5th wheeling, any regrets????
Hi All! We are exploring our options when I retire in January. One of them, the one I am most geeked about is purchasing a fifth wheel rig. We have a park home that we can summer in in Homer Mich...
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Well, here's our "journey": we were mile-gobbling sightseers for almost a decade in our Class C, including yearly trips in the winter, to FL. Then when we decided to spend a bit more time in FL in the winter - we bought a used 5er. LOVED the room it provided, after all those years in a no-slide "C". But last January, we grew disenchanted with the whole 5er experience: the worst issues were the lack of decent wifi in many RV parks; and having to use our quad-cab, long-bed diesel pickup as our daily driver. At 22', it excluded quaint little restaurants and shops with limited parking....
And by then, we knew which areas in FL we really liked. After checking into the costs of buying a permanent RV space; or simply renting someplace (either an apartment or RV space) for the winter - we decided to buy a small condo with low HOA fees. When we got back to Michigan - Ed listed the 5er on a Saturday, and it sold the next day. We figure we lost about $500, simply because we had JUST had a Fantastic Fan installed...LOL!
I guess MY advice is to explore, explore, EXPLORE - then once you've found a great area, look into what it will cost to stay there for an extended time?
We're still camping (couldn't give that up EVER) - but now that it's mostly weekends jaunts, we've put a truck camper in the back of a pickup.
And by then, we knew which areas in FL we really liked. After checking into the costs of buying a permanent RV space; or simply renting someplace (either an apartment or RV space) for the winter - we decided to buy a small condo with low HOA fees. When we got back to Michigan - Ed listed the 5er on a Saturday, and it sold the next day. We figure we lost about $500, simply because we had JUST had a Fantastic Fan installed...LOL!
I guess MY advice is to explore, explore, EXPLORE - then once you've found a great area, look into what it will cost to stay there for an extended time?
We're still camping (couldn't give that up EVER) - but now that it's mostly weekends jaunts, we've put a truck camper in the back of a pickup.
