Introduce Yourself! - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Hairtriger · Hairtriger

I will retire in one year!!! Good Lord willing we will sell out and hit the road sometime next summer (2015). my wife and I have a fifth wheel and a truck and are looking forward the the freedom we hear so many of you talk about. The most difficult part will be leaving our church and church family, but believ...

galtgirl · galtgirl

We are John and Carol from Sacramento, CA. I am 67 and John is 64. We bought a Holiday Rambler Presidential 5th wheel in 2003 with the intention of living and traveling in it while I worked as a travel nurse. As fate often changes our plans, we had to come off the road after several years. I was diagnose...

njb1957 · njb1957

Hi my name is Nancy and I am presently living in Pleasant Prairie Wi (between Milwaukee & Chicago). I purchased a Carriage Fifth Wheel in Oct 2013 and it is currently in storage. I am downsizing/purging and have my mobile home on the market but it will be a tough sell. Once the MH sells I can pay o...

reubenray · reubenray

The DW and I have been discussing doing this for about 6 months. It was her idea, but I had a lot of questions. My main concern was how to get mail, bank, etc. while on the road and with no permanent address. We did find a UPS mail service close by (we live in SE Louisiana) that we will use to start off with. ...

alc · alc

I ordered a Lifestyle 36FW 2 months ago, Thursday I go to pick it up! looking forward to spending alot of time in it. I have a plan to retire in 10 years and this will be my home.

BriPi · BriPi

Hi All, A lot going on this year for me. Turned 30, happily single again, graduating in 1 month with a master's degree, and beginning a new career in eastern WA (currently in CO). I am in the process of selling my house, but have already splurged on a new truck (the RAM 1500 ecodiesel) and a new 2013 22FBS...

DenJen12 · DenJen12

Hello everyone!! While I am not new to full time rv lifestyle, I am new to this site

My husband and I purchased a 2013 Silverado by Bighorn in October of 2012 and set off for Elk City, Ok to build a gas plant (my husband is a construction manager for a company out of Tulsa, OK but we actually moved from Cl...

alternativeview · alternativeview

We have been toying with the idea of an RV lifestyle ever since my husband returned from Vietnam in the 70s; his plan was to modify a van and travel our great country. That didn't happen and, well, life ensued. Yet the idea still simmered on the back burner, and the research and planning were turned up s...

tex_rvr · tex_rvr

We are full timers from Texas and have been on the road going on 11 years. Both of us enjoy the lifestyle, visiting museums, reading and my wife does quilting. Also we park host and have hosted in state parks in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas, Montana, South Dakota as well as Fish and Wildlife in the state of...

The Sages · The Sages

Hi there! My name is Sheryle and my hubby is Bruce. We are just about to realize our dream which has been simmering for almost 2 years now (10 years if you count the time we spent just dreaming about this lifestyle) We spent last year preparing the house to sell, sold the house, transitioned to an apt, boug...

travelingkathy · travelingkathy

Hi, I'm 60 something and will be traveling alone. I have never owned an RV but did travel with my mother & stepfather across the country in 1995. I drove my van and they drove their C-class RV. We stayed at some wonderful campgrounds and saw some amazing country. I have a million questions but I'll...

Oldme · Oldme

Hello, This looks like a great forum We are retired and RV part-time in a Class C. I use the same name on several forums. Good to see some old friends here. Safe travels.

Billy Bob · Billy Bob

Hello from the Texas Gulf Coast We are new to this forum but not to camping or RVing . We tent camped for many years as our two boys grew up, we family camped & I and my sons done a lot of camping with our scout troop. I was an assistant Scout Master for a number of years with the local scout troops and rea...

buffetoflife · buffetoflife

Hi My name is Tim and I am in between residences at the moment and am considering making purchase of 1992-1994 Safari Kenya or Continental. Will be moving my 401K over tomorrow into a Wells Fargo IRA account where I would have better access to it. Idea is to use funds from that as a primary residence purch...

sherev · sherev

Hi, All! This is all very new to me. Looking forward to hitting the road once I've retired. Have another 3 years - maybe. My husband and I are doing our research and this site is fantastic - filled with so much information. Many of our questions are already answered here and we're getting others together...

