Introduce Yourself! - RV-Dreams Community Forum

haiku · haiku

Well I am Leslie and my other is Bill. We have been discussing RVing for a long time and recently through a number of different things coming to a head it is something we are looking at more seriously. Your website is so inspirational. This weekend we went to a few RV dealers looking around seriously fo...

petitetot · petitetot

What a fantastic name your site has. We are a couple dreaming about RVing like so many. We are from Quebec and we will put the house on the market next coming Spring. We don't have any RV yet, we are still studying what we should get. Your forum seems great for learning.

HighwayRanger · HighwayRanger

Hello All! I'm the HighwayRanger, and I've just joined the RV-Dreams community! I'm already a nuisance over at the Escapees, IRV2, NuWa Owners, and other forums, so I figured I'd wade in here! We have a 2007 Itasca Spirit Class C motorhome which is our most recent camping apperatus to be used while ra...

rautx · rautx

We’ve been full timing for 8 months now and don’t see ourselves returning to a stick home anytime soon - so I figured it was finally time to stop lurking and get involved. We love reading RV Dreams as Howard and Linda are spending their days just like we would IF it were just the two of us. That season i...

Jay and Fay · Jay and Fay

Well today was the day....unemployed for the first time in 47 years. First let me introduce ourselves. We are Fay and Jay from Tulsa. We have been planning this day for over a year and now its here. We have been lurking on this and other forums and occasionally ask questions. I retired from the city...

Ken · Ken

Hi--My name is Ken and I am married to my high school sweetheart from the class of "68". The daughters are married, and house is empty, and we are ready for our great adventure. We just bought a 2002 Minnie Winnie and can't wait until spring to use it. I don't know the gray tank from the black...

moontime · moontime

Hello, this looks like a great forum. OK long story short, my husband and I are in our 30's. One day he came home from work and said "I'm sick of this town and I'm sick of this mortgage!" And I said, "You know, its a situation we can change". We had plans for later in life but modified th...

Roadchef · Roadchef

Hello, I've been reading this formum for quite a while but haven't yet posted. I am not a full-timer, but rather an extended traveler. We travel about three to six weeks at a time two or three times a year. So many of our issues are the same as those of full-timers. I love to eat out but the budget require...

SATBOYZ 1 · SATBOYZ 1

We are not full timers yet as my wife says she still wants a home near the kids.so a lot of the time I travel alone.I am in the RV satellite TV system and go to a lot of the rallies and RV shows in the US and Canada.So anyone having trouble with there system I am the one to see

Dig · Dig

Hi All - Just wanted to introduce myself before I jumped in and started trouble in the forum! Angie and I are fulltimers of almost one year! Our first ten months have been the most incredible adventure of our lives. We are looking forward to many more years of this. I work full time from the back of my Monac...

Dan D · Dan D

Just wanted to say hi to everybody. I've been a fulltimer since the 16th of June. My home is a 33' MH. I work at a RV park as a groundskeeper for site and grocery $. I am enjoying the new life and am looking forward to all the friends I will make along the way and the roads I will travel down, or up as the case may b...

MikeandSally · MikeandSally

I would like to introduce myself and my DW Sally. we are 55 and just about to go FT. The house on on the market and were just waiting for it to sell. The market is a little slow out here in CA but I think in a moth or so it will happen. I (Mike) am the one that usually looks at the forms and post the most DW (Sally) is m...

mrscrj · mrscrj

Hi, I just signed up to this board. We've gone from a tent, pop-up. class C, travel trailor in that order;currently have a class B. Guess we're gradually working ourselves up. My hubby is getting ready to retire in Jan and then we plan to head out various directions at different time. Don't think either...

BirdHaus · BirdHaus

Hi ALL! I'm very excited to join this community! So glad you are here! Heck, I don't even own a Travel Trailer yet, but I'm hoping to secure one this week. I'm planning on purchasing a Jay Feather 213, it has a slide-out queen and a forward bunk. [Any comments or suggestions more then welcome, hopefully b...

