Class C with a 20 ft enclosed trailer
We plan to start full timing in January. My plan is to get a 20 ft enclosed trailer for the SUV and to have some extra storage. The question I have is. How hard is it going to be to find campgroun...
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RE: Volunteering and your love to explore and hike...that would be perfect for you.
Our gigs were selected by where we wanted to explore. We carefully chose our locations. In our free time we were able to hike, explore and go Jeeping. We volunteered once in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park and one of our 'duties' once a week was to hike a certain trail and 'mingle' with other hikers - look out for problems or just a friendly "hi". What a tough job! :) We've also given lighthouse tours and for three seasons lived on an island in Lake Michigan giving tours. The park service gave us a little historic house to live in. They gave us a spot on the mainland to store our RV. Every 10 days we'd go back to the RV for 3 days and then restock groceries to bring back to the island via ferry. It was an awesome experience. It was mainly a day tour island with some backcountry camping. When the ferry left with the day trippers at 4pm it was like the island was ours - no one around.
Parks always need help in maintenance - not bathrooms, but machinery or landscape maintenance or in the office or Visitor Centers. There are many opportunities out there to keep you from becoming bored.
Plus, you actually get to live in those gorgeous parks free. Our reason for volunteering was to help out those parks since they have low funding and less personnel. It's a good feeling and volunteers are really appreciated. Rangers had us over for meals and gave us special tours of secret places not seen by tourists. I hope you consider volunteering. You won't regret it.
Our gigs were selected by where we wanted to explore. We carefully chose our locations. In our free time we were able to hike, explore and go Jeeping. We volunteered once in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park and one of our 'duties' once a week was to hike a certain trail and 'mingle' with other hikers - look out for problems or just a friendly "hi". What a tough job! :) We've also given lighthouse tours and for three seasons lived on an island in Lake Michigan giving tours. The park service gave us a little historic house to live in. They gave us a spot on the mainland to store our RV. Every 10 days we'd go back to the RV for 3 days and then restock groceries to bring back to the island via ferry. It was an awesome experience. It was mainly a day tour island with some backcountry camping. When the ferry left with the day trippers at 4pm it was like the island was ours - no one around.
Parks always need help in maintenance - not bathrooms, but machinery or landscape maintenance or in the office or Visitor Centers. There are many opportunities out there to keep you from becoming bored.
Plus, you actually get to live in those gorgeous parks free. Our reason for volunteering was to help out those parks since they have low funding and less personnel. It's a good feeling and volunteers are really appreciated. Rangers had us over for meals and gave us special tours of secret places not seen by tourists. I hope you consider volunteering. You won't regret it.
