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Spiritheart · Spiritheart

I'm a wanna/gonna be...We originally planned to sell the house and store the stuff, and take off when we retired. But there's an old saying..."Man plans and God laughs." So two sets of parents needing help (one after another) and 16 years later. We are free as we decide to be. We love our home in Staunton...

Atorth · Atorth

Hi, everyone! I am a new member here at RV. I hope I can be helpful to others. I just love traveling with my RV especially during vacation. Let's just share stuff and good EXP while we travel. Have a good day folks!

kandj05 · kandj05

Hello everyone! My husband, Kurt and I wanted to say hello. We have been RV'g since 2008. We average 1 - 2 weekends a month from spring to fall since we are still working. During the winter months, we use all of our vacation days on a cruise ship trying to find the warm sun! Last year we bought a 2016 Ke...

craig - jane · craig - jane

The original Happy Hobo's were my parents, Armand & Fran. Dad was a life long camper having started with his mom and dad at Rocky Neck in Connecticut when he was a baby, Mom became a camper while dating dad prior to WWII. My sister and I were raised camping from infancy. Many weekend trips mom &...

VietnamVet · VietnamVet

Hi all. I'm Mike and my better half is Donna. We currently live in Las Vegas, from Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale before that and grew up in NYC. I used to do a lot of camping back in the 80's when I had an old Georgie Boy Motor home so I'm a little bit familiar with what it's all about, but there is a lot more to learn...

Johnmc · Johnmc

Just wanted to say Hi to everyone. My name is John (wife Juana). We live in sunny Florida. I am a New York transplant but my wife was born and raised here, so they tolerate me. Came across this site just last week and must say it has a wealth of information available. We are fairly new to RVing - about a year no...

Cape Chick · Cape Chick

Hello Everyone. My name is Gail from Cape Cod. The hubs and I are on the verge of retirement and have longed to do some travelling to see the country. We were in the right place at the right time and jumped in with both feet. Next weekend we will be the proud owners of a Fleetwood Discovery 38K. We have a...

MsTCurd · MsTCurd

Hey All! I'd first like to say that I'm so grateful for this forum! I've learned so much over the past year. Finally, I decided to come out of the shadows and see if I can do this! I'm a single empty nester with two dogs. I've done my bit for God, country and family; and now it's time to live for me. One of the thi...

Bookoo · Bookoo

Greetings to our new family, Truth be told, I have been living on this site the past year. My beautiful wife of 35 years Debbie and myself have just retired a couple of years early. (As did the founders of this amazing site.) After being avid boaters cruising the Pacific Northwest and Canadian San Juan...

vannchan · vannchan

My wife and I have decided to get a fifth wheel and go full time. We have been out looking at RV's and researching online. We have narrowed our selection down to two, with us leaning heavily towards one of them. When we first decided we would like to do this, she said "You know we can't do this now, we'll h...

NFoote · NFoote

We want to go full time. My husband is 67 and has medicare. I am 57 and have years to go before medicare. We are working on our budget to see what it will take to go full time. Lots of numbers are flexible, but health care is not and it is a hugh expense. Practically a budget buster. What do you do? Do yo...

IrishRover · IrishRover

The title is not very inspiring for the speed of a vehicle!! But when it comes to learning all about the full-time RV world it seems like blinding fast and overwhelming. We currently live in Colorado (north of Denver) and plan to retire at the end of the year and go full-time traveling. We have ZERO RV e...

Furb14 · Furb14

My name is Sam and I am living in Ohio. For the past 8 1/2 years I have been taking care of my wife full time 24/7. Our children are out of the home, with one out of the country and one out west. I also have a brother out west and I have been thinking and reading about full timing in a motorhome. My wife is not a...

Taildragger · Taildragger

Having purchased everything from cars to airplanes, we have learned that the dealers "final price" is not final. Once you take back your deposit and walk away then the salespeople "go back to their supervisors", again. Now, we are dealing. As Nancy Reagan said, "just say no". If they believe you are a...

