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tigercx1 · tigercx1

We are about 10 years until retirement but planning for the day. Currently we have a small class C that we love and take good care of so although it will be old when we retire, I expect it to be still in good shape and reliable. We do weekend trips as much as possible and a 2 week trip every summer and just love t...

Kitties Mom · Kitties Mom

Don't get me wrong, we love our 3 kids, d-i-l and grandbaby to be, but we bought this trailer because it doesn't have a bunk house. This one has room for the dog and several of our cats. We may not be able to retire yet, but we have our weekend retirement home. I love our new trailer. It is big and comforta...

MrG · MrG

It seems my wife (MrsG) has been planning for a few months now, writing it all down; the hows, where's, when's, why's and why not's, etc. So last weekend she says's let's go for a ride and don't be negative, just be open-minded. 'SURE, okay' I reply. She drives us to a RV Lot. We looked over this comple...

Leliko · Leliko

Hi everyone, So this is it! I've decided to join this RV-er family and here is my first-ever post to any RV forums! First about myself: I'm almost 40 young (forever young!) woman living in southern MD with my hubby, two kids and an adorable Wheaten Terrier. My hubby is a highly educated scientist whose w...

Mrproulxmn · Mrproulxmn

Since I am coming to the RV-Dreams Spring Rally I thought it was about time I introduce myself. I started reading the journals a couple of years ago and became fascinated with the idea of full time RVing. Right now I'm looking at Full Timing as an early retirement adventure. I currently really enjoy...

DiscoveringJan · DiscoveringJan

Greetings to all! My name is Jan and I am from the Milwaukee WI area. I am currently working but getting close to that much anticipated retirement age. I am very serious about buying an RV and becoming a full-timer. I have wandered around the western part of the US camping with my children...and by m...

Doug And Christina · Doug And Christina

Hi folks, We are Doug and Christina from beautiful Elizabethtown,NY. We live in the Adirondack Mountains of northern Ny. We have been camping together for close to 30 yrs and have always loved it. Our youngest of 3 kids has 2 more years of college and we're in this holding pattern, just waiting for hi...

Nanascots · Nanascots

My name is Janice and my husband Dennis and I are wannabe Full-Timers! Dennis will retire (God willing) in 2-3 years. We hope to begin our journey at that time. We are educating ourselfs by reading several forums. Through 43 years of marriage we have moved about a dozen times so I really believe we a...

dlynnt2 · dlynnt2

Hello! My name is Deborah. My husband's name is Aaron and he's the love of my life! We are empty nesters who have 4 children that are all married and on their own. We also have 5 beautiful grandchildren that we love to spoil any chance we get! We currently live in Coppell Texas, but it's our goal is to be livi...

oldyank · oldyank

For the past several weeks I’ve been one of those “lurkers” Howard talks about. It’s time to publicly join the crowd. My wife, Mary, and I are moving toward spending time on the road. We’re still discussing the full-time vs mostly-time modes (me the former, she the latter). Last summer we bought a 2...

Bestafar · Bestafar

Hi to ALL, Judy (my wife) just put a deposit down on our new home and we will it pickup before April 15th. It's a 2005 Alpine 40' FDTS 400hp Cummins ISL. (We plan to purchase and tow a CR-V for a toad). Our house is set to close March 25th and we'll rent until May 25th and then away we go. Hope to follow the sun...

NOWYO · NOWYO

Hello! My name is Dave. The user name I'm using on the forum is my ham radio callsign. Yeah, I'm one of 'those' I don't have an RV yet. My son graduates High school this year, and when He gets out on his own, we will start saving to buy a used RV outright. In the mean time, I've looked online as some RV's ,(I...

Roll Me Away · Roll Me Away

Hello everyone. I'm rather new posting to this forum, but have enjoyed the many helpful posts as I evolved into full time RVing from part-time while Bill was alive. Now he has passed, I sold the house, down-sized to a Class C RV, took the three Scotties and decided to go find things to write about, as I ha...

Tmalloy21 · Tmalloy21

Hello Everyone, I am a single female just beginning my new adventure with a grand plan of living full time in an RV with my 4 greyhounds. I make paper mache dog sculptures and I will be traveling across country to different rescue fundraising events (mainly greyhound events). I will be selling my scu...

