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Extended RV travel on our horizon?
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Hello! My wife and I are thinking about an RV for some extended travel to see the country. She'll be retiring next spring and I'll probably be about a year after. We've never stayed in a large RV, but have camped and done short trips of a week or so in a VW Westfalia camper. We have a small house we love at...
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Phaedris
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Gearing Up
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Hello everyone! Love this forum and website. We are empty nester's planning to be full timing by the end of summer next year. We just bought our 5th RV and switched back to a 5er from a TT experiment. Looking forward to delving further into this forum and learning from everyone here. Safe travels everyo...
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Ghettomedic
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New guy here
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Hi everyone, my name is Michael out of Cranbury, NJ and I am a big fan of off-roading and RV. I am well experienced with off-road parts and equipment and work at CARiD.com tech department so I deal with some cool truck goodies everyday. I'll check around on the forum and possibly become a supporting ven...
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CARiD
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Can I really do this?
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Hi there everybody! I am 56 single and live with my dog in a sticks and bricks home in Ky. I've been retired for 2 years and am going to sell my home and buy an RV. Shewww, I said it so that makes it real...hahha I am still considering what kind I want but I think I want a 5th wheel toy hauler (room for the bike). Th...
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Patty Anne
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First Time RV. Go big or go home
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Hey guys! My husband and I have been an RV owner for about 3 months now. We are planning to go full time while we build our next house. Right now we are waiting on the sell of our current home to fully move in. In the mean time, we've taken her out for a weekend, and plan to go out for a few weeks coming up soon. We L...
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mymovinglife
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You can't buy happiness, but you can buy an RV and that's pretty close.
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After 7 years of research and our dream to become full time RVers finally came to fruition July 28 2015, a few days before our goal of August 1 2015. Selling and giving away many of our long prized possessions was a most painful exercise. However, after almost 6 weeks we gave up possession of our 2 bedroom...
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Anticipating Our Dream
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Hello! We are Joe and Cindy from Ohio and 2016 will be our first Dream rally. We're a few years away from retirement yet but our dream is to full time RV at that time. Currently we do weekend camping and have a small pull behind camper but we plan to purchase a 5th wheel after we retire. We are very anxious to m...
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Joe Searles
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New to 5th wheel ownership
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I am new to 5th wheel ownership but pulled new 5th wheel trailers from the manufacturers in Elkhart In. to dealers around the country and into Canada for a year. We live in the Phoenix metro area but are building a home in the White Mountains area of Arizona on 2.5 acres where we will move to probably next...
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aztrooper
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First time RV fulltimer
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Along with my 14yr golden retriever, Nugget, we are starting our 2nd year full-time living in a fancy tin can. I sold my 3BR house in the Tampa area last year, got rid of a TON of junk & bought myself an RV to live in. I am out here in the Denver area to be nearer my 2yr Great-grand daughter. This will also...
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tincanman
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Fulltime 2016!!
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Hello all, Well, our house finally sold after 5 long years!! We are so excited. We purged a lot!! We kept a few things which are in storage, and the rest of our furniture and stuff went to the kids! We will spend one more winter in Alberta then the winter of 2016 we will start our fulltime travels It is k...
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hopeful fulltimer
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Introduction
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I hope this is the right place for introduction. We, Tom & Janey & Rosie the Rock & Roll retriever just acquired a 2001 Gulfstream Class A DP (Rose' new dog house) Upgrade from 1995 Winnie Adventurer. I've been reading a thread about fire arms and RVs on this site and have been impressed wit...
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tmac
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Wanderlust Inside! Plotting and Planning for August 2016 Launch
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I had an epiphany early this year and have been planning my full-time RV future since. I am in a place right now that everything is coming together and I have set a launch date of August 2016. I have neve been more determined to meet a deadline in my life! lol I'm here to learn, meet friends who are like m...
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xsyntriknomad
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Beginning full time journey bringing Mother-in -Law
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Gary and Deb working on beginning a full time adventure, bringing our young at heart and spunky MIL along. Just waiting to sell our N Florida home. We are planning on buying a Grand Design Reflection BH 5th wheel. I'm retired from the USAF and plan to use military FamCamps when available. Love RVin...
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gcook
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My RV experience
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Hi from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. I bought my first trailer in 1974, kept it for a few years then went for a cottage till 2001. In 2001, being retired I bought my first motorhome, a 1993 diesel pusher that I traded in 2010 for my present motorhome, a class A, Ford with a V-10 and a 5 speed tranny. Th...
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10 Years and Counting RVing - New to Forums
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Hello to everyone. My husband and I have been RVing as long weekenders and vacations for 10 years. He's retired and I will retire in 2 years when we plan to incorporate extended stay trips into our lifestyle. His passion is hunting and fishing, and my passion is music. We have two married daughters and s...