BamaFan · BamaFan

Hi, I'm new here with lots of questions. We will be buying a used motorhome in TX, registering it there, and making Texas our domicile. Can someone direct me to a website which will give me some idea of the fees and sales taxes, hopefully with a breakdown by county, involved with doing this?

WeicheFam · WeicheFam

My name is Donna and my husband is Randy we currently live in Bishop Calif. Next month the house goes up for sell, if it sells fast we will move into the motorhome until November when we hope to retire. We have a townhouse in Sedona, AZ. which we’re going to keep as a home base, or possibly rent it out as a vac...

John Bridge · John Bridge

Hi all, We are new to the site. We spend about five months per year in our fifth-wheel, roaming North America. As chief driver I'm presently right at the 100,000 mile mark -- two Alaska trips, all the lower 48 states and several Canadian Provinces. Still not ready to settle in one spot except for winter...

KuhlmanAZ · KuhlmanAZ

We are Kurt and Toni Kuhl from Arizona and are excited to be closing in on our move into our 2006 Jayco Seneca for good! Our youngest of three sons turned 18 in December and will be starting college in August 2014. We will hit the road in September 2014 once he is settled into his dorm. We partially attende...

Tom and Mare · Tom and Mare

Hi, We are Tom and Mary Ann, early 50's couple from Massachusetts. We are looking forward to fulltiming in the spring of 2016. I bet that will be here before we know it! We don't currently have a fulltiming RV but enjoy our Coleman popup. We have a few motorhome floorplans picked out so we should be ready w...

wildcats · wildcats

Hello from Indiana! Cathy and Denny here. We are not new to rving, but new to the forum. Purchased a new 2011 fleetwood Bounder upon retiring and have not looked back. Mostly rving between April and November, getting anxious already. Hoping for nice spring so we can get started.

nikniron · nikniron

I'm Nikki, and my husband Ron will be retiring from the US Army is 3 years and we are starting our research to hit the road full time when it's all said and done. This is such a great site and had found it about 2 years ago when we were living in Ft. Knox KY. Lots of information to be shared and lots for us to learn...

MelDee58 · MelDee58

My daughter, my dog Tj and I have been rving for about 2 and half years in a travel trailer. The only regret I have is that I have not done this sooner. We have enjoyed the RV life more than we ever dreamed. I plan on retiring in about 4 and half years and would like to upgrade to a fifth wheel. My daughter and...

Ecovision · Ecovision

Born and raised in Detroit, my career has been focused on the Great Lakes and their islands. I bought my class B in 2009 after joining Rving Women and am circling the lakes one at a time researching, taking photos and blogging with my dog Henry. I call my rig Ecovision. I've been reading RV-Dreams for yea...

Dogpatch · Dogpatch

Hello All from Beautiful British Columbia. We just sold our Dynasty and are currently on the search for our next "New to Us" coach. We aren't retired, but enjoy the Class A DP way of "Glamping" on spare weekends and holidays.

Malias Miles · Malias Miles

Hi all! I just discovered Howard & Linda's forum through RVillage and since I finally got to meet them and love them, couldn't resist joining in here! I'm sure I already have "met" some of you at least virtually and look forward to meeting more. You can never have too many RVer friends...

musicman60 · musicman60

hello all we are new to this site but belong to others only been rving since 1974 so still kind of new hope to say hi to allsooner or later

Humphrey Duo · Humphrey Duo

Ms. Gail and I are from the Greensboro, NC area. We have owned a TT for two years and we have recently sold it recently. We are hoping to move to the Fifth Wheel world. Gail loves to sew little girls dressers, which she showcases on her Etsy website "Back Porch Kids". Ted loves to read, fish and h...

