learn more about RV options and to share what I do learn along the way. -- Edited by rodeojoe on Wednesday 16th of December 2015 10:46:04 AM	rodeojoe	2	661	03:27 PM Dec 17, 2015 by jayc
	Every stick and brick is fighting me, but I'm determined (Preview) Greetings forum folks! I'm new to the forum but I've been reading and admiring the blog for a few years, and I got to attend the Fall Rally this year, so shout out to Howard and Linda and all the nice people I met at that event, what a great group! My status is, the house is determined to fight me every step of...	melody	11	1349	08:31 PM Dec 16, 2015 by SuzieQ
	In my research phase (Preview) Hello everyone, I am sorry for the anonymity but due to the topic and all, I don't want family or friends knowing what could be up should we decide to do this. And thus far, things are stacking into the "YES lets do this" pile. Hmm, maybe I should seek out folks that say "NO, DONT DO IT!&...	Torn_In_TN	30	2328	08:17 PM Dec 16, 2015 by SuzieQ
	It could be time soon, but.... (Preview) Hello all! We (Sheila and I) aren't quite ready to pull the trigger on FT'ing yet. We still have a one or two responsibilities to fulfill. We are looking forward to it though. We already enjoy traveling and head to AZ as often as possible in the winter. I save all the time available to me for the winters. I...	mrogersmike	8	1226	08:05 PM Dec 16, 2015 by SuzieQ
	Plotting our escape! (Preview) Hi everyone ~ We are Dave and Lisa and we have just recently started to plot our escape from corporate america! We live in the Charlotte NC area and we are in our early 50s. When we found out the manufacturing plant Dave works for is closing and he will eventually be out of a job, it gave us the opportunity...	boxyadventure	5	1098	11:21 AM Dec 11, 2015 by boxyadventure
	Pulled the Trigger on a New RV (Preview) Our dream is slowly becoming a reality... My wife and I purchased a new Grand Design Solitude 366DEN over Thanksgiving weekend. YA HOOO! Got a great deal! The Dealer is storing the unit for us over the winter and we will have it delivered in the spring to start loading up with all of the essentials. I woul...	MovinAndAGroovin	5	1219	08:41 PM Dec 4, 2015 by bjoyce
	Did it! (Preview) Hello Everyone, After almost a year of planning, searching literally hundreds of sites, blogs and RV options, and going to dealers and RV shows I bought me a fifth wheel. I am doing this on a step by step basis, my rental lease is not up until January 31st so I decided to buy it now and begin moving into it s...	Jcently	8	1367	07:18 PM Dec 4, 2015 by PD CFK
	Just spent first nite in rv (Preview) first nite in Rv last nite recently divorced sold everything,50 years old retired and scared to death about the venture yall have been very informative . Going to set up in Texas for winter hoping to learn from folks in parks ! Selling everything was weird yet liberating! I'll take any advice cause I ne...	tracyn	8	1251	11:01 AM Dec 2, 2015 by Camper Chronicles
	Trading up (Preview) Not new to RVing but not really an old hand either. I am semi retired and the wife is retired and we are considering upgrading our RV. We are currently in a 2010 Mako by Gulf Stream, this is a nice unit but not for full timing. To put it bluntly, we need more room and more storage......oh yea the wife wants mor...	rebelvision	3	928	09:24 PM Nov 23, 2015 by Dreamsopen
	Newbie (Preview) Hi all! I'm new to the group and would like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Stacey and I'm from Upstate NY. My hubby and I are getting ready to go full time in Feb. While I have some experience going camping and he is retired military and used to fox holes this is all very new to us. We have a 38' T...	AVetsWife	10	1190	10:14 PM Nov 19, 2015 by NorCal Dan
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