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picking up thurday 319RLS
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Put the cape coral condo for sale and the wachapreague ,VA. house for sale. bought a 10 acres of fenced hay field in Brooksville florida will be our new base. Has a barn with full bath and washer dryer hook ups. On the road we go and when and if we get tired of RVing will build a house. The 319PLS open range li...
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hobo2
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Newbie from central Illinois
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We will be picking up our 2015 Newmar. Bay Star next week. Very exciting new chapter for us. I have picked up a lot of great info from this site! I'm sure it will save my hide many times in the future.
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Bevo7
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RV Dreamin'
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Hello! I am Carol and hubby is John and I personally have been looking into full-timing since about 2007. Hubby was not onboard until recently so now it's time to plan! We have a long way to go but that's okay. I'm 52 years old and he's 50. House will be paid off in 31 months (but who's counting ). We don't hav...
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CKnopf88
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New to site and looking for info on Sprinter RVs & Baja Travel
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Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and brand new to RVing. I am looking for people with Sprinter Class B RV info. I have never owned an RV but have rented a few Class A's over the years. I have been researching my best fit. My main desire is adventure travel, mountain biking, fly fishing, hiking, rock cl...
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All I can do is Think About IT!
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My wife and I were going to sell everything and hit the road in March of 2015. My wife lost her job and we said if she wasn't able to find a job by June we were pulling the trigger. Much to our surprise she was offered a position with Union Pacific in May of 2015. We were both shocked and a little disappointed th...
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Hello from the Young-ish Newbies!
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Hello to everyone! I stumbled upon this forum a couple weeks ago, now I am hooked! A few things about us... April and Josh. We are from Virginia Beach and started full-timing in June of this year! I (April) am a traveling physical therapist, which is ultimately the reason we decided to live in an RV fu...
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An Unexpected Adventure
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Just Dreamin'
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I am dreaming of fulltiming at retirement time in 4-6 yrs. I will be going Solo, and it scares my son and family! I will be spending the next few years, purging, simplifying, and educating myself by reading a bunch of sites like this! I am so glad to have found you! Are there any chapters of your group...
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JJ
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Hello, new to the Group
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Hello everyone, My wife (Karen) and I have been looking at retiring in 3 years. We've been looking at the possibility of full time RV'ing for the last 3 months and have enjoyed what we've been reading. Have a lot of questions about RV'ing and are a little fearful of the though of selling everything an...
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Livin Large
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Intro
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Hi Rich and I both lived the RV life as singles for a while. Now we're together with a Class A. We're planning on leaving our place in Louisville and spending Nov-March RVing in Florida. Neither of us like the cold weather anymore. Yep.....a little scary! We've had this RV about 4 months and we're still l...
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jandee
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New family preparing to FT
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We are a retired AF family of four getting ready to hit the road full time. We have been purging all summer and now we are just waiting for the house to sell. I have been reading, researching and purging diligently while the Chief has been getting the house/yard/cars in shape to sell. We have gleaned s...
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Dreaming and Getting Ready
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Hi to all! We are the Stich's, Teri and Paul. We are several years out yet from living the dream but are starting to take the steps to make it happen. I have followed the RV-Dreams Blog off and on for several years and what an inspiration it has been. Right now our biggest holdbacks are of a financial nature...
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Teri and Paul
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Greetings from Austin, TX
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Hello everyone. We are Casey and Julie from Austin, Texas, and we are pleased to announce that we have begun the transition to full-time RV’ing. I (Julie) have followed Howard and Linda since they went on the road and have been begging, pleading talking to Casey about the idea of full-time RV’ing. We’...
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Julie and Casey
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Hi!
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J and Bean here. We have decided to join the glamping club. We thought it would be a good idea to join a forum and meet fellow glampers. We have our sights on a 5th wheel that feels just right for us. Looks like this is a great place to get all the ins and outs.
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jbean
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The Search Is On!!
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Hi Everyone! My name is Lisa, my husband is Marc, and our Yorkies are Spunky and Lainey Bug. We live in the desert of Phoenix, AZ and it's time to get out of here...for the summers any way! I'm a native Bostonian who ditched the snowblower for good about 23 years ago but this AZ heat is really getting on my...
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SpunkyOne
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Hi... off to a bad start.
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Hi everybody, Geez. Day One of preparing my condo for sale, I had a friend come over to help. We opened the closet, the ceiling was on the floor and the floor was covered in water. Roof leak. Not a disaster. minimal damage to the contents, but it's a round of repairs and insurance claims and inspections t...
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