How insane is this?
My DH of 31 years & I have spent the last 13 years in our 5,000sf "dream home" on a 1.5 acre mountain property in Sherwood,Oregon and are finding ourselves weary of too much house,lawn, weeds & rain. ...
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We have been full timing for almost 2 years know and looking back we miss a couple of things from the house we owned. The large shower and the hot tub come up the most,other then that we dont miss a thing. We have no exit plan because living in our RV is the only way we can spend time with each other. My job has me all over the country and the wife was in a house all alone working her job and thats no way to live. So she quit and know she is with me.
We looked three years for the right 5th wheel and we got a 2011 Mobile Suite. The size thing was a factor going with the 38' rig and a Ford F350 8 foot bed 4 door truck. Some parks we know we cant fit in most older RV parks and State and Federal owned parks. Since I RV where I work running from the weather is not always possible. We went from a winter in Chicago to the summer in Blythe CA in the desert.Insulation in the construction was a big factor for us and we fell in love with our RV from first sight, you will know when you see the right one.
I have drove and backed up everything on wheels but a tractor trailer and although a big fifth wheel looks overwelming its easier to back up the a tow behind.
Selling everything was hard, you see the true value of items that we purchase when WE resale them. Pennies on the dollar and we gave our big ticket items to freinds to save us from the heartache.We didnt have kids to hand anything thing down to and in the end of life with no kids to through away all your memories from our past that are collecting dust in the basement and attic we saved someone the job. Like it or not thats the hard truth on the stuff that owns us, in the end it goes to the dump in the trucks of people that love and miss us with tears in the eyes. Been there and done that no thank you.
In the end of it all YOU will have to pull YOUR truck and YOUR RV in to a spot and set it up, close the door and be happy with everything. Thats the trick, get what you want first so your not on the computer looking around for new units a month after you start hating the one you just purchased. Good luck and enjoy the journey Dave
We looked three years for the right 5th wheel and we got a 2011 Mobile Suite. The size thing was a factor going with the 38' rig and a Ford F350 8 foot bed 4 door truck. Some parks we know we cant fit in most older RV parks and State and Federal owned parks. Since I RV where I work running from the weather is not always possible. We went from a winter in Chicago to the summer in Blythe CA in the desert.Insulation in the construction was a big factor for us and we fell in love with our RV from first sight, you will know when you see the right one.
I have drove and backed up everything on wheels but a tractor trailer and although a big fifth wheel looks overwelming its easier to back up the a tow behind.
Selling everything was hard, you see the true value of items that we purchase when WE resale them. Pennies on the dollar and we gave our big ticket items to freinds to save us from the heartache.We didnt have kids to hand anything thing down to and in the end of life with no kids to through away all your memories from our past that are collecting dust in the basement and attic we saved someone the job. Like it or not thats the hard truth on the stuff that owns us, in the end it goes to the dump in the trucks of people that love and miss us with tears in the eyes. Been there and done that no thank you.
In the end of it all YOU will have to pull YOUR truck and YOUR RV in to a spot and set it up, close the door and be happy with everything. Thats the trick, get what you want first so your not on the computer looking around for new units a month after you start hating the one you just purchased. Good luck and enjoy the journey Dave