Taildragger · Taildragger

Howdy, Folks, My wife and I are about to set out on the road in a couple of months. We previous owned several RV's but never travelled seriously. Now, we are selling our house and will be off to see America - from the surface. We have have lived in Georgia, Florida, Idaho and South Dakota where we operated a...

Swhight · Swhight

Hi, everyone! Hubby and I have had the full-timing dream for over 20 years, but we're just now reaching the point in our careers and our lifespans where it's beginning to get real. Hubby is 67 and I am 58, and right now our goal is to make the leap sometime around my 60th birthday in October 2018. He's alrea...

kcmoss101 · kcmoss101

Hi! I am glad to be accepted into this RV online group. We are just starting out and have so many questions. We have a 38' (I think) 2015 Jayco 5th wheel. My husband's custom order Ford 350 dually has just arrived and we still had to wait to put 500 miles on the truck before towing. (We purchased the 5th whee...

Rick Y · Rick Y

I was on the irv2 forum for several years. I have gotten in trouble with their rules a few valid times. But there seems to be a broad and selective brush for the "off topic" ruling. Twice I was chastened for violating this rule and I know was was not out of bounds. I now have the reputation of having a "h...

Sunshine Cindy · Sunshine Cindy

Husband and I are going to make the jump, hopefully this summer. House goes on market in next couple weeks once the work and decluttering is done!! Feeling overwhelmed, I am still working so things get done on weekends and nights, go to bed exhausted. I think this is more work than I had anticipated, som...

TwoTiredTeachers · TwoTiredTeachers

We are sisters who have 60+ years of teaching experience, and we love to RV. We bought a 27' Wildcat Fifth Wheel in October of 2014, and we traveling mainly in the summer because one of us is still employed. Recently we started a YouTube channel for those interested in RVing. We welcome you view it and...

mikevalerie · mikevalerie

Hi Im mike my wife Valerie we live in flagstaff az 7000 ft and have 10acres in williams az (future) home ,we have a truck and fifth wheel ,Im fully retired my wife still has 4-5 more yrs till she does, when she retires thats when we will travel (hoping) 2-5 months out of the year , living in arizona we are so cl...

HerkFE · HerkFE

Hi everyone. I'm probably very premature here but I've never been a procrastinator. I'm 47 now and work for the Federal Gov't and can retire at 57 (barring any unforeseen circumstances). Wife works for Delta Air Lines and is straight 401k so she can go whenever. So, our plan is to retire the day I turn 57...

CqCasting · CqCasting

Hi to all, found this forum by accident in search for "criminal activities in RV parks" but that's another subject. Any way, I and my partner in life decided to give up renting (paying for someone else home). We decided to go mobile and bought a cozy 26' travel trailer. I'm still finding new issues that n...

coldcash57 · coldcash57

My name is Marc. Many years ago I had planned to buy a travel trailer and truck and see the USA. I bought the trailer, but before I bought a truck I met my wife, dated, got married, etc. Working construction, I have the opportunity to travel a bit and though we tried moving around together in the 1980s my wif...

ArtGlo · ArtGlo

We are Art & Gloria. We have been RVing since the 60's when we purchased our first RV, a class c Gypsy 22. Since then we have camped in an '72 Airstream 25' Land Yacht, a 28' Wildwood Fiver, a 30' Montana Fiver, a 36' Pace Arrow Class A, a 40' Beaver Patriot, then back to a 28' Airstream. We sold the Airstr...

JanKen · JanKen

Been lurking here for several months. I wanted to see what the climate was before joining. There's lots of good info, advice and comradery to be had - Thanks in Advance!! We're a couple of years our from retirement and looking at full timing as an option. Currently, we're in a 30 ft Class C and learnin...

Cherz · Cherz

Hi Everyone! I read through various websites that this is a very friendly and great group to be connected with. So . . . here I am. Hitting the road for a year or 2 or 3 this spring. Have a travel trailer and a Ford 150 to tow. I'm a newbie so whatever advice you have, I welcome it! Planning National Parks visit...

JMeadows · JMeadows

Greetings to all, Considering a leap into the RV world. I am starting to look at Toyhaulers, not so much for toys but for the dogs. From what I can see so far, I am probably going about this all wrong, as I already have a 2017 RAM 2500 with 8" bed, fifth wheel ready, 4WD, and am wanting a trailer to fit the truc...

crossroad · crossroad

Hello all folks. My name is Jim and I'm just new here in the forums. I'm from Tampa FL by the way.

