I (Sharon, 60) have been lurking on this site for a couple of weeks now and have been thoroughly enjoying all of the camaraderie and great information. What an awesome, entertaining site! Howard & Linda have accomplished so much and have done an amazing job with this site & forum, in what seems like a very short time (jealous). ) Makes my life seem trivial.
We too became houseless back in 2005 and have been semi-retired full timers ever since in our 38’ Bounder motorhome. We spent our first winter in Arizona, 2nd in Florida and this is our 3rd winter in the Rio Grande Valley. We are originally from Canada (eh?) so we spend our summers in Ontario to be near our families. We love every minute of this wonderful lifestyle and really enjoy meeting and hearing from others that share that passion.
When my DH (Ron, 63) proposed this idea of full timing I was a bit reluctant (Read: You want me to do WHAT?,) and I agreed to trying it for a year – if after that time I wasn’t happy (Yes, it is all about ME!) then we would go back to the traditional life style. Well, it wasn’t until 4 years later that I remembered saying that. We just simply haven’t looked back. Reading the forums here has brought back all those emotions and roller coasting experiences with our decision. Would we do it again? You Betcha! Would we go back? Reluctantly, (Read: kicking, screaming, clawing or Not in a million years!).
Hoping to get to know all of you through this forum and perhaps meeting up with some of you in our travels.
Happy Trails,
Sharon
-- Edited by Sunkatchers on Sunday 10th of January 2010 07:34:06 AM
Racerguy said
06:51 PM Jan 9, 2010
Welcome,It's always nice to get experienced full timers on board .The more experience the better for us wanna be's. You will enjoy the friendly folks here.
Jim01 said
07:01 AM Jan 10, 2010
Welcome to the forum, Sharon.
Good to have you aboard. You're right, this is a great site with lots of great people who are more than willing to share everything they know about RVs, RVing, and Full-Timing.
Join in whenever you can.We can always use folks here with your experience.
Take care,
Jim
Sunkatchers said
07:50 AM Jan 10, 2010
Thanks for the Welcome!
Hopefully we can contribute as much as we gain. I really enjoy the ladies threads with new recipes - we love to eat. Also always looking for decorating ideas - we've done some renovating, making changes to our MH to suit us and making it our home. You will probably meet up with Ron on the 'Boys' side.
Thanks again.
S
Happytrails said
10:18 AM Jan 10, 2010
Welcome!! It is good to have experienced folks join in. We started full-timing in August and just like you all.....we haven't looked back. It is an amazing lifestyle and we haven't even really begun yet. I can only imagine what it would be like years from now. Anyway, welcome and please continue to join in. It is always a learning curve!!
janieD said
11:10 AM Jan 10, 2010
Welcome, us newbies are excited to have another experienced full timer join in and share their wisdom with us. It is people like you that help us know that we too can enjoy this life.
Dakota Grey said
11:23 AM Jan 10, 2010
Welcome to a great group. We are currently still in s&b in cold and snowy South Dakota. DW and I will be taking our first extended trip in our TT sometime this spring, depending on when the snow melts and the ground is firm enough to get the TT out of storage. The folks here are very willing to share all that they know and are very friendly.
Terry and Jo said
02:31 PM Jan 10, 2010
Sunkatchers wrote:
Would we do it again? You Betcha! Would we go back? Reluctantly, (Read: kicking, screaming, clawing or Not in a million years!).
Well, it is certainly good to know you are leaving your options open. (See above.)
Seriously, welcome to the forums. As you will find, there are a lot of knowledgeable full/part timers on the forums along with some fairly knowledgeable wannabees. Jo and I are in the wannabee category at the moment.
Feel free to ask questions and share your wealth of knowledge as well. All of us can learn from each other.
Terry
Sunkatchers said
07:06 PM Jan 10, 2010
Thank You All So Much for the warm welcome! What a great bunch of people!
We watch several forums but this is the first one that I have ever joined. You've certainly confirmed that I've made the right choice.
I will get some photos/links up as soon as I have time. . . I get up in the morning with nothing to do and by the time I go to bed I've only got it half done
Hi Y'all !
) Makes my life seem trivial.
I (Sharon, 60) have been lurking on this site for a couple of weeks now and have been thoroughly enjoying all of the camaraderie and great information. What an awesome, entertaining site! Howard & Linda have accomplished so much and have done an amazing job with this site & forum, in what seems like a very short time (jealous).
We too became houseless back in 2005 and have been semi-retired full timers ever since in our 38’ Bounder motorhome. We spent our first winter in Arizona, 2nd in Florida and this is our 3rd winter in the Rio Grande Valley. We are originally from Canada (eh?) so we spend our summers in Ontario to be near our families. We love every minute of this wonderful lifestyle and really enjoy meeting and hearing from others that share that passion.
When my DH (Ron, 63) proposed this idea of full timing I was a bit reluctant (Read: You want me to do WHAT?,) and I agreed to trying it for a year – if after that time I wasn’t happy (Yes, it is all about ME!) then we would go back to the traditional life style. Well, it wasn’t until 4 years later that I remembered saying that. We just simply haven’t looked back. Reading the forums here has brought back all those emotions and roller coasting experiences with our decision. Would we do it again? You Betcha! Would we go back? Reluctantly, (Read: kicking, screaming, clawing or Not in a million years!).
Hoping to get to know all of you through this forum and perhaps meeting up with some of you in our travels.
Happy Trails,
Sharon
-- Edited by Sunkatchers on Sunday 10th of January 2010 07:34:06 AM
Good to have you aboard. You're right, this is a great site with lots of great people who are more than willing to share everything they know about RVs, RVing, and Full-Timing.
Join in whenever you can.We can always use folks here with your experience.
Take care,
Jim
Hopefully we can contribute as much as we gain. I really enjoy the ladies threads with new recipes - we love to eat. Also always looking for decorating ideas - we've done some renovating, making changes to our MH to suit us and making it our home. You will probably meet up with Ron on the 'Boys' side.
Thanks again.
S
Well, it is certainly good to know you are leaving your options open. (See above.)
Seriously, welcome to the forums. As you will find, there are a lot of knowledgeable full/part timers on the forums along with some fairly knowledgeable wannabees. Jo and I are in the wannabee category at the moment.
Feel free to ask questions and share your wealth of knowledge as well. All of us can learn from each other.
Terry
Thank You All So Much for the warm welcome! What a great bunch of people!
We watch several forums but this is the first one that I have ever joined. You've certainly confirmed that I've made the right choice.
I will get some photos/links up as soon as I have time. . . I get up in the morning with nothing to do and by the time I go to bed I've only got it half done
Thanks again, S