new life

[beachjumper1]

lastday at work feb 28 or sooner,start summer job april or snowmelt. we saw the signs,, friends passing too soon ,busness closing cat dieing. the time was right and we got the exect host job we wanted. everyone says "go now" we are.

[MTPockets1]

We've done camp hosting last three years, always at State Parks, always treated like Kings. 2 - 3 days off every week, avg 2-3 hrs/day (per person) light duty. No-one watching over us; but always available if questions. We love it and consider it non-work. We sign up for a maximum of 2 months and find hosts overall are in demand. Maybe not at exact park, but we've always gone to great places. Already booked two different locations in 2015.

[littlemo]

Go for it! As another poster said, if you don't like Hosting try another place until you find something you like or realized you don't like Hosting. Just getting out there in this beautiful country will be fun! Enjoy!

[noplace2]

There are a number of frequent posters here who simply seem to live to denigrate and belittle the notions of others. It appears to be their retirement hobby. Pay no attention (and soon you will learn who they are).

We have been doing this fulltime thing for nearly 14 years. Have done our share of workamping along the way and have enjoyed all but one experience out of roughly 20. I retired at 49 and my wife at 46. Workamping less than 5 months/ year allowed us to not eat into savings and we have never done anything that we didn't enjoy. We haven't done it for nearly 2 years and are enjoying the fruits of our labors.

Remember that only YOU can decide what your time is worth and how you want to spend it. NO ONE else has a clue. Be well, Be happy. Enjoy whatever is left of this extraordinarily brief existence.

[doc_brown]

YES!!!! Get out there and enjoy whatever you decide to do.

[naturist]

Best wishes for a GREAT time, job or no.

[Steeljag]

Fantastic......enjoy it!

[BB_TX]

Good luck on your new life. Don't let the naysayers above scare you. What you do in your after work life should be what makes you happy. While many are content to have nothing specific in life they must do, others like the idea of continuing to have some form of daily routine. And the great thing about being retired and doing a host position, if it does not work out you can hit the road for the next adventure.

[Old-Biscuit]

GF once mentioned 'host job'

Just couldn't get my head around 'working' and being retired :H

Just wasn't something I retired for.......another job.

Best of luck and hope it works for you.
And I do agree with the 'go now' as there are no guarantees

[mabynack]

My parents talked about buying an RV and hitting the road for the last 20 years of dad's life. He never made it to retirement before throat cancer took him. Same with my former Father in Law. He got emphysema when he was in his forties and finally died of throat cancer. By the time he retired he was tied to an oxygen tank and was too broke to travel. I've got 3 years until I can retire and I'm already counting the days.

[RoyB]

Host jobs may get pretty hectic at times. Usually no pay just free room and board and you provide the trailer.

Some have you cleaning the bath houses, trash cleanup around the sites after folks leave, turning in reports on who is there etc... If they have cabins guess who cleans those...

Usually the telephone emergency contact spot...

We was interested but never did it. Always checking where we go on how it works. Some places work you pretty hard...

One place up on the Blue Ridge was pretty neat as it was next to a visitor center/restaurant and you got one free meal a day and a RANGER Handheld radio unit for emergencies...

Another place sold firewood and it was the host job to keep the firewood rack always full up... They did have a four wheel drive type utility golf cart thing for you to use...

There also seems to be a good ole buddy system with the host setups and the good places are always taken around the country. All of them rotate from one place to the next among themselves...

Overall it Sounds like a good idea though

Roy Ken

[empty_nest]

Good for you! Enjoy every minute!