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Hi from York ME
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I am seriously considering renting my 3500+ sq ft home and rving fulltime six months here and the rest of colder months, in Stuart Florida. My idea is to find a 35-40' class a or fifth wheel to rent for me and my two dachshunds for a year, just to see if I would like it before buying. Any thoughts on type of veh...
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Hi We are new to RV Dreams and wanted to say Hi!
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Hi, my wife Jenny and I are about to become full time campers. We will be retiring next month! We are life long campers and have raised 4 sons who are also campers. We are looking forward to camp hosting for a few months out the year. We have not had the opportunity to camp host until now. We are excited abo...
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Hi! FT plans under active construction
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I have been studying and thinking and planning to be a full timer for some time. Retirement date is in one year. I already eliminated house and all related accouterments 6 years ago (last storage locker emptied in July). Family are in many parts of the country and the hope is to be spending MORE time w...
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I have not Kept Up With Welcoming!
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Just jumping in to say "WELCOME to the Best RV forum on the Planet.! I have been neglecting the RV Family for awhile now! Wow! This sure has grown since I became a member. I don't know if we are the Largest' but believe we are the Friendliest!
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How can we both be happy?
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Hello everyone! First a little background... Hubby and I are 60+, have been happily married for 40 years, and are blessed with good health. We bought our first travel trailer in 2003 (Trail Lite hybrid with canvas tents on each end). During that time, We took it on 5 or 6 vacations, but for 4 years, we sta...
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Hello from Quebec, Canada
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We are a 29 years married couple with two grown up boys 26 & 25 that have left the family nest. We have started to plan our retirement a while time ago and wished to be in 2018 in a class A motorhome with our motorcycles. For the last decade we have been reading books, browsing the web, attended RV show...
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Introducing myself
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Hello all, looks like a very informative site ~ glad I found you. My husband is 73 years young and waiting on me to retire in 4 years. We have been planning on selling our home right before I retire, paying cash for an Class A Motorhome and hitting the road. He came home yesterday and suggested we sell...
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Newbie with big dreams :)
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Hi everyone! I have recently become infatuated with traveling and RV living (and getting away from my cubicle) and have been lurking all over the Internet to see what it's all about. Recent events have given me the boost to get the process started (booting a cheating boyfriend, apt lease up in 3 month...
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Ready to take the leap!
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A big hello from Maryland! Hubby and I have been happily married for 22 years and travel with a 5 year-old Chocolate lab/Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix named Mocha. We are both from Lumberton, NC and recently built our PT "retirement" home there which consists of a 1700 sq ft garage (to h...
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Hello from Minnesota!
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My name is Mike, I am 43, married to my best friend, and "bonus" Dad to 4 awesome young people, ages 16, 18, 23 and 25. My wife Stacy joined this forum 4 years ago, not knowing when we'd ever get an RV, but hoping our dream would come true. Well, I'm happy to say that it came true a little over a week a...
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TheWanderer
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Can't believe my far-fetched dream might actually come true!
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Hi everyone, I'm 44 and just about to get divorced but no worries! It's a good thing for ALL of us and has been coming for a LONG TIME! Lol I am mom to 2 Great Danes, a yellow lab and 5 cats! But I also have 3 boys, 2 of which are grown but one lives in Nebraska and the other is in the Army, stationed in Arizona. We...
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Hi from central Florida
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Well, we're not in central FL right now. We're in Niagara Falls, but we live in central FL. I've been lurking on here for over a year and finally decided to join. Don't know what took me so long. I feel like I know some of you already, and this truly is a friendly forum, unlike some of the others I've been on. Y...
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Dance Chick
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Short timer 3 weeks
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Hi all! New to the site but been a camper for years. Tent to TT to 5th wheel. The wife and I have decided that times wasting and we need to go full time. Great site.
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Up coming Newbie in Idaho.
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Hello Everyone; I am one of those newbie’s that is coming up to “Full Time RVING “ and like most I have a ton of questions. I go by the handle “Idaho TaterBug”, Helen and I where born and raised here in Idaho.For fun on our days off we like to get in the pickup and find a road and go till it ends and see what is ou...
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Tater Bug
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Howdy from Portland, OR!
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I just wanted to say hello and thank you! My husband and I are new members to this forum. We are Gonnabes! His user name is SandMan121273, and he is posting a more detailed description of our pursuit of this lifestyle. We are waiting for his retirement, and are 100% new to RVing, so we are LOVING all of t...
