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Lolo8282 · Lolo8282

Hi all, I am 31 and going through a bit of a life-crisis. I have a good job that I’ve been in since college graduation ten years ago. I love to travel and really want to be free of the constraints of traditional living/working and being beholden to a boss. Job security is an illusion to me....

Bill and Jodee · Bill and Jodee

When we made the decision to full-time we had 27 months before we would be free to go. It is now 20 months and feels like time is going backwards. It's like the time between birthdays when you're 7. I want it to be like the time between birthdays when you're 56! Patience is not my strong suit. Bill is mu...

jeflyn · jeflyn

Hello All.. My wife Lynn and I are working toward full timer status. We go about 5 times a year on week or long weekend trips. We went from a 26 ft bumper pull 4 years ago to a 39 ft 5th wheel this year. Lynn just took a job so we can pay down our bills faster, I will be able to keep working on the road (IT job). So I am...

Ruby Lee · Ruby Lee

Hi there - I just now joined.!! My dream is to purge all my belongings, and climb into an RV and go visit friends and relatives that I have neglected while taking care of my elders. I took care of my Uncle, then my Mom and now my Dad. He's 96, and when he goes "to meet my mother".........I plan to...

two 4 the road · two 4 the road

Hi everyone! I stumbled upon Howard's blog one night a couple of weeks ago and was sooooo inspired! It really gave us so much encouragement to think more seriously about fulltiming! From what I have read, this forum sounds like a wonderful community of caring and sharing folks so we are looking for...

MAX-ANN · MAX-ANN

I have been lurking and learning on this site for almost a year. Joined a few months ago and finally getting around to introducing myself and my family! I am Ann, married to Max and we have a 16 yr old granddaughter we have raised since infancy, Bre. We will also be traveling with our furkids, 2 Corgis an...

WendysPhotos · WendysPhotos

Hello All, We are Rick and Wendy from North East of Louisville, Kentucky and once we can get the farm sold we are going full time. Well that's the plan anyway. I am in the middle 40's and Rick is in his middle 50's and are tired of 5 hours of mowing almost every week and trying to keep up with the farm. I have w...

TheNewhalls · TheNewhalls

We are Gene and Eileen from Northern VA and we are planning on retiring in the spring of 2014. We have spent the last year or more going to RV shows and dealers. They are all starting to look alike. This past September we rented a class C from Cruise America in Tampa FL and stayed at the Bay Aire RV Park in Palm...

tobyjack · tobyjack

Hello all, My wife and I just bought a used 1990 36 foot Airex and are working on getting it remodeled by the end of November. She is retired and I will retire at the end of February. We have to be out of our house by the end of November but have several places to park until March when we are hitting the road. ...

anwblack · anwblack

Hello from the beautiful highland lakes area of the Texas Hill Country...Horseshoe Bay/Marble Falls...on Lake LBJ. My husband and I (61/60 yrs. old) have just decided on our first ever RV...a 32', Class A 2002 Tiffin Allegro Motorhome. We will be taking possession of it next week. We are looking f...

WhoWanderLost · WhoWanderLost

Just wanted to drop by and let all know we have changed our account info to better reflect our current online identity so we stay consistent! We were previously here as RandM Andventures.......(yeah kind of a play on words with our initials and the randomness of our adventures) Looking forward to vi...

Shoeby_Doo · Shoeby_Doo

Hello Everyone! We are Randy & Sandy Schafer from Central Lower Michigan! We will have been married 37 years here next week. During that time we have camped in a travel trailer, 5th wheel, fold down, tent, Class A Motorhome, Park Model, and a vintage 13 ft. fiberglass trailer. YES, in that ord...

