Introduce Yourself! - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Usnret · Usnret

Hello RV Dreams Forum members, I have been a regular reader of Howard and Linda's journal for about 4 and a half years. During that time my wife (Judy) and I have been full-time wannabes planning our eventual departure date. Heck, we didn't have a RV of any type. If all goes well we will be living in our new...

WestWardHo · WestWardHo

Hello All, We (mostly I) have been lurking here for months. I've recommended the site to many friends, as the information freely provided here is outstanding. I feel as if I know many of you. We've learned so much from Howard's & Linda's generous sharing as well as so many others here. My fianc...

Jesse · Jesse

Hello to everyone!!!! From Virgina, USA. Got my RV last fall, used but in great shape and planning for retirement this fall 2012. Looks like it will be a solo adventure, but I'm okay with that. It goes well with what seems to be my theme song of the past couple of years, "Here I Go Again", Whi...

Fabuler · Fabuler

We are sailors about to "swallow the hook" and move from cruising on a boat to a land yacht of sorts. We will be asking questions about: - Truck campers (slide ins) - Best trucks to use for slide-ins. - Best print media publications for R/Ving (as we write for sailing magazines, we would like...

axleman99 · axleman99

Question(s):in "real life" can two people whom have no concept of what it would be like in real life to "go off the grid" survive?.. Answer:so far.... so good...... Retiring from a "high pressure International "corporate " job....after 31 years, found...

BobandMichelle · BobandMichelle

Hi everyone, We are a family of 7 (me, my boyfriend, his daughter, and our 4 dogs) that is ready to hit the road! I am a middle school Math teacher and my BF and I also own an advertising magazine. I have been trying to find an all-telecommunicating job that will support our life on the road, but haven't had a...

Bob and Cheri · Bob and Cheri

I want to take a moment and wish everone a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays. I can't believe that we will retire and start FT in 136 Days. But who is counting. Everyone have a SAFE and Happy Holiday. -- Edited by Bob and Cheri on Friday 23rd of December 2011 09:33:14 PM

mrschwarz · mrschwarz

I discovered this forum doing a Google search. I can't remember what it was for at the moment. We are about a weel away from retirement. My wife's car was just sold. Our house is being put in 'for sale' condition and is going on the market in a week or two. We have scheduled our first trip to Arizona in Janusr...

beatcop49 · beatcop49

I'm new...not ashamed to admit it. I retire next September with 25 years of service in Law Enforcement. My wife, who is a tad younger than I, is a nurse. She's decided to do some travel nursing, and instead of living out of suitcases for 3 - 6 months at a time, we plan to pull our house with us. We have a Dodge 3...

Lucky Mike · Lucky Mike

Well here I go again.....thirty years ago I hit the road in an old winnabago looking for my future,to wich I found. Now the house is sold debts paid off and I'm answering that urge to go and roam around.....My stomach has butterflies not sure what Im gonna do but my service van is connected and my lifes w...

dczrose · dczrose

I had posted here some time back when we were in the process of going full time and we have now been "on the road" for almost 6 months. We sold all of our furniture and gave the kids what they wanted and packed up ourselves, our clothing and supplies needed and here we are with our two dogs. Dave an...

Gabrielle_Presley · Gabrielle_Presley

Hey everyone!!My name is Gabrielle. My fiance Presley and I (lesbian couple of 3 yrs), have been looking into RVs, wanting to hit the road and live an adventure! We are wanting to sell everything in our house, maybe even my little jetta (not sure yet if we want to tow it or not), and travel/live in an RV ful...

Technomadia · Technomadia

Greetings all.. and thank you for having us here. I'm Cherie, and my partner is Chris - and we've been full-time RVing since 2006. We're both currently in our late 30s, and run our software development and technology consulting business as we roam... and have been known to pick up short term gigs to ke...

lindy · lindy

I'm currently retired and waiting for the wife to retire in 5 years. We currently have a 29' TT that we use as much as her time off will permit. I usually am able to camp a little more by going to the nearby campgrounds a day or two before her and get set up etc. Once she retires the plan is to get a 5th wheel and s...

sdman · sdman

My wife Patty and I (Mark) have been planning our fulltime RV life for the past 4 years. Our target start time in mid 2012, next year. Both of us just retired last month and are working to complete updates to our house so we can put it on the market by the end of January 12. One of planning efforts was to atten...