River Rovers · River Rovers

For some time now, we have been planning to take the Fulltime RV plunge after my husband's retirement. We are a little disappointed that we are not yet ready to go, but we are hoping to speed things up a little now that my job ended...just last week... and John's retirement date is in just a couple of wee...

DaveSam · DaveSam

Hello to all RVers. We are full-timers since 10-1-06. We resided in Texas for the past 10 years but previously lived in Florida. I grew up in Clearwater, FL and my wife grew up in Emporium, PA. We have a great puppy named Trike, who has his own blog, http://trikestravels.blogspot.com/ . We have a 38' N...

DLSeeAmerica · DLSeeAmerica

We've been full-timing less than a month now, in our Arctic Fox 27-5L fifth wheel, Ford F-250 TV, with two slides, a DataStorm on the roof and a 14-lb Yorkie-poo travelin' companion. We're probably one of the smallest rigs here, but since we moved from a 31-foot sailboat, this seems like a mansion to us...

dream reachers · dream reachers

My wife and I have been following RV Dreams for over 1 1/2 years. We began to dream of traveling the USA, admiring Gods' creation and doing volunteer work. We did a lot of research before purchasing a truck and fifth wheel trailer. Our small horse farm and everything on it was sold August 12th, two...

liketowin · liketowin

i have a 30ft. 5th wheel and am towing it with an f150 7700 series has a 5..4engine is that enough truck or should i invest in a deisel we are just starting to become full timers i would really like to hear eveyones comment on that topic thanx much...... -- Edited by liketowin at 19:21, 2007-08-29

liketowin · liketowin

mayby someone can help me-i would like to have a job on the road-are there any legitimate internet jobs available-ex., typists needed etc.... are any of them for real or do they just take your money ? thks for any info ps i'm a semi-retired teacher-when we start fulltiming will not be teaching

bcampbell · bcampbell

We are Carol and Brooks Campbell from Lanett, Al.. We curently have a 24' Concord and are considering changing to larger MH and going fulltime for approximately two years. As anyone do this? Any advice?

Danno54 · Danno54

Hello, my name is Dan and I just joined this community. I would love to RV at least part time in the near future. For now, I am just starting to read through this forum for info on insider RV tips and tricks and I have found many. It's great.

JC · JC

thanks for the tips ,,, Where about ready to leave this hot weather, ! its so hot here you can fry an egg on the side walk ,,,lol we"ll be getting our breaker box, this week . and we 're going to head to mo, have a few things there to pick up,,, and from there i have no idea, where we'll go , we have...

liketowin · liketowin

just joined the forum-trying to get as much info as possible-my hubbie and i are from canada-we have done 5th wheeling for 3 years now but just when we can go because of work commitments-i'm a semi-retired teacher and my hubby is retiring in june of 2008-we have met a number of full-timers and have decid...

JC · JC

WEll here goes, My hubby and I are here in vegas repairing a few things on our motor home . we're both retired and want to travel, but finding places that will fit our budget, we both love the water,so was looking for places , that we could enjoy that sort of thing , so If anyone should know maybe you could f...

Sharkskinner · Sharkskinner

Newbe here. Put my condo up for sale last week, my shop goes on the market this comming week. Intend to sell everything that will not fit in my Roadtrek and hit the road for places unkown. Should have done this 20 years ago. Hope my children learn from my mistakes. I am 66 years old and feel like a kid again.

Free Spirit · Free Spirit

Hello Everyone, I am new to this board and to RVing. I have been scouring the net for information on RV's and what it will take to become a full timer. I am solo and looking forward to early retirement at the end of 2008, selling my house, taking my dogs and moving on to the next chapter of my life on the road....

debandfrank · debandfrank

I guess it's time for me to come out of the "lurker's" closet and introduce myself. I have been following the RV-Dreams journal and probably another two dozen RV journals for over a year. My husband and I have been traveling the US on our Gold Wing motorcycle and I have been talking more and...