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Planning for retirement
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Hello all, My beautiful bride (The Frog Lady) and I started toying with the Idea that we wanted to get an RV a couple of years ago when we started a small business that we could take on the road and do part time out of it. The business is more of a hobby than anything, and I will retire from the Army in a few years...
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New to this forum, considering becoming full-time RVers!
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Hello! I stumbled onto this website and forum and I need to tell you - what a wealth of information for those of us considering becoming full-timers! My husband and my story has a lot of similarities to Howard and Linda, ( including the fact that I have always wanted to own a B&B!), so I really feel l...
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Just about to be a newbie Airstreamer
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As I wrote in my bio, I'm a semi retired record producer, living in Nashville TN, where I've just sold my recording studio (I close on 9/10), and I'm contemplating packing a few things, and hitting the road w/my 1 yr old Border Collie mix rescue, Rowdy. I've got a lot to learn about what I'm sure will be a g...
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Hello everyone!
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Hello everyone! I am so happy to have found this website & forum. I have learned more from here than anywhere else.My husband & I have just recently decided we are going to full time! Just like Howard &Linda we have no past experience but we want a less stressful lifestyle. We have always t...
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Time to say hi and introduce ourselves!
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Hello everyone, I am thinking now is the time to finally introduce ourselves. This is Kim speaking......the other (some say better) 1/2 of JackKim. Jack is the balder 1/2. I want to 1st say Thank you all for this forum. I have been lurking for about 3 months and you can't know how many times you have r...
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Hello
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I am a retired disabled law enforcement officer. My wife and I are trying to see if we can financially go full time on the road. Any suggestions will help. I have read some of the blog, I know people don't like to talk about money, but I have to, to be able if a life on the road is possible , I only have about $4,0...
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Hello everybody, from Emma,Patty & Steve
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Hi guys Just introducing ourselves, I'm Emma and I've joined up with my family, my mother, Patty and my father, Steve. My parents came across this forum at their friends house and wanted to join so I have joined for them. We are from the UK. I'm 28 years old, my mother Patty is 52 and my father Steve is 55 yea...
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Hello to Everbody!
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Hi Folks, My name is David and my beautiful wife of 30 years is Kari. I'm 50 years old and Kari is, well let's just say, not as old as I am. We have both recently retired and are heading out on the road. We have RV'd most of our married lives starting from tents up through a Class A Diesel Pusher, the motor h...
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Hi to all.
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My wife and I are retired but are still active as we are Gate Attendants for the Corp of Engineers at Navarro Mills Lake in Dawson,Texas. We have been Full Timers since April 2008. We are very interested with all the input that all of you has shared with the Forum. WE just might learn a thing or two.
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Solo Male Looking to go Full time
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Hey everyone, So I stumbled across this site looking for tips on what to look for in starting out on what I call my "escape " / grand adventure. I've been doing some research and decisions as to what I need to look for but would love to get some ideas from people who live the "lifestyle&...
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Greetings....
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So....been stalking on this site for over a month now after I was lucky enough to find it after some random searches on the web. We long have talked about "cashing out" and hitting the road, but didn't think it was possible until reading about many of the stories out there. Thanks to evey...
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The Restless Youngs
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New to the RV World
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Hello RVer's, We have just ordered our first RV for full time living, a Cedar Creek 38FL. We've chosen this route because we are in a transitioning period in our lives. The youngest child has just finished college and moved to KS, the other's are spread between TN and OK and don't get to NC very often. We w...
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New to the RV World
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Hi All, I just purchased my first RV! Wish I had done it years ago. Got set up in my home town area yesterday and had first glitch today... They hid the circuit breakers in the only cabinet door I hadn't opened! Called the man I bought it from for advice and he told me where they were! On with the show. I am full...
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I am a new RV Owner
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I Just bought a Fleetwood Bounder 1998, personally very happy. Problem never owned an RV before so a virgin to this style of living. Is there any pointer or information I should know. I am slowly doing the reading of the owners manual which is very vague to say the least. I have never set an RV up at a campsi...
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Just nosing around a bit
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Hey all! Been nosing around these forums for a while. Thought I'd introduce myself ;) I am a 911 dispatcher and getting tired...ready to roam a bit to soothe the soul...my husband is a full time student and hopefully will finally have his bach. degree in IT next August. That's about when I plan on hangin...
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