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My Honda FIT is my tow vehicle. A 13 ft Scamp trailer is my RV. We began RVing in 2003 using a 27 ft Fleetwood Tioga. We named her MsTioga. In 2014, MsTioga was destroyed when I had a terrible heart incident. I passed out while driving and MsTioga went off Interstate 5 near Bakersfield, California. MsTioga was destroyed. I was not injured. After surgery to correct my heart condition, I figured that my RVing days were done. I was 77 years old. Time to retire from RVing. However, destiny had a different thing in mind for me. Last September, a good friend invited me to visit with him at Jojoba Hills SKP Resort. While having supper with one of the Jojoba Hills founders, I decided to move there. In order to get on the Jojoba Hills wait-list, I had to own an RV. But my Honda FIT could not tow the 29 ft Coachmen trailer that I bought. So, I bought the 13 ft Scamp trailer in order to RV again. My next birthday, will be my 80th. Anything is possible! Right now, I am on the 6th day of a trip RVing north thru California. I always street camp. Very rarely do I stay in an RV park. If you would like to see what I am up to, my Blog link is below! Tioga George .7.7KViews0likes19CommentsRe: Tioga George
Hi Everybody! This coming Monday, The Scampy RV Team will be heading out of the Lone Wolf RV Park in Apple Valley, California. We do not have a destination. Just going north in California and searching for adventure! We are thinking to be on-the-road for the rest of the year. However, we are on the wait-list for the Jojoba Hills SKP Resort. When we get word that we have made it to the top of the Jojoba wait-list, we will head over there!! Very exciting! George .324Views0likes0CommentsRe: Never Too Late To FullTime
Thank you ALL sooooo much for all the good posts for me to read! In the early years of my RVing, I posted on RV.NET a lot. I wanted to be of service to RVers. And I did that by helping Rvers here. As the years rolled on, RVers got sophisticated. I was not able any longer to find posters here that I was able to help. And as a result, I gradually drifted away from RV.NET. When by some kind of mysterious set of happenings, I found my way back to Fulltiming, I felt the pull of RV.Net moving me back here again! I am so very delighted to be here with you all again! Your welcomes have overwhelmed me. :) Tioga George .446Views0likes0CommentsNever Too Late To FullTime
In 1995 when I reached my 57th year, I wanted to buy an RV sooooo bad! I believed then, that buying an RV was not something that my budget could afford. So all I did about that yearning, was to subscribe to Motor Home Magazine. CANCER In 2001 I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma, cancer of the lymph glands. I figured that I was a dead man. However, I lucked onto a terrific oncologist, and he saved my life. I received chemo-therapy. After six months of that, radiology. By July, 2002, my doctors just let me recover. No treatment from now on. On February 25, 2003, my oncologist doctor informed that I was "in remission". [COLOR=]AN RV ENTERS MY LIFE I left his office and drove directly to Manteca Trailer in the Town of Manteca, California. I got a 1991 Fleetwood Tioga, 27 feet long. After cancer, I did not even consider if I could afford the Tioga. I figured then, that I could do anything that I set my mind to do! TI0GA AND I GET MESSED UP Fast forward to 2014. My TiogaRV and I got into a terrible accident. Tioga was destroyed. I had serous heart problems. After that, I lived in a senior apartment for two years. No thought of RVing again even entered my mind. FATE STEPS INTO MY DESTINY Making a long-story short, I now own two RVs. A 29 foot Apex Coachmen Trailer. And a Scamp 13 foot Trailer. The Apex is my Home Base. The Scamp [Scampy] is my camping trailer. Tomorrow I shall reach my 79th birthday. I believed that I was too old to ever RV again. But here I am fulltiming again. I am posting this topic to you from Mission Beach in San Diego. Scampy is here with me. We are Day Camped here. Close to the water.12KViews0likes30CommentsRe: Full-time RVing again!
Hi Everybody! I'm sooooo grateful to all of you for the fantastic "Welcome Back!" :) Although MsTioga my wonderful RV is no more, on my Blog, I still call myself "Tioga George." When I began to post here on RV.NET in 2003, I used "TiogaRV" as my user name. Cannot change that user name now. Tioga George670Views0likes0Comments
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