Boxrkisses · Boxrkisses

Hello Everyone!!! We will be living in our TT full time starting in May while we build our home out on some property. We have yet to find the property so therefore we will be bunking up in a local RV park close by. We chose to do the camper vs building a small cabin and then the main house so that we can travel...

Deb-Gary · Deb-Gary

Hello from Sioux Falls, SD!! Deb & Gary are life-long residents of SD. We have enjoyed the camping lifestyle since 1998, tent, Class C, 2002 Brave and now the Adventurer. In 2013 will be moving FT to our 2007 Winnebago Adventurer 37B and retiring from our long-time desk jobs. Have enjoyed follow...

BugSplatter07 · BugSplatter07

We have been traveling for work since 2007. We have been very lucky to have worked all across the US and are currently in Canada. Our next assignment is in Southern California where we hope to thaw out. We feel blessed to get to travel and see so many wonderful places. The best part is always meeting fe...

Summersquash · Summersquash

Hi everyone. Well our home goes on the market tomorow. We sold our TT & are window shopping for a fifthwheel to live in for awile till I retire. Hubby & i still can't agree on fulltime or part time RV'ing. I'm not sure I can leave my kids & grandbaby for months at a time, but I guess by the t...

Joe_Camper · Joe_Camper

Hey Y'all! My name is Joe and my wife is Delores. We currently live in south east Georgia. We are about one year away from full timing as I cannot retire before March 1st of 2015. Anyway, we have a 5th wheel camper and are starting to plan. We will have many questions and hope not to ask too many that have alr...

FreedomDreams · FreedomDreams

RV-Dreams was one of the first websites we visited about the RV lifestyle. Thanks to them we ventured out with a 2005 Chinook 2100. Now we have the house up for sale and are in the process of trading in the Chinook and buying a Tiffin Phaeton 36QSH about to be full timers. A year or so ago we had the privile...

Bluejay · Bluejay

Hello, all! If you're reading this, thank you! I hope you'll be able to learn a bit about me, and that we can talk and become friends! And if you've been on this forum for a long time, or have been RVing (is that how you say it?) for a long time (or even a little time!), I hope you'll lend me some of your wisdom! J...

Finallycamping2 · Finallycamping2

We are hoping to get started in about 3 yrs. My wife will be ready to retire then. Researching the industry the right fit. So far we like the Cedar Creek and the 3500 Chevy dually. We are hoping to make a lot of friends here. lol Larry and Kim

Melissa · Melissa

Hi everyone, I’m glad to meet you all. My husband Jim and I are in the gathering information stage. We are looking at purchasing a used truck and brand new 5th wheel to live in full time, so we have lots of questions as we have had neither.We are middle aged, quite a ways from retirement, but we are yearn...

CamperVamp · CamperVamp

My husband and I made the decision last year to start planning for a full-time RV lifestyle. We still need a few years before we can hit the road -- we are targeting Spring of 2018, when I will be 55 and he will be 45. In the meantime, we bought our first camper on eBay last summer, a 2005 Coachmen Spirit of Ame...

Schooner · Schooner

Hello everyone. I rarely introduce myself on these sites, but I'm impressed by the community that rv-dreams has created and appreciate this resource. I started RVing in '96. I was visiting a friend in Florida escaping the cold of living on my small sailboat in Maine. My friend and I visited a RV show ou...

Talensnana · Talensnana

My name is Patti, and my husband and I just found his forum. We are Part-timers who have a goal of being Full-timers in the next year. We currently live in Kansas but are looking to find someplace warmer during the winter. We travel with our three parrots and our grown children nicknamed our RV ( thus t...

BillyandKris · BillyandKris

Hi Everyone, Found this website through Michael Barnett. So nice to meet everyone. We are sort of FT. We have a house in AR. We have been looking at the RV Port homes, but they seem rather expensive. We are thinking of relocating and finding a really small (like 1 BR) home as a base and have a shed for o...

suzagoes · suzagoes

our lease is up at the end of may so until then we are getting rid of all the stuff one accumulates living in a two story house for 5 years… so much stuff! the plan at first is to go to north carolina (his home state), and to pretty much stay parked most of the time… i'm going to get some local job or another, he is...

