Person New to RVing Requests Your Insights
Hi, all- This is a post that a new user "RicJoyner" made in a very long, older thread. I hope it's okay to re-post it as a new, stand-alone topic. Hopefully it will get more exposure this way and t...
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Renting is the obvious suggestion but differs hugely from owning in the respect that if you rent you likely will not go too far away from home and just go to a semi local campground 200 to 400 miles away for a relatively short period of time that will not give you the experience you are searching for. Sure, it will give you the experience of "camping" at some relatively standard type of facility.
Owning gives you the mindset of the freedom to hop in your RV and just go to wherever your heart desires. Lots of campgrounds have a very active social sceene for the long termers, or you might research putting your former skills to work for others by volunteering around the country in places of need. Reinvent yourself. Its all what you desire to do with your new found time in your retirement. Being constantly busy is over rated I have discovered as I was like that too. A good hike in a national park is very life affirming.
Learning how your coach works and what it needs in routine maintenance is part of the package. Now that said, you don't need to go to diesel mechanics school to do it. Some stuff is best left to those whose livelihood it is. All the other stuff just look at it as a learning opportunity. Its good for the mind.
Owning gives you the mindset of the freedom to hop in your RV and just go to wherever your heart desires. Lots of campgrounds have a very active social sceene for the long termers, or you might research putting your former skills to work for others by volunteering around the country in places of need. Reinvent yourself. Its all what you desire to do with your new found time in your retirement. Being constantly busy is over rated I have discovered as I was like that too. A good hike in a national park is very life affirming.
Learning how your coach works and what it needs in routine maintenance is part of the package. Now that said, you don't need to go to diesel mechanics school to do it. Some stuff is best left to those whose livelihood it is. All the other stuff just look at it as a learning opportunity. Its good for the mind.
