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505ers


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Hello,
It feels good to join up and in, Sherri and I have been lurking for several months. In May I suggested to Sherri that we sell everything and rent residences to the north in the summer and to the south in the winter. Sherri did not say no flat out but she suggested that she still wanted some kind of home she could call her own.
We found RV Dreams and discovered a whole way of living which we never knew about, you see we have never been camping in our 27 years of marriage. After reading about Howard & Linda's experiences we decided that we too could go full-timing. After much research and reading many of your posts, we bought a 5th wheel in August, a Ford F350 in October, put the house up for sale in October and sold it 12/22/10. We are set to close 01/13/11. We will stay with Sherri's mom until we hit the road April 1 and head to the RV Dreams rally, which we are signed up for.
Sherri is leaving her position as Controller for two restaurants in Albuquerque and I am a retired UPSer. I have been working for the same restaurants as the Marketing Director for two years. Work does not know we are leaving and it will be hard to leave a small company as well as family and friends in ABQ. Our daughter is 19 and is moving into her own apartment, so that part is also hard.
We are so looking forward to meeting many of you in April. We have much to learn and we can't think of a better place to learn than at the rally. Many of you have inspired us to make this leap of faith.
Thank you,

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Ryder the Labradoodle & Zeke the Cat
2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
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Gypsy Turtle 2


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Welcome and congratulations on the sale of your house! What a nice Christmas gift!

You will learn much at the rally in April. This will be our 2nd. We attended last year and met so many friendly wonderful people that we just had to come back smile

Looking forward to meeting you in April.


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J Riechman


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Welcome. Wow, I cannot believe I am one of the 1st to welcome you. As you already know, everyone here is fantastic about helping when you need info. They are also very friendly.
Hubby, son and I will be hitting the road on the 29th. We will be part-timing. Texas will be our first destination for the winter. Hope we see ya on the road.

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tlmr0dg


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How exciting to hear your news!  We also will be at the rally (our first) this year.  Look forward to meeting you!  Can't wait to hear about your adventures!

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Hdrider


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Welcome to the forum and CONGRATS on the sale of your house and your new life style!


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"40' New Horizon Majestic 5th wheel  

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2014 Tiffin Phaeton 42LH "for sale" SOLD 

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DorisandDave


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Congrats on your transition to Fulltimers.....it IS exciting.  Welcome to the best forum on the web!!

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RVKevi


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Welcome, and congrats on the sale of your house. We also have sold our house and are set to close Thursday, but due to Kev's work, we are not ready to hit the road, so will have to go into an apartment till he can retire. It is such a relief to have that part done, isn't it? Hope to see you down the road!

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laurly


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Wow! Congratulations to you both. How exciting to 1) Decide on going full-time, 2)Selling your house so quickly, 3) Acquiring your vehicle & fifth wheel. I am anxious to meet you at the rally. Welcome!

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Mike and Terri


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Welcome to the forum and a whole new lifestyle.  Congratulations on the sale of your house.  Glad you can make it to the rally, lots of fun and very informative.   We'll see you there. 

--mike 

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Jim01


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Welcome to the forum. smile

We'll be looking forward to meeting you at the Rally. You're sure to learn a lot about the lifestyle there.

Have a safe trip.

Jim

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Sherry


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WOW!  And I thought we were fast.  We went to last year's rally in April and were so inspired we left our jobs in September and were immediately on the road although we have not sold the house.  You two have us beat by a mile.  Really looking forward to seeing you this April.   We're in site 432 come on by and say hello.

From one Sherry to another Sherri.

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Ivey


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It is so great to hear of someone doing what we are going to do. Until we get our chance this spring I live vicariously through everyone else. Congratulations and keep us posted on your adventures.

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Ckerr


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Welcome and congrats on being so close!

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Carol

Carol Kerr Welch

Wife to Jeff, "Mom" to Chuy; Retama Village Resident

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Realtor specializing in RV and 55+ Communities in the Rio Grande Valley

 

 
505ers


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Gypsy Turtle 2 wrote:

Welcome and congratulations on the sale of your house! What a nice Christmas gift!


You will learn much at the rally in April. This will be our 2nd. We attended last year and met so many friendly wonderful people that we just had to come back smile

Looking forward to meeting you in April.

 


Thank you for welcoming us and we will see you in April

 



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Rorik & Sherri
Ryder the Labradoodle & Zeke the Cat
2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
http://505ers.blogspot.com/
505ers


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Jim01 wrote:

Welcome to the forum. smile

We'll be looking forward to meeting you at the Rally. You're sure to learn a lot about the lifestyle there.

Have a safe trip.

Jim


Thanks Jim, see you at the rally

 



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Rorik & Sherri
Ryder the Labradoodle & Zeke the Cat
2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
http://505ers.blogspot.com/
505ers


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Sherry wrote:

WOW!  And I thought we were fast.  We went to last year's rally in April and were so inspired we left our jobs in September and were immediately on the road although we have not sold the house.  You two have us beat by a mile.  Really looking forward to seeing you this April.   We're in site 432 come on by and say hello.

From one Sherry to another Sherri.


Sherri and I will look forward to meeting you in April. I need to check on our site #, someone else posted they were in the site # that I thought we had been assigned to.

 



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Ryder the Labradoodle & Zeke the Cat
2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
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505ers


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Well it happened!! We closed on our house Thursday 1/13. It was a bittersweet day, while we accomplished our goal of selling the house and selling almost all of our stuff it was sad to move out of our home and part with art and furniture which we had bought over the past 27 years.
The three weeks leading up to Thursday were absolutely crazy busy. We had two estate sales, sorted through our stuff to take to the 5th wheel or the dump, or Goodwill, or to mother-in-laws or storage. Plus we had to do all the necessary things for the sale and we both are working full-time.
But we did it; now we have to start stocking up the 5th wheel for full-time living. It does feel good to have the house sold, in this market no one is quite sure how soon or if a house will sell.

We hope to see many of you soon at the Rally.

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Rorik & Sherri
Ryder the Labradoodle & Zeke the Cat
2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
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RVRon


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Color us green with envy!  We're a long ways from getting to where you are - still in the sorting out and getting rid of stuff phase.  We just pulled 15 boxes of old business and personal records down from the attic to sort out and shred or toss. It seems like an insurmountable task but I know we can do it with encouraging reports from folks like you guys. 

We'll be at the rally too and will look forward to meeting you all.

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2005 Itasca Sunova 34A
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland

Fulltiming since 3/28/12

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janieD


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Congratulations. We were like you in that we had never RV just tent camped before we decided to go full time. We are out on the roads now and so glad we are. Wish you the best on your journey.

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505ers


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RVRon wrote:

Color us green with envy!  We're a long ways from getting to where you are - still in the sorting out and getting rid of stuff phase.  We just pulled 15 boxes of old business and personal records down from the attic to sort out and shred or toss. It seems like an insurmountable task but I know we can do it with encouraging reports from folks like you guys. 

We'll be at the rally too and will look forward to meeting you all.



Ron & Joan,

There is nothing like a buyer saying I want to close in 3 1/2
weeks to get one motivated.
We will look forward to meeting you in April.

 



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2009 F350 King Ranch
2007 34' Dutchmen Grand Junction
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