Wondering??

we kept the house but are there only about 4/5 weeks twice a year..i would sell it today but after the dw had her stroke she needs a homebase

This is a question heavy on my mind. We are hoping to go fulltime in December. I can't wait. My only issue is that I am out in the shop almost every day. I get off work at 12:30 just so I can get out to the shop. I love working with my hands making things for people or repairing things. I have looked for RV parks that have shops but there aren't enough out there. I am hoping to bring my tools with me so I can make things to sell along the way. Woodworking is my drug of choice and I am to addicted to quit.

missourijan wrote:
No house or rv lot. We keep a large chunk of $$ in a CD in case we change our minds.

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we don't know where we would even WANT a home base, but I am sure someday we will so the money is there.
Sue

we went to South Dakota in 2005, enjoyed it so much we got home sold our house, gave belongings to the family and went full time. We have been to Alaska, all over the lower 48 and spent a winter in Mexico. No better life could be had, for some. we have fulltimed since 2005 and now have bought a place in Yuma, Az. We will move in September 2015 but will not give up traveling. But as far as fulltime RV. We loved it.

We have a house and a 15 acre piece of land aout 90 miles away all set up for the RV, which we are basically using as a weekend getaway. (from what, I don't know). We head south in the winter. I'm for selling the house and fulltiming it. DW thinks she has to have a S&B to come back to. So that's where we're at. If any one wants a piece of land for a "home base", we've got a 13 acre spot in East central WI to sell. Its quiet!!!

If you have a home base then you won't be a fulltimer!

We are nearing retirement and going through a negotiation process. I want to release the anchor and sail away from the shore as a fulltimer. My DW wants to keep her roots planted and have a home base. Time will tell.

caysea7254 wrote:
Hi just wondering how many of you fulltimers have a home or rv lot that you call homebase. My husband and I are trying to figure out what we want in retirement. I would be just fine with just the RV but my DH feels he needs just a small piece of property so if after 5 months of traveling he feels like coming back to what he calls his space and take a break even if just for a month. Just would like to hear from you fulltimers on the subject. Thanks Tara

He has been talking to my DW. She feels she must own a chuck of land or that she is homeless and in some kind of danger of not having a place to stay if something happens. Anyway, ask him why he feels this way, does he have a hobby that requires space or is there something he wants to do a certain time of year, are there grandkids or friends that he will miss or what? The DW loves her big garden, so that is her reply, she needs a garden to be happy. I told her I would fill the back of the PU with dirt and she could garden that way...did not go over well. There is always a underlying reason, all you have to do is find it.

We sold our home and banked the $$. On our travels we kept our eye open for a place we would want to call homebase. It came quite a bit sooner than we expected and we ended up buying a house in Santa Fe. I guess we could be called snowbirders or most-timers now.

So during your travels DH could look for his perfect homebase.

We do have a small lakeside cottage in Upstate NY that we visit from time to time since our kids both live near by. Most of the time, even when we're there as we are right now, we just plug into the RV outlet, hook up the water and sewer hoses, and go right on living in the coach. We sometimes move into the cottage while we're making repairs or modifications to the coach, or the weather is exceptionally bad though.

Right now we are snow birds with a house in RI and a Townhouse in NH. When we get back from Florida next spring we will put the house in RI up for sale and move up to the lake in the townhouse and still snowbird, but not return home all the time just leave from Fla and head wherever before eventually getting back to NH for summer. Need roots :)