Clothing, shoes hats/sunglasses - RV-Dreams Community Forum

eskiehouse · RV-Dreams Community Member

Clothing, shoes hats/sunglasses

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

all of the above would depend on climate and regions you will be traveling and activities you plan on doing

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Commonly people go out full timing thinking they will wear shorts, light tops and flip flops every day, with day hiking boots for hikes. Then they hit frosts in Arizona, Texas and/or Florida in winter so they find they need longer pants, closed toed shoes, sweaters and jackets also. A cactus thorn in the toe is also no fun. Casual is good, most find their formal wear doesn't fit after a couple years.

krackle12 · RV-Dreams Family Member

I agree. I find that I need one of almost everything I have at my S&B if I spend any extended period of time in my MH.

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Eskiehouse,
It might help if you said how/where you plan to full time. You might use the search button in the blue menu bar and type shoes, for instance. You'll find we're all different and different activities require different clothing/shoes etc. My current like is the more the better but from what I've read from experienced fulltime RV'ers is we weed out stuff as we go!

Have fun,
Sherry

The Bear II · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mostly I wear Birkenstock sandals but have a good pair of hiking boots and athletic shoes if needed. I do have flip flops for the public showers.

Shorts and Tee Shirts 95% of the time.

Two swim trunks with velcro closure pockets to carry the RV key.

I have a light jacket (windbreaker or hooded sweatshirt) and a heavy jacket in case it gets cold or very cold.

I do have levi blue jeans but rarely ever use them even in very cold. I will put the jeans on if it's windy or I'm going to be on the ground doing some sort of work under the RV.

I also carry a good pair of slacks, dress shirt and dress shoes in case we go somewhere more formal.

I carry 3-4 outfits since we have a washer/dryer. I used to carry a weeks worth.

I rarely wear a hat but do have a couple of ball caps and a wide brim straw hat for the desert.

Gloves are the tan leather workman type plus a pair of heavy canvas/leather or throw-a-way vinyl gloves for dirty work.

I have a one strap day pack for quick trips and a two strap McKlein back pack that also doubles as a roller Tote bag for air travel. It has a "L" shaped hard plastic attachment equiped with wheels and a collapsible handle to convert it from backpack to rolling tote. Very handy.

-- Edited by The Bear II on Monday 4th of March 2013 09:40:20 AM

eskiehouse · RV-Dreams Community Member

Specifically I was wondering about types-brands of hiking boots, sun hat types-good and bad. hiking poles/sticks,backpacks, fannypacks, glove types. I will be all over the place, many of the same places that Howard and linda visited.

I won't be full timing until jan-14, just trying to do as much research as possible.

EskieHouse

eskiehouse · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thanks a million, that is exactly what i was hoping for. Volumn of clothing is what I was fishing for, just didn't word the question right! do you use those walking sticks? Do you see very many people taking their dogs on hikes/walks?
Hmmm, another good question, hiking "boots" like sled dogs wear to protect paws.

boy! I sure do like this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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