Questions for "half-timers"
We want to start out half-timing because we don't know if we want to go full-time or not. How many of you started as full-timers but are now half-timers? What type of sticks & bricks house do ...
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Very interesting thread to read. I love all of the different viewpoints. Worst thing is I can fully understand all of them even though they contradict each other :h
For us we downsized the "big" house to a small lake cabin for the summer months. This is in an area that our kids/grand kids are. We leave during the cold months (Nov-May) for warmer climates. During that time I can get pretty homesick for the kids. Who knew that would have ever happened. Sure wasn't the case when we first started all of this I couldn't get away fast enough.
Now if I was too have the ability to do what I want (no family ties,) I would buy a nice small place in an area that gets both a chilly winter and muggy summer (i.e. Gulfport, Hill Country, Panhandle, etc..) Use it in the spring and fall (best times for that area) and travel during the summer north, and winter south. I could then see all of North America and still be in "vacation" mode during those 2-3 road months. Come back to my small place, rest up 3-4 months, and do the S&B things I've come to realize now that I enjoy. When I got too old to travel, I would still have a nice place in an area that given an AC and furnace was very livable.
Different strokes for different folks.
For us we downsized the "big" house to a small lake cabin for the summer months. This is in an area that our kids/grand kids are. We leave during the cold months (Nov-May) for warmer climates. During that time I can get pretty homesick for the kids. Who knew that would have ever happened. Sure wasn't the case when we first started all of this I couldn't get away fast enough.
Now if I was too have the ability to do what I want (no family ties,) I would buy a nice small place in an area that gets both a chilly winter and muggy summer (i.e. Gulfport, Hill Country, Panhandle, etc..) Use it in the spring and fall (best times for that area) and travel during the summer north, and winter south. I could then see all of North America and still be in "vacation" mode during those 2-3 road months. Come back to my small place, rest up 3-4 months, and do the S&B things I've come to realize now that I enjoy. When I got too old to travel, I would still have a nice place in an area that given an AC and furnace was very livable.
Different strokes for different folks.