Jo and Ben · Jo and Ben

Hi folks, Ben and I live in Conifer, CO (in the foothills southwest of Denver). Ben is a nurse and I am a psychologist and a nurse. Our retirement plan was to sell our house and become full-time RVers. Well, several months ago I said "why wait?" So we will put the house on the market in January an...

kksmith · kksmith

Hi everyone! My name is Kelly and I live in Alabama. I have started devouring all I can about the full-time RV lifestyle. It has always been a dream of mine to do. I am just now realizing I can embark on this dream, even while working age. My husband and I are hoping to start our full-time road trip Fall of 201...

bluebird95 · bluebird95

Hi all Lurking is over ! I have enjoyed this forum and the whole Dreams website for over a year. Moving closer each day to taking off on the next journey. House went up for sale Fri and first showing is tomorrow. Six months of de-cluttering, garage sales,landscaping,painting,tossing,sharing,gi...

Bob and Lindy · Bob and Lindy

We are Bob & Lindy and counting the days before we start full timing in summer of 2014, hopefully. Fixing up the home of the the last 34 years to put on the market in early 2014. We started camping on our honeymoon more than 41 years ago & have enjoyed it ever since. We just upgraded the truck in Sept...

Our_Time · Our_Time

Hi, Well we have finally made progress, buying an older but low miles Mt Aire. We have gone through it and done alot of work and made some short weekend trips. This year we are going to be Snowbirds working our way to FL...While visiting some Family. Than spend 4 months in Fl. Early April we wil...

rgrrmg · rgrrmg

Hi all...I am currently living in So. Cal., and hope to get some good information from all the knowledgeable people on this forum. Roger

RN on the road · RN on the road

Linda (my wife of 48 years) and I have been planning this for about 2 years now. As we are currently living in a 7200 sq ft log home on acerage/Minnesota, we thought it would take quite a while to sell the home, so we thought we would just wait until we had a solid offer to do much. Luckily however we needed a...

fbuskirk · fbuskirk

What is the symbol for at the far side of my post. When clicked on a box opens and you can type in it. Please help. THANKS FRED

fbuskirk · fbuskirk

Wannabe/ Gonnabe, We have been Rving for 25yrs and love the RV life. My wife and I are are about 3 yrs from retiring We would like to do camp hosting and travel. We do a lot of fishing and bike riding. We are from PGH. Pa. We have a 2008 29.5 RK Montana fifth wheel. We tow with 2004 Silverado 2500 HD 8100 VT. On...

Deepseabee · Deepseabee

Hello everyone! I've been lurking on the forum for a bit reading helpful hints and tips. My wife and I just bought our first travel trailer, a 07 Keystone Cougar 306bhs. We have a little experience in RV's but have been dying to go full time since we first met and it looks like we will be able to move int...

MomDadKidBabyBulldog · MomDadKidBabyBulldog

Hi all! My husband and I and our two young kids plus bulldog are launching our adventure in six weeks!!! We are excited to say the least!

mylittledogs · mylittledogs

Hi everyone, my wife an I are new to rv-dreams. We have been rving about 4 years now, but have been in the camping world for over 40 years.we plan to go full timing, july 2014. We are going to the dream rally in the spring.looking forward to going FT.An looking forward to meeting everyone at the rally. An...

Tracy and Jamie · Tracy and Jamie

We've just started researching RV's, and the potential to live as Full Timers. Shopping around has us thinking a 5th wheel would be the best fit for us. The hubby, Jamie, is a government contractor (& retired Army) and I am a Massage Therapist. We are in our 40's with 2 sons, 19 & 22. In the searc...

ClassicRoadTrip · ClassicRoadTrip

We have been fulltiming for a year now and just got banned from Escapees Forum today. I was told this was a much better forum so I decided to come this way.

DAVIDnRENEE · DAVIDnRENEE

We currently live in Louisiana, but we are officially full-timers now. We sold our home in February after having it leased since October 2008. We became work campers after leaving our "real jobs" in 2008. My husband was in management for a rent-to-own company, and I was an English teacher...