PaulandMB · PaulandMB

I probably should have made this my first post but I jumper right in to buying an RV. After mulling about retirement prospects for several years, my wife (Maribeth) and I have decided that I will retire at the beginning of June, 2017 when I will be 59 and a half. We are lifelong campers who have spent rea...

marianne57 · marianne57

Hi everyone! My husband and I made a committment early this year to go FT in 2-3 years (sooner if my job continues to get worse!) After much discussion on our retirement years fast approaching, we found Linda and Howards website here. We gave serious consideration for over 3 months before deciding j...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Greetings from South West Missouri!!! (Preview) I will retire in one year!!! Good Lord willing we will sell out and hit the road sometime next summer (2015). my wife and I have a fifth wheel and a truck and are looking forward the the freedom we hear so many of you talk about. The most difficult part will be leaving our church and church family, but believ...	Hairtriger	15	1313	06:18 AM May 11, 2014 by el Rojo and Pam
	Fulltiming, Chapter 2 (Preview) We are John and Carol from Sacramento, CA. I am 67 and John is 64. We bought a Holiday Rambler Presidential 5th wheel in 2003 with the intention of living and traveling in it while I worked as a travel nurse. As fate often changes our plans, we had to come off the road after several years. I was diagnose...	galtgirl	8	1002	07:01 PM May 8, 2014 by RickandJanice
	Working my way to Fulltiming (Preview) Hi my name is Nancy and I am presently living in Pleasant Prairie Wi (between Milwaukee & Chicago). I purchased a Carriage Fifth Wheel in Oct 2013 and it is currently in storage. I am downsizing/purging and have my mobile home on the market but it will be a tough sell. Once the MH sells I can pay o...	njb1957	10	1111	01:55 PM May 8, 2014 by njb1957
	Hello from Future Full Timer (Preview) The DW and I have been discussing doing this for about 6 months. It was her idea, but I had a lot of questions. My main concern was how to get mail, bank, etc. while on the road and with no permanent address. We did find a UPS mail service close by (we live in SE Louisiana) that we will use to start off with. ...	reubenray	8	1258	04:24 PM May 6, 2014 by reubenray
	Hello from Kansas (Preview) I ordered a Lifestyle 36FW 2 months ago, Thursday I go to pick it up! looking forward to spending alot of time in it. I have a plan to retire in 10 years and this will be my home.	alc	14	1222	05:44 AM May 3, 2014 by VanMar
	About to start full timing in my new TT (Preview) Hi All, A lot going on this year for me. Turned 30, happily single again, graduating in 1 month with a master's degree, and beginning a new career in eastern WA (currently in CO). I am in the process of selling my house, but have already splurged on a new truck (the RAM 1500 ecodiesel) and a new 2013 22FBS...	BriPi	10	1197	06:10 PM May 1, 2014 by Lucky Mike
	Anxiously awaiting the arrival... (Preview) Hello everyone!! While I am not new to full time rv lifestyle, I am new to this site My husband and I purchased a 2013 Silverado by Bighorn in October of 2012 and set off for Elk City, Ok to build a gas plant (my husband is a construction manager for a company out of Tulsa, OK but we actually moved from Cl...	DenJen12	19	1668	07:41 PM Apr 30, 2014 by Terry and Jo
	Greetings from Middle of the Heartland! (Preview) We have been toying with the idea of an RV lifestyle ever since my husband returned from Vietnam in the 70s; his plan was to modify a van and travel our great country. That didn't happen and, well, life ensued. Yet the idea still simmered on the back burner, and the research and planning were turned up s...	alternativeview	6	817	07:13 PM Apr 28, 2014 by alternativeview
	hello to the forums (Preview) We are full timers from Texas and have been on the road going on 11 years. Both of us enjoy the lifestyle, visiting museums, reading and my wife does quilting. Also we park host and have hosted in state parks in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas, Montana, South Dakota as well as Fish and Wildlife in the state of...	tex_rvr	15	1347	06:38 AM Apr 28, 2014 by VanMar