Autumngemstone · Autumngemstone

Hello all, My name is Mike and my wife's is Barbara. We have been doing this full time for about 7 years. I still work full time as a semi truck driver for UPS. My wife helps her son with his store in Triangle Lake Or. We have been to Quartzsite AZ and have property up near Seligman AZ. Our goal is to reti...

Rockin EZ · Rockin EZ

Howdy folks, I recently lost a job I had for 19 years as a Systems Engineer. I started looking around for options for guys like me (over 60), went to way too many interviews and then it hit me. If I sold the vehicle I owe money on and my condo, I could walk away debt free with 50 to 60k, and my pickup truck. I am i...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Hello from Iowa (Preview) We are about 10 years until retirement but planning for the day. Currently we have a small class C that we love and take good care of so although it will be old when we retire, I expect it to be still in good shape and reliable. We do weekend trips as much as possible and a 2 week trip every summer and just love t...	tigercx1	7	592	06:09 PM Mar 24, 2014 by Alie and Jims Carrilite
	Who needs the 2 legged babies (Preview) Don't get me wrong, we love our 3 kids, d-i-l and grandbaby to be, but we bought this trailer because it doesn't have a bunk house. This one has room for the dog and several of our cats. We may not be able to retire yet, but we have our weekend retirement home. I love our new trailer. It is big and comforta...	Kitties Mom	5	604	01:04 PM Mar 21, 2014 by TRAILERKING
	Close to making the commitment! (Preview) It seems my wife (MrsG) has been planning for a few months now, writing it all down; the hows, where's, when's, why's and why not's, etc. So last weekend she says's let's go for a ride and don't be negative, just be open-minded. 'SURE, okay' I reply. She drives us to a RV Lot. We looked over this comple...	MrG	39	2032	09:20 PM Mar 19, 2014 by MrsG
	Greetings to all from a would-be future RV-er (advices and suggestions needed!) (Preview) Hi everyone, So this is it! I've decided to join this RV-er family and here is my first-ever post to any RV forums! First about myself: I'm almost 40 young (forever young!) woman living in southern MD with my hubby, two kids and an adorable Wheaten Terrier. My hubby is a highly educated scientist whose w...	Leliko	10	984	04:49 PM Mar 19, 2014 by LandL Partners
	Hello from Minnesota (Preview) Since I am coming to the RV-Dreams Spring Rally I thought it was about time I introduce myself. I started reading the journals a couple of years ago and became fascinated with the idea of full time RVing. Right now I'm looking at Full Timing as an early retirement adventure. I currently really enjoy...	Mrproulxmn	9	864	12:43 PM Mar 17, 2014 by jrzygrl64
	A New Wannabe (Preview) Greetings to all! My name is Jan and I am from the Milwaukee WI area. I am currently working but getting close to that much anticipated retirement age. I am very serious about buying an RV and becoming a full-timer. I have wandered around the western part of the US camping with my children...and by m...	DiscoveringJan	9	586	10:11 PM Mar 16, 2014 by TRAILERKING
	Hello to all! Two new dreamers here that are working on making the dream a reality. (Preview) Hi folks, We are Doug and Christina from beautiful Elizabethtown,NY. We live in the Adirondack Mountains of northern Ny. We have been camping together for close to 30 yrs and have always loved it. Our youngest of 3 kids has 2 more years of college and we're in this holding pattern, just waiting for hi...	Doug And Christina	24	906	08:34 PM Mar 16, 2014 by jrzygrl64
	Hello All (Preview) My name is Janice and my husband Dennis and I are wannabe Full-Timers! Dennis will retire (God willing) in 2-3 years. We hope to begin our journey at that time. We are educating ourselfs by reading several forums. Through 43 years of marriage we have moved about a dozen times so I really believe we a...	Nanascots	11	1023	10:19 AM Mar 15, 2014 by jayc
	RV Dreaming! (Preview) Hello! My name is Deborah. My husband's name is Aaron and he's the love of my life! We are empty nesters who have 4 children that are all married and on their own. We also have 5 beautiful grandchildren that we love to spoil any chance we get! We currently live in Coppell Texas, but it's our goal is to be livi...	dlynnt2	9	835	06:34 PM Mar 14, 2014 by WestWardHo
