Land to call your own?

valhalla360 wrote:
How big of a garden is desired?

We were in a seasonal site last year and picked up some pots and grew tomatoes and a few other things.

X2
Things grow crazy in the south. You can almost see them grow!
This was a 4 inch plant from Walmart that I transplanted into a pot.

It grew into mammoth cayenne peppers in record time.

Wow, Not sure where some folks are coming from.......who has the time or interest in what is the correct category....really????
Ok as the OP lets close this one down.

John&Joey wrote:
I always find it a little funny reading stuff like this and how FT'ing is viewed. You have the internet view, then you have the real world view which is a lot different.

To the OP, do what makes you happy is the bottom line. The percentage of FT'ers that follow the "move 200 miles and spend a week" plan are far and few between. Most can't afford that lifestyle and if they can they get burnt out after a few years.

Seems like all living creatures "need a spot." Your DW is no different. I know of many who live in their rigs 12 months a year and own a chunk of land to return back too. If for no other reason then to save some money, and have a home base near family and medical.

Like a prior post said, ask your questions in the snowbird (sunbird) section. Many have the same lifestyle that you are asking about.

Yup. Leave the pedantic definitions to others and call yourself whatever you want. Full timer, trailer park trash, mobile estate etc.

John&Joey wrote:
To the OP, do what makes you happy is the bottom line.

THIS!!! So true :) :)

I always find it a little funny reading stuff like this and how FT'ing is viewed. You have the internet view, then you have the real world view which is a lot different.

To the OP, do what makes you happy is the bottom line. The percentage of FT'ers that follow the "move 200 miles and spend a week" plan are far and few between. Most can't afford that lifestyle and if they can they get burnt out after a few years.

Seems like all living creatures "need a spot." Your DW is no different. I know of many who live in their rigs 12 months a year and own a chunk of land to return back too. If for no other reason then to save some money, and have a home base near family and medical.

Like a prior post said, ask your questions in the snowbird (sunbird) section. Many have the same lifestyle that you are asking about.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
While folks living in an RV year-round consider that full timing, moving from the same site in the North to the same site in the South, I do not. If that's the plan you would be far better off buying 2 small homes in the N and the S and flying back and forth. If you are not going to return to the same place year after year you don't need a "home base".

agree!

to the OP....If you posted this in the 'Snowbird' location on this forum you would have tons of responses cause so many people snowbird, own property in different locations and do just what you are asking about!

MY personal definitions are a true full timer has no home base. Point blank. They are in their rv all the time owning no property to 'go home to' and that to me is the person with no ties to land.

Having a lot in the north and one in the south is what snowbird people do :) Snowbirds mostly own something, somewhere they call home base and then travel to better weather thru the seasons, maybe to another owned lot or just willy nilly around the hotter weather locations but travel home to their home base any time they desire.

of course no one truly has to be labeled :) but many like to have a sense of how they call full timing and snowbirding as a 'category' I guess.

When we full time in the near future we will have nothing, no home base, no home to come home to and will move as we love to move, stay as long as we want to stay and move on. Our home base is our rv and we will be full timing in it doing just that, living on the road as we wish.

In the future, yes we will stop full timing and buy a lot or house etc and maybe snowbird it or just take rv vacations after we come off the road and land in a home base.

But I can easily see us owning land or a townhome when way older and just vacationing in the rv to follow the nicer weather :) This will be our exit plan from full timing. We could easily own a lot in the more north and one coastal warm and do the snowbird thing!

When one exit's full timing there has to be that home base and then you can travel as you see fit and how your life falls at that point.

While folks living in an RV year-round consider that full timing, moving from the same site in the North to the same site in the South, I do not. If that's the plan you would be far better off buying 2 small homes in the N and the S and flying back and forth. If you are not going to return to the same place year after year you don't need a "home base".

How big of a garden is desired?

We were in a seasonal site last year and picked up some pots and grew tomatoes and a few other things.

rockhillmanor wrote:


Full time does not mean you have to be on the road 365 days a year. :R
And actually most do not.

Many full timers follow the sun and spend months, an entire summer season in one place. And then move on when winter comes. Or in the case of Florida....get out of dodge BEFORE their summer starts. :W

I follow the sun and when I was in Florida during the real estate market crash I went crazy looking at beautiful houses in foreclosure that were priced less than a pick up truck!

I ended up finding a house on 1.5 acres NO hoa, unincorporated, no neighbors, where I could park my MH with no problem.

Lov'n it. The MH parked out back, house surrounded by beautiful trees. No more being crammed in a CG just to enjoy the winter in Florida. The town here offers so much. Incredible crystal blue springs, rivers, the gulf etc. I could go everyday and see and enjoy something different. Something I never could find when staying at a CG>

So to the OP, YUP, I found me some dirt with a house on it to put my levelers down in. And I can pick them right back up and head up North to enjoy the beautiful spring time any time I feel like it. :C

Sounds wonderful! Congratulations for figuring out how to make your dreams work. May we all be so fortunate some day :C

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If you are really a full timer then you really don't need dirt! What would you garden if your plans are to leave in a few weeks or even a few months?

So, it doesn't sound like you plan to full time.

What are your plans exactly? Do you mean you only plan to live in the RV full time but rarely travel?

:?

Full time does not mean you have to be on the road 365 days a year. :R
And actually most do not.

Many full timers follow the sun and spend months, an entire summer season in one place. And then move on when winter comes. Or in the case of Florida....get out of dodge BEFORE their summer starts. :W

I follow the sun and when I was in Florida during the real estate market crash I went crazy looking at beautiful houses in foreclosure that were priced less than a pick up truck!

I ended up finding a house on 1.5 acres NO hoa, unincorporated, no neighbors, where I could park my MH with no problem.

Lov'n it. The MH parked out back, house surrounded by beautiful trees. No more being crammed in a CG just to enjoy the winter in Florida. The town here offers so much. Incredible crystal blue springs, rivers, the gulf etc. I could go everyday and see and enjoy something different. Something I never could find when staying at a CG>

So to the OP, YUP, I found me some dirt with a house on it to put my levelers down in. And I can pick them right back up and head up North to enjoy the beautiful spring time any time I feel like it. :C