Two young folks FTing it
A young couple came over last night and bought my towed. As we were talking we learned they are full timing it, almost. A couple of years ago they decided that they wanted to be full timers and travel around the country at their leisure, they made some excellent plans and are now doing it.
Their first step was RV Bootcamp, learned about driving, caring for and maintaining a DP. Researched what they needed for a home and how to make his work fit the lifestyle. Turns out their is a group within the Escapees for folks their age. They ended up with a 38' Trek but as they have learned since they are now on the road, that they really needed a Towed.
When they bought the Trek, they were living and working from it in a friends backyard in Capital Hill area of DC. It allowed them to modify and decorate the RV to fit them and their needs both for travel and work. Their domicile is in Texas through the Escapees and they are really happy with what belonging to the Escapees gives them.
They are here until the end of summer as she is from here and he has family in Seattle and the families all want to see how the kids do it. They are doing some trips and right now he has to fly to DC every other weekend to meet with his "TEAM" and then back to the Trek. So here is where the towed comes in. It will give them greater flexibility in traveling and choosing places to stay for awhile. They can be parked somewhere and drive to a city with an airport that can link him to a flight to DC.
They have been on the road for about six months IIRC and absolutely love the life. The gal didn't say if she worked but it didn't seem so and we didn't pry into that. It was kind of funny talking to them, at first they were not real open about their lifestyle , but, when the DW pried it out of them they got so enthusiastic about telling us what they were doing, we couldn't get over to the table to fill out the bill of sale and release of liability. I also think that the DW shrieking about how great she thought what they were doing made them feel at ease about talking to us.
They couldn't say enough good about the Escapees and all the help the bootcamp was. The only thing I suggested is that they adopt a much slower driving style. I know each of us are different and most states aren't like CA regarding the 55MPH speed limit. Due to my age I drive a lot slower even where the speeds are up to 80 MPH, I keep it up to about 60 and suggested they try that a for awhile. Give it a chance and then set their own driving speed. They kinda like that idea, seems you can see more at 60 than 80.
We're going to be in touch at least for awhile as they are bloging their travels and experiences. Wish we had thought about that when we were younger.
Their first step was RV Bootcamp, learned about driving, caring for and maintaining a DP. Researched what they needed for a home and how to make his work fit the lifestyle. Turns out their is a group within the Escapees for folks their age. They ended up with a 38' Trek but as they have learned since they are now on the road, that they really needed a Towed.
When they bought the Trek, they were living and working from it in a friends backyard in Capital Hill area of DC. It allowed them to modify and decorate the RV to fit them and their needs both for travel and work. Their domicile is in Texas through the Escapees and they are really happy with what belonging to the Escapees gives them.
They are here until the end of summer as she is from here and he has family in Seattle and the families all want to see how the kids do it. They are doing some trips and right now he has to fly to DC every other weekend to meet with his "TEAM" and then back to the Trek. So here is where the towed comes in. It will give them greater flexibility in traveling and choosing places to stay for awhile. They can be parked somewhere and drive to a city with an airport that can link him to a flight to DC.
They have been on the road for about six months IIRC and absolutely love the life. The gal didn't say if she worked but it didn't seem so and we didn't pry into that. It was kind of funny talking to them, at first they were not real open about their lifestyle , but, when the DW pried it out of them they got so enthusiastic about telling us what they were doing, we couldn't get over to the table to fill out the bill of sale and release of liability. I also think that the DW shrieking about how great she thought what they were doing made them feel at ease about talking to us.
They couldn't say enough good about the Escapees and all the help the bootcamp was. The only thing I suggested is that they adopt a much slower driving style. I know each of us are different and most states aren't like CA regarding the 55MPH speed limit. Due to my age I drive a lot slower even where the speeds are up to 80 MPH, I keep it up to about 60 and suggested they try that a for awhile. Give it a chance and then set their own driving speed. They kinda like that idea, seems you can see more at 60 than 80.
We're going to be in touch at least for awhile as they are bloging their travels and experiences. Wish we had thought about that when we were younger.
