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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jan 19, 2014

Time has come......

How many FTrs have an Exit Plan?

When we decided to go FT one of the items on our list was an Exit Plan. We listed all the things that could trigger it and how we would go about executing it.

Well that time has come.......so we are purchasing a home in central AZ. Finding a new house was easier than when we shopped for our 5th wheel. Pick up the keys tomorrow. Gads! Now we have to buy furniture (and new wood shop tools!)

Full time traveling for the past 7yrs. has been better than we ever imagined it could be. What a wonderful way to spend a portion of our lives. The places we have been, the sites seen, the folks meet all more than worth it.

We are still going to do some traveling but will now have a home base.
Coming off the road has transpired a bit sooner than we had envisioned but life continues to change so we have to accept those changes and adapt.
Guess we will sell the large wind sail and go for something smaller as we will not be living in it.

Any of you FTrs don't have an Exit Plan I would suggest you devise one cause you just never know when/if.
For us it was an 'if' but turned into a 'when'.

Guess we'll have to reclassify ourselves..Sunbirds?
Life is good....enjoy it!!

15 Replies

  • Good luck on your ~new~ NEXT adventure! :C

    I just did the same thing this year. Foreclosed homes sooo ridiculously low priced it was a no brainer to invest in one instead of spending that same money on CG fees when in the south for the winter.

    The MH is still parked right outside the front window. Should have sold it months ago......finding it just a little hard to part with it. I too have decided to buy a smaller RV to replace the Queen Mary. Now to let her go and let some one else enjoy the road in her. I will still RV, reverse snowbird as they say.
  • Good luck in the next phase of your life. I have always enjoyed your posts and will miss them. Drop in once and awhile.
  • I think when the time comes where you live in your parked rig that doesn't move, you are not really a full timer. You are a person who lives in a very small manufactured home with inconvenient sewage equipment and poor insulation. DW and I don't plan to FT, but we have said that if it comes to the point where we spend 6 months sitting somewhere, it's time to buy a vacation home, or move there altogether. YMMV.
  • There are some that have no "exit plan" like you did. Hopefully by reading your post others, especially those considering FT will listen.

    Whatever the reason for your decision to buy a house and reduce your travelling, planning has allowed you to do so. Congratulations!