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Hello Everyone...... VERY NEW here and begining the process of lots of Research
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Hi Everyone, My name is Henry Sanchez, along with my wife, Ann, we will be fully retiring in about 2-1/2 years. I'm not waiting till I retire to do all the research I possibly can regarding this life style of RVing around our beautiful country. Going "full time" is more than likely no...
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Hi
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Hello everyone, nice to meet you all!
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Introduction and question
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We’re David and Richard, we hope to be full time RVers starting in June 2016.We’ve been together for 16 years and married for 6 months (Aug 2015). We will be traveling with our two dogs, Shilow, a 16-year-old Border Collie and Scooter a 1-year-old Shiatzu Chihuahua mix. Our 18-year-old, Rio, is sta...
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Domicile
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we are going to florida next week with the intent of buying our new home. currently live in wisconsin, but when dw retires in june, we will use texas as our home state. my question-- is there a legal way to avoid paying sales tax,registration and title fees to wisconsin? not sure how this works. thanks
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Fulltiming for a Year with young ones?
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We have been camping in our Coachmen Catalina Class C for over 15 years and each trip or camp out never seems to last as long as we would like so we are considering taking a year out and enjoying the USA. Our 2 oldest are now in college and we just sold our house (living in a rental until we decide what to do) so...
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JeepGypsies in the house!
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Hey all. We were glad to meetup with everyone in Quartzsite today. We told you a little about us but for those who were not there. We are Corey and Jen. We are fulltimers since Sept 2014. We have a dog named Piggy. We have a class A 2003 Tiffin Allegro Bus 32IP and tow a 1998 Jeep Wrangler for adventuring. We s...
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Almost there!!
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Well, we have purchased a 2005 Winnebago Journey 36G and love it. We did much research on different models and really love this floor plan. Amazingly we found a great deal on a one owner coach close by in Prescott, AZ (we live in Tubac, south of Tucson). We are having a great time making it 'ours' as we get r...
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RV wannabe (Newbe) Eyes set on the US in two years time
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Hi All, We (my wife and will be 2 year old) are looking to hit the US in a couple of years and all going well (VISA's) hope to spend 1 year to 18 months travelling in an RV, seeing and doing as much as we can. I have always loved the US and the people and have visited a few times over the years. we both decided to tak...
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New kids on the block
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Hello! We are a retired couple from the Netherlands and fulltimers. The reason I subscribed here is because in Europe fulltiming is not very common and there are no fulltiming forums. I have browsed through your forums and already found very interesting topics. We are currently travelling through...
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J and S
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Canadian Full Timers - yes, still here in the snow!
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Glad to be here. Really liking the name of this forum - RV Dreams. Perfect!We are Full Time RVers in Canada. Recently sold our home and everything in it, and packed ourselves into our little Okanagan and headed from Alberta to the interior of British Columbia. Living our dream and so very glad to be do...
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New Member
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We just joined the RV-Dreams group. Have a 2000 R-Vision Condor Class A Motorhome. 34ft. long, 1 slideout, 454 chevy fuel injected gasser, low miles(10,276). Been to Cherokee, NC and San Antonio, TX on trips. Love our class a. 2016 trip planned for September 2016.
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We DOVE IN!
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We're newlyweds with a good-size (but friendly) pup who were transferred recently to the south San Jose area. Having determined that our living budget only allowed us the worst of apartments, we bought a brand new travel trailer and a TT membership. We're in our first week at the Morgan Hill TT, and d...
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Countdown is on!!
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I've been "hanging out" here for a few months and finally decided to join. My name is Suzie. I'm an accountant and Hubby is a retired firefighter. We've been talking about "doing the RV thing" for about 10 years. We were actively looking at it about 8 years ago and had a 2 year time f...
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Wondering if I can live my dream
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Hello ... I'm not even a part-time rver yet but I've been thinking/dreaming/wanting to for so long, since 1999 in fact. Should have done it then! Now, however, I'm on SSD have some disabilities (well duh SSD) ... anyway, I want to do this so badly, but I don't know that I have the financial structu...
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Newbee
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Hello from Arizona. New to the site. Have been looking thru differant areas and havent found anything on RVing it to Alaska from AZ. Wife and I would like to take that drive the Fall of 2016.