Doris · Doris

I have been on chat a few times, love the journal so thought I would go ahead and introduce myself. I currently live in Troy,Mo and for 32 years I worked in the I.T. profession and trained dogs in my spare time. In 2002 I retired from all of that and began training dogs all of the time and working at shelter...

bootsak · bootsak

Well, here goes. I joined earlier today and don't want to be a lurker like I've been for a couple of years on other RV forums. I've been gleaning information everywhere I can and until last week was too nervous to post. I did but I was a wreck! I tend to suffer from intermittent episodes of social phob...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	It seems like a good time to post... (Preview) Well I am Leslie and my other is Bill. We have been discussing RVing for a long time and recently through a number of different things coming to a head it is something we are looking at more seriously. Your website is so inspirational. This weekend we went to a few RV dealers looking around seriously fo...	haiku	8	1710	07:42 PM Nov 26, 2007 by ahoweth
	New RV dreamer here (Preview) What a fantastic name your site has. We are a couple dreaming about RVing like so many. We are from Quebec and we will put the house on the market next coming Spring. We don't have any RV yet, we are still studying what we should get. Your forum seems great for learning.	petitetot	11	1463	03:05 PM Nov 26, 2007 by Jan and GC
	HighwayRanger is in the House! (Preview) Hello All! I'm the HighwayRanger, and I've just joined the RV-Dreams community! I'm already a nuisance over at the Escapees, IRV2, NuWa Owners, and other forums, so I figured I'd wade in here! We have a 2007 Itasca Spirit Class C motorhome which is our most recent camping apperatus to be used while ra...	HighwayRanger	8	1563	10:41 AM Nov 26, 2007 by Happytrails
	No longer just a lurker.... (Preview) We’ve been full timing for 8 months now and don’t see ourselves returning to a stick home anytime soon - so I figured it was finally time to stop lurking and get involved. We love reading RV Dreams as Howard and Linda are spending their days just like we would IF it were just the two of us. That season i...	rautx	6	1409	12:31 AM Nov 11, 2007 by SoonToTravel
	Hello Folks (Preview) Well today was the day....unemployed for the first time in 47 years. First let me introduce ourselves. We are Fay and Jay from Tulsa. We have been planning this day for over a year and now its here. We have been lurking on this and other forums and occasionally ask questions. I retired from the city...	Jay and Fay	16	1787	04:59 PM Nov 10, 2007 by Jay and Fay
	Newbee from Pa Dutch country Ken and Bonnie (Preview) Hi--My name is Ken and I am married to my high school sweetheart from the class of "68". The daughters are married, and house is empty, and we are ready for our great adventure. We just bought a 2002 Minnie Winnie and can't wait until spring to use it. I don't know the gray tank from the black...	Ken	9	1761	06:47 PM Nov 3, 2007 by Judy
	Different kind of full-timers? (Preview) Hello, this looks like a great forum. OK long story short, my husband and I are in our 30's. One day he came home from work and said "I'm sick of this town and I'm sick of this mortgage!" And I said, "You know, its a situation we can change". We had plans for later in life but modified th...	moontime	7	1626	05:21 PM Nov 2, 2007 by Tmcblane
	Extended Traveler (Preview) Hello, I've been reading this formum for quite a while but haven't yet posted. I am not a full-timer, but rather an extended traveler. We travel about three to six weeks at a time two or three times a year. So many of our issues are the same as those of full-timers. I love to eat out but the budget require...	Roadchef	5	1281	01:30 PM Oct 22, 2007 by Happytrails
	Hello from ONTARIO CANADA (Preview) We are not full timers yet as my wife says she still wants a home near the kids.so a lot of the time I travel alone.I am in the RV satellite TV system and go to a lot of the rallies and RV shows in the US and Canada.So anyone having trouble with there system I am the one to see	SATBOYZ 1	3	1129	07:17 PM Oct 13, 2007 by SATBOYZ 1
