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Alleyman · Alleyman

Skipped from irv2 due to unable to enter chat for long time. Look forward to meeting and chatting about RV stuff.

Makamae · Makamae

We are soon to be full timers, probably this fall (2015). We are in the planning stages and are starting the downsizing that must be done. We are hoping to get a 42 ft Thor Tuscany Motorhome (that is what we are currently looking at). We are quite excited and look forward to learning on this site! -- Edited...

New Member in New England · Rockwood

Hello everyone! We have been full timing for 4 years now and enjoy it. We live in a 32' Rockwood class A. Both of us are ham radio operators. Art is a master toolmaker and I am the electronics person. Both enjoy reading Si-Fi, mysteries, Clancy novels. We have been together for 25-27? years now and are in o...

lindaorbrian · lindaorbrian

My name is Brian and my wife is linda , I've been following Howard and Linda for a very long time. Started when they were 3 months into there adventure. Love everything about this sight ,, Howard opinions on everything to do with being on the road . My wife Linda and I have also been on the road a long time but...

New Member · goldwingerx2

Hello All, Just found this site and found it very interesting. We are long term RV/Camping having been a Good Sam Member since 1972. We are part-time RVers in that we spend about 8 months traveling. Have been to 49 states and have missed 2 providences in Canada. Our cat, Purr, has made all the trips w...

Scott82 · Scott82

So my girlfriend and I have finally bought our first rig. We got a 2008 gulf stream conquest supreme. We had to accommodate our aging Great Dane. We are moving out of our apartment in a few weeks to go full time. We are still looking for a suitable campground nearby until we are ready to leave the area in Nov...

Hollyjcl · Hollyjcl

Hi I'm Holly and from NH. My husband and I are getting ready for retirement. We want to take log trips to see and explore this beautiful country. I especially want to immerse myself in nature, and to explore the wonders of cities and towns and different communities and lifestyles. We have been lookin...

New Forum Member · jlb27537

Hello All, I am new to the Forum but not to the lifestyle. Jim -- Edited by jlb27537 on Wednesday 4th of February 2015 06:40:52 PM

cmesker · cmesker

Hello everyone! My name is Christy and I live about 30 miles north of Louisville, Ky with my husband Jason and our three dogs (Buddy - Great Pyrenees/Golden Retriever; Lois Lane - Kelpie mix; L.B. - Chiweenie). We currently live in the middle of 11 acres in a log sided home and have run our own web based b...

poppy · poppy

hi all, Richard and Jean here. We both retired just over a year ago. Have been toying with the idea of full time rv living, and are ready to jump in! Cann't wait to meet new people on this next journey of our lives!

superman · superman

New member from Nashville area. We pick up our new 5th wheel this weekend. Never RV'd before. Camped as a kid and young adult, but never since. We have been thinking about buying a vacation home for years. This one will just be mobile. Been reasearching RVing the past few months a great deal. Lov...

the Parentals · the Parentals

My husband and I live in Ontario. All three of our children have married Americans and live in Colorado, Florida, and Missouri. In 2008, we bought a small 5th-wheel trailer to park in their driveways and have our own space while visiting them. As it turns out, we love RVing and might like to go full time w...

Vagabond · Vagabond

Hi folks, My name is Kyle, and I recently joined the forum to research and plan what will hopefully be at least a one year road trip around America. The condensed version of why I am here is both positive, and negative. I have always wanted to see "whats out there", and traveling around towi...

golfnut · golfnut

Going full time in 2 months and have been looking at different hitches. I've looked at Reece, ProSeries and Curt hitches. Does anyone have a recommendation? The service guy where we bought the 5th wheel said any one of those is a good hitch as long as the weight rating is correct. Our 5th wheel is 18,000 p...

allieoop · allieoop

Hi, I hope this is the correct way to do this. I have had some kind of an RV most of my adult life, seems like I always have questions. I am currently looking again as my last was a lemon, and now that that is settled I am ready to begin anew. See you all on the road.

jalcorn1 · jalcorn1

My wife and I are in the process of buying our first RV. It's an older Class C 1996 Fleetwood Tioga Montara. Its very clean, needs some minor repairs, but will be our first RV. We can't wait to just load up and go.... We live in New Jersey, we're both in our 50's and not close to retirement. We're looking...

