Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
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...
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...
Howard, If we sell our home to these people...do you have any advice on selling it's contents? They seemed to be interested in buying some of the furnishings as well, but what about the rest? There will be things donated to charity of course, but we have a lot of things....good furniture....big scree...
This is just a quick note to tell what a great guy Howard is. My wife and I used to live just up the road from where Howard and Linda have been staying while in Woodland Park. I emailed him and gave directions to where our home was located. I asked for a couple of pics if he had time to check out the house. Well, w...
Howard and Linda pulled out at 9:30 am this morning headed east to Marion Lake north of Hillsboro, KS. It will be a long trip for them, but should be uneventful. Nice straight, level roads most of the way. It has been a pleasure to have them share their time with us the past few days. Safe travels RV-Dre...
As Larry & I prepare to travel thousands of miles between now & the end of the year we are figuring out our campground, food & fuel expenses. In doing so, we would like to share a product with you that we have personally been using for over one year. In fact, we have not traveled one mile sinc...
Linda: I was just reading some of the posts about how good your recipes are...pork chops, taco soup, ribs, etc. Where are they? Are they in a post or in a book you've written? Although we haven't sold our house yet in FL and hence no MH...I'm still interested in tasty, EASY recipes. Thanks.
Hi, We stayed at a wondeful private campground this weekend and wanted to share with everyone. It's about 50 miles east of Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA ~ it's called Timberlake Campground & RV Park - here's the URL: http://www.timberlakecampgroundandrvpark.com/ The pictures do not do it jus...
As we are getting ready to full time April 1. (YEH) Do you guys out there use 1 cell phone between you or do you each have one. We have been checking on rates, etc, and wonder if cheaper just to have one??? Thans for answers, love this forum!
Well it looks like I will be conducting some seminars at the RV-Rally in June! I will have 3 different levels of courses available. They are as follows; Level 1: General Information (No dogs need to be present) Potty & Crate Training Unwanted Behaviors (nipping, bitting, chewing, digging, ba...
I've been looking at MH's for full-timing. I've concentrated my search so far on Newmar's but ran accross a nice looking 2000 Safari Zanzibar today. Seems to be nicely equipped and is real clean. How are they for full-timing (mechanically is my main concern and of course I want it to hold up to rigor...
I haven't noticed too much info here about Class C models. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who full-times in one now or has. We are considering a Class C primarily because it seems to be the least intimidating to drive, lol....but I notice most FTs seem to have the busses or 5th Wheels. Any thoughts...
Listed the house on July 2nd, after many,many showings, got a contract today, for a cash purchase at almost list price, closing set for August 15th ! They want in it before school starts. Twelve more days and maybe,just maybe, we can go and get our new home on wheels !!!! Fingers crossed Ken
We will be retiring in about 2 1/2 years and looking to buy a fifth wheel. We have done a lot of research and learned a lot (enjoyed this and other forums - gaining knowlege from all of you full timers), but this is a topic we have discussed recently. We both love to read and have a huge collection of books (...
We are in the market for a 2nd TV for the bedroom. What is best to buy? One that will run on AC & DC? Flat screen? Brand? Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks. Allan & Jeanne Sold the farm. Full timing starts this week.
I did a search on the surge guard and read the comments but did not fully understand if the surge guard also protected our expensive toys which we have plugged in in our fifth wheel: lcd tv, computers, etc, or should we also have individual surge protection on each one?
We will not fulltime for another 17 months. So, during winter months we do not use our Fifith wheel. Are there advantages/disadvantages to keeping it under one of those covers? We can not see spending money at this time to build a permanent shelter for only the winters of 2007-2008 and part of...
Hello, all!
I wanted to give a recommendation on a product that has served me well. I know that wireless campgrounds are popping up everywhere, but the internet connections are not always reachable or fast enough.
I use a "Wi-Fire" to combat this. It works right with my laptop’s i...
I am a dog trainer and have been working at Pets Mart. My job is ending because of scheduling issues. Is there a chance of setting up dog training in campgrounds? I will have to work on details, but groups or one on one would ideal. I would like to get on the road a lot sooner then previously planned. Any...
Judy and I visited the RV Museum in Elkhart today and it was great. First one you see is a 1913 Earl pulled by a Model T. A little more into the exhibit they had a motorized touring coach used by Mae West in the 20's. It had a rear porch built on the rear and she sat on the porch on her rocking chair. They had many e...
This is a 2004 Safari Sahara 40PBT with 26,000 miles in great shape and has all the features of units selling for $20,000-30,000 more. Everything works and it will be detailed prior to sale so you can have a sparkling clean, like new RV to hit the road. There is also an option to buy a 2005 Suzuki XL-7 with 5...
We sold one of our horses yesterday. One more to sell. It is bittersweet. Puts us just a little closed to fulltiming, but we love those guys! Sure would be difficult pulling a horse trailer being pulled by a Fifth wheel being pulled by a Ford! The young girl who bought him could not be happier. ...
We have started looking for a toad and towbar setup. We have pretty much decided on a Jeep Grand Cherokee and we know nothing about towing one. (Other than it can be towed 4 down)
We could sure use some pros & cons about the different brands of towbars and braking systems.
Thanks,&...
Hello Everyone
Hubby and I are thinking of making a reservation at the Blueberry Hill RV Park in Busnell FL for the winter months. Was wondering if anyone has stayed at the park or know anything good or bad?
Thanks much
Debbie
Hi Howard, Just curious as to why you opted for a pure sine wave inverter. That's what we're planning because of what we've read about some devices not working as efficiently (or at all in the case of some medical equipment) with a modified sine wave inverter - we don't want to have to redo anything at a la...
DH and I are traveling up to North Carolina for 3 weeks in October. We would love to get references for campgrounds in that area. We are not committed to Cherokee, but would like to stay in that area.....not counting out Tennessee either. Any information would be appreciated Thanks
This will be our first extended RV travel starting this fall/winter. We want to spend 3 months in Yuma but don't know what resort to book. We thought we might like a place with a pool and planned activities for our first time. Some of the resorts we like just by looking on-line are: Sun Vista, Las Quintos,...
Ok everyone, I am looking at a 2003 Ford F350 Crew Cab Dually 4x4 with the 6.0 PSD and automatic transmission. 80k miles, silver. Clean looking truck. Ford dealer is one I have bought from in the past and I trust. Have known the owner and sales manager all since grade school. Any thoughts on the engine/t...
We have a hydro-hot in our MH. (we do love it) What we need to know if we must buy our preventive maintenance parts from Aqua-hot or if they can be purchased other than from the manufacturer. We are talking items like filter, nozzel etc. Any help would help. Thank you in advance