MAYBE2021 · MAYBE2021

My wife (Julie), grandson (Ethan), and I just graduated from a Fleetwood pop-up to a Starcraft AR-One MAX 26BHS TT. We enjoyed the Pop-up for over 12 years but as we grew older the hassle of set up and take down became too much of a chore. In about five years we plan to sell the TT and purchase a fifth-whee...

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	Hi from Virginia (Preview) I'm a wanna/gonna be...We originally planned to sell the house and store the stuff, and take off when we retired. But there's an old saying..."Man plans and God laughs." So two sets of parents needing help (one after another) and 16 years later. We are free as we decide to be. We love our home in Staunton...	Spiritheart	1	1151	12:58 PM May 12, 2017 by LarryW21
	Posting for Introduction (Preview) Hi, everyone! I am a new member here at RV. I hope I can be helpful to others. I just love traveling with my RV especially during vacation. Let's just share stuff and good EXP while we travel. Have a good day folks!	Atorth	2	1097	12:03 PM May 8, 2017 by LarryW21
	Hello from Utah (Preview) Hello everyone! My husband, Kurt and I wanted to say hello. We have been RV'g since 2008. We average 1 - 2 weekends a month from spring to fall since we are still working. During the winter months, we use all of our vacation days on a cruise ship trying to find the warm sun! Last year we bought a 2016 Ke...	kandj05	7	1381	07:11 AM May 8, 2017 by kandj05
	Happy Hobo's Second Generation (Preview) The original Happy Hobo's were my parents, Armand & Fran. Dad was a life long camper having started with his mom and dad at Rocky Neck in Connecticut when he was a baby, Mom became a camper while dating dad prior to WWII. My sister and I were raised camping from infancy. Many weekend trips mom &...	craig - jane	6	2308	06:18 PM May 6, 2017 by LarryW21
	Hello everyone from Mike N Donna (Preview) Hi all. I'm Mike and my better half is Donna. We currently live in Las Vegas, from Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale before that and grew up in NYC. I used to do a lot of camping back in the 80's when I had an old Georgie Boy Motor home so I'm a little bit familiar with what it's all about, but there is a lot more to learn...	VietnamVet	3	1105	01:30 PM May 4, 2017 by VietnamVet
	Just wanted to Introduce myself (Preview) Just wanted to say Hi to everyone. My name is John (wife Juana). We live in sunny Florida. I am a New York transplant but my wife was born and raised here, so they tolerate me. Came across this site just last week and must say it has a wealth of information available. We are fairly new to RVing - about a year no...	Johnmc	5	1252	02:26 PM May 3, 2017 by Bruce and Robin
	RV'er Newbie! Stopping by to say Hello and introduce myself. (Preview) Hello Everyone. My name is Gail from Cape Cod. The hubs and I are on the verge of retirement and have longed to do some travelling to see the country. We were in the right place at the right time and jumped in with both feet. Next weekend we will be the proud owners of a Fleetwood Discovery 38K. We have a...	Cape Chick	1	986	10:48 AM Apr 29, 2017 by LarryW21
	From Dream to Reality (Preview) Hey All! I'd first like to say that I'm so grateful for this forum! I've learned so much over the past year. Finally, I decided to come out of the shadows and see if I can do this! I'm a single empty nester with two dogs. I've done my bit for God, country and family; and now it's time to live for me. One of the thi...	MsTCurd	9	1323	04:11 PM Apr 27, 2017 by MsTCurd
	New and Excited to be Here! 2017 Bighorn 3585rl. (Preview) Greetings to our new family, Truth be told, I have been living on this site the past year. My beautiful wife of 35 years Debbie and myself have just retired a couple of years early. (As did the founders of this amazing site.) After being avid boaters cruising the Pacific Northwest and Canadian San Juan...	Bookoo	6	1209	06:37 PM Apr 26, 2017 by LarryW21
