Having a hard time with full timing
Hello, Let me first give you some background. I am a married women- my husband has had this idea of living in an RV traveling around the US for years. He had a mandatory retirement date, so when it...
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I'll second the suggestion that perhaps you do a volunteering position so that you can stay in one spot for one to two months. It will give you a 'purpose' and from our experience, the park personnel become like family. If you're there over a special holiday they'll see to it that you're not alone. We've shared many meals with park rangers and are still in contact with them years later.
Another suggestion is to join the Escapees RV Club which is geared to full-timers. Get involved with their small sub-groups. Stay in their owned parks. We have made lasting friends through this Club and meet up with each other throughout the country.
With volunteering you can still travel to different areas but you'll be staying longer. I think many full-timers think they have to be in 'vacation mode' and quickly see everything. We've been privileged to have been able to actually live in our beautiful national and state parks - places where folks only have the opportunity to stay a few days. Every park has 'secret' places where outside visitors don't know about and that would all be available to you.
We've full-timed for 16+ years and still haven't seen it all. We've had many volunteer gigs in that time and each experience has been wonderful. We zeroed in on the interpretative side and giving lighthouse tours. Each position is a learning experience - learning about the individual lighthouse and the hardships the keepers had and learning of the immediate area. There are so many opportunities out there in other areas from photography to working in the visitor centers, computer work, trails and fun interpretative positions. I think perhaps you're moving too fast. Slow down. Good luck to you!
Another suggestion is to join the Escapees RV Club which is geared to full-timers. Get involved with their small sub-groups. Stay in their owned parks. We have made lasting friends through this Club and meet up with each other throughout the country.
With volunteering you can still travel to different areas but you'll be staying longer. I think many full-timers think they have to be in 'vacation mode' and quickly see everything. We've been privileged to have been able to actually live in our beautiful national and state parks - places where folks only have the opportunity to stay a few days. Every park has 'secret' places where outside visitors don't know about and that would all be available to you.
We've full-timed for 16+ years and still haven't seen it all. We've had many volunteer gigs in that time and each experience has been wonderful. We zeroed in on the interpretative side and giving lighthouse tours. Each position is a learning experience - learning about the individual lighthouse and the hardships the keepers had and learning of the immediate area. There are so many opportunities out there in other areas from photography to working in the visitor centers, computer work, trails and fun interpretative positions. I think perhaps you're moving too fast. Slow down. Good luck to you!
