Whoa, travelnutz, that was quite an outpouring! :) RVs can be broken into, items stolen, things broken, etc., as can a regular home, a cabin or your car. Risk is in every step you take. None of what you mentioned is any different than what can be encountered in a regular neighborhood.
What I failed to mention is this would still allow us to travel by air (another thing we don't mind) for at least a week a year. Like RVing, cabin/cottage ownership and air travel are not mutually exclusive. Doesn't have to be one or the other. If the cottage sits a week or two a year plus some weekends, that doesn't bother us. Sold the Endura because it did NOTHING but sit in the driveway. Yes, we could use the money we'd invest in the house to constantly travel by air but don't want to board the dogs constantly. We THINK (and again, there's still a good chance we could be proven wrong) we REALLY need a place we can get to fairly quickly and easily to just chill. Haven't done it yet and the RV was causing more stress that we realized, so we'll see. Still a ways off from a decision. If my darn stupid kid wasn't so smart and heading straight to grad school we'd have the down payment AND the mortgage payments already available. We're only 53 so God willing we still have some time.
Loving all of this. I'm surprised I haven't gotten "your world is going to end if you don't RV!". The support and relayed experiences are really appreciated. Lots of pitfalls either way. It's called life.
A seasonal site has crossed our mind as well. Biggest concern is rules changes that we have no control over, i.e. dogs are OK this year but then they say know. Biggest thing is we want to be right on the water so we can launch from our back yard. Not sure we'll find that in a seasonal.