Big John 57 · Big John 57

hello, I am John and my wife Karla still work (rats) but still enjoy camping and motorcycle riding. We have a 40ft Victory Lane (toyhauler) 5th wheel and tow with a FL60 Frieghtliner RV toter. I came across this website while looking for information on fultiming. What a wonderful informative webs...

Kneedeep · Kneedeep

Hi, my name is Tom Martin, and my beautiful bride is Carol. We have always enjoyed traveling, but neither of us has RV'd. I recently retired (last month), and hopefully Carol will also very soon. Our plan is to purchase a fifth wheel and spend the next ??? years enjoying this wonderful country. I ju...

georgeradecsky · georgeradecsky

Have been sitting at Morride now since Monday noon , waiting for my new suspension system to be installed. Their quiet time in November seems to have vanished. I guess this is good for them. On a pleasent note ,when I checked in on Monday I was surprised to see Bill and his wife in the waiting room , very sm...

Gravy1159 · Gravy1159

Well Hello again everyone. We have gotten our chance to hit the road fulltiming. I talked to a few last year about getting out here and now this year we are here. Right now we are in Las Vegas until the 15th then we will be headed down to Parker AZ and then on to Yuma. We will end up in Phoenix around the end of th...

sthrngirl · sthrngirl

My name is Kelley, I'm 45, single and relatively recently disabled. I posted in the "Buying an RV" section but it was marked as spam - hopefully that will be fixed soon. I don't have much knowledge of RVing but am trying to move out of state, and cannot afford to pay for two places at once, so one...

pequeajim · pequeajim

Just wanted to write a short note to introduce ourselves. Jim & Brenda Langley, (Brenda is John Robbins's sister, so yes, John is my brother in law). We are from New Holland, PA. I am an electrical engineer, musician, pilot, woodworker and astronomer. I work for Johnson & Johnson, (McNei...

TwoHavanese · TwoHavanese

Found this site and had to join. My husband and I moved into a 30' 5th wheel in July 2011. Right now we aren't traveling, but living in an RV park. We purchased and lost a business all in a year, and everything else we owned within the next year, so don't have the funds to travel at this time. (That will...

Hina · Hina

Hi, my name is Jane, and I recently bought a 2012 Springdale 257 RLLS . Been aspiring for a while, due to high California rent... it's been, can't really afford to live here, and can't afford to move . Currently, I'm living on the dealership lot on auto row, which is actually quite pleasant and now all...

carolandalan · carolandalan

Greetings to one and all. I guess we, myself Alan, and my GF of 13 years Carol, just wanted to introduce ourselves to this community. We could be classified as possible gonnabees if things work out ok. Our only attempt at RVing was a 26' Class C we rented last Christmas, and traveled from CT to SC. If I wa...

RVWannabe · RVWannabe

Just joined the forum. Came across it while searching the net for info. Retired military turned entrepreneur wannabe. Just beginning to explore the possibility of RV ownership. Still following Dave Ramsey's debt snowball to eliminate as much debt as possible before retiring for good. Posting t...

Cyclone Dave · Cyclone Dave

Hello all, I'm Dave Gray and my wife is Amy. Without planning, we became full time RVers after our first 10 months on the road. After the first 10 months, we went back to my house in Lompoc, CA to empty it out and leased it last June 1st. The next day we got back on the road and headed toward Goshen, IN for the 2...

rachellynn89 · rachellynn89

I just stumbled across this forum while searching for information. I was looking in to taking my family on the road. I have one child and wonder how families maintain a life on the road. Any pointers? -Rachel

vairman · vairman

After lurking around these forums for an embarrasingly long time, we've decided now is the time to introduce ourselves. We are Mark and Catherine, counting down the last 3.5 years until we can ditch the homestead and hit the open road. We have a 2011 Cameo that we've purchased for the adventure and are...