	New to group and will be new to RV sometime next year (Preview) My wife and I have decided to get a fifth wheel and go full time. We have been out looking at RV's and researching online. We have narrowed our selection down to two, with us leaning heavily towards one of them. When we first decided we would like to do this, she said "You know we can't do this now, we'll h...	vannchan	12	1516	02:41 PM Apr 25, 2017 by Terry and Jo
	Health insurance for full timers (Preview) We want to go full time. My husband is 67 and has medicare. I am 57 and have years to go before medicare. We are working on our budget to see what it will take to go full time. Lots of numbers are flexible, but health care is not and it is a hugh expense. Practically a budget buster. What do you do? Do yo...	NFoote	5	1303	04:51 PM Apr 24, 2017 by ksand
	0 to 100 in 6 months! Newbie 5th Wheel tow vehicles domicile plan (Preview) The title is not very inspiring for the speed of a vehicle!! But when it comes to learning all about the full-time RV world it seems like blinding fast and overwhelming. We currently live in Colorado (north of Denver) and plan to retire at the end of the year and go full-time traveling. We have ZERO RV e...	IrishRover	5	3767	07:23 PM Apr 22, 2017 by IrishRover
	Introducing myself (Preview) My name is Sam and I am living in Ohio. For the past 8 1/2 years I have been taking care of my wife full time 24/7. Our children are out of the home, with one out of the country and one out west. I also have a brother out west and I have been thinking and reading about full timing in a motorhome. My wife is not a...	Furb14	8	1572	07:51 PM Apr 16, 2017 by TRAILERKING
	Dealing with Rv dealers (Preview) Having purchased everything from cars to airplanes, we have learned that the dealers "final price" is not final. Once you take back your deposit and walk away then the salespeople "go back to their supervisors", again. Now, we are dealing. As Nancy Reagan said, "just say no". If they believe you are a...	Taildragger	4	1167	05:01 PM Apr 14, 2017 by The Bear II
	New full-timers (Preview) Howdy, Folks, My wife and I are about to set out on the road in a couple of months. We previous owned several RV's but never travelled seriously. Now, we are selling our house and will be off to see America - from the surface. We have have lived in Georgia, Florida, Idaho and South Dakota where we operated a...	Taildragger	3	1161	05:47 PM Apr 12, 2017 by LarryW21
	So much to learn! introduction (Preview) Hi, everyone! Hubby and I have had the full-timing dream for over 20 years, but we're just now reaching the point in our careers and our lifespans where it's beginning to get real. Hubby is 67 and I am 58, and right now our goal is to make the leap sometime around my 60th birthday in October 2018. He's alrea...	Swhight	9	2022	05:17 AM Apr 12, 2017 by Swhight
	The Moss family will be a rolling stone ... soon 5th wheel bird Ford (Preview) Hi! I am glad to be accepted into this RV online group. We are just starting out and have so many questions. We have a 38' (I think) 2015 Jayco 5th wheel. My husband's custom order Ford 350 dually has just arrived and we still had to wait to put 500 miles on the truck before towing. (We purchased the 5th whee...	kcmoss101	16	4303	10:54 PM Apr 10, 2017 by kcmoss101
	Changing forums (Preview) I was on the irv2 forum for several years. I have gotten in trouble with their rules a few valid times. But there seems to be a broad and selective brush for the "off topic" ruling. Twice I was chastened for violating this rule and I know was was not out of bounds. I now have the reputation of having a "h...	Rick Y	8	1231	08:48 AM Apr 10, 2017 by PIEERE
	New to Forum! Getting ready to make the jump- anxiety? (Preview) Husband and I are going to make the jump, hopefully this summer. House goes on market in next couple weeks once the work and decluttering is done!! Feeling overwhelmed, I am still working so things get done on weekends and nights, go to bed exhausted. I think this is more work than I had anticipated, som...	Sunshine Cindy	9	1008	09:08 PM Apr 8, 2017 by In Laymans Terms