	Getting ready to begin a new adventure. (Preview) For the past several weeks I’ve been one of those “lurkers” Howard talks about. It’s time to publicly join the crowd. My wife, Mary, and I are moving toward spending time on the road. We’re still discussing the full-time vs mostly-time modes (me the former, she the latter). Last summer we bought a 2...	oldyank	8	728	09:04 AM Mar 11, 2014 by jayc
	New and excited to hit the road (Preview) Hi to ALL, Judy (my wife) just put a deposit down on our new home and we will it pickup before April 15th. It's a 2005 Alpine 40' FDTS 400hp Cummins ISL. (We plan to purchase and tow a CR-V for a toad). Our house is set to close March 25th and we'll rent until May 25th and then away we go. Hope to follow the sun...	Bestafar	9	670	07:40 AM Mar 10, 2014 by Jo and Ben
	Hello from Kearney, Nebraska. (Preview) Hello! My name is Dave. The user name I'm using on the forum is my ham radio callsign. Yeah, I'm one of 'those' I don't have an RV yet. My son graduates High school this year, and when He gets out on his own, we will start saving to buy a used RV outright. In the mean time, I've looked online as some RV's ,(I...	NOWYO	19	3144	07:42 AM Mar 6, 2014 by Bob and Lindy
	New to Forum, a "Thank You" (Preview) Hello everyone. I'm rather new posting to this forum, but have enjoyed the many helpful posts as I evolved into full time RVing from part-time while Bill was alive. Now he has passed, I sold the house, down-sized to a Class C RV, took the three Scotties and decided to go find things to write about, as I ha...	Roll Me Away	25	3662	09:37 AM Mar 4, 2014 by Tmalloy21
	Ready for a Big Adventure! Advice needed :) pros and cons c class b+ class tow behind rv full time (Preview) Hello Everyone, I am a single female just beginning my new adventure with a grand plan of living full time in an RV with my 4 greyhounds. I make paper mache dog sculptures and I will be traveling across country to different rescue fundraising events (mainly greyhound events). I will be selling my scu...	Tmalloy21	4	1564	04:42 PM Mar 3, 2014 by Lucky Mike
	Hello From Austin, Texas (Preview) Hello Everyone!!! We will be living in our TT full time starting in May while we build our home out on some property. We have yet to find the property so therefore we will be bunking up in a local RV park close by. We chose to do the camper vs building a small cabin and then the main house so that we can travel...	Boxrkisses	6	658	07:44 AM Mar 3, 2014 by Jo And Craig
	Hello from Sioux Falls! (Preview) Hello from Sioux Falls, SD!! Deb & Gary are life-long residents of SD. We have enjoyed the camping lifestyle since 1998, tent, Class C, 2002 Brave and now the Adventurer. In 2013 will be moving FT to our 2007 Winnebago Adventurer 37B and retiring from our long-time desk jobs. Have enjoyed follow...	Deb-Gary	7	982	11:27 AM Feb 26, 2014 by Deb-Gary
	Living the dream. (Preview) We have been traveling for work since 2007. We have been very lucky to have worked all across the US and are currently in Canada. Our next assignment is in Southern California where we hope to thaw out. We feel blessed to get to travel and see so many wonderful places. The best part is always meeting fe...	BugSplatter07	20	1334	09:39 AM Feb 23, 2014 by karen948
	Greetings from Southeast Texas (Preview) Hi everyone. Well our home goes on the market tomorow. We sold our TT & are window shopping for a fifthwheel to live in for awile till I retire. Hubby & i still can't agree on fulltime or part time RV'ing. I'm not sure I can leave my kids & grandbaby for months at a time, but I guess by the t...	Summersquash	14	1121	09:33 PM Feb 22, 2014 by Summersquash
	'Nutha Newbie (Preview) Hey Y'all! My name is Joe and my wife is Delores. We currently live in south east Georgia. We are about one year away from full timing as I cannot retire before March 1st of 2015. Anyway, we have a 5th wheel camper and are starting to plan. We will have many questions and hope not to ask too many that have alr...	Joe_Camper	18	1123	10:48 AM Feb 19, 2014 by BiggarView
	Thanks to Howard & Linda (Preview) RV-Dreams was one of the first websites we visited about the RV lifestyle. Thanks to them we ventured out with a 2005 Chinook 2100. Now we have the house up for sale and are in the process of trading in the Chinook and buying a Tiffin Phaeton 36QSH about to be full timers. A year or so ago we had the privile...	FreedomDreams	4	579	12:27 PM Feb 10, 2014 by PIEERE