MS601 · MS601

Hello! My name is David and my wife's name is Annie. We live in Southeastern Indiana and have ben camping in our 27 ft RV (tow behind) since 2010. before that we had a pop-up and going back into the dark ages we had tents We have 5 kids; our oldest is now serving in the Navy, the next oldest will be 18 in a few sho...

TXScubaBugs · TXScubaBugs

Well we bit the bullet right before Xmas and purchased a 2015 Dutchmen Kodiak 291 RESL travel trailer! We have a 2013 F150 Supercrew with tow package. We took the rig out for our inaugural trip last weekend to the Vineyards RV park in Grapevine, TX. We had the best time! I may have the opportunity to ful...

jbragg · jbragg

My wife and I are new to the rv world. Recently purchased a 1987 Winnebago Elandan 37RQ. First RV for both of us. Needs some minor work, but all in all seems to be a pretty solid motorhome. Looking forward to all the good advice we can get and getting out on the road with the grandkids.

TomW · TomW

The title of this thread is my handle on a couple of other forums. Read my story below to see why I use it.Not new to RV-Dreams or the forum or to RV'ing or even Full-Timing but it has been years since I've done much on line posting except for Facebook. But, since we'll be attending the Spring Rally in Sevi...

kdkarch · kdkarch

Hello everyone, we have introduced ourselves before and appreciate all of the advice we have gotten when we had questions. We had not sold our house yet when we first posted. But I am happy to say we sold our house and we bought a 2013 Montana High Country yesterday! We will be moving in in the next couple o...

billbev · billbev

Hi all, We are Bill & Bev Scholten from NW Iowa. Retired 3/21/14 & currently in South NJ for the 2nd time this spring. We have yet to sell our house in IA so I call us "transitioning" Traveling in our '07 DRV ES towed by '08 F-450. Looking forward to being in the RV Dreams "family&q...

RonandBee · RonandBee

HI everyone. My name is Ron, retired two years ago at the age of 50. My wife and I are seriously considering going full-time RV'ers. We have two sons, both in the military, one on the west coast and the other in the central US. We are still debating the issue, but we are really leaning towards doing it. We ar...

South Texas Travelers · South Texas Travelers

Hello, We brought her "home" yesterday! Our new to us 32' Fifth Wheel, and she's a beauty, 2011 and very gently used. We rented a covered storage shed with electricity to keep it charged, and because we do live in humid South Texas, to run the AC occasionally. We will probably only take he...

tetons97 · tetons97

My wife and I had been full timers while she was a traveling nurse. Since we bought a Teton fiver,and Jackson Hole was her first assignment in '97 that became our user name.We them moved to Ca, bought a house and now have bought a New Horizons fiver, and can't wait for the house to sell and retire all over Am...

GhostRider · GhostRider

I am not quite a gonna be, we have owned a Class C RV for 2 years and sold it 2 years ago to venture in real estate. Well, we are gonna to be for now. We did take a month and toured the US. This is when LeVere and I decided to do the full time when we retire. LeVere and I are from Cumberland, Maryland and work full...

Brooke S · Brooke S

Hello everyone! I am a single 40 something year old female and I know that I want this lifestyle. I have two boys born in 1999 and 2000, and even though I am not with their father anymore, we are still the best of friends, I even work for him now. With my boys being older, I want to buy either a used Class A or a 5t...

