First Month Full Timing

SGTJOE, JimK-NY brings up a good point. Like I said, I roll the way I do because of financial considerations. However, it’s far easier and cheaper to explore an area in my 25mpg toad than in my 7mpg 33’ Class A behemoth. For instance, when I drove through California on my way to Port Angeles WA I spent a month in Fresno, the reason being, that I was only 90 miles from Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. I was also 190 miles from San Francisco where my brother lives and 220 miles from LA where my daughter lives. Between multi-day camping trips up in the Sierra Nevada’s and visiting family in beautiful areas I didn’t spend much time in the RV park (which was basically an over-priced dump, but cheap by California standards). I spend about 4-5 months wintering over in Sierra Vista AZ. While I’m there I’ve joined the local hiking club and hike and camp all over the nearby Huachuca Mountains. From December through mid-February I hunt quail. When I’m not hiking, camping or hunting I’m visiting the area museums, attending local events (the Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering comes to mind), and the nearby historic towns such as Tombstone or Bisbee. Like JimK-NY said, if you just sit in the RV park you’ll soon tire of the full-time lifestyle.

Steve