Some thoughts about full time travel
Hi all y’all, It’s 7:00am, I’m sitting here in my home-on-wheels in Port Angeles WA enjoying my morning coffee contemplating my first year as a full-timer traveling this beautiful country and also ...
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Geocritter hits it on the head when he describes seeing "this beautiful country" while doing his first year as a full timer.
In just under 2 years as full timers we have covered almost half of the country, stopping and visiting some of the most scenic and best places the U.S. has to offer. Even though we have traveled thousands and thousands of miles in the past two years, we have still managed to visit all of our family, get all of our mail in a timely fashion, make all doctor's appointments, bank some extra money, and be "home" each and every night.
I enjoy hooking up to a 39' 5th wheel and traveling down the road. I agree you have to be on top of your game and pay attention 100% of the time. If you are a defensive driver, slow down, and obey all the traffic laws your chances of accidents are extremely slim. I applied the same principles during a lifetime of riding motorcycles that kept me safe.
Other tools/equipment to make life easier and safer while traveling in a RV include a new RV GPS. We use the Rand 7720 like many others. We also keep a new version of a Trucker's Atlas and consult it each evening for the next day's travel. The Trucker's Atlas breaks down each state for height limits/warnings among other things. No RVer should even own another regular road atlas again because they do not provide the correct information you need.
We feel the full time RV traveling lifestyle is about the best kept secret out there. It just doesn't get any better than this!
In just under 2 years as full timers we have covered almost half of the country, stopping and visiting some of the most scenic and best places the U.S. has to offer. Even though we have traveled thousands and thousands of miles in the past two years, we have still managed to visit all of our family, get all of our mail in a timely fashion, make all doctor's appointments, bank some extra money, and be "home" each and every night.
I enjoy hooking up to a 39' 5th wheel and traveling down the road. I agree you have to be on top of your game and pay attention 100% of the time. If you are a defensive driver, slow down, and obey all the traffic laws your chances of accidents are extremely slim. I applied the same principles during a lifetime of riding motorcycles that kept me safe.
Other tools/equipment to make life easier and safer while traveling in a RV include a new RV GPS. We use the Rand 7720 like many others. We also keep a new version of a Trucker's Atlas and consult it each evening for the next day's travel. The Trucker's Atlas breaks down each state for height limits/warnings among other things. No RVer should even own another regular road atlas again because they do not provide the correct information you need.
We feel the full time RV traveling lifestyle is about the best kept secret out there. It just doesn't get any better than this!
