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Hello RV Dreamers
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We are Brian and Sharon Jones. I have been reading Howard's and Linda's journal as well as this forum for quite sometime now. We love hearing about others adventures and the fulltime lifestyle. Over the last few months we have made the decision to go fulltime. We are planning on selling our 2 year old dr...
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New Member
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Just want to say Hello. I'm from Door County Wisconsin. A beautiful area for summer camping with one of the most beautiful state parks in Wisconsin. Peninsula State Park. A wonderful park on the waters of Green Bay and great for family camping.
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Hello
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A quick hello and introduction -- DH and I have enjoyed reading RV-Dreams.com for several months. I recently started asking some questions in the forum and I realized that I never introduced myself. First, a VERY BIG THANK YOU to Howard and Linda. Reading the RV-Dreams journal and understanding t...
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Lynn and Ed
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Is late 60's too old to start full time rving
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Hi, My name is Jean and hubby is Vince. We have a dream of full time rving in a few years when they housing market picks up and we can sell our home. Right now our ages are 65 and 61. Hubby being the baby. LOL Of course we wonder if that is too late in life to do this. So many other things to think about besides...
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62 Next May
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I just found this site this week and have read just about the whole already! My is already retired and we plan to start fulltiming the day I turn 62. I look forward to getting to know the community.
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We Dun went and Dun it!!
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Well, after a year of lurking on here and reading all the great posts, we finally joined. Just a lil about us, Chris and Nadene, we both just retired from USAF after 20+ years and bought us a new RV and Truck for our retirement present. We actually started our full-time adventure in Oct 2011 and are...
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Hinkle Hut RV
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Another Newbie (coming out of hiding)
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Hi there We have been reading this forum for a couple of months now and getting lots of great info from all the members. I thought it was time to say 'hello' and join in the discussions. We are hoping to buy our first motor home sometime this year, if we can find our perfect fit, or as near to perfect as we can g...
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Hello!
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We just signed up for the rally, so I thought I'd say hello. We are not full time (can't drag my cowboy hubby away from his horses!), but we love our 5th wheel and love to travel between roping events. Cowboy is retired from GM, I'm a full-time Grammy and part time church librarian. Our family roots are...
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Just starting to figure this all out
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Planning to full time has almost become an obsession for me. My wife and I briefly discussed this several years ago but never gave it any more thought. Then, about three months ago, the subject randomly came up and I started to research the RV'ing lifestyle. By chance, I ran into Howard and Linda's s...
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Almost there!
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Hello all! My hubby, Greg, and I are new to the RV world. We just brought home our "new to us" 2004 Doubletree Mobile Suites 5th wheel two days ago. We are like kids with a new toy, lol. About us: Hubby Greg and I are mid-40's, and have never owned any type of RV before, so we are pretty excited to st...
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Yet another newby/wannabe
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I hope you have room for one more! I too have all the usual questions that all newby's have, and it's great to find a site like this one! I'm a transplanted newenglander living in so. florida and just turned 65. Hopefully the plan is to hit the road fulltime in about a year from now, it's going to take me...
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New to group
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Hi All, Bob and Sue here (Sue typing...I'm faster at it). New to your group, but not RV'ing. We got our first TT in July of 2000. On a 3 week trip we out grew the TT, stopped at an RV dealer on the way home "just to look" and drove off the next day with a 38' Newmar Dutch Star. Bob has driven big rig...
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Is full-timing our next adventure in "la vida loca"?
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Hola, y'all! My husband Leonard & I, along with Sprocket "the Wonder Dog," embarked on the early retirement trail about 2 years ago. We pulled up stakes in Chicago - sold the condo, cars, furniture, etc. - and headed south to Costa Rica where we've been enjoying life in the tropics. Now...
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Another Newbie/Wanna and Gonna someday LOL
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Our RV is just a minnie winnie, but that counts, right? I am from Texas, my husband is from Washington. We have a house in both places, but spend most of our time in WA. Some day, we want to cross the country in our Griswold-mobile. We are no where near retirement, so it could be a while. To tell you how mu...
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Fulltiming soon.
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Hi All, Just found this site a couple of days ago and have been reading ever since. I have been retired since 2006. We are married 44 years and bought our first camper in 2003. After returning from 6 weeks on the road last year, we decided to go full time in 2012. We are in the process of selling our home (s...
