They sound like a fun couple. Taking an occasional international trip adds to my liking them.
BiggarView said
12:43 PM Jan 26, 2015
Still haven't figured out how get us down to that $$$ budget level(from the article). If we can find that cost savings we'll be on the road at least a year sooner. Our best "guess-timate" puts us around $3200/mth in today dollars. But with no real hard info, we're hopefully over-estimating our needs. Still, we are not jealous... just anxious to get rolling. Great post Bill.
Barbaraok said
01:06 PM Jan 26, 2015
Nice article but really no different from hundreds and hundreds of others who are fulltiming. And I don't think any of us are jealous of them - just another full timer out enjoying their retirement.
As to the budget, we've met people who are doing it on $1500/month. Not the way I would want to live, but they were happy. Lots of time the difference in monthly spending is do to whether or not they have health insurance and how often someone moves - longer stays save money on both fuel and park costs.
Barb
The Junkman said
01:25 PM Jan 26, 2015
Nice to have a that kind of income.. and that pile of cash on hand.. and a condo.. and savings....
Maybe I should have kept working til retirement age..lol
PIEERE said
11:00 AM Jan 27, 2015
Doesn't make me jeoulous at all! I spent from the Winter of 2009 to August 2012 when my health put a halt on it. Would have liked to continued on working and camping. Now I'm just grateful to be alive. I live in a 5th wheel in an Rv Park, close to shopping, healthcare, entertainment and most folks are friendly! Have a good running used Ranger truck. My finances are a bit tight. I was just fortunate to have been able to have seen and done what I did before my journey ended! Saving some funds to go see my daughter and grands this Fall in Michigan like I did last Summer to N Y!
It doesn't take a bunch of $$$$$s to make me satisfied, being alive is more precious than Platinum!
For those "thinking about it":
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/retirees-travel-the-us-in-an-rv-183848302.html
Still haven't figured out how get us down to that $$$ budget level(from the article). If we can find that cost savings we'll be on the road at least a year sooner. Our best "guess-timate" puts us around $3200/mth in today dollars. But with no real hard info, we're hopefully over-estimating our needs. Still, we are not jealous... just anxious to get rolling. Great post Bill.
As to the budget, we've met people who are doing it on $1500/month. Not the way I would want to live, but they were happy. Lots of time the difference in monthly spending is do to whether or not they have health insurance and how often someone moves - longer stays save money on both fuel and park costs.
Barb
Maybe I should have kept working til retirement age..lol
It doesn't take a bunch of $$$$$s to make me satisfied, being alive is more precious than Platinum!