	Another New Guy (Preview) Hi All - Just wanted to introduce myself before I jumped in and started trouble in the forum! Angie and I are fulltimers of almost one year! Our first ten months have been the most incredible adventure of our lives. We are looking forward to many more years of this. I work full time from the back of my Monac...	Dig	12	1779	11:09 AM Oct 10, 2007 by SoonToTravel
	Hi from Charleston,Oregon (Preview) Just wanted to say hi to everybody. I've been a fulltimer since the 16th of June. My home is a 33' MH. I work at a RV park as a groundskeeper for site and grocery $. I am enjoying the new life and am looking forward to all the friends I will make along the way and the roads I will travel down, or up as the case may b...	Dan D	13	1684	04:21 PM Sep 30, 2007 by dreamjosie
	HI All (Preview) I would like to introduce myself and my DW Sally. we are 55 and just about to go FT. The house on on the market and were just waiting for it to sell. The market is a little slow out here in CA but I think in a moth or so it will happen. I (Mike) am the one that usually looks at the forms and post the most DW (Sally) is m...	MikeandSally	22	1714	07:49 PM Sep 20, 2007 by MikeandSally
	New to Board (Preview) Hi, I just signed up to this board. We've gone from a tent, pop-up. class C, travel trailor in that order;currently have a class B. Guess we're gradually working ourselves up. My hubby is getting ready to retire in Jan and then we plan to head out various directions at different time. Don't think either...	mrscrj	4	1375	12:20 PM Sep 11, 2007 by Speedhitch
	Head First? (Preview) Hi ALL! I'm very excited to join this community! So glad you are here! Heck, I don't even own a Travel Trailer yet, but I'm hoping to secure one this week. I'm planning on purchasing a Jay Feather 213, it has a slide-out queen and a forward bunk. [Any comments or suggestions more then welcome, hopefully b...	BirdHaus	19	2450	03:27 PM Sep 7, 2007 by Gummy
	Greetings from CA! (Preview) For some time now, we have been planning to take the Fulltime RV plunge after my husband's retirement. We are a little disappointed that we are not yet ready to go, but we are hoping to speed things up a little now that my job ended...just last week... and John's retirement date is in just a couple of wee...	River Rovers	5	1844	06:57 AM Sep 7, 2007 by Judy
	New To The Board (Preview) Hello to all RVers. We are full-timers since 10-1-06. We resided in Texas for the past 10 years but previously lived in Florida. I grew up in Clearwater, FL and my wife grew up in Emporium, PA. We have a great puppy named Trike, who has his own blog, http://trikestravels.blogspot.com/ . We have a 38' N...	DaveSam	9	1439	06:49 AM Sep 7, 2007 by Judy
	New Full-Timers (Preview) We've been full-timing less than a month now, in our Arctic Fox 27-5L fifth wheel, Ford F-250 TV, with two slides, a DataStorm on the roof and a 14-lb Yorkie-poo travelin' companion. We're probably one of the smallest rigs here, but since we moved from a 31-foot sailboat, this seems like a mansion to us...	DLSeeAmerica	7	1573	08:00 AM Sep 6, 2007 by Tom and Barbara
	Hello from Alabama (Preview) My wife and I have been following RV Dreams for over 1 1/2 years. We began to dream of traveling the USA, admiring Gods' creation and doing volunteer work. We did a lot of research before purchasing a truck and fifth wheel trailer. Our small horse farm and everything on it was sold August 12th, two...	dream reachers	5	1279	06:02 PM Sep 5, 2007 by Speedhitch
	how much truck is enough (Preview) i have a 30ft. 5th wheel and am towing it with an f150 7700 series has a 5..4engine is that enough truck or should i invest in a deisel we are just starting to become full timers i would really like to hear eveyones comment on that topic thanx much...... -- Edited by liketowin at 19:21, 2007-08-29	liketowin	4	2041	07:47 PM Aug 31, 2007 by D and J