Dog-Father · Dog-Father

I started camping in the shell of my pickup for many years. Then I bought a Class C used in 2003. I still have it. I didn't like it as much as I had hoped. When fuel went up so much in 2007. I pretty much stopped any long trips. I would go to the beach here in FL. But, that was about all. Anyway, I would like to RV ag...

acehighnoon7676 · acehighnoon7676

I’m Ronald James Morgan Jr. and my wife's name is Celsa (philipina). I have two great boys from a previous marriage living with their mother in LA. I'm an HR major. Currently my schedule is one class at a time because I'm in the Army (SFC). I’m almost complete with school. It don’t stop there though o...

mododge5500 · mododge5500

Hi, My name is Murray and my wife and I are going to go on the road full time early 2014. We are looking for a TT that ideally has a king bed and large holding tanks. No toy haulers (vetoed by the wife). We have looked at the 32' Northwoods Artic Fox and the JT359 Journeyer Open Range. I like the size and room of t...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Convincing my SO (Preview) Hi all, I am 31 and going through a bit of a life-crisis. I have a good job that I’ve been in since college graduation ten years ago. I love to travel and really want to be free of the constraints of traditional living/working and being beholden to a boss. Job security is an illusion to me....	Lolo8282	11	1168	03:57 PM Oct 24, 2013 by Future Fulltimers
	Struggling to learn the patience lesson (Preview) When we made the decision to full-time we had 27 months before we would be free to go. It is now 20 months and feels like time is going backwards. It's like the time between birthdays when you're 7. I want it to be like the time between birthdays when you're 56! Patience is not my strong suit. Bill is mu...	Bill and Jodee	10	1114	06:33 PM Oct 24, 2013 by Regit99
	Hello, From Florida.. Wanna Be full timers (Preview) Hello All.. My wife Lynn and I are working toward full timer status. We go about 5 times a year on week or long weekend trips. We went from a 26 ft bumper pull 4 years ago to a 39 ft 5th wheel this year. Lynn just took a job so we can pay down our bills faster, I will be able to keep working on the road (IT job). So I am...	jeflyn	9	861	12:43 AM Oct 22, 2013 by heyduke
	Wannabe Solo Grandma RV'er (Preview) Hi there - I just now joined.!! My dream is to purge all my belongings, and climb into an RV and go visit friends and relatives that I have neglected while taking care of my elders. I took care of my Uncle, then my Mom and now my Dad. He's 96, and when he goes "to meet my mother".........I plan to...	Ruby Lee	14	1088	11:22 PM Oct 21, 2013 by betty890
	Hello from two newbies! (Preview) Hi everyone! I stumbled upon Howard's blog one night a couple of weeks ago and was sooooo inspired! It really gave us so much encouragement to think more seriously about fulltiming! From what I have read, this forum sounds like a wonderful community of caring and sharing folks so we are looking for...	two 4 the road	3	651	11:52 PM Oct 20, 2013 by Bill and Jodee
	Finally Saying Hi! (Preview) I have been lurking and learning on this site for almost a year. Joined a few months ago and finally getting around to introducing myself and my family! I am Ann, married to Max and we have a 16 yr old granddaughter we have raised since infancy, Bre. We will also be traveling with our furkids, 2 Corgis an...	MAX-ANN	5	627	12:16 PM Oct 20, 2013 by Sean
	When We Sell the Farm!!! (Preview) Hello All, We are Rick and Wendy from North East of Louisville, Kentucky and once we can get the farm sold we are going full time. Well that's the plan anyway. I am in the middle 40's and Rick is in his middle 50's and are tired of 5 hours of mowing almost every week and trying to keep up with the farm. I have w...	WendysPhotos	6	789	02:42 AM Oct 20, 2013 by French Bikers
	Hello all (Preview) We are Gene and Eileen from Northern VA and we are planning on retiring in the spring of 2014. We have spent the last year or more going to RV shows and dealers. They are all starting to look alike. This past September we rented a class C from Cruise America in Tampa FL and stayed at the Bay Aire RV Park in Palm...	TheNewhalls	8	1228	01:13 PM Oct 17, 2013 by French Bikers
