My wife Patty and I (Mark) have been planning our fulltime RV life for the past 4 years. Our target start time in mid 2012, next year. Both of us just retired last month and are working to complete updates to our house so we can put it on the market by the end of January 12.
One of planning efforts was to attend the RV-Dreams rally in April in TN which we did. We had the best time and met wonder people.
Trabuco said
10:14 PM Nov 28, 2011
Welcome Mark and Patty! Your schedule is just about the same as ours. Going live in 2012!!! This is a good place to get the info you need to go on the road.
Workinrvers said
07:16 AM Nov 29, 2011
Welcome Mark and Patty,
I had to chuckle a little reading the header on your post. DW and I did the same thing for the last 6 years. She would always tell me "work the plan" and that's what we did. She got laid off last summer and I left my job in October. The house was already sold and we were living in the 5th wheel when her work dropped the bomb so we decided to move our fulltiming up from 2015 to this year. We left Indiana in October and are work camping in Texas as gate guards for an oil drill rig. We have a more conventional work camping gig back in Indiana for next summer then who knows? Love how plans work out!
Good luck on selling the house and "keep working the plan"!
Phil
Yonnie said
07:29 AM Nov 29, 2011
Welcome folks. I always find it interesting to see the events that lead up to either FT or EXTENDED. I can identify with most of the situations. My wife and I discuss full timing vs extended travel almost weekly. I'm about 36 months from retirement. We take several shorter trips during the season and at least one longer trip to Michigan to see my daughter and 5 grandkids. Good luck and enjoy the folks here. They are excited to help. Best to you both.
heyduke said
06:51 AM Nov 30, 2011
yes welcome there is still plenty of room on the road for more traveler's
Waggin Tails said
08:41 PM Dec 1, 2011
Congrats Mark and Patty. Keep the dream alive. Your wait time will slip away faster than you can imagine. We are all part of the class of 2012 - meaning we are graduating to a new way of living.
I had to chuckle a little reading the header on your post. DW and I did the same thing for the last 6 years. She would always tell me "work the plan" and that's what we did. She got laid off last summer and I left my job in October. The house was already sold and we were living in the 5th wheel when her work dropped the bomb so we decided to move our fulltiming up from 2015 to this year. We left Indiana in October and are work camping in Texas as gate guards for an oil drill rig. We have a more conventional work camping gig back in Indiana for next summer then who knows?
Love how plans work out!
Good luck on selling the house and "keep working the plan"!
Phil
I can identify with most of the situations. My wife and I discuss full timing vs extended travel almost weekly. I'm about 36 months from retirement. We take several shorter trips during the season and at least one longer trip to Michigan to see my daughter and 5 grandkids. Good luck and enjoy the folks here. They are excited to help.
Best to you both.
We are all part of the class of 2012 - meaning we are graduating to a new way of living.