	Greetings fellow RVer's (Preview) Hi there! My name is Sheryle and my hubby is Bruce. We are just about to realize our dream which has been simmering for almost 2 years now (10 years if you count the time we spent just dreaming about this lifestyle) We spent last year preparing the house to sell, sold the house, transitioned to an apt, boug...	The Sages	5	663	12:52 PM Apr 24, 2014 by Lonney Wade
	Hello from Kentucky (Preview) Hi, I'm 60 something and will be traveling alone. I have never owned an RV but did travel with my mother & stepfather across the country in 1995. I drove my van and they drove their C-class RV. We stayed at some wonderful campgrounds and saw some amazing country. I have a million questions but I'll...	travelingkathy	9	868	09:15 AM Apr 24, 2014 by PIEERE
	Hello. (Preview) Hello, This looks like a great forum We are retired and RV part-time in a Class C. I use the same name on several forums. Good to see some old friends here. Safe travels.	Oldme	12	971	07:59 PM Apr 23, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Hello from Texas Gulf Coast (Preview) Hello from the Texas Gulf Coast We are new to this forum but not to camping or RVing . We tent camped for many years as our two boys grew up, we family camped & I and my sons done a lot of camping with our scout troop. I was an assistant Scout Master for a number of years with the local scout troops and rea...	Billy Bob	11	1099	07:59 AM Apr 21, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Hello from Martinsville VA RV Insurance Primary Residence Purchase Retirement Funds (Preview) Hi My name is Tim and I am in between residences at the moment and am considering making purchase of 1992-1994 Safari Kenya or Continental. Will be moving my 401K over tomorrow into a Wells Fargo IRA account where I would have better access to it. Idea is to use funds from that as a primary residence purch...	buffetoflife	5	1246	07:57 AM Apr 21, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Newbie, Wannabe, Gonnabe (Preview) Hi, All! This is all very new to me. Looking forward to hitting the road once I've retired. Have another 3 years - maybe. My husband and I are doing our research and this site is fantastic - filled with so much information. Many of our questions are already answered here and we're getting others together...	sherev	5	644	11:45 AM Apr 17, 2014 by TRAILERKING
	Texas vehicle reg fees & sales taxes (Preview) Hi, I'm new here with lots of questions. We will be buying a used motorhome in TX, registering it there, and making Texas our domicile. Can someone direct me to a website which will give me some idea of the fees and sales taxes, hopefully with a breakdown by county, involved with doing this?	BamaFan	4	976	10:42 PM Apr 16, 2014 by Barbaraok
	Can't wait :) (Preview) My name is Donna and my husband is Randy we currently live in Bishop Calif. Next month the house goes up for sell, if it sells fast we will move into the motorhome until November when we hope to retire. We have a townhouse in Sedona, AZ. which we’re going to keep as a home base, or possibly rent it out as a vac...	WeicheFam	9	1085	09:31 PM Apr 15, 2014 by WeicheFam
	Half-timers (Preview) Hi all, We are new to the site. We spend about five months per year in our fifth-wheel, roaming North America. As chief driver I'm presently right at the 100,000 mile mark -- two Alaska trips, all the lower 48 states and several Canadian Provinces. Still not ready to settle in one spot except for winter...	John Bridge	17	2158	07:51 PM Apr 15, 2014 by John Bridge
	Getting ready to start our full-timing journey! (Preview) We are Kurt and Toni Kuhl from Arizona and are excited to be closing in on our move into our 2006 Jayco Seneca for good! Our youngest of three sons turned 18 in December and will be starting college in August 2014. We will hit the road in September 2014 once he is settled into his dorm. We partially attende...	KuhlmanAZ	9	1451	08:29 AM Apr 12, 2014 by el Rojo and Pam