Mike and Claire · Mike and Claire

Hi to all We are Mike & Claire. Unlike many of you, we will not be full-timing. We are partially retired lawyers who recently settled in Tucson from Seattle. Found a beautiful home with a great view of the Catalinas. Finally got tired of the dreary winters after almost 40 years - the beautiful t...

dwatson · dwatson

We're going to be arriving in Quartzite mid January and wondered about recommendations for areas to set up "home." Are there other Michigan campers arriving/arrived?

chy46 · chy46

Wife and I have been rving for about 4yrs now 50% of the time every year . we have 37' 5th . Just looking for solar panels and came across your site , I think we will be glad we did . Alan & Norlene

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Just joined. (Preview) Skipped from irv2 due to unable to enter chat for long time. Look forward to meeting and chatting about RV stuff.	Alleyman	12	1330	12:33 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	Hello from Cheryl and Garry and our 2 fur kids, Kali'a, a silky terrier, and Roxy, a golden lab retriever! (Preview) We are soon to be full timers, probably this fall (2015). We are in the planning stages and are starting the downsizing that must be done. We are hoping to get a 42 ft Thor Tuscany Motorhome (that is what we are currently looking at). We are quite excited and look forward to learning on this site! -- Edited...	Makamae	8	1176	12:26 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	New Member in New England (Preview) Hello everyone! We have been full timing for 4 years now and enjoy it. We live in a 32' Rockwood class A. Both of us are ham radio operators. Art is a master toolmaker and I am the electronics person. Both enjoy reading Si-Fi, mysteries, Clancy novels. We have been together for 25-27? years now and are in o...	Rockwood	10	1303	12:19 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	Big fan of RV Dreams web sight (Preview) My name is Brian and my wife is linda , I've been following Howard and Linda for a very long time. Started when they were 3 months into there adventure. Love everything about this sight ,, Howard opinions on everything to do with being on the road . My wife Linda and I have also been on the road a long time but...	lindaorbrian	9	1436	12:18 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	New Member (Preview) Hello All, Just found this site and found it very interesting. We are long term RV/Camping having been a Good Sam Member since 1972. We are part-time RVers in that we spend about 8 months traveling. Have been to 49 states and have missed 2 providences in Canada. Our cat, Purr, has made all the trips w...	goldwingerx2	4	948	12:16 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	Brand New Fulltimers! Starting next month! (Preview) So my girlfriend and I have finally bought our first rig. We got a 2008 gulf stream conquest supreme. We had to accommodate our aging Great Dane. We are moving out of our apartment in a few weeks to go full time. We are still looking for a suitable campground nearby until we are ready to leave the area in Nov...	Scott82	16	1815	12:07 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	Hello New to forum (Preview) Hi I'm Holly and from NH. My husband and I are getting ready for retirement. We want to take log trips to see and explore this beautiful country. I especially want to immerse myself in nature, and to explore the wonders of cities and towns and different communities and lifestyles. We have been lookin...	Hollyjcl	15	1349	12:05 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	New Forum Member (Preview) Hello All, I am new to the Forum but not to the lifestyle. Jim -- Edited by jlb27537 on Wednesday 4th of February 2015 06:40:52 PM	jlb27537	5	976	12:00 PM Mar 7, 2015 by shystywolf
	Hello From a Wannabe FullTimer from Kentucky (Preview) Hello everyone! My name is Christy and I live about 30 miles north of Louisville, Ky with my husband Jason and our three dogs (Buddy - Great Pyrenees/Golden Retriever; Lois Lane - Kelpie mix; L.B. - Chiweenie). We currently live in the middle of 11 acres in a log sided home and have run our own web based b...	cmesker	10	1127	08:44 AM Mar 6, 2015 by Terry and Jo
