FULL TIMING

[GHOST1750]

I met a couple a few days ago who have been Full timing for 44 years. They have raised their children and home schooled them in a RV. Is that a record or what. Apparently they haven't lived in anything except RV's al their married lives.

[GHOST1750]

Steeljag wrote:

2oldman wrote:
You mean actually travelling, or just living in an RV?

X2 living or traveling ?

What is their current RV ?

When they told us I did say " in the same RV"? He did say what it was and it isn't new. They are traveling Evangelists so it hasn't been sitting still.

[bobkatmsu]

Mile High wrote:
I experiment with the idea sometimes - tell the DW to look in the side mirror at the side of the coach - now think.... that is it.... home. Everything you own stops at the rear bumper of the Jeep.... No driveway, no garden, no garage..........

It would be hard - hats off to those that can do it.

As I said before, to each their own. The way I look at it is...no driveway to shovel, no garden to weed in the hot summer sun, no garage full of stuff that I have not used in 10 years.:)

[Jim]

Full timing for 13 years going on 14. Keep thinking that someday...maybe 10 years from now, I MIGHT be interested in settling down somewhere. But wait...I haven't been there yet, I should check it out...

[Mile_High]

I experiment with the idea sometimes - tell the DW to look in the side mirror at the side of the coach - now think.... that is it.... home. Everything you own stops at the rear bumper of the Jeep.... No driveway, no garden, no garage..........

It would be hard - hats off to those that can do it.

[Passin_Thru]

HMMM! My wife's aunt and uncle were married 71 years, That's all I got.

[Bill_Satellite]

It's been 20 years (nearly 21) for us. Moved from VA to FL in a smaller RV and planned to build a house in FL. Figured out quickly FL was not for us so we took a 6 month vacation tour of the US in our new to us Prevost. We liked it so much we started working on the road and we have been traveling on business for the last 17 years. Very happy campers!

[weathershak]

Well, for me, 5 years now and going strong. After parents passing, divorce after 24 years, kids grown up, having to sell the house, I moved into the MH and decided to retire. Well, I still work full time, but I have seen too many people work their butts off until retirement, only to get sick. At least 1 day a week I play the RV game and the same during vacation. If I live long enough to truly retire, I will be set.

[Executive45]

Full timing-hmmmm We get to see things in this great country, most people never get to see. We've traveled back and forth across this great nation many times using all back roads when possible. Lots of little towns, friendly people and wonderful sights, smells and sounds. I home schooled my kids too. (thanks internet) Now our grandkids love to travel with us during their summer vacations. We get to connect with them and they get to see/do things they'd never be able to. At 17, they've been to 45 States and enjoyed every minute of it. We usually let them choose what they would like to do. i.e. they wanted to swim in all the Great Lakes, so one met us in Memphis, the other in Chicago and we did the circle tour. They just might not have a 'bucket list' when they get old...:)

The big difference is if we don't like our neighbors, weather, whatever, we simply turn the key. We had 129,000 miles on our Dynasty and already we are at 95,000 on the Executive. Big wheels-turning-movin'on.....Dennis

[rv2go]

We started fulltiming a couple years after retirement. Come January, we start our 15th year. And we still speak to each other. :B Granted, it's not for everyone, but we love it. We have made so many memories it hard to keep up with them. Made great friends also.

We have met several couples that are full time with kids that are home schooled. My only thoughts are for the kids. During the winter Snowbird season there are not too many kids in the campgrounds where we stay.

[Steeljag]

2oldman wrote:
You mean actually travelling, or just living in an RV?

X2 living or traveling ?

What is their current RV ?

[jplante4]

Our post-retirement trip was 6 months 16 states and 6000 miles. We had fun, but at the end we decided future adventures of 3 months would be about right.

[Old-Biscuit]

WE threw caution in the wind and jump in cause life is too short...neither of
OUR parents got to enjoy retirement due to early deaths and/or long term illnesses.

So off we went.....7 glorious/wonderful years FTng traveling weekly here/there 12 trips across the USA roughly 70K towing our 'home' and over 110K total miles

Life threw that curve ball and we came off the road.......miss it too


BUT it was just the 2 of us.
Not newly weds, working, pregnancies, raising kids, home schooling etc


For some reason I got a visual of the 'friendly Gornicke family' in the Robin Williams movie 'RV'

[jim1521]

bobkatmsu wrote:
We just returned home after 5 months and 7600 miles on the motor home another 3600 miles on the Jeep toad. This was our first extended trip in the motor home. What we figured out after about 3 months was that no matter where we were, camped at the base of the Grand Tetons, or a Walmart parking lot in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the end of the day when we went to bed we were home. We can have new adventures, see new things and at night be in our own little cocoon. Obviously it's not for everyone, but for us this is the right thing at the right time for us. We are not jumping in with both feet, we are going to rent our house for at least two years and then go from there. We can't wait.

I agree. We bought our TT in July, to do a little traveling around. When we evacuated due to Irma, we lived in it for nearly two weeks - and decided that we thoroughly enjoyed it. We were in a high stress environment, and loved it. We're looking forward to doing it on a 5 or 6 month basis next year at a nice campground - at our own pace instead of being chased by a hurricane - , and if we like it, we'll sell the condo and go for 3-4 years traveling around the country. At the end of that timeframe, we'll either continue on or settle down somewhere that we liked in our travels.

[bobkatmsu]

We just returned home after 5 months and 7600 miles on the motor home another 3600 miles on the Jeep toad. This was our first extended trip in the motor home. What we figured out after about 3 months was that no matter where we were, camped at the base of the Grand Tetons, or a Walmart parking lot in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the end of the day when we went to bed we were home. We can have new adventures, see new things and at night be in our own little cocoon. Obviously it's not for everyone, but for us this is the right thing at the right time for us. We are not jumping in with both feet, we are going to rent our house for at least two years and then go from there. We can't wait.