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doxiemom11
Sep 02, 2013Explorer II
We starting talking and researching full-time rv living as we were getting closer to 60. DH was self-employed and my boss would be retiring in 3 years and I would be jobless when that happened. We started saving, planning and purchased a motorhome. We spent weekends in it the first summer and loved it. The following spring when we should have had 2 more years to work, my boss had an accident and passed away 10 days later. I was out of a job and the economy was horrible with few good paying jobs available. We decided to take the leap early and put the house on the market. The house didn't sell, so we ended up renting it out. We have been workamping and volunteering and have been full time for 2 1/2 years. DH is now drawing his SS so we do have some income every month. This winter will be the first we are not workamping, but will try for part-time jobs outside of a campground. We love this life and can't wait until I can draw my SS in 4 years so that we do not have to workamp or work. We look forward to more travel. We will eventually put the house up for sale again, but right now the tenants are paying the mortgage down with every monthly rent payment made. We know that we do not want to own a house again, so will either buy and RV lot in the south, or rent when we are tired of moving around. We cannot see ourselves sitting in 1 place again, but would continue taking trips from a home base.
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