	internet jobs on the road???? (Preview) mayby someone can help me-i would like to have a job on the road-are there any legitimate internet jobs available-ex., typists needed etc.... are any of them for real or do they just take your money ? thks for any info ps i'm a semi-retired teacher-when we start fulltiming will not be teaching	liketowin	0	865	07:33 AM Aug 30, 2007 by liketowin
	Hello from L.A.(Lower Alabama) (Preview) We are Carol and Brooks Campbell from Lanett, Al.. We curently have a 24' Concord and are considering changing to larger MH and going fulltime for approximately two years. As anyone do this? Any advice?	bcampbell	6	1363	04:57 PM Aug 28, 2007 by bago40
	Hello from Dan from Wisconsin (Preview) Hello, my name is Dan and I just joined this community. I would love to RV at least part time in the near future. For now, I am just starting to read through this forum for info on insider RV tips and tricks and I have found many. It's great.	Danno54	4	1222	12:25 PM Aug 28, 2007 by Gummy
	thanks for the reply ! (Preview) thanks for the tips ,,, Where about ready to leave this hot weather, ! its so hot here you can fry an egg on the side walk ,,,lol we"ll be getting our breaker box, this week . and we 're going to head to mo, have a few things there to pick up,,, and from there i have no idea, where we'll go , we have...	JC	3	1256	11:20 AM Aug 28, 2007 by Speedhitch
	full-timers soon (Preview) just joined the forum-trying to get as much info as possible-my hubbie and i are from canada-we have done 5th wheeling for 3 years now but just when we can go because of work commitments-i'm a semi-retired teacher and my hubby is retiring in june of 2008-we have met a number of full-timers and have decid...	liketowin	10	1537	12:56 PM Aug 27, 2007 by Sandra
	Jc Here ! (Preview) WEll here goes, My hubby and I are here in vegas repairing a few things on our motor home . we're both retired and want to travel, but finding places that will fit our budget, we both love the water,so was looking for places , that we could enjoy that sort of thing , so If anyone should know maybe you could f...	JC	2	1299	05:42 AM Aug 27, 2007 by Jim01
	Hello From Clearwater Florida (Preview) Newbe here. Put my condo up for sale last week, my shop goes on the market this comming week. Intend to sell everything that will not fit in my Roadtrek and hit the road for places unkown. Should have done this 20 years ago. Hope my children learn from my mistakes. I am 66 years old and feel like a kid again.	Sharkskinner	13	2001	05:25 PM Aug 26, 2007 by Free Spirit
	Greetings from Saskatchewan Canada (Preview) Hello Everyone, I am new to this board and to RVing. I have been scouring the net for information on RV's and what it will take to become a full timer. I am solo and looking forward to early retirement at the end of 2008, selling my house, taking my dogs and moving on to the next chapter of my life on the road....	Free Spirit	10	2083	07:24 PM Aug 14, 2007 by Free Spirit
	Hello from Arkansas! (Preview) I guess it's time for me to come out of the "lurker's" closet and introduce myself. I have been following the RV-Dreams journal and probably another two dozen RV journals for over a year. My husband and I have been traveling the US on our Gold Wing motorcycle and I have been talking more and...	debandfrank	6	1240	09:14 AM Aug 14, 2007 by SoonToTravel
	Gonna Be (Preview) I have been on chat a few times, love the journal so thought I would go ahead and introduce myself. I currently live in Troy,Mo and for 32 years I worked in the I.T. profession and trained dogs in my spare time. In 2002 I retired from all of that and began training dogs all of the time and working at shelter...	Doris	5	1247	08:58 AM Aug 14, 2007 by SoonToTravel
	Another Alaskan newbie (Preview) Well, here goes. I joined earlier today and don't want to be a lurker like I've been for a couple of years on other RV forums. I've been gleaning information everywhere I can and until last week was too nervous to post. I did but I was a wreck! I tend to suffer from intermittent episodes of social phob...	bootsak	4	1493	08:12 AM Jul 27, 2007 by Speedhitch
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