	New to Forum (Preview) hi all, Richard and Jean here. We both retired just over a year ago. Have been toying with the idea of full time rv living, and are ready to jump in! Cann't wait to meet new people on this next journey of our lives!	poppy	12	1178	10:00 PM Mar 4, 2015 by pkhalin
	Introduction (Preview) New member from Nashville area. We pick up our new 5th wheel this weekend. Never RV'd before. Camped as a kid and young adult, but never since. We have been thinking about buying a vacation home for years. This one will just be mobile. Been reasearching RVing the past few months a great deal. Lov...	superman	12	1137	01:33 PM Mar 2, 2015 by DebbieM
	Greetings from Canada (Preview) My husband and I live in Ontario. All three of our children have married Americans and live in Colorado, Florida, and Missouri. In 2008, we bought a small 5th-wheel trailer to park in their driveways and have our own space while visiting them. As it turns out, we love RVing and might like to go full time w...	the Parentals	5	884	04:50 PM Feb 8, 2015 by trimixdiving
	Hello from central Washington State (Preview) Hi folks, My name is Kyle, and I recently joined the forum to research and plan what will hopefully be at least a one year road trip around America. The condensed version of why I am here is both positive, and negative. I have always wanted to see "whats out there", and traveling around towi...	Vagabond	11	1304	08:53 AM Feb 5, 2015 by Vagabond
	New to Full timing (Preview) Going full time in 2 months and have been looking at different hitches. I've looked at Reece, ProSeries and Curt hitches. Does anyone have a recommendation? The service guy where we bought the 5th wheel said any one of those is a good hitch as long as the weight rating is correct. Our 5th wheel is 18,000 p...	golfnut	6	1251	03:56 AM Feb 5, 2015 by Jim and Barb
	Introducing myself (Preview) Hi, I hope this is the correct way to do this. I have had some kind of an RV most of my adult life, seems like I always have questions. I am currently looking again as my last was a lemon, and now that that is settled I am ready to begin anew. See you all on the road.	allieoop	6	1038	01:50 PM Feb 4, 2015 by TRAILERKING
	Look out RV world, here we come! (Preview) My wife and I are in the process of buying our first RV. It's an older Class C 1996 Fleetwood Tioga Montara. Its very clean, needs some minor repairs, but will be our first RV. We can't wait to just load up and go.... We live in New Jersey, we're both in our 50's and not close to retirement. We're looking...	jalcorn1	5	861	03:25 PM Feb 3, 2015 by cherylbrv
	So The Plan Is.... (Preview) Hello! My name is David and my wife's name is Annie. We live in Southeastern Indiana and have ben camping in our 27 ft RV (tow behind) since 2010. before that we had a pop-up and going back into the dark ages we had tents We have 5 kids; our oldest is now serving in the Navy, the next oldest will be 18 in a few sho...	MS601	5	1260	09:50 PM Feb 2, 2015 by osanmike
	New RV, possible opportunity to full time! (Preview) Well we bit the bullet right before Xmas and purchased a 2015 Dutchmen Kodiak 291 RESL travel trailer! We have a 2013 F150 Supercrew with tow package. We took the rig out for our inaugural trip last weekend to the Vineyards RV park in Grapevine, TX. We had the best time! I may have the opportunity to ful...	TXScubaBugs	5	1185	07:01 PM Jan 24, 2015 by Terry and Jo
	Newcomers From Kentucky (Preview) My wife and I are new to the rv world. Recently purchased a 1987 Winnebago Elandan 37RQ. First RV for both of us. Needs some minor work, but all in all seems to be a pretty solid motorhome. Looking forward to all the good advice we can get and getting out on the road with the grandkids.	jbragg	5	990	02:15 PM Jan 23, 2015 by Jimmy and Janis
	StillCampin (Preview) The title of this thread is my handle on a couple of other forums. Read my story below to see why I use it.Not new to RV-Dreams or the forum or to RV'ing or even Full-Timing but it has been years since I've done much on line posting except for Facebook. But, since we'll be attending the Spring Rally in Sevi...	TomW	7	1183	05:20 PM Jan 20, 2015 by cherylbrv