OurManInCharleston · OurManInCharleston

I'm a single, 40 year old male who lives with a 6 year old Siberian Husky named Dexter. I am fortunate enough to be retired (very early) from the federal government and I try to utilize my accounting degree from Virginia Tech (Class of 1994) to run a small accounting business. I just recently bought a 2...

tallan · tallan

Hello everyone and a big howdy from Texas! I am sure that many of you thought we fell off the earth, but as a matter of fact, after we moved to Ft. Hood, TX in the coach, sold all of our stuff, we found out that housing in the town we were staying (Lampasas) was nearly as cheap as renting an RV site. So... we purc...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	New to RV-Dreams Forum (Preview) Hello RV Dreams Forum members, I have been a regular reader of Howard and Linda's journal for about 4 and a half years. During that time my wife (Judy) and I have been full-time wannabes planning our eventual departure date. Heck, we didn't have a RV of any type. If all goes well we will be living in our new...	Usnret	5	942	12:34 AM Jan 23, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	Un-lurked (Preview) Hello All, We (mostly I) have been lurking here for months. I've recommended the site to many friends, as the information freely provided here is outstanding. I feel as if I know many of you. We've learned so much from Howard's & Linda's generous sharing as well as so many others here. My fianc...	WestWardHo	15	2513	10:20 PM Jan 16, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	Last lap of the rat-race, maybe this year? (Preview) Hello to everyone!!!! From Virgina, USA. Got my RV last fall, used but in great shape and planning for retirement this fall 2012. Looks like it will be a solo adventure, but I'm okay with that. It goes well with what seems to be my theme song of the past couple of years, "Here I Go Again", Whi...	Jesse	2	689	08:40 PM Jan 16, 2012 by PIEERE
	Greetings (Preview) We are sailors about to "swallow the hook" and move from cruising on a boat to a land yacht of sorts. We will be asking questions about: - Truck campers (slide ins) - Best trucks to use for slide-ins. - Best print media publications for R/Ving (as we write for sailing magazines, we would like...	Fabuler	4	1053	06:52 PM Jan 1, 2012 by Terry and Jo
	Full Timing Neophyte...on a wing and a prayer.... (Preview) Question(s):in "real life" can two people whom have no concept of what it would be like in real life to "go off the grid" survive?.. Answer:so far.... so good...... Retiring from a "high pressure International "corporate " job....after 31 years, found...	axleman99	5	1369	08:55 AM Jan 1, 2012 by PIEERE
	Ready to full-time it any day now! (Preview) Hi everyone, We are a family of 7 (me, my boyfriend, his daughter, and our 4 dogs) that is ready to hit the road! I am a middle school Math teacher and my BF and I also own an advertising magazine. I have been trying to find an all-telecommunicating job that will support our life on the road, but haven't had a...	BobandMichelle	11	1345	02:22 PM Dec 25, 2011 by Yonnie
	Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays (Preview) I want to take a moment and wish everone a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays. I can't believe that we will retire and start FT in 136 Days. But who is counting. Everyone have a SAFE and Happy Holiday. -- Edited by Bob and Cheri on Friday 23rd of December 2011 09:33:14 PM	Bob and Cheri	3	891	11:00 AM Dec 24, 2011 by Loretta
	About to head out (Preview) I discovered this forum doing a Google search. I can't remember what it was for at the moment. We are about a weel away from retirement. My wife's car was just sold. Our house is being put in 'for sale' condition and is going on the market in a week or two. We have scheduled our first trip to Arizona in Janusr...	mrschwarz	8	1015	01:58 PM Dec 23, 2011 by Yonnie
	I'm new... (Preview) I'm new...not ashamed to admit it. I retire next September with 25 years of service in Law Enforcement. My wife, who is a tad younger than I, is a nurse. She's decided to do some travel nursing, and instead of living out of suitcases for 3 - 6 months at a time, we plan to pull our house with us. We have a Dodge 3...	beatcop49	5	905	11:18 PM Dec 19, 2011 by Trabuco
