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Part timer out of Garden Grove, California
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We are in our stick home in Garden Grove, California, but we will be taking off for a 3 week trip up to the Central Coast. My wife, Ava and I usuallly are on the road about 5 or 6 months annually. We enjoy the Northwest, especially the Oregon Coast.
We usually shut down for Novemeber and December becaus...
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Hello from New York!
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My wife Nancy and I are working musicians who are in the process of selling our house, buying a rig for fulltiming, and heading off for Branson to pursue our music careers. You can visit us at www.MusicByHeartsOnFire.com. I just came across this website yesterday and am thrilled with it so far. Has any...
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Hello from Arkansas
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Just wanted to say hello to all the lucky ones that are full timing and also to all that are like us that are wanting to be full timing. We are in the process of selling our cabin and all that is in it. We will be going full time when the sell happens, the Lord willing. Look foward to meeting as many as possab...
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Hello from Indiana
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Wow, I just had to jump in and say "hello" to you all! Allow me to introduce myself and my husband, we are Bill and Debbie Goode. My husband retired from Eli Lilly a little over a year ago and I retired from running my own business just a few weeks ago. We made the decision to full time last Decembe...
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Hello from Key West!
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I just realized I posted a question already (yes, the one about the all important virtues of TP on the road). My husband and I are both retired Air Force and in our early 40's. After retirement, we moved to Key West on a whim. We always loved it here so when the opportunity arose to move here we jumped o...
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Hello from USA.
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Hi to all as we are trying to figure out how to use this fourm. We are workampers now in New Hampshire. We just started this lifestyle, we will be in Fl. for the winter. We are orginaly from Pa. sold it all got a SD address and went on the road. Hope to work out west starting next spring. While in this loca...
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Hello From Oregon!!
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Hi, We are looking at our options now; we are babyboomers who are still working but close to retirement age (born in '45). We have helped our kids so much, one has a special-needs daughter, and we are limited funds-wise. We are looking at this life style as an option. Anyone else in our boat and making i...
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Hopping on through.....
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Well, some of you may know me from the SKP forum or some of the others popular ones. I did a lot of posting a year ago as I pursued the road to full-timing. Things didn't work out, but now I am back trying again. I'll be a solo RVer, one who hasn't driven anything larger than an F-150 crew cab. LOL! So I hope to go...
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WANNABE * COOKIE QUEEN
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Hi! I am the DW of Fox, one of Howard and Linda's biggest fans. We are wannbes, scheduled for a Sept 2009 departure of the "working" world to travel and relaxation. We have spent the past 10 months getting rid of "our stuff" in preparation for our big life change. Very fortunately...
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Hello from Jacksonville
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Wanted to introduce myself. I'm Skipper (Linda) in Jacksonville, Florida. I am a motorcyclist who has converted a motorcyle trailer into a camping trailer. I'm here to learn a little about people and places. Hopefully in the next few years I'll retire and be able to do a lot of travelling.
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Hello!
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Hi Everyone! We are so happy to have been directed to this site from a very nice friend and member here! We have been camping for 10+ years vacations and weekend camping. We hope to full-time someday soon. We are excited to start looking around the forum. Thank you for having us!
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New to the forum
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Hello everyone. My husband and I have been following Howard and Linda's site for almost two years now. Now is the time to introduce ourselves. My DH, John, and I will be retiring at the end of the year. The house will soon thereafter go up for sale. Howard and Linda have shown us that our dream is not...
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Another Noob
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Hello folks, I'll be joining the fulltiming ranks this October as a solo. I am retiring at 55. The house will be on the market in two weeks. The 5th wheel is on order. I've been a long time lurker and really enjoy the Payne's site. The info found here has been invaluable to me. Steve Cox
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Solo Fulltimer just joined today
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Hello everyone! I've been fulltiming since 2006 and retired this year. I'm doing it solo and I've been surely enjoying myself as I've been traveling around. Hope to meet up with some of you one day. I'm headed to Arizona right now. I've made it as far as Oklahoma and will be here until after the hol...
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Hi Everyone at Dreams
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I'm Larry and my DW is Vivian. We are in our mid forties with a 19 y/o son and 16 y/o daughter. We have a 5er we just purchase to replace and upgrade a older smaller one. We weekend and summer vacation camp now. I would like to possibly fulltime in the future. Must get money set and kids raised and through coll...
