A Different Approach to Snowbirding
I've been full time RVing for a couple years now and love it.
I've had the opportunity to actually live in such amazing places for months at a time and really experience the cultures and nature. This life is for me.
However, I don't like campgrounds. I don't like social scenes like that, I don't like neighbors and it's just not my style to set up in a little curated area like that.
I have a truck camper and I usually just cram it into wherever makes sense in both rural and urban environments. Yes, I've had it in the Mission District in San Francisco, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, South Beach in Miami, Downtown Chicago, Denver, you name it, I've stayed there for weeks or months with the entire walkable city right outside the door of my truck camper. It's 100% self contained and off grid.
However, some little concerns are bubbling up. I want a bit more space than a truck camper. I picked up a girlfriend and a cat along the way. It's a little tight in here with them. But I still want to be able to get into downtown areas.
This is why people have a TOAD, right? Leave the RV outside the crowded area and drive in to the urban stuff with the TOAD should you so desire?
Do people have pickup trucks for TOADS? Being a full time RVer, it's often been necessary to use a truck for various things. Especially when you are in rural areas. Needing to pick up a 4x8 sheet of something is an example.
I'm thinking of moving up to a larger B Plus, C or Class A RV. However, full timing in one of these without using campgrounds seems like hell on earth. No way all my little parking tricks for the truck camper would work with one of those beasts. Too big to fit anywhere. So, I'd be limited to campgrounds and things like daytime at Walmart, Casinos, Cracker Barrel, etc. Hard to pull into restaurants, quaint areas, etc. But the room would be nice.
The main point of this thread is to ask this...
Has anyone every bought a small piece of land, just to use a maximum of 6 months out of the year as a getaway, set up water and electric on it (I can go to a dump station for black water) and used that piece of land as a seasonal spot for their RV?
What would zoning be like with this? I don't own any real estate so I don't understand how this works. I own boats and RVs.
Could I do this in an area that is less than a 2 hour drive from a Whole Foods in Florida? In Maine? Less than 2 hours from an airport?
Would I have lots of problems or is it considered a vacations property since it has nothing built on it and no permanent residency or dwelling?
I see no mailbox, no permanent RV there, no meaningful development of the land. Just a spot to park with water and electricity. Or even fully off grid if that's easier.
Would this work?
Basically, making my own one RV campground that's in use half the year?
I've had the opportunity to actually live in such amazing places for months at a time and really experience the cultures and nature. This life is for me.
However, I don't like campgrounds. I don't like social scenes like that, I don't like neighbors and it's just not my style to set up in a little curated area like that.
I have a truck camper and I usually just cram it into wherever makes sense in both rural and urban environments. Yes, I've had it in the Mission District in San Francisco, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, South Beach in Miami, Downtown Chicago, Denver, you name it, I've stayed there for weeks or months with the entire walkable city right outside the door of my truck camper. It's 100% self contained and off grid.
However, some little concerns are bubbling up. I want a bit more space than a truck camper. I picked up a girlfriend and a cat along the way. It's a little tight in here with them. But I still want to be able to get into downtown areas.
This is why people have a TOAD, right? Leave the RV outside the crowded area and drive in to the urban stuff with the TOAD should you so desire?
Do people have pickup trucks for TOADS? Being a full time RVer, it's often been necessary to use a truck for various things. Especially when you are in rural areas. Needing to pick up a 4x8 sheet of something is an example.
I'm thinking of moving up to a larger B Plus, C or Class A RV. However, full timing in one of these without using campgrounds seems like hell on earth. No way all my little parking tricks for the truck camper would work with one of those beasts. Too big to fit anywhere. So, I'd be limited to campgrounds and things like daytime at Walmart, Casinos, Cracker Barrel, etc. Hard to pull into restaurants, quaint areas, etc. But the room would be nice.
The main point of this thread is to ask this...
Has anyone every bought a small piece of land, just to use a maximum of 6 months out of the year as a getaway, set up water and electric on it (I can go to a dump station for black water) and used that piece of land as a seasonal spot for their RV?
What would zoning be like with this? I don't own any real estate so I don't understand how this works. I own boats and RVs.
Could I do this in an area that is less than a 2 hour drive from a Whole Foods in Florida? In Maine? Less than 2 hours from an airport?
Would I have lots of problems or is it considered a vacations property since it has nothing built on it and no permanent residency or dwelling?
I see no mailbox, no permanent RV there, no meaningful development of the land. Just a spot to park with water and electricity. Or even fully off grid if that's easier.
Would this work?
Basically, making my own one RV campground that's in use half the year?
