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Hello from Vancouver Island
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After following this forum for the last 4 months ... and becoming addicted ... I think it is time I finally introduce myself! My name is Angela and my husband Don and I are hoping to sell our house in the next couple of months and live fulltime in a 5th wheel. Hopefully we will be able to travel south in th...
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Don't know where I'm goin' but I'm on my way...
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Greetings RV-Dreamers, Just wanted to introduce myself and say that this looks like a fabulous site. I'm Deborah aka Deb. Paul is my better half, imported from Europe. 1/2 Brit, 1/2 Dutch. Actually, we met in Paris of all the romantic places, but that's a story for another day. Perhaps around a campf...
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Hi from future full-timers
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Hi everyone. I'm Vi and my dh is Kev. In June, one day as we were driving down the highway we saw a motorhome towing a vehicle. I looked at Kev and said, "I can see you and I living in one of those and traveling around some day." He was astounded, but the idea really captured our imaginations a...
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hello and a howdy
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I am new here and been living full time for almost 2 years now and enjoy every minute of it.....well most of it,lol. I live a lil different I am in a '91 truck with a '96 camper on top. I started out in a camper van then to a TT now my home is a truck top.Well anyways I just wanted to say hello,Rion!
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Living and working in Virginia, and hating it....
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I'm an IT Support manager for a local real estate company, and am considering retiring (or possibly working remotely) in the next five years or so. I am seriously considering full-timing and am at the stage now where I'd like to narrow down what kind of RV I'm going to get. I'm pretty much set on a fifth-...
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Where will we have problems,our 5er isn't a 4 seasoner.
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We upgraded to a Keystone Laredo 2004 to match our 3/4 ton ford truck and it has been great for week long stays, but reading this forum and hoping to snowbird or more what troubles will come with using this camper full time?
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Wanna be.
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My name is Tom, Iam a retired prison office from NJ, I live in Penargly Pa since 1990. I just bought a Goregetown 32 ft model,315 I heard some good things about this Rv.I quess i will find out if it will fit me and mywife . A bit ignorant in the rv arena but im going to soon start my dream. Been on this sight about...
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Introducing Ourselves
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Hello everyone! We are just starting to plan for full-timing in an RV in 1 to 2 years, when we will be returning to the US after cruising the world in our sailboat. We have so many questions for all of you! We believe that we have the lifestyle part pretty well covered. We’ve been on-the-road, so to spe...
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Hello from Texas
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Hi my name is Red. I am a 37 yo fire spinning (poi) psychiatric nurse who works with mentally retarded individuals. I have been married to a wonderful man for almost 3 years now. We have 2 kids who are almost out of high school. We both love camping and have camped mostly in tents or in the back of our truck...
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Hello from North Carolina
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Hello, New here. I use to tent camp, haven't camped in approx 10 years ago. Was getting too old to pack up and unpack, sleep on the ground on an air matteress, etc. I have now purchased a 1995 fleetwood wilderness. Have taken it out one time so far. I am hoping to meet some good Christian people to meet up...
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30 minutes of wonderful...than a whole lifetime of nothing special
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Hi, New to posting but not new to this site. Time to join the fun. We are Mike and Janice and are recent snowbirds hoping to graduate to fulltiming. We are from beautiful, sunny, and warm ND(how deceiving will that statement be in a couple months) We headed south two winters ago and enjoyed a wonderf...
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Hi Ya'll!
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Wanted to say hi and stop lurking. I found this site over the weekend and find I keep coming back. While I've looked at other RV and/or Full-Timing Forums in the past, this one just has a different tone and so much fun and helpful information. I'm Carol and my SE (Spousal Equivelant) is Johnny. We hav...
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Class of 2011
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Hello everyone, After lurking for almost a year, I am ready to introduce ourselves, and get started with this great family of R.V.ers! My name is Karen, my husband of almost 30 years (this October) is Al, and we travel with our 2 furkids, a golden retriever Chelsea (8) and an Irish Setter Casey (4). Grea...
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What a great help this site is!!! Thanks... and HI!!!!
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Hi all - My fiance Chris and I have big dreams and have made a 5 year plan to be fulltime! My youngest daughter will be graduated and we'll be on our own ... I'm a nurse and plan to do travel nursing and Chris has lots of experience in lots of things. We've read lots about earning money while FT - don't think tha...
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Whim, mid-life crisis or fullfilling a dream?
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We are Paul and Jo. Not yet at full retirement age, but feel it's time to get out of the rat-race and experience more of what the world has to offer and work on our Bucket list! We love hiking and exploring new areas.Being on the move is nothing new to us as over the last six years we have moved four times due to...
