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Dream to be free soon
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My husband and I are in the process of selling our home so we can buy our new home on wheels. We have been looking and are very confused, if I was rich so as just to have one built it would be great but I am going to have to settle with as many things as I can get on one since they won't let me take this part of this one...
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Hello potential friends - Planning to solo
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Hello! I'm turned 50 in 2013 and all hell broke loose! Quit my job, changed my name, and took off to travel by myself in Europe (couchsurfing and AirBNB make it reasonable $$). I'm back now because my youngest is in his senior year of high school. But when he graduates, my plan is to sell my house, fulltime...
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Acronym Guide
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Hi All! So happy to have found RV-Dreams.com and now this Forum. I'm just learning, reading, and doing a lot of researching on the subject of living a full-time RV lifestyle. While I have figured out some of the common acronyms, there are still a lot being used that I don't know what they mean and it wo...
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Hello, I am glad I found you.
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HI everyone my name is Roy Edwards. I am soon to be in the market for the whole set up so I can begin a life of fulltiming. I am a Army Combat Vet and and I am on a budget around 45,000 to 50,000 for the truck and 5th wheel. I know that will be tight so any advice would be great.
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Newbies looking forward
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We've been lurking on the RV-Dreams site for several months now and I guess it's time to join the fun. Meg and I are in the Wannbe/Gonnabe 5rs class, who are planning to make the move to fulltime later this year. We're retiring from our local school district in August and we're planning to put the &quo...
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Wannabe, really, really wanna!
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Hello, I'm a wannabe from Washington State. Real first name is Lynn. I love to hike, camp, bike, you name it as long as its outdoors. The only thing I don't know is RVs! So, I have a lot of learning. I'm turning 50 soon, so I want a 10 year plan, learn all I can, get a Newfoundland, sell the house, buy the rig,...
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Getting Closer
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Hello all. I have been lurking on this forum for a while and finally decided to join. There is a lot of good information here and stuff I never thought of. We (wife Chris, two sons 5 and 10, and I) will be getting on the road this summer after school is out. Finally. We have been talking about it for a couple of...
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Picking up our bus tomorrow! Any helpful hints?
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We are Rich and Nina. We are picking up our rig on Tuesday. We are new to workamping and are seeking positions at federal or state locations. We are both friendly, outgoing people with positive attitudes and great communication skills. We both have a great work ethic and are self motivated. Rich is a...
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Yes that's right, that's where we're at. Bernie & Angie Paul, we have a 1999 Fleetwood American Dream 40' diesel pusher. 330hp Cummins and an HD3060 Allison. We got this unit in May of 2012 from out of Kissimmee, Florida. We haven't done any long distance excursions with it yet other than the huge t...
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Hello we are new to the Forum
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My Name is Ed and my wife's name is Vicki we have been married 40 years as of October 2013. We have 1 son (Erik) and his wife (Melanie) we also have 3 grandchildren 1 boy (Cody 12) and 2 girls (Angelica 9)(Elizabeth 2 Months) My wife has been retired for a little over one year, I retired 10/1/13. We have owned...
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Are we there yet?
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My wife and I are still about a year away from getting that DREAM RV, and another year before going FT (or close to it). There are only a couple of websites that we have found really useful, and this website and community is the best. I just finished reading the pro-blog (events leading to your actual &q...
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Taking the Plunge
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Hello... We've been dreaming about selling our home for several years and traveling 6 months of the year. We're finally doing it! In March we'll put our home on the market and start our travels in June. First up will be an extended South West trip...Wyoming, Montana, Utah, etc. We've been resear...
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Wannabe working towards Gonnabe
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Hi to all... I've been reading the great posts here for a while. My wife and I are hoping to start full timing this summer. It's a bit overwhelming at times but the info I've found here has been so helpful. We've been campers for many years and decided that full timimg and seeing the country is what we want t...
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Newbie RV couple, 2 dogs/1 cat questions
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Looking forward to talking with you all about traveling with our pets (our babies). Totally understand food/water/heat/cold etc, but what do people do when the park you stay in won't let you leave your pets inside, if you want to ...say go out to dinner, or tour a site without the dogs? Thinking of jo...
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Christmas Greetings from a New Full Timer in Mazatlan
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Merry Christmas from sunny Mazatlan. My wife and I are now 6 months into our new adventure. I have been a daily lurker on this site for two years while preparing for our July 1, 2013 starting date. My wife retired at the end of June and I turned 62 and was ready to begin receiving Social Security. We had li...
