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.


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thebeagletraveler


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My name is Tracie and my husband Shad and I moved one step closer to the full time life yesterday and bought a bus conversion!  We are super excited and hope to have our house sold and be on the road by the end of summer '13.    We are in  our early 40's and are currently living in Lubbock, TX.  Shad is lucky enough to have a job that affords him the ability to work from anywhere and I will be leaving behind 23 years of working in clerical positions at a hospital.  Hopefully I can find some temporary work on the road because I'm not sure if I will know how to be unemployed!  We are total newbies at all of this and know we will have lots of learning to do, but that's one of the many things that makes this exciting for us!  We will also have our  pets tagging along.. we have 3 beagles and 3 cats.   It will be crowded, but we think (hope) it's doable!

 

My husband is currently registering for the rally in Elephant Butte so I hope to meet some of you soon!  Happy new year!



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Lucky Mike


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Well Tracie & shad welcome , looks like you leaped into the New year both feet running!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope to see you out there and congrats on your purchase!!!!!!


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Tracie and Shad,

Welcome to the RV Dreams forums.  While the process of going full-time in an RV can be exciting, it can also be frustrating and daunting at times.  If the lifestyle if right for you, stay the course and learn to cope with the adversities that will come.

The rally would be a good way to not only meet some really great people, it will definitely be informative as well.  Be sure and also check out Howard and Linda's "Site Map" area where you can find information in their financial postings that can give you a lot of information as to what the lifestyle can cost.

If I remember right, there may even be another RV Dreams forum member living in Lubbock.  At least, I think they did at one time, but I wouldn't swear that they were still there.  Maybe they will chime in.  I'm somewhat familiar with Lubbock as many years ago I used to live up near Amarillo and while working for one trucking company, I even hauled cotton seed meal out of the Plains mill.  (At least, I think it was called "Plains."

Good luck with your "transformation" of both your lives and to your RV.

Terry



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Hi Tracy - Welcome! You must be excited and nervous all at once! Congrats on making this huge step toward full timing. You're going to have a full house with all the pets, but they are certainly going to make things even more enjoyable and memorable. As far as work, I know there is at least one website that posts jobs for full-timers, but the name of it eludes me.

Good luck with everything!

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Welcome! Sounds like you have a good plan and it is coming together for you.

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Welcome Tracie and Shad. Sounds like you have a plan that will help you reach goals. Good luck in your endeavors and safe travels along the road. Les and Sue

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thebeagletraveler


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Thank you everybody for being so welcoming.  We've just got started and we already feel part of this community.  Can't wait to meet some of you at Elephant Butte.  And to the rest of you...see you out on the road someday. 

Shad



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thebeagletraveler wrote:

Thank you everybody for being so welcoming.  We've just got started and we already feel part of this community.  Can't wait to meet some of you at Elephant Butte.  And to the rest of you...see you out on the road someday. 

Shad

 

Welcome to the best forum online guys!! There are lots of great people with lots of great info on here, always ready to offer help/advice!

Good luck with the new Bus, sounds like you are both ready to start the next chapter...hope to see you sometime along the way!

huggs Kim x



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