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Hello from the Kansas prairie
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I am currently planning to start full-timing in the next few years. I am 60-something, single and mostly retired. I live with my Pa, who is 90, and help him take care of his household. I'll be staying put as long as he is with me. (My brother and his son also live with us.) My main hobby is touring on my C...
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One year from today...
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Woohoo! One year from today--July 1, 2016--we'll be full-timers! We first started thinking about this in the spring of 2014, as Cheryl was recovering from one of five surgeries she had that year for early-stage breast cancer. We almost lost her during the first one due to an unexpected complication...
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Hello it me Dblstack
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Hi,I guess you can tell I am new here.Will be fully retired in two months at 62. Never had a regular store bought rv,always tented or threw stuff in a van. Been traveling by Amtrak the last decade but wanna stop more along the way at my pace. I don't need anything fancy,I kinda keep it simple.I like the Spri...
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Beginning the dream!
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Hey y'all, I'm AudreyLynn. I'll start with the bio and go from there. I'm the widow of a retired military veteran, raised 6 kids and have 9 grandchildren. I've been researching the nomadic lifestyle for a few years now and originally thought I wanted to live on the road in a Van. I imagined myself bei...
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Just waiting for the house to sell!
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Well we are no longer lurkers on this site! Hooray. We are waiting for the house to sell and we will be on the road! After gathering all of our toys and getting the right vehicles we are ready to hit the road. Looking forward to meeting many of you on the Trail. We are planning on going to the 2016 rally in Te...
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Excited to learn and share
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I am excited to be part of this site. I can't wait to learn more about RV options and to share what I do learn along the way. -- Edited by rodeojoe on Wednesday 16th of December 2015 10:46:04 AM
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Every stick and brick is fighting me, but I'm determined
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Greetings forum folks! I'm new to the forum but I've been reading and admiring the blog for a few years, and I got to attend the Fall Rally this year, so shout out to Howard and Linda and all the nice people I met at that event, what a great group! My status is, the house is determined to fight me every step of...
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In my research phase
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Hello everyone, I am sorry for the anonymity but due to the topic and all, I don't want family or friends knowing what could be up should we decide to do this. And thus far, things are stacking into the "YES lets do this" pile. Hmm, maybe I should seek out folks that say "NO, DONT DO IT!&...
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It could be time soon, but....
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Hello all! We (Sheila and I) aren't quite ready to pull the trigger on FT'ing yet. We still have a one or two responsibilities to fulfill. We are looking forward to it though. We already enjoy traveling and head to AZ as often as possible in the winter. I save all the time available to me for the winters. I...
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Plotting our escape!
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Hi everyone ~ We are Dave and Lisa and we have just recently started to plot our escape from corporate america! We live in the Charlotte NC area and we are in our early 50s. When we found out the manufacturing plant Dave works for is closing and he will eventually be out of a job, it gave us the opportunity...
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Pulled the Trigger on a New RV
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Our dream is slowly becoming a reality... My wife and I purchased a new Grand Design Solitude 366DEN over Thanksgiving weekend. YA HOOO! Got a great deal! The Dealer is storing the unit for us over the winter and we will have it delivered in the spring to start loading up with all of the essentials. I woul...
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Did it!
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Hello Everyone, After almost a year of planning, searching literally hundreds of sites, blogs and RV options, and going to dealers and RV shows I bought me a fifth wheel. I am doing this on a step by step basis, my rental lease is not up until January 31st so I decided to buy it now and begin moving into it s...
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Just spent first nite in rv
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first nite in Rv last nite recently divorced sold everything,50 years old retired and scared to death about the venture yall have been very informative . Going to set up in Texas for winter hoping to learn from folks in parks ! Selling everything was weird yet liberating! I'll take any advice cause I ne...
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Trading up
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Not new to RVing but not really an old hand either. I am semi retired and the wife is retired and we are considering upgrading our RV. We are currently in a 2010 Mako by Gulf Stream, this is a nice unit but not for full timing. To put it bluntly, we need more room and more storage......oh yea the wife wants mor...
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Newbie
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Hi all! I'm new to the group and would like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Stacey and I'm from Upstate NY. My hubby and I are getting ready to go full time in Feb. While I have some experience going camping and he is retired military and used to fox holes this is all very new to us. We have a 38' T...
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