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Longtime lurker says "hello"
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I guess it's about time to overcome my fear of posting and say hello to you all. I've been following Howard and Linda's adventures from the beginning after seeing the article in the Louisville newspaper. This sight is addictive and my morning is not complete without reading the latest journal entr...
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Hi Everyone!
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Hi to everyone! My husband (John) and I live in Wisconsin; and we are planning on full-timing in 2.5 - 3.0 years (hopefully sooner than later). We already have our retirement home on wheels; and are enjoying it as often as we can. We are already making any necessary modifications so we will be all set...
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Just joined today
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Hi, We're Jim and Linda. We've been RVing for about 20 years and Full-timing for 6. We're originally from the Midwest, but now we're from wherever the road takes us. I've been doing some "lurking" on this site for awhile and it looks like there are a lot of friendly people here. Also, I'm h...
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HI this is Mac
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Hello everyone, You all can call me Mac. I recently just got back from 6 months in Spain about a month ago, and I am used to traveling a lot. When I was there I lived in Madrid, but Traveled to Barcelona, Malaga, the Canary Islands, Toledo, and Segovia. I went out of Spain to visit Paris, Toulouse, Bu...
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Just to say Hello !!
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Hello Listmembers,As a new member, this is my first posting and I feel it's fitting to tell you a bit about us, what stage we are in working towards our goal of fulltiming, and the timeline of how we got here. Norman & I (Monika) are planning to go fulltime in early 2008.We decided about 7 or 8 years a...
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Finally decided to stop "lurking" and say hi...
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Hello..We are Deanna and Chaney from Mississippi, and we will start our fulltiming adventure 2012..after our girls go to college. We are already planning however, sold our house, moved into an apartment, and already started selling what we can live without. We are determined to start out debt free...
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Hello from the home of "The Indy 500" and, oh yeah, "The Indianapolis COLTS"
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(We won't mention The Indiana Pacers)
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We are Ken and Barb Pace from Indianapolis, IN and are Full Time Wannabys. In the past we had a Class C Winnebago Warrier used for weekend trips and the Winnebago club which we really enjoyed. We had to give it up for several years while we cared for Barb...
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Fulltimin & Loving It
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Hi Ya'll. We're Darrell & Sally Patton. Orignally we're out of the BIG TOWN of Hesperia, MI. (pop 800). We gave everything to the kids that they wanted and then sold everything at auction, even the real estate. Been fulltiming now for 10 years. We DO NOT miss our stick house. We do miss our man...
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Canadian Newbie
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As one who has never RV'd before Kathy & I (Bob) will have quite a few questions. About 10 years ago we, decided full time RVing would be a great retirement plan. We have followed RV Dreams almost from the start and really identify with H & L. Anyway planning began in ernest 3-4 years ago and a 5t...
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Hello from Hattiesburg, MS
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Hi, My name is Billy Stockton and my bride is Susan. We are nearing the age of retirement and have been lurking these pages for information. We plan to full time as soon as possible and the info we are gathering on this site has already got us headed in the right direction. Howard and Linda have a wonder...
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Howdy from another Texan
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My name is Jay Coffman. I met Howard and Linda at a Texas Boomer rally last year at Thanksgiving. We have been RV'ing for about 13 years now, having started out in a pop-up. Of course, like many others, we started camping in a tent, but that old ground gets harder as we get older, so we decided to start with t...
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Looking forward to 2008
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My wife (Wilma) & I live in West Texas, we have been raising grandkids. Son is better & the grandkids are in college so,we are renting the house Jan. 2008 & trying FT-ing. We will work some, & try to see some of this great county, hope to see many of you great people on the roa...
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Newby to the Forum
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Hello fellow RVers. My wife Jerry and I are full timers and have been traveling around our beautiful country since 2001. We have also been workamping since 2003 in TX and CO and have enjoyed it. We have a 40 foot diesel motor home and at this time in her life my wife doesn't want a "stick house" I...
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hello fellows, I'm new here, and I would love to share experiences
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Hi everyone, to let you know on my background, first of all, I would like to apologize if my english is not that perfect as I come originally from europe, belgian and french roots but on the other hand I found my roots here, on this continent where I belong now. Former helicopter pilot, and interior decor...
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Let the adventure begin!
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Hello Howard, Linda and All!!! A few months ago Phil and I were in what we thought of as year 17.5 of a 20 year plan ...working real jobs and tap dancing as fast was we could. Then the wheels changed direction as the road turned. I met Tioga George and his crew http://www.vagabonders-supreme.net/ a...
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