	Newbee (Oldie doing it again)!!!!! (Preview) Well here I go again.....thirty years ago I hit the road in an old winnabago looking for my future,to wich I found. Now the house is sold debts paid off and I'm answering that urge to go and roam around.....My stomach has butterflies not sure what Im gonna do but my service van is connected and my lifes w...	Lucky Mike	4	879	09:29 PM Dec 19, 2011 by Terry and Jo
	Hello all- again (Preview) I had posted here some time back when we were in the process of going full time and we have now been "on the road" for almost 6 months. We sold all of our furniture and gave the kids what they wanted and packed up ourselves, our clothing and supplies needed and here we are with our two dogs. Dave an...	dczrose	4	974	07:27 PM Dec 15, 2011 by melandu
	NEWBIES! HELP! (Preview) Hey everyone!!My name is Gabrielle. My fiance Presley and I (lesbian couple of 3 yrs), have been looking into RVs, wanting to hit the road and live an adventure! We are wanting to sell everything in our house, maybe even my little jetta (not sure yet if we want to tow it or not), and travel/live in an RV ful...	Gabrielle_Presley	9	1274	05:12 PM Dec 14, 2011 by The Bear II
	Greetings from Technomadia! (Preview) Greetings all.. and thank you for having us here. I'm Cherie, and my partner is Chris - and we've been full-time RVing since 2006. We're both currently in our late 30s, and run our software development and technology consulting business as we roam... and have been known to pick up short term gigs to ke...	Technomadia	8	1668	06:36 PM Dec 10, 2011 by RickandJanice
	Waiting in Western New York (Preview) I'm currently retired and waiting for the wife to retire in 5 years. We currently have a 29' TT that we use as much as her time off will permit. I usually am able to camp a little more by going to the nearby campgrounds a day or two before her and get set up etc. Once she retires the plan is to get a 5th wheel and s...	lindy	3	805	07:12 PM Dec 3, 2011 by NorCal Dan
	Following our plan (Preview) My wife Patty and I (Mark) have been planning our fulltime RV life for the past 4 years. Our target start time in mid 2012, next year. Both of us just retired last month and are working to complete updates to our house so we can put it on the market by the end of January 12. One of planning efforts was to atten...	sdman	5	956	08:41 PM Dec 1, 2011 by Waggin Tails
	Hello! (Preview) hello, I am John and my wife Karla still work (rats) but still enjoy camping and motorcycle riding. We have a 40ft Victory Lane (toyhauler) 5th wheel and tow with a FL60 Frieghtliner RV toter. I came across this website while looking for information on fultiming. What a wonderful informative webs...	Big John 57	6	865	06:53 AM Nov 30, 2011 by heyduke
	Hello to all (Preview) Hi, my name is Tom Martin, and my beautiful bride is Carol. We have always enjoyed traveling, but neither of us has RV'd. I recently retired (last month), and hopefully Carol will also very soon. Our plan is to purchase a fifth wheel and spend the next ??? years enjoying this wonderful country. I ju...	Kneedeep	19	1625	06:02 AM Nov 22, 2011 by 2riker2go
	Sitting at MORRIDE georgeradecsky@msn.com (Preview) Have been sitting at Morride now since Monday noon , waiting for my new suspension system to be installed. Their quiet time in November seems to have vanished. I guess this is good for them. On a pleasent note ,when I checked in on Monday I was surprised to see Bill and his wife in the waiting room , very sm...	georgeradecsky	17	2056	03:21 PM Nov 21, 2011 by georgeradecsky
	We Made it!! (Preview) Well Hello again everyone. We have gotten our chance to hit the road fulltiming. I talked to a few last year about getting out here and now this year we are here. Right now we are in Las Vegas until the 15th then we will be headed down to Parker AZ and then on to Yuma. We will end up in Phoenix around the end of th...	Gravy1159	11	1263	08:56 PM Nov 16, 2011 by bjoyce