	Getting ready to full time it inverters generators powersystems (Preview) Hello all, My wife and I just bought a used 1990 36 foot Airex and are working on getting it remodeled by the end of November. She is retired and I will retire at the end of February. We have to be out of our house by the end of November but have several places to park until March when we are hitting the road. ...	tobyjack	4	902	05:29 PM Oct 15, 2013 by bjoyce
	Another newbie here (Preview) Hello from the beautiful highland lakes area of the Texas Hill Country...Horseshoe Bay/Marble Falls...on Lake LBJ. My husband and I (61/60 yrs. old) have just decided on our first ever RV...a 32', Class A 2002 Tiffin Allegro Motorhome. We will be taking possession of it next week. We are looking f...	anwblack	8	790	04:23 PM Oct 15, 2013 by el Rojo and Pam
	We are back under a NEW moniker! (Preview) Just wanted to drop by and let all know we have changed our account info to better reflect our current online identity so we stay consistent! We were previously here as RandM Andventures.......(yeah kind of a play on words with our initials and the randomness of our adventures) Looking forward to vi...	WhoWanderLost	3	585	03:45 AM Oct 15, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	Hello we are the Schafers! (Preview) Hello Everyone! We are Randy & Sandy Schafer from Central Lower Michigan! We will have been married 37 years here next week. During that time we have camped in a travel trailer, 5th wheel, fold down, tent, Class A Motorhome, Park Model, and a vintage 13 ft. fiberglass trailer. YES, in that ord...	Shoeby_Doo	6	915	05:38 PM Oct 14, 2013 by Shoeby_Doo
	Why wait for retirement?! (Preview) Hi folks, Ben and I live in Conifer, CO (in the foothills southwest of Denver). Ben is a nurse and I am a psychologist and a nurse. Our retirement plan was to sell our house and become full-time RVers. Well, several months ago I said "why wait?" So we will put the house on the market in January an...	Jo and Ben	13	1358	10:35 PM Oct 13, 2013 by RandM Adventures
	Hi Everyone! (Preview) Hi everyone! My name is Kelly and I live in Alabama. I have started devouring all I can about the full-time RV lifestyle. It has always been a dream of mine to do. I am just now realizing I can embark on this dream, even while working age. My husband and I are hoping to start our full-time road trip Fall of 201...	kksmith	13	935	10:23 PM Oct 13, 2013 by RandM Adventures
	Future fulltimers (Preview) Hi all Lurking is over ! I have enjoyed this forum and the whole Dreams website for over a year. Moving closer each day to taking off on the next journey. House went up for sale Fri and first showing is tomorrow. Six months of de-cluttering, garage sales,landscaping,painting,tossing,sharing,gi...	bluebird95	8	1238	05:11 AM Oct 12, 2013 by sologal
	Look out, here we come... (Preview) We are Bob & Lindy and counting the days before we start full timing in summer of 2014, hopefully. Fixing up the home of the the last 34 years to put on the market in early 2014. We started camping on our honeymoon more than 41 years ago & have enjoyed it ever since. We just upgraded the truck in Sept...	Bob and Lindy	2	628	01:02 PM Oct 11, 2013 by el Rojo and Pam
	Update (Preview) Hi, Well we have finally made progress, buying an older but low miles Mt Aire. We have gone through it and done alot of work and made some short weekend trips. This year we are going to be Snowbirds working our way to FL...While visiting some Family. Than spend 4 months in Fl. Early April we wil...	Our_Time	8	850	06:52 AM Oct 10, 2013 by sologal
	Hi all - looking forward to finding the right RV (Preview) Hi all...I am currently living in So. Cal., and hope to get some good information from all the knowledgeable people on this forum. Roger	rgrrmg	5	651	03:41 PM Oct 8, 2013 by rgrrmg
	Close enough not to jinx it (Preview) Linda (my wife of 48 years) and I have been planning this for about 2 years now. As we are currently living in a 7200 sq ft log home on acerage/Minnesota, we thought it would take quite a while to sell the home, so we thought we would just wait until we had a solid offer to do much. Luckily however we needed a...	RN on the road	12	1128	01:10 AM Oct 1, 2013 by RN on the road
