Full time RV Living for a newbie

Look at lots of RV's and get a feel for what will best fit your needs and budget. Keep in mind that a smaller trailer towed by a pickup has a lot of storage space available if the truck has good cap/topper on it. Large plastic storage bins can make sorting and accessing the items you don't need right at hand at the time easy to find when you do eventually need them. We can go 3-4 weeks without hitting a laundromat for a few hours, so don't let that deter you. We've always been able to find clean, safe facilities when the park we're at didn't have adequate, or any, laundry facilities. Yes, a larger motorhome would be nice, but not for your gas budget. As long as a smaller unit has the features you want and need, it doesn't need to be any bigger. We had a lady friend that fulltimed for over 20 years in a small teardrop trailer towed by a minivan, upgrading only to replace the van or the trailer with new similar models despite being able to afford much larger RV's. She even gave her son and daughter-in-law a brand new Class C as an anniversary present. She finally hung up the keys at 78 due to illness, and passed away a few years later. Bottom line, get what works for your current needs, you can always change it later on as your experiences and needs change your requirements. And if they don't change, you're all set...