Don't Wait

jplante4 wrote:
As an "older American", I am used to giving sage advise to the younger generations. I'm a flight instructor as well, and I get these kids with "shiny jet syndrome" wanting to learn to fly so they can fly an Airbus for American Airlines next year when they finish high school. I gently as possible inform them that that's not quite how it works.

I try to tell family members how important it is to have a nut for retirement because I can see how big a difference even our small 'nut' has made in our lifestyle.

I advise young pilots on the best way to build quality flight time so that an airline will hire you. Most don't listen (they already have it figured out) but the few that do listen have been very successful in aviation.

So it is with this mindset I advise everyone here, especially the lurkers trying to figure out if the RV lifestyle is for them,
DO NOT WAIT
The older you get, the harder this stuff gets. My favorite saying theses days - Things I used to do all day now takes me all day to do.

There are memories to be made and places you need to see. Finagle a way to do this as early in life as you possibly can.

Yeah,but nowadays one can see most anything and anyplace on the net,and much cheaper then buying RV and traveling,, :)
And thats the way it is with so many people who are either lazy or poor unable to buy an RV..
Ive traveled plenty,in my younger days mostly looking for work as carpenter jobs never last and economy slows and improves..I always made sure to save enough money to never be broke though..
I also made sure my health comes first,exercise,eat right,healthy foods..
I honestly dont care for traveling too much in my retirement as I like to keep busy,do my hobbies,gardening,auto mods,etc..
I learned to fly long time ago too,even got a comercial ticket,but never did find any flying jobs,,thats for military guys with thousands of hours experience who get hired first..
All in all life is good and I have enough memories to fill a huge book,lol
Also there arent many places I would care to go nowadays,mostly Canada north,,and that faraway place where the sun rises