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Newbie will go FT Feb. 2013
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Hi all! My name is "Liz." I will go FT with my dog next February. My plan is to sell my house and drive around for about a year. Not earning money for a year kind of scares me...I'm already feeling poor!  After doing a lot of research, I will officially purchase a 2002 Dutch Star tomorrow....
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Newbie from Louisiana
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Hi Y'all!!!!!!! My husband and I are BRAND NEW to RVing.. so you will probably be seeing way more questions from me than you could ever imagine... Hope I'm not a bother! We are weekenders and we just bought a VERY small 2012 Jayco Swift XLS 145rb (16.5 ft long) We got our intro at the dealership and we are...
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Time to Join the Family
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Hi all, my wife and myself have been following this web site for over a year now, and started down sizing last summer. Although we still own a home the wife has been living in the fiver since last May. We finaly retired last Sept and took off for the south at the end of Sept. We are currently work camping in so...
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Newbie
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Hello, My name is Mike and my wife's name is Debbie. We have been married for 38 years and have been rving for about 38 years and we intend to go at it full time when I retire in 6 years. I work for Ford Motor Company as an Electrician and my wife is a gardener and a cook. I curently own a Flagstaff travel trail...
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Anticipation!!!
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We just heard about this forum last week when we met Howard and Linda at one of their seminars at the Grand Rapids, MI RV show. Most of our time has been spent on the Escapees forum and following several blogs.....RV-Dreams.com being one of them. We live here in northern Indiana in RV central; I am an engi...
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Newbie alert!!
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Hello Eveyone!! After being in the shadows for the last few months,I've decided to introduce ourselves. I'm Chris and I'm just a few weeks from retiring working in the food and hospitality industry(waitress).My wonderful husband is Bruce and he's an IT specialist.He's also a disabled Vet with 16 y...
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Howdy All!
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In the market for a full time fifth wheel. Still working full time/ part time in Indiana. So I'll be year round IN. Searching for a quality, well insulated with as large of a living area as poss. Prolly 39' New? Prolly a year or so old used to save some $$$ on my first ever RV. I'm an adventurer taking a breath...
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Hello, all!
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My wife, Peg, & I are glad to be here and really appreciate the vast array of knowledge which resides in its members. I only lurked here for today and certainly saw enough to know that this is the place to be for RV information and suggestions. We own a 2011 Forest River/Coachmen Brookstone 366 pu...
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I'm the navigator
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Hi,
Just wanted to jump in and say hi. I'm the navigator for our new Allegro open road. Although I drive it sometimes, most of the time I have the Laptop, GPS, and maps on the computer table telling my husband how to get to our destination (wherever that might be). Look forward to meeting some of you on the...
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Hello All
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I am a full time wanna be with about 18 months to go. I must say I am jealous of all who are out there now enjoying the life. We hope to be among you soon. I also want to say thank you for all the advice that I have gotten on the subject. Looking forward to meeting you all soon. Tony
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Fulltiming with a 9-year old son
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My wife came up with the idea, a couple of month ago: To get rid of our house (with the equity that was once in there vanished anyway), move in an RV and criss-cross North America, experiencing and enjoying the Great Outdoors. We had been RVing several times with rented motorhomes before, the most rece...
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Can't wait!!
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Less than a year and a half till we hit the road. We have the rigs and are already beginning the chore of downsizing the household. Will put the house on the market this May. Looking forward to a rally in the Pacific Northwest....hint..hint.
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Hello to everyone
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My name is Mike and I have been married to my wife Debbie for almost 38 years. I retired from a south Florida Sheriff's Dept. after 26 years of service in 2010. Upon retiring we hit the road with our 5th wheel and began work camping. We are presently work camping in North Carolina and are really enjoying o...
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We did it today!!!!
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After months and months (and seemingly) months of looking & lurking we bought a bus for full timing today!!! DH & I are so excited and overwhelmed all at the same time. Our "new" home is a 1993 Foretravel Grand Villa Unihome - 40 footer! What a bus she is - we will undoubtedly be her...
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FT Dreamin
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Love this web site and we have to get out of this place
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I have been lurking around on this web page for at least two years, digesting the all the information on Dave and Linda's budget, planning, working on the road info, etc. I have found it very encouraging; but, always felt a little apprehensive, they are trying to sell this lifestyle and other things...
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