	Hi all (Preview) My name is Kelley, I'm 45, single and relatively recently disabled. I posted in the "Buying an RV" section but it was marked as spam - hopefully that will be fixed soon. I don't have much knowledge of RVing but am trying to move out of state, and cannot afford to pay for two places at once, so one...	sthrngirl	5	881	03:03 PM Nov 16, 2011 by Speedhitch
	Just for starters... (Preview) Just wanted to write a short note to introduce ourselves. Jim & Brenda Langley, (Brenda is John Robbins's sister, so yes, John is my brother in law). We are from New Holland, PA. I am an electrical engineer, musician, pilot, woodworker and astronomer. I work for Johnson & Johnson, (McNei...	pequeajim	19	1772	09:52 AM Nov 1, 2011 by vairman
	Hello Everyone (Preview) Found this site and had to join. My husband and I moved into a 30' 5th wheel in July 2011. Right now we aren't traveling, but living in an RV park. We purchased and lost a business all in a year, and everything else we owned within the next year, so don't have the funds to travel at this time. (That will...	TwoHavanese	7	948	07:11 AM Nov 1, 2011 by Delaine and Lindy
	Bought a TT, now I need a PU! (Preview) Hi, my name is Jane, and I recently bought a 2012 Springdale 257 RLLS . Been aspiring for a while, due to high California rent... it's been, can't really afford to live here, and can't afford to move . Currently, I'm living on the dealership lot on auto row, which is actually quite pleasant and now all...	Hina	7	1038	10:19 AM Oct 31, 2011 by Hina
	Just want to say Hello! (Preview) Greetings to one and all. I guess we, myself Alan, and my GF of 13 years Carol, just wanted to introduce ourselves to this community. We could be classified as possible gonnabees if things work out ok. Our only attempt at RVing was a 26' Class C we rented last Christmas, and traveled from CT to SC. If I wa...	carolandalan	15	1278	04:11 AM Oct 30, 2011 by NorCal Dan
	Just Beginning (Preview) Just joined the forum. Came across it while searching the net for info. Retired military turned entrepreneur wannabe. Just beginning to explore the possibility of RV ownership. Still following Dave Ramsey's debt snowball to eliminate as much debt as possible before retiring for good. Posting t...	RVWannabe	4	898	07:17 PM Oct 26, 2011 by RVWannabe
	It's me! (Preview) Hello all, I'm Dave Gray and my wife is Amy. Without planning, we became full time RVers after our first 10 months on the road. After the first 10 months, we went back to my house in Lompoc, CA to empty it out and leased it last June 1st. The next day we got back on the road and headed toward Goshen, IN for the 2...	Cyclone Dave	5	1080	07:35 AM Oct 26, 2011 by huck
	Families on the road? (Preview) I just stumbled across this forum while searching for information. I was looking in to taking my family on the road. I have one child and wonder how families maintain a life on the road. Any pointers? -Rachel	rachellynn89	3	874	09:11 AM Oct 24, 2011 by Cindy T
	Long Time Lurker - First Time Poster (Preview) After lurking around these forums for an embarrasingly long time, we've decided now is the time to introduce ourselves. We are Mark and Catherine, counting down the last 3.5 years until we can ditch the homestead and hit the open road. We have a 2011 Cameo that we've purchased for the adventure and are...	vairman	5	879	05:36 PM Oct 23, 2011 by vairman
	I've always been a little "different"... (Preview) I'm a single, 40 year old male who lives with a 6 year old Siberian Husky named Dexter. I am fortunate enough to be retired (very early) from the federal government and I try to utilize my accounting degree from Virginia Tech (Class of 1994) to run a small accounting business. I just recently bought a 2...	OurManInCharleston	10	3514	06:11 PM Oct 20, 2011 by OurManInCharleston
	Hello Again (Preview) Hello everyone and a big howdy from Texas! I am sure that many of you thought we fell off the earth, but as a matter of fact, after we moved to Ft. Hood, TX in the coach, sold all of our stuff, we found out that housing in the town we were staying (Lampasas) was nearly as cheap as renting an RV site. So... we purc...	tallan	10	1067	02:53 PM Oct 17, 2011 by jagco
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