What do you do.

valhalla360 wrote:
Just keep in mind...you aren't on vacation...if you have a down day (or 3), it's OK, you don't have to hit 3 tourist sites per day...unless you want to.

Best advise! A lot of people up north say "have a great vacation". I used to explain that it's not a vacation it's just living in a different place. Eventually I stopped explaining and say "Thank you".

valhalla360 wrote:
It's whatever you want it to be.

If you are looking for a community, go for the snowbird parks (florida, arizona south texas), they have tons of activities planned.

If you want to be alone, boondocking is an option.

Or you can move along every so often if you get bored with a destination.

Just keep in mind...you aren't on vacation...if you have a down day (or 3), it's OK, you don't have to hit 3 tourist sites per day...unless you want to.

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Good advice, relax enjoy life. Find out what is going on around the park your in. Talk over a cup of coffee and realize this is the best time of your life. Do your due diligence and see what is going on locally.

Or you can move along every so often if you get bored with a destination.

It's whatever you want it to be.

If you are looking for a community, go for the snowbird parks (florida, arizona south texas), they have tons of activities planned.

If you want to be alone, boondocking is an option.

Or you can move along every so often if you get bored with a destination.

Just keep in mind...you aren't on vacation...if you have a down day (or 3), it's OK, you don't have to hit 3 tourist sites per day...unless you want to.

We're fulltime 9 years. Our plan when we started is what we've been doing since then. We volunteer about 8 months a year 4-5 in the south in the winter and 3-4 somewhere cool up north. DW and I both volunteer usually 24 hr each wife prefers interpretive work and I do maintainance. But there are many job that are available, clerical, visitor centers. Nice part is meeting people with simular interests. We did take one winter off and planned to drive I10 from Jacksonville to Quartzsite stopped at all the Escapee parks along the way as well as several state parks and USACE parks.

I park the TT and explore north, south, east and west for 50 miles each. Then I move the RV. Not too interested in sitting on my keister listening to old folks...my age...talk about the war, their grandchildren or the sorry state of affairs...if they remember or know.

When they asked my father in law that question, he would reply, "You have to do something?". Worked hard all his life and enjoyed the leisure.

Find a place or places to volunteer. Volunteers are hard to come by these days; don't know why. But there must be plenty of places in your area that need help. Meals on Wheels might be one.

The RV parks in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas pretty much have non stop activities during the winter. Dances, music jams, Branson entertainers, card games, pickle ball, shuffle board, pool hall, crafting groups, quilting, pot lucks, holiday meals, happy hours, swimming pool, hot tub, library, book club, computer club, movies, Bible study, carving club, ice cream socials and so much more. Also flea markets, festivals, plays, music, golf and dining in the surrounding communities. Visits to Mexico for dental visits, shopping, drinks and dining and much more.

Yes I have already talked to one place about next year, and they told me they would give the regulars there now first shot, call back the middle of this month and see if there were sites available. Currently we only do 2 or 3 weeks and not back to back. Mostly weekends close to home. So we stay busy for a week at a time seeing local things shopping going to the beach and usually one of the kids and their families are with us. So for the one week we stay busy. Just didn't know what to expect for a couple of months at a time. Didn't think about the local parks and ranger presentations.

If you're thinking of going south to Florida next winter, you might want to start booking sites in the locations you want now. The parks fill up fast...

As full time RV'ers, our coach is our home, and we spend 3-4 months each winter in Georgia, Florida, and this year North Carolina in the early spring. Since we favor state and national parks, our stays are limited to usually 14 days, with a few very popular parks limited to 10 days. Each park we visit usually has various activities available if we choose to participate. There are morning coffee hours at some parks, and most have various ranger presentations about the park and the area that can be very interesting. A number of state/national parks have a nature center on site, some quite good, while others not so much, but with free entry, they're worth checking out. Throw in the usual routine cleaning and maintenance items that RV'ing entails, and we always have enough to do, while still finding quiet times when we just want to sit around and read or watch the TV programs we enjoy.