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Hello To All
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Hi I came across this site several weeks ago and now I find myself checking in just about every day so I think I should join. The information I find here is invaluable for someone just starting out. Right now I rent an RV several times a year for a couple of weeks for vacations. My first time out in an R...
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Preparing to fulltime
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Hello Everyone, My husband and I have been living on this fantastic website and are so excited about going fulltime next year. We have been doing lots of research, bought the 5th wheel info ratings at rv.org and plan to go to a big RV show next month. Choosing the right 5th wheel and right size is a bit tr...
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Hello from Michigan
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We are so excited about becoming full-time RVers, just as soon as our house sells. I turned 60 Wednesday and we put the house on the market yesterday. We are both retired and have adult children living in Georgia, Florida & Texas, who probably think we're crazy for selling our home and posse...
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Hi from midMichigan!
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Hi, I've wanted to run away from home for a long time. I've joke for a few years about selling the house and everything in it and buying a 5th wheel. Only taking a few clothes and the contents of my sewing room! I was semi-serious but everyone thought I was just being funny. Well yesterday my daughter's...
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Okie Newcomer to Forum
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Good day to all. Please bear with me as this is my first time of posting at RV Dreams. I'm also new to posting on forums, enough so that I don't know yet how to get some things, like avatars, to work for me. Since our names are almost generic for gender, let me explain that I am Terry and my wife's name is Jo. S...
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Hoping to Fulltime Soon!!
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I've been lurking for a couple of months reading through the different topics and also following Howard & Linda on their journeys. Your excitement rubbed off on us & we finally made the decision to fulltime. We considered it 5 years ago but decided we didn't want to give up a home and instea...
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New Fulltimers to be...
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Greetings, Damian and I are going to be selling the house ASAP and buying an motorhome for fulltime living. We have wanted to do this for 15 years and now have the ability to do so, we will make "camp" in Southern Oregon but plan to travel. We are currently living in Western PA. We are quite exci...
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Hi from Key Largo, Florida
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Hi everyone, we are Frank and Miriam. We live in Key Largo, Florida and love it here, but look forward to visiting other places in the US and maybe the world. We have 3 children (22, 21, and 18). One is married, the other one is in the Navy and the baby is just starting college (and living at home). Our goal is...
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New from San Antonio
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I finally decided to take the plunge. I have been a lurker on this forum for LONG time. What made me decide to finally become a member? It is the great attitudes expressed, the excitment for RVing, and the willingness to help others. We would like to be a part of this group. My husband and I plan to begin ou...
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Hello from Bend, Oregon
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Hi All!!! We're new to this forum. Found it a few days ago. Been obsessed with it. Lurking a bit and replying to a few topics. Figured it was time to introduce ourselves. We are a family of 5. I'm Kara and my husband is Jason. Kids are Kaleb-10, Anika-7 and Avery-3. We live in Bend, Oregon. My husband w...
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Another Newbie!
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So glad I found this group! I have been reading the original '05 pages and they have helped me and my yo-yo-ing emotions sooo much! Thanks, Howard and Linda! I was widowed in Feb last year after ten very happy years being married to and traveling part-time with the most wonderful man. We met in Loners on W...
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Chat Room ?
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Thanks for the friendly welcome!!! The chat room sounds great. Where do we find it and when is it open? We are so new to forums and chat rooms that even the basic things are new to us. Hey, it will get us out of our comfort zone! That is our philosophy now. Do something different! We think preparing fo...
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Full Timer Wannabee
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My Wife (Sharon) and I have owned several RV's during our working years, and now we are currently seeking full time rving. We have searched the web for information to help in this effort, and this site was highly recommended. We have a 2002 Pace Arrow with 2 slides & a towable Isuzu Amigo. W...
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Hello from Charleston
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My wife and I are in the process of getting the house ready for the market. I sure wish I would have done this 3 years ago. But anyway, we are selling the B&S house and are going to get a 5th wheel and start really living. I am still have about 10 years to retirement, but really only have to work half the...
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New members from Kansas City metro
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Hi, just thought I'd let you all know that there's a couple of new members, full timers, from the K.C. metro area. We've been retired for about a year and a half but full timing for almost three. We will be leaving K.C. again Aug 1 for the Miami area to meet our new grandson. We can't wait! We'll be...
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Hello from a Wannabe!
