I'm a long time RV camper having started out with a 19' Terry Taurus in 1978. My wife, two sons, and I traveled in that rig towed by my parent's 1978 Chevy pickup from our home in Pennsylvania until we bought a used International Travelall in 1980. We traveled the Rockies about every year for 10 years until the boys were ready for college in everything for the 19' TT through a 24' TT to a 28' Class A motorhome. We must have impressed them with something, since they both went to my college, the University of Wyoming. They still live in the Rockies and I live in Maryland.
I've been widowed for 2 years plus now having spent 47 years married to my best friend. I, and a number of my friends, am wondering why I'm still so far away from my kids. Truth: I just inherited an overwhelming amount of stuff. Some is valuable and some not so much. I'm in the process of readying the house and its contents for sale. The boys now have everything they want from here, so the selling process should move right along, now that I've started.
I'm thinking, after considering everything from a truck camper to an overland motorhome to a Class A, that a less than 28' fifth wheel will be the best fit. It will just fit into most NP, BLM, and USFS campgrounds while giving enough room for me to live comfortably. Also, It will fit into my sons' driveways!
I've traveled all of the lower 48 plus every continent except Australia, so I'll be rambling, remembering, revisiting, and loving every minute of my now solo life on the road.
Best regards,
Bill
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:46:54 AM
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:48:10 AM
Barbaraok said
11:51 AM Jul 26, 2016
Good for you. Welcome to the adventure
Popcorn-Billy said
11:57 AM Jul 26, 2016
Thanks so much! It's been a process and sometimes I feel processed!
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:59:10 AM
Someday said
12:55 PM Jul 26, 2016
Good for you Bill. Nothing worth having in life ever comes into being without some effort and plays on our emotions, but it will all be worth it when you hit the road and start your travels. Sounds like you have a lot of revisiting, reminiscing and opportunities ahead of you to create many wonderful future memories as well.
Take a deep breath and pace yourself, but take action to continually do a little at a time, don't forget to keep smelling the roses in life enroute to this new phase, and don't stress. Ironically it all falls into place over time.
So excited for you and we should be not far behind you now. Time has flown by for us.
Hello,
I'm a long time RV camper having started out with a 19' Terry Taurus in 1978. My wife, two sons, and I traveled in that rig towed by my parent's 1978 Chevy pickup from our home in Pennsylvania until we bought a used International Travelall in 1980. We traveled the Rockies about every year for 10 years until the boys were ready for college in everything for the 19' TT through a 24' TT to a 28' Class A motorhome. We must have impressed them with something, since they both went to my college, the University of Wyoming. They still live in the Rockies and I live in Maryland.
I've been widowed for 2 years plus now having spent 47 years married to my best friend. I, and a number of my friends, am wondering why I'm still so far away from my kids. Truth: I just inherited an overwhelming amount of stuff. Some is valuable and some not so much. I'm in the process of readying the house and its contents for sale. The boys now have everything they want from here, so the selling process should move right along, now that I've started.
I'm thinking, after considering everything from a truck camper to an overland motorhome to a Class A, that a less than 28' fifth wheel will be the best fit. It will just fit into most NP, BLM, and USFS campgrounds while giving enough room for me to live comfortably. Also, It will fit into my sons' driveways!
I've traveled all of the lower 48 plus every continent except Australia, so I'll be rambling, remembering, revisiting, and loving every minute of my now solo life on the road.
Best regards,
Bill
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:46:54 AM
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:48:10 AM
Thanks so much! It's been a process and sometimes I feel processed!
-- Edited by Popcorn-Billy on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 11:59:10 AM
Take a deep breath and pace yourself, but take action to continually do a little at a time, don't forget to keep smelling the roses in life enroute to this new phase, and don't stress. Ironically it all falls into place over time.
So excited for you and we should be not far behind you now. Time has flown by for us.
SD