HELP! First Time buyer getting cold feet.

MidwestFarmer wrote:

Have others gone through similar hesitations prior to making the first leap into the world of RVing, or is this a unique situation? Although he was excited about the prospect of traveling the U.S. byways to explore our country, he is now concerned about spending the money on something we might not end-up enjoying, as well as concerned about all of the unknown "work" that might be involved in setting-up, hooking-up, water, heat and electrical management, as well as being away from the homestead for extended periods of time.

Forgive me for reading-between-the-lines, but what *I* am seeing is "I'm not comfortable leaving the kids while we go off and travel"?? So he's diverting that into the "work" and money involved, etc.

And he might have a very valid point: the money is especially worrisome when you have college-age kids. And even the BEST kids, can still push the rules when it comes to having the parents gone for the weekend - it doesn't have to be "parties"; it can be as simple as a boyfriend or girlfriend over for the weekend. Unsupervised.

I guess the answer is: you either go camping now - and cross your fingers/install security cameras at home/hire a "bouncer" (LOL!) - or you wait until the kids are out of the house. And in the meantime, do a lot of homework about RVs, because IMO, if you like to sightsee - a motorhome might be the easier RV for you at some point? Setting up a 5er isn't hard - but nothing is easier than driving into your site and hooking up the electric and water and you're done. So you could always rent a Class C, for example, and see how you like it? On the other hand, if you want to set up in an area and explore it for a while - a 5er makes for a nice "apartment". Set up might take a whole whopping 5 minutes longer than a Class C.

OK - on edit after reading the husband's post:

Since you already purchased the truck and intend to use it for other purposes - the rest is easy-peasy. The trailer can sit. It really doesn't care :-) We bought ours with the thought that it would get used once a year, for a short snowbird trip to warm places. Except that after using it this past January, we realize how easy it is to pull and set up/take down, so now we're making plans to escape for a late-summer vacation, too.

Dealing with the black/gray tanks and water supplies? Simple stuff. Not a "dirty" job at all (DO buy yourself a new sewer hose so you know it's a good one). I'd rather dump the tanks than change a dirty diaper. After a short while - ALL of the little "chores" involved with RVing become second nature.