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Hi, everyone. I just discovered the RV-Dreams forum today and am looking forward to getting to know everyone. I guess you'd have to call me a wannabe since I won't be a full-timer for a long time! My family is young and... gas is expensive! Full-timing has always fascinated me. What a wonderful way t...
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New Member seeking Airstream Trailer
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. I'm a retired lady living in East Tennessee. I thought it would be a good idea to start doing some camping out again in order to meet more people like myself. I would like to find a Classic Airstream trailer with slide or without slide. Front sofa lounge, rear twin beds would be nice, but a...
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Soon to be a fulltimer!
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Hello all! My name is Michael and I soon hope to start fulltiming. I have spent a lot of time in the RV over the last two years dry camping out at Lake Pleasant, or on BLM land down in Quartsite. Sometimes just getting in the RV and heading around the corner too get away from the house. I will be traveling with...
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Hi from Alabama
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Hi! Me and my hubby just bought a travel trailer yesterday! Brand spanking new! We have been waning one for the last year or so and with the housing going south with our economy we figured if would be cheaper and more to out "adventurous spirits"! Just wanted to drop in and say hi!
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Introducing a new wannabe
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I've just joined the community and hope to learn a lot. I am a former backpacker, and hiked about 900 miles of the Appalachian Trail in one go. That was in 1997 and I developed bursitis and arthritis, so that put an end to backpacking. I think I learned to be a minimalist camper, resourceful, and flexi...
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New From Florida Panhandle
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We were full-timers for about 10 years from the mid eighties to the mid ninty's when we went back to 'real' jobs. Now are fully retired and are part timers. We have a 29 foot Dutch Star, 10 years old now. We travel with 2 adopted greyhounds. We have been members of escapees since the mid eighties.
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Just arrived
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Just found this forum mentioned on another. I'd like to say hello to all. We are part timers, former full-timers. In our other life we both worked (30 & 34 1/2 years) at a areo space plant in Connecticut. We started camping in 1998 in a tent, which did not last long and slowly but surely worked ou...
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Im New
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Im so glad I found your site! We cannot wait to RV full time! My husband is deployed to Iraq, so we have not been on the road for about 6 mo. now :(, we sure miss it
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Hi! We're new here!
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Just wanted to say HI! We've just recently decided that becoming full time RVers is what our future holds for us! We've owned and enjoyed every type of rig (except As and Bs) up to a 30' fifth wheel over the years. DH has worked at Home Depot for over 17 years and is ready to retire. I have my own busine...
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And then there were two...
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Hello, I originally registered as RangerPaul (my 4X4 handle), but since DW and I like it here, and since we'll be meeting many of you at the rally, we decided to use our real names. Now I gotta find a picture of "da bode uv us" for an avatar! Until then, silliness...
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Hello from Long Island, NY
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Hi Everyone, As a new member, I wanted to tell everyone how pleased I am to find a forum that encourages and educates those who dream of living the RV lifestyle. My name is Ben and my wife, Ruthy and I have been dreaming of getting out of the rat race for the last couple of years, and taking our lives on the roa...
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Just registered
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Hi all, I just ran across this forum and thought I'd check it out. My wife Penny and I hope to begin full-timing before we have to spend another winter in northern Illinois. We currently pull a 22 foot Skyline Nomad TT with a Ford F250. When it's time to get off the grid, we'll find something better suited t...
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Hi All from Central PA
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I saw this site referenced on 'Goin KZ' and wow, lots of posts, figured we join. Been RV'ing since 1979, last 5 units have been 5th wheels. We presently ( and hopefully the last ) own a '08 40' Escalade by K-Z. Have (3) years till I retire, at which time we plan to travel 6 to 8 months a year, until I can co...
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New to this forum
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Hello, Just found this forum. We have been rv'ing for 27 years. Had travel trailers and a couple of motorhomes before buying our 2006 Newmar Essex. We live in Seattle in our home in the summer and at Outdoor Resorts Motorcoach Country Club, in Indio, CA where we enjoy our RV lot in the winter. Reti...
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Newbee, can't wait
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Hello all, I'm John, plan on retiring in May 2009, DW is retired. We enjoy traveling in our 2003 HR 30SKS TT but were thinking we would need something larger for FTing. We are going to look at 2 Doubletree Select Suite's tomorrow. I need to check my calendar for the 2008 rally, hope we can make it. See y...
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