	Starting the full time lifestyle (Preview) Hello everyone, we have introduced ourselves before and appreciate all of the advice we have gotten when we had questions. We had not sold our house yet when we first posted. But I am happy to say we sold our house and we bought a 2013 Montana High Country yesterday! We will be moving in in the next couple o...	kdkarch	11	1279	08:45 PM Jan 15, 2015 by Camper Chronicles
	Newcomers here Transitioning to Full Time RVing (Preview) Hi all, We are Bill & Bev Scholten from NW Iowa. Retired 3/21/14 & currently in South NJ for the 2nd time this spring. We have yet to sell our house in IA so I call us "transitioning" Traveling in our '07 DRV ES towed by '08 F-450. Looking forward to being in the RV Dreams "family&q...	billbev	9	1556	11:33 AM Jan 13, 2015 by kdkarch
	To go Full-time, or not to go Full-time.... (Preview) HI everyone. My name is Ron, retired two years ago at the age of 50. My wife and I are seriously considering going full-time RV'ers. We have two sons, both in the military, one on the west coast and the other in the central US. We are still debating the issue, but we are really leaning towards doing it. We ar...	RonandBee	13	1615	11:12 PM Jan 7, 2015 by RonandBee
	Love this site! We have a question for the "Experts" (you!) (Preview) Hello, We brought her "home" yesterday! Our new to us 32' Fifth Wheel, and she's a beauty, 2011 and very gently used. We rented a covered storage shed with electricity to keep it charged, and because we do live in humid South Texas, to run the AC occasionally. We will probably only take he...	South Texas Travelers	18	2018	11:02 AM Jan 7, 2015 by cheryls-other-half
	Introduce yourself Howdy New Horizons fulltimer (Preview) My wife and I had been full timers while she was a traveling nurse. Since we bought a Teton fiver,and Jackson Hole was her first assignment in '97 that became our user name.We them moved to Ca, bought a house and now have bought a New Horizons fiver, and can't wait for the house to sell and retire all over Am...	tetons97	3	4001	10:56 AM Jan 6, 2015 by Camper Chronicles
	A definite Gonna Be just waiting for retirement to kick in (Preview) I am not quite a gonna be, we have owned a Class C RV for 2 years and sold it 2 years ago to venture in real estate. Well, we are gonna to be for now. We did take a month and toured the US. This is when LeVere and I decided to do the full time when we retire. LeVere and I are from Cumberland, Maryland and work full...	GhostRider	8	1127	09:27 PM Jan 5, 2015 by TRAILERKING
	Introducing myself (Preview) Hello everyone! I am a single 40 something year old female and I know that I want this lifestyle. I have two boys born in 1999 and 2000, and even though I am not with their father anymore, we are still the best of friends, I even work for him now. With my boys being older, I want to buy either a used Class A or a 5t...	Brooke S	6	1034	05:59 PM Jan 5, 2015 by RonandBee
	Yet more newbies (Preview) Hi to all We are Mike & Claire. Unlike many of you, we will not be full-timing. We are partially retired lawyers who recently settled in Tucson from Seattle. Found a beautiful home with a great view of the Catalinas. Finally got tired of the dreary winters after almost 40 years - the beautiful t...	Mike and Claire	7	1061	09:14 AM Jan 5, 2015 by el Rojo and Pam
	1st Time Boondocking in Quartzite, AZ boondocking quartzite boondocking michiganders in quartzite quartzite AZ (Preview) We're going to be arriving in Quartzite mid January and wondered about recommendations for areas to set up "home." Are there other Michigan campers arriving/arrived?	dwatson	11	4225	10:00 AM Jan 4, 2015 by dwatson
	HI Everyone another newbe (Preview) Wife and I have been rving for about 4yrs now 50% of the time every year . we have 37' 5th . Just looking for solar panels and came across your site , I think we will be glad we did . Alan & Norlene	chy46	4	1027	11:58 PM Jan 3, 2015 by rocknb
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