	Starting a New Life - Seeking an Adventure! (Preview) Hello, all! If you're reading this, thank you! I hope you'll be able to learn a bit about me, and that we can talk and become friends! And if you've been on this forum for a long time, or have been RVing (is that how you say it?) for a long time (or even a little time!), I hope you'll lend me some of your wisdom! J...	Bluejay	11	1081	06:16 PM Feb 8, 2014 by BVC
	Just getting started (Preview) We are hoping to get started in about 3 yrs. My wife will be ready to retire then. Researching the industry the right fit. So far we like the Cedar Creek and the 3500 Chevy dually. We are hoping to make a lot of friends here. lol Larry and Kim	Finallycamping2	6	768	03:21 PM Feb 5, 2014 by PIEERE
	We are looking forward to RV dreamin' (Preview) Hi everyone, I’m glad to meet you all. My husband Jim and I are in the gathering information stage. We are looking at purchasing a used truck and brand new 5th wheel to live in full time, so we have lots of questions as we have had neither.We are middle aged, quite a ways from retirement, but we are yearn...	Melissa	11	939	04:33 PM Feb 3, 2014 by NWescapee
	Working on our "retire early but still work a little on the road" plan (Preview) My husband and I made the decision last year to start planning for a full-time RV lifestyle. We still need a few years before we can hit the road -- we are targeting Spring of 2018, when I will be 55 and he will be 45. In the meantime, we bought our first camper on eBay last summer, a 2005 Coachmen Spirit of Ame...	CamperVamp	10	849	02:55 PM Feb 2, 2014 by el Rojo and Pam
	Keeps pulling me back in. (Preview) Hello everyone. I rarely introduce myself on these sites, but I'm impressed by the community that rv-dreams has created and appreciate this resource. I started RVing in '96. I was visiting a friend in Florida escaping the cold of living on my small sailboat in Maine. My friend and I visited a RV show ou...	Schooner	2	609	06:06 PM Jan 31, 2014 by PIEERE
	Lipson Chicken Coop. " Where the flock gathers" (Preview) My name is Patti, and my husband and I just found his forum. We are Part-timers who have a goal of being Full-timers in the next year. We currently live in Kansas but are looking to find someplace warmer during the winter. We travel with our three parrots and our grown children nicknamed our RV ( thus t...	Talensnana	7	1463	10:14 PM Jan 30, 2014 by TRAILERKING
	New to this forum and website (Preview) Hi Everyone, Found this website through Michael Barnett. So nice to meet everyone. We are sort of FT. We have a house in AR. We have been looking at the RV Port homes, but they seem rather expensive. We are thinking of relocating and finding a really small (like 1 BR) home as a base and have a shed for o...	BillyandKris	8	820	10:15 PM Jan 29, 2014 by TRAILERKING
	my old man and i are moving into a 1999 36' fleetwood bounder that we bought last october… (Preview) our lease is up at the end of may so until then we are getting rid of all the stuff one accumulates living in a two story house for 5 years… so much stuff! the plan at first is to go to north carolina (his home state), and to pretty much stay parked most of the time… i'm going to get some local job or another, he is...	suzagoes	6	645	08:25 PM Jan 27, 2014 by suzagoes
	7 Years of Full Time, Still not retired (Preview) Hello all, My name is Mike and my wife's is Barbara. We have been doing this full time for about 7 years. I still work full time as a semi truck driver for UPS. My wife helps her son with his store in Triangle Lake Or. We have been to Quartzsite AZ and have property up near Seligman AZ. Our goal is to reti...	Autumngemstone	4	688	03:35 PM Jan 27, 2014 by WestWardHo
	I think I am going to take the jump. (Preview) Howdy folks, I recently lost a job I had for 19 years as a Systems Engineer. I started looking around for options for guys like me (over 60), went to way too many interviews and then it hit me. If I sold the vehicle I owe money on and my condo, I could walk away debt free with 50 to 60k, and my pickup truck. I am i...	Rockin EZ	7	817	11:40 PM Jan 26, 2014 by Rockin EZ
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