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Greetings all
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As the forum says... introduce yourself. Here Goes, My name is Mike, wife is Tara. I am 42 and she is 38, we are starting to think about moving to 3/4 time RVing within about 8 years. We had a truck camper, used it several weeks a year, then moved to a cabin. Within three years we went back to a truck camper....
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Stan an MaryLou are about ready for the road
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We are almost ready. We won't be full timers, but half timers for now. For a number of medical reasons, Lou can no longer take the cold. For the winters and early spring we will be living in the RV, hopefully travelling for the most part, then back to Connecticut to enjoy the four kids, their spouses an...
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WISH WE WERE FULLTIMERS
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My husband stumbled upon this site last night while researching fifth wheels. I'm hooked I've been reading for hours with little sleep!!! There is so much great information here. We have been married 11 years and have 6 sons between us and 4 grandkids all under 9 months. Our youngest will be a senio...
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We wanna be wannabe's!
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Greetings Everyone! My name is Jenny and I'm sure I'll also be posting on behalf of my DH Jason from time to time. We are in our 41 and 40 (not telling whose older ) and have 4 great kids, 2 Austrailian shephards, 1 mini Dachshund, and 1 grandson. I'm currently working 50 plus hours each week for a food bro...
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Greetings from Carmel and Jim
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We're Jim and Carmel and we have been fulltiming now for two years. We both retired in 2008 in Houston. Jim from a position as HR Director-International from a global construction and engineering firm; Carmel as a Senior Buyer from a large Energy company. We sold our house in a Houston suburb and hit th...
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Jumped in with both feet!
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With 33 years of Army and/or Defense Department service under my belt, my wife and I are seriously preparing to pull the plug. Annual snow birding to Arizona and So. Calif (grandkids) is the future plan, so I jumped on the currently low RV industry prices and plunged into a 2010 Forest River XLR 305V1...
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Wannnnabe here
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Hey everyone. Rod and Georgia here in Lakewood WA. We are just looking into FT RVing. Will take about a year to get everything into place. Any ideas about the best RV park memberships like Thousand Trails etc. Take care and thanks for sharing with the nesbeees. R&G Just wanted to share a bit a...
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Entertaining the Dream
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Hello! I have always dreamed of this lifestyle, and thanks to the economy stinking so badly and my sweet husband not being able to find a job in our hometown, we have decided to hit the road. I am an RN, so we are thinking of taking travel assignemnts around the country and living in an RV, I apologize in adv...
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House gone
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The house is finally sold.We finalized our sale yesterday and have agreed upon a July 16 date of transfer.Lots of stress to get out, our 2 daughters have taken stuff as well as friends and relatives.the charity truck comes on the 14 th to take what we don't want to store in the pod.Adeline and I have dream...
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Introducing myself
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Hay, everyone my name is s. austin. I currently reside in Northern Oregon. I'm 29 disabled and on Soc. After owning a type C, B and tent trailer. I've decided to be a full time rv'er and am now looking for a deisel pusher. My father and uncle are deisel mech. and many people I know own vacation property for m...
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Finally Retired, Finally Full-timing
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After planning, discussing, researching and more planning, we are finally retired and began our RV full-time life on June 1, 2010. We couldn't be more happy. One of our main sources of information was found on RV Dreams and it helped us tremendously. Our travels are documented on www.DrivingMis...
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It has arrived
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We took possession Friday 18th and camped locally for 5 days to run all systems and ensure they ran as expected. It did and I only made one trip to the dealer for minor stuff that I would normally have done myself. I wanted the practice so what the heck, its under warrety...therefore hook, move to the deal...
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Vehicle registration and inspection
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Hello, jb the wannabe from MO here. We will be hitting the road next spring and using Texas as our home base. This seems like a dumb question (probably the first of many) Can we renew our MH and Toad registration in Texas via mail or online? Do we have to submit proof of vehicle inspection? We will lik...
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Our Turn for a Hiccup!
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At least I hope it's only a hiccup. You may have seen our earlier post that we sold our S&B in 5 days!! The OMG OMG OMG post! We were supposed to close on June 4th, but the reviewer at the bank didn't like the comp houses the appraiser used, so have to wait for another appraiser to get one done. The buye...
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Greetings from Scottsdale, AZ
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I just came across this forum today and am happy I did! My husband and my story might be a little different then most full timers. Our journey began in 2003 when Steve lost his job. He looked for work for several months and then made a life altering decision. So with no job, good credit and a spirit of advent...
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