Planning next winter full-time- suggestions?
We've been in Minnesota for 65 years, the last 20 of which saw a great deal of snow removal. Quite frankly, we're fed up with this state, have our summer planned in our new 5er, and would appreciate ...
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First thought is what are your current leisure time activities?
While your lifestyle will change full-timing, the biggest thing is you will have a lot more free time to fill. And almost none of us have the income to fill that time with paid activities. We look for free or cheap sight seeing opportunities. Winter snowbird campgrounds or areas can have a lot to offer.
We are closing our fourth winter as full timers and have not stayed more than 28 days at any single campground during a winter. We’ve spent a lot of time in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida in the winters. We’ve been places were we saw temps drop below freezing a few times, but never more than a couple days.
As full timers you are going to do a lot more setting up/ tearing down than you ever have before. You say you have your summer booked. How many travel days are in that schedule? A lot of folks like to use the winter to rest after a busy summer.
In 2014 we moved from one campground to another 44 times, 2015- 33, 2016- 63, 2017- 73 (2014 & 2015 each included 6 months of volunteering)
From Nov 1 to Mar 1 each winter we’ve moved:
2014-15 - 13 - Texas, Florida
2015-16 - 16 - Texas
2016-17 - 23 - Nov Utah, Nevada, rest Ca, Az, Tx
2017-18 - 15 - Texas
Now our family and doctors are located in Texas so we do spend some time near them during the holidays.
While your lifestyle will change full-timing, the biggest thing is you will have a lot more free time to fill. And almost none of us have the income to fill that time with paid activities. We look for free or cheap sight seeing opportunities. Winter snowbird campgrounds or areas can have a lot to offer.
We are closing our fourth winter as full timers and have not stayed more than 28 days at any single campground during a winter. We’ve spent a lot of time in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida in the winters. We’ve been places were we saw temps drop below freezing a few times, but never more than a couple days.
As full timers you are going to do a lot more setting up/ tearing down than you ever have before. You say you have your summer booked. How many travel days are in that schedule? A lot of folks like to use the winter to rest after a busy summer.
In 2014 we moved from one campground to another 44 times, 2015- 33, 2016- 63, 2017- 73 (2014 & 2015 each included 6 months of volunteering)
From Nov 1 to Mar 1 each winter we’ve moved:
2014-15 - 13 - Texas, Florida
2015-16 - 16 - Texas
2016-17 - 23 - Nov Utah, Nevada, rest Ca, Az, Tx
2017-18 - 15 - Texas
Now our family and doctors are located in Texas so we do spend some time near them during the holidays.
