Hello Listmembers,As a new member, this is my first posting and I feel it's fitting to tell you a bit about us, what stage we are in working towards our goal of fulltiming, and the timeline of how we got here. Norman & I (Monika) are planning to go fulltime in early 2008.We decided about 7 or 8 years ago that we wanted to spend our retirement travelling across North America. Our 2 sons are gown and have left us as empty nesters many years ago.We began our planning in earnest about 5 years ago by attending all the RV shows in our area and narrowed our choice down to several Class A motorhomes.Twelve months ago, the plan kicked into high gear as we prepared to divest ourselves of 37 years of homeownership and collecting "stuff".The first step was to put our house on the market. This involved going through each room, closet and shelf and systematically sorting everything to either store, take with us, or sell.Then came staging the house for the real estate market. Boy, was that an eye-opener! I packed up everything for storage, most of what will travel with us, and reduced the house to the barest minimum. "De-clutter" and "de-personalize" are the latest buzz words in that industry!So began the packing, the house-staging, conducting several Yard and Contents sales, tireless hours of maintaining classified ads on several local (free) websites and finally, calling a local liquidator to take the remainder.We have now sold the house, placed the order for a 2008 Winnebago 38J and moved into a temporary rental house.We are looking forward to enjoying this summer living next to a large park where we can romp with our 3 Jack Russell Terriers and wait for our MH to be delivered in October. Then it will be off to visit our son and grandchildren on Vancouver Island in British Columbia for a few months before we head onto the open road. We wish you all safe journeys and look forward to meeting some of you along the way.
phyllen said
04:55 PM May 30, 2007
So glad your years of planning are paying off. We will be behind you for a few months. Our goal - February 2009.
ENJOY!
bjoyce said
08:47 PM May 30, 2007
With your attitude you will do great. Vancouver Island is wonderful, we have visited without an RV many times. In fact our honeymoon was in Victoria.
Karon said
05:00 PM May 31, 2007
Congratulations on your plans coming together. You will love this lifestyle and all the wonderful people you will meet along the way.
Speedhitch said
06:37 AM Jun 1, 2007
Welcome to our friendly forum. I hope that all your trips are safe ones and you post here when you have any questions.
Sherri and Joe
Weldon said
02:57 PM Jun 6, 2007
Welcome we plan to FT in March 2008. Hope to see you on the road.
God Bless, & may the wind always be at your back
Weldon
Sherri and Joe