Coming out of Lurkerdom - RV-Dreams Community Forum

pkhalin · RV-Dreams Family Member

Coming out of Lurkerdom

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome into the warm glow of the light. Feels goods doesn't it. Now you get ask all those questions you have read answers to, that didn't quite fit your particular situation and the questions yet to be thought of. It's all good. As you have now doubt read the discussion is filled with experienced opinion, good humor and friendship.

Welcome aboard smile We await your wisdom and experience to add to our collective knowledge.

-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 20th of July 2014 08:51:54 PM

pkhalin · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks for the welcome. Wisdom? Weeeellll! Let's not go that far. Some experiences, maybe. The kind that make you go 'Duh! What WERE you thinking!' But, I guess we'll all have some of those at some point.

But yes, learning a lot of stuff and have gotten a good chuckle out of some of the posts.

Camper Chronicles · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome. I think the nerves are a good sign. It means your stretching yourself and coming out of your comfort zone which is what growing and changing is all about :)

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome Paul & Kim,

I can tell from your intro line that you have a good sense of humor so you'll be a great addition. I agree with not being able to understand all the technical talk but like you, we hang in there. We retired folks find we really NEED good Internet to search routes, campgrounds and stay in touch with family & friends.

Only 377 now! 😄

Sherry

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Paul and Kim,

Welcome to the forums as an active participant. Since you've been lurking some, you probably already know that there are a lot of knowledgeable folks here that are more than willing to share their experiences as well as being helpful and friendly. And, when encouragement is needed, they are here for that as well.

Feel free to ask any questions as to RV's and the RV lifestyle that come to mind. The only "dumb" questions are those that aren't asked and thus one makes an expensive or time consuming mistake.

Glad to have you as part of the "family."

Terry

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome Paul & Kim!

Sounds like your on your way! We planned for 1 1/2 yrs, and have been fulltime since June 28. We also have a 2013 Montana 3582. Dontcha just LOVE it! It's only been a short time, but we've found it perfect for fulltiming. Plenty of space we haven't even used. It's a real nice floorplan. You'll get plenty of great info here! Nice people too!

pkhalin · RV-Dreams Family Member

Trace and Sherry,

Thanks for the welcomes. It's kind of funny. We actually had been talking about doing this for a couple years. And then it was a realization, OMG, it's really almost here and we're actually going to do this thing. So much to do, so little time. I think Kim has quite a bit more angst about this than I do. She's a little bit younger than me and when it finally struck, it was "I didn't think I'd be retiring quite this early." On the one hand, very hesitant, on the other, game to make a go of it.

But yes, a sense of humor is extremely important. We were on our way up to Blue Mesa Reservoir (Gunnison CO) a couple weeks ago and broke down about 2 miles from our destination. I mean seriously. And as we're getting ready to leave the campground, found I needed a new alternator. If ya don't laugh... One guy stopped to see if we were all right. He said, and I quote, "Do you need a Ford mechanic? I'm not one, but I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night." Talk about a tension breaker! We laughed for a bit on that one.

Exploring the technology, I agree, is important exactly for the reasons Sherry stated. First to stay in contact with our daughter, and then all the other logistics. One of the things that has me the most nervous is when we get to moving around more frequently. Do you need reservations, do you not need reservations, what places are first come/first serve. Ahh, the questions. I know I'm going to need to do quite a bit more research on all of this. But it's becoming part of the fun and anticipation.

Can't wait!