	Looking Forward: Spring of 2016 (Preview) Hi, We are Tom and Mary Ann, early 50's couple from Massachusetts. We are looking forward to fulltiming in the spring of 2016. I bet that will be here before we know it! We don't currently have a fulltiming RV but enjoy our Coleman popup. We have a few motorhome floorplans picked out so we should be ready w...	Tom and Mare	13	1980	07:22 AM Apr 12, 2014 by Camper Chronicles
	new to forum (Preview) Hello from Indiana! Cathy and Denny here. We are not new to rving, but new to the forum. Purchased a new 2011 fleetwood Bounder upon retiring and have not looked back. Mostly rving between April and November, getting anxious already. Hoping for nice spring so we can get started.	wildcats	10	862	07:47 AM Apr 10, 2014 by Jim and Barb
	Newbee, Wannabee, can't come soon enough!! (Preview) I'm Nikki, and my husband Ron will be retiring from the US Army is 3 years and we are starting our research to hit the road full time when it's all said and done. This is such a great site and had found it about 2 years ago when we were living in Ft. Knox KY. Lots of information to be shared and lots for us to learn...	nikniron	9	840	07:48 AM Apr 9, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Happy Spring From Sunny Columbia, TN (Preview) My daughter, my dog Tj and I have been rving for about 2 and half years in a travel trailer. The only regret I have is that I have not done this sooner. We have enjoyed the RV life more than we ever dreamed. I plan on retiring in about 4 and half years and would like to upgrade to a fifth wheel. My daughter and...	MelDee58	22	1250	01:55 PM Apr 8, 2014 by PIEERE
	Greetings from part-time solo RVer from Ann Arbor, Michigan Introduce solo (Preview) Born and raised in Detroit, my career has been focused on the Great Lakes and their islands. I bought my class B in 2009 after joining Rving Women and am circling the lakes one at a time researching, taking photos and blogging with my dog Henry. I call my rig Ecovision. I've been reading RV-Dreams for yea...	Ecovision	6	3291	08:17 PM Apr 7, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	New Here But Not New To RVing (Preview) Hello All from Beautiful British Columbia. We just sold our Dynasty and are currently on the search for our next "New to Us" coach. We aren't retired, but enjoy the Class A DP way of "Glamping" on spare weekends and holidays.	Dogpatch	7	1155	07:30 PM Apr 6, 2014 by Terry and Jo
	An old fulltimer new to the forum (Preview) Hi all! I just discovered Howard & Linda's forum through RVillage and since I finally got to meet them and love them, couldn't resist joining in here! I'm sure I already have "met" some of you at least virtually and look forward to meeting more. You can never have too many RVer friends...	Malias Miles	10	903	03:18 PM Apr 4, 2014 by Malias Miles
	new to site (Preview) hello all we are new to this site but belong to others only been rving since 1974 so still kind of new hope to say hi to allsooner or later	musicman60	9	853	04:28 PM Apr 2, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Making the Jump to Full or Almost Full Timing (Preview) Ms. Gail and I are from the Greensboro, NC area. We have owned a TT for two years and we have recently sold it recently. We are hoping to move to the Fifth Wheel world. Gail loves to sew little girls dressers, which she showcases on her Etsy website "Back Porch Kids". Ted loves to read, fish and h...	Humphrey Duo	4	841	07:08 PM Mar 31, 2014 by Humphrey Duo
	Starting the search and know very little (Preview) I probably should have made this my first post but I jumper right in to buying an RV. After mulling about retirement prospects for several years, my wife (Maribeth) and I have decided that I will retire at the beginning of June, 2017 when I will be 59 and a half. We are lifelong campers who have spent rea...	PaulandMB	11	1361	12:09 PM Mar 26, 2014 by bigredoes
	Waiting for the Day! (Preview) Hi everyone! My husband and I made a committment early this year to go FT in 2-3 years (sooner if my job continues to get worse!) After much discussion on our retirement years fast approaching, we found Linda and Howards website here. We gave serious consideration for over 3 months before deciding j...	marianne57	6	816	04:02 AM Mar 25, 2014 by Camper Chronicles
«First < 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 61 > Last» \| Page of 61 sorted by