	TwoTiredTeachers RVing Two Tired Teachers (Preview) We are sisters who have 60+ years of teaching experience, and we love to RV. We bought a 27' Wildcat Fifth Wheel in October of 2014, and we traveling mainly in the summer because one of us is still employed. Recently we started a YouTube channel for those interested in RVing. We welcome you view it and...	TwoTiredTeachers	4	3496	08:48 AM Apr 1, 2017 by melody
	Not willing to give my base {home} (Preview) Hi Im mike my wife Valerie we live in flagstaff az 7000 ft and have 10acres in williams az (future) home ,we have a truck and fifth wheel ,Im fully retired my wife still has 4-5 more yrs till she does, when she retires thats when we will travel (hoping) 2-5 months out of the year , living in arizona we are so cl...	mikevalerie	8	1129	12:03 AM Mar 31, 2017 by mikevalerie
	Gonna be one day (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm probably very premature here but I've never been a procrastinator. I'm 47 now and work for the Federal Gov't and can retire at 57 (barring any unforeseen circumstances). Wife works for Delta Air Lines and is straight 401k so she can go whenever. So, our plan is to retire the day I turn 57...	HerkFE	1	780	04:35 PM Mar 29, 2017 by LarryW21
	Newbie (Preview) Hi to all, found this forum by accident in search for "criminal activities in RV parks" but that's another subject. Any way, I and my partner in life decided to give up renting (paying for someone else home). We decided to go mobile and bought a cozy 26' travel trailer. I'm still finding new issues that n...	CqCasting	3	1188	01:43 PM Mar 28, 2017 by JanKen
	Hello from Ohio newbie (Preview) My name is Marc. Many years ago I had planned to buy a travel trailer and truck and see the USA. I bought the trailer, but before I bought a truck I met my wife, dated, got married, etc. Working construction, I have the opportunity to travel a bit and though we tried moving around together in the 1980s my wif...	coldcash57	1	721	06:21 PM Mar 25, 2017 by LarryW21
	Hi everyone, new team here.👫 (Preview) We are Art & Gloria. We have been RVing since the 60's when we purchased our first RV, a class c Gypsy 22. Since then we have camped in an '72 Airstream 25' Land Yacht, a 28' Wildwood Fiver, a 30' Montana Fiver, a 36' Pace Arrow Class A, a 40' Beaver Patriot, then back to a 28' Airstream. We sold the Airstr...	ArtGlo	5	940	05:25 PM Mar 25, 2017 by RonC
	New here (Preview) Been lurking here for several months. I wanted to see what the climate was before joining. There's lots of good info, advice and comradery to be had - Thanks in Advance!! We're a couple of years our from retirement and looking at full timing as an option. Currently, we're in a 30 ft Class C and learnin...	JanKen	5	834	02:27 PM Mar 21, 2017 by BiggarView
	Hitting the road May 2017!!! (Preview) Hi Everyone! I read through various websites that this is a very friendly and great group to be connected with. So . . . here I am. Hitting the road for a year or 2 or 3 this spring. Have a travel trailer and a Ford 150 to tow. I'm a newbie so whatever advice you have, I welcome it! Planning National Parks visit...	Cherz	9	1483	06:49 AM Mar 20, 2017 by carolinakids
	Testing the RV waters... (Preview) Greetings to all, Considering a leap into the RV world. I am starting to look at Toyhaulers, not so much for toys but for the dogs. From what I can see so far, I am probably going about this all wrong, as I already have a 2017 RAM 2500 with 8" bed, fifth wheel ready, 4WD, and am wanting a trailer to fit the truc...	JMeadows	6	1031	02:40 PM Mar 14, 2017 by LarryW21
	Newbie (Preview) Hello all folks. My name is Jim and I'm just new here in the forums. I'm from Tampa FL by the way.	crossroad	7	1086	08:44 PM Mar 2, 2017 by crossroad
	Maybe 2021 (Preview) My wife (Julie), grandson (Ethan), and I just graduated from a Fleetwood pop-up to a Starcraft AR-One MAX 26BHS TT. We enjoyed the Pop-up for over 12 years but as we grew older the hassle of set up and take down became too much of a chore. In about five years we plan to sell the TT and purchase a fifth-whee...	MAYBE2021	6	1329	08:00 PM Mar 1, 2017 by MAYBE2021
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