	Question on my first post (Preview) What is the symbol for at the far side of my post. When clicked on a box opens and you can type in it. Please help. THANKS FRED	fbuskirk	6	777	01:06 AM Sep 30, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	WANNABE GONNABE (Preview) Wannabe/ Gonnabe, We have been Rving for 25yrs and love the RV life. My wife and I are are about 3 yrs from retiring We would like to do camp hosting and travel. We do a lot of fishing and bike riding. We are from PGH. Pa. We have a 2008 29.5 RK Montana fifth wheel. We tow with 2004 Silverado 2500 HD 8100 VT. On...	fbuskirk	7	1186	05:36 PM Sep 29, 2013 by heyduke
	Hi from Panama City! (Preview) Hello everyone! I've been lurking on the forum for a bit reading helpful hints and tips. My wife and I just bought our first travel trailer, a 07 Keystone Cougar 306bhs. We have a little experience in RV's but have been dying to go full time since we first met and it looks like we will be able to move int...	Deepseabee	12	1075	02:11 PM Sep 25, 2013 by el Rojo and Pam
	Family about to go full time! (Preview) Hi all! My husband and I and our two young kids plus bulldog are launching our adventure in six weeks!!! We are excited to say the least!	MomDadKidBabyBulldog	4	618	12:19 AM Sep 24, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	new to rv-dreams (Preview) Hi everyone, my wife an I are new to rv-dreams. We have been rving about 4 years now, but have been in the camping world for over 40 years.we plan to go full timing, july 2014. We are going to the dream rally in the spring.looking forward to going FT.An looking forward to meeting everyone at the rally. An...	mylittledogs	5	665	12:17 AM Sep 24, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	Hi from Williamsburg, VA (Preview) We've just started researching RV's, and the potential to live as Full Timers. Shopping around has us thinking a 5th wheel would be the best fit for us. The hubby, Jamie, is a government contractor (& retired Army) and I am a Massage Therapist. We are in our 40's with 2 sons, 19 & 22. In the searc...	Tracy and Jamie	1	503	04:14 AM Sep 19, 2013 by Terry and Jo
	Fulltiming Family (Preview) We have been fulltiming for a year now and just got banned from Escapees Forum today. I was told this was a much better forum so I decided to come this way.	ClassicRoadTrip	6	834	10:13 PM Sep 15, 2013 by Jane McArdle
	Hello from Louisiana (Preview) We currently live in Louisiana, but we are officially full-timers now. We sold our home in February after having it leased since October 2008. We became work campers after leaving our "real jobs" in 2008. My husband was in management for a rent-to-own company, and I was an English teacher...	DAVIDnRENEE	4	628	06:41 AM Sep 15, 2013 by DAVIDnRENEE
	Hi my name is Doug and I live in FL (Preview) I started camping in the shell of my pickup for many years. Then I bought a Class C used in 2003. I still have it. I didn't like it as much as I had hoped. When fuel went up so much in 2007. I pretty much stopped any long trips. I would go to the beach here in FL. But, that was about all. Anyway, I would like to RV ag...	Dog-Father	2	808	12:05 AM Sep 15, 2013 by Bill and Linda
	Intro for Army Wanna be/ Gonna be retiring (Preview) I’m Ronald James Morgan Jr. and my wife's name is Celsa (philipina). I have two great boys from a previous marriage living with their mother in LA. I'm an HR major. Currently my schedule is one class at a time because I'm in the Army (SFC). I’m almost complete with school. It don’t stop there though o...	acehighnoon7676	18	1204	11:40 PM Sep 14, 2013 by acehighnoon7676
	Intro/Looking For Biggest, Heaviest, TT for FT RVing. The Heavier the Better! (Preview) Hi, My name is Murray and my wife and I are going to go on the road full time early 2014. We are looking for a TT that ideally has a king bed and large holding tanks. No toy haulers (vetoed by the wife). We have looked at the 32' Northwoods Artic Fox and the JT359 Journeyer Open Range. I like the size and room of t...	mododge5500	10	1237	02:41 PM Sep 12, 2013 by Terry and Jo
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