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New Full Timers starting April 2014
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New adventures on the horizons. My husband, Rich will be retired by March 1, 2014 and we will be full time Rvers by April 1, 2014. We sold our home one year ago and moved closer to his office while we downsized our stuff, bought a Heartland 32 foot Sundance and a 2500 Ram( which I think we are going to chang...
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Hi, from Canada
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Hello, I have been lurking for a while and thought I would join so I could maybe get a few questions answered and introduce myself. This site has a wealth of info and I have been reading and learning a lot- thank-you to those that help out and respond to all our questions and fears about taking the full time...
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been hiding in the bushes for a while, time to get in the game
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Well after hanging out and learning from in the shadows of this community for the past year, I think it’s time to say hello. We have tent camped, camped in a pop-up and rented RV’s. Each experience has refined our tastes and comfort zone for what came next. The Great Recession of ’08 set us back quite a w...
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Rick Priest joining 12-25-2013
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I'm planning on retiring in August 2014. Want to travel for the first 4+ years. By myself, well an old beagle would disagree. Looking for a small 16'-19' light weight trailer. Livin' Lite or Escape look like the best choices for me. Pulling with a Toyota FJ Cruiser. Don't require much. Thousand Trails...
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Living the Dream!
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Hey Guys, I have been living full-time in my RV since April. I look forward to being a part of this forum and sharing info. with everyone. I am currently on the MS. Gulf Coast,but will be going somewhere else after the first of January.
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new to forum, soon to be new to fulltiming
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hello dreamers, made reality. we are planning(hopefully) to make the transition this summer. we are retired,reside in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tn. Our names are Ron and Nancy Faulkenberry. we have family in Texas and California and want to see our Eastern seabord from South to North. we are long...
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RV Dreams is the right place for us at this time......
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I like the title of this forum -- RV Dreams -- because at the moment buying and full-timing in an RV is just a dream for me and my wife. As we get more and more interested in it, we find how much there is to know. So....in the eight years or so until we will be able to full-time, we just continue to research and...
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Hello from Hatfield, PA
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Well it is Winter.... we are scheduled for our third snow storm in about a week. My name is Ray and my wife is Daisy. We have been full-timers for the last 11 years although we haven't moved much. Daisy is a legal secretary and I am retired military, retired Database Admin and soon to be retired period....
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First RV just purchased
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My wife just retired and we purchased a Flagstaff 8528 IKWS from RV Direct. We live in Mpls, MN and picked up in Des Moines. We saved enough to pay for the hitch and an eight day shake down trip to three state pks. 0 degrees the first eve but we were cozy inside. We had a good buying experience and a great trip...
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FT by End Of 2014 (hopefully)
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Hi all! We just found this website and are really excited about what we see, and it looks like we'll be able to find the answers to the majority of our questions! We'd originally planned to hit the road when we retire in 7 years, but after a review of our nest egg and some honest soul searching following th...
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Current wannabe, working toward gonnabe
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I am newly retired ( going on 6 months now), single occupant, that enjoys traveling (spent 5 years doing it for my job), contributed my part, now learning to live for me. I'm still downsizing, condensing, and simplifying. After working for wages for 52 years, learning to play for creativity, learni...
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Greetings
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from West Vancouver BC. Canada. I am fairly new here & to RVing. I own a 1988 Ford Sterling (GlenDale RV) Class C (my new home), and a 1981 Dodge Ram "SunCoach" camper Van (for sale). Both were used as permanent parked, at my work. I am care-taker / Security for a marina in West Vancouver...
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Are we there yet?
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Hello Folks! Brand new to the site here and so far I like what I see :) Wifey and I are 55 and hoping to retire, on the open road, in 3 to 5 yrs. (fingers crossed, really tight) We presently live near Lake Placid NY, yes we are in the boonies for sure. We climb in the gorgeous Adirondack Mountains and we bo...
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Hello there!
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Been lurking for a while. My wife and I farm in SW ND. We are in the process of turning the day to day work over to my son. We are hoping to be down south for several months each winter. We have done some already, but hope to do more, and much longer periods. We have a Voltage 3600 toyhauler, and just got a '...
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Kind of Retired
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We bought our 2012 Redwood 36FL two years ago this month hoping to retiree in the next 3 years. We took weekend trips not far from home and near a WAl-Mart to set up our home on wheels. Six months later my husband was diagnosed with Leukemia. The RV stayed in storage the next 10 months while he was having tre...
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