We are interested in attending the Life On Wheels Program next summer (probably in Iowa) and were interested in any feedback you might have. We are experienced RVers (several rigs over 20 years), but now focusing on fulltiming starting this winter. The topics looked interesting -- did you find it helpful? Also, if you have been to the Iowa edition, are there campgrounds with electrical hookups nearby? We have a 5er currently and no generator, so no A/C and I have plenty of experience with midwestern summer heat! Many thanks for your information! Rick and Orinda

We love Life on Wheels, but have only gone to the Moscow, Idaho sessions where they have 30AMP electricity.  We learned a lot and made many friends.  We have gone three times, once before full-timing and twice as full-timers and are signed up to go again in July.

I think Linda and Howard will step in since they taught at the Iowa Life on Wheels as you can read here: http://rv-dreams.typepad.com/rvdreams_journal/2006/08/index.html starting August 24, 2006. 

We have signed up for the session in Bowling Green Kentucky in May. We are really looking forward to it as we plan our fulltiming. We are staying at the KOA and have another couple joining us in their rig. Neither of us have been before but like you, find the topics interesting even though we have been RV'ers for years. If you decide to come to kentucky vs Iowa let us know and we can all get together while we are there.

I too have been to LOW. We went two years ago in Bowling Green. We found the seminars very informative and will be going to another again soon. The KOA is OK (we stayed there) but I think that you miss a little when you don't dry camp at the campus. Everyone has there own opinions about dry camping but if we go back to Bowling Green, we will probably stay at the school instead.

The maintainance, insurance, and fire safety seminars were great and easily justified the cost of attendance. I know that I have saved more the attendance cost by what I learned at the conference!

John.

I will not only echo what others have said to John, but turn the volume up louder.  LOW has been the best value dollars we have spent.  We stayed at the KOA in Bowling Green, but for that short time, we are considering staying at the school dry camping this coming year.

LOW is not a one time deal.  Most people in attendance realize the value and are "repeat offenders"!  Because everyone has different knowledge levels, some classes will not seem to be an "Aha hour" to everyone, but they are to most.  There is a wealth of knowledge to be gleaned in such a short time period from very seasoned instructors.  Just what is learned about safety aspect is worth twice the price of admission.

Many friendships are made at LOW.  It is simply a must do!

Charles and Ethel Henry

Jacksonville, FL

Hey Rick,

We were instructors in Kentucky and Iowa last year.  We highly recommend the conference!  We attended all the classes we could when we weren't teaching and each time learn so much.

In Bowling Green, KY we camped at the KOA until the last night and then we moved to the campus for one night of dry camping. 

In Iowa, we camped at Saylorville Lake.  They have several recreation areas with campgrounds that have electric.  The recreation area we stayed in was called Prairie Flower.  Here is a link to our review of the campground. http://www.rv-dreams.com/campground-reviews-iowa.html#Site38

The campground is only about 5 miles from the campus.  This campground is also where they held the "Newbie" pre conference for the last two years.

You won't regret attending this conference!  Well worth the money.

Many thanks for the outstanding posts and information. We will definitely plan to attend LOW next year -- and since we plan to be retired, we now have the opportunity to figure out which location might be best (when we posted originally, I had forgotten I would no longer be working next summer!).

Thanks again for your help and hope to see you on the road!

Rick

The Life on Wheels in Moscow, ID is the original, the largest attendance, and has the most classes of the Life on Wheels sessions.  It also has 30AMP electric with free water available (long hose you share) and a for pay dump service if you need it.   You can still dry camp for less money.  Come out west once you are free of the house and job, there is a lot to see and do. 

We attended life of wheels in Des Moines last year.  We didn't have a rig at the time.

You can boondock for free on the DMACC college grounds which is what many of the attendees with rigs do.

We have since gone back to that area and stayed at Saylorville Lake which I'd highly recommend. 

While Howard and Linda were the highlight last year , be sure to take in the sessions by Mac McCoy on fire safety and at least one of Nick Russell's sessions.  These are the 'not to be missed'.

We had considered going back this year.  However since I am still work-bound, I have to be frugile with my vacation time.  Since two of our favorite sessions, Linda and Howard, and Mac McCoy will now be at the Rv-Dreams rally next year in Branson, we'll give up a second LOW to meet all the fellow 'dreamers'.

Hope you enjoy LOW as much as we did. It definitely helped solidify our thoughts of moving into the RV lifestyle and more than anything convinced us that these are the kinds of people we want to be around in the second half of our lives!

What is the website or where can we get information on this Life On Wheels University?

Here you go! I went to Bowling Green a year ago and can't wait to go back once I have my rig. rvlifeonwheels.com

We are now actually at the LOW in Moscow as I write this. Having a great time and learning more about RVs and related stuff than I ever dreamed I would. However, the most fun is meeting other RVers who attend. This is a great event and I would encourage anyone to attend!