Where Will You Spend Winter? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Russ Ranger · RV-Dreams Family Member

Where Will You Spend Winter?

Talensnana · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be starting in the Vegas area and then go from there.

laurly · RV-Dreams Family Member

After finishing up a great summer workamping in Custer, SD, we'll be wintering in the Central Coast of CA. Right now we'll be staying in Greenfield at Yanks RV Resort. Have family in Salinas, and enjoy staying in the area. Can't beat the weather! Mid 70's for the most part :)

Hogladyrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

After spending March thru September in the New England states, 5 months of that workamping at Boston/Cape Cod KOA and then some travels thru Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York we will be spending the winter at our home base in Silver Springs, FL where we own a lot in a 55+ RV Resort.

Next summer we head out west to spend the summer in South Dakota workamping........life is good.

Susan

Fulltiming since Sept. 2015

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

We'll most likely be in AZ, no firm plans yet, too early in the year to head that far south, we tend to move around the state throughout the winter, love exploring "new to us" locations but we have some favorite locations that we just "have to" go back to each winter. Hanging out in northern CA for a few weeks until the more mild temperatures return to AZ.

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada...................

LOTS and LOTS of snow........and COLD!

Thanks for asking.

RonC · RV-Dreams Family Member

Texas ... close to family.

MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

First winter full-time and we will be in Denver close to the grandkids for the holidays. In Jan we will head for AL to see the mother. We are only a couple weeks away from packing out permanently.

Barbaraok · RV-Dreams Family Member

We're on our way to Mesa, AZ right now. We're outside Morgan Hill, CA with a wildfire over the next ridge. The Santa Ana's are strong this fall. Hotter here (Morgan Hill) today than in Mesa!

-- Edited by Barbaraok on Tuesday 27th of September 2016 12:22:33 AM

legrandnormand · RV-Dreams Family Member

Leaving mid October from Quebec, we'll slowly head to B.C. by visiting the Prairies and the Rockies; mid December, we'll head South and spend a month in CA, 2 months in AZ, another month in UT and NE, another month in NM, TX and LA and head back home late April.

dream reachers · RV-Dreams Family Member

We spent the summer in Indiana on a volunteer project, We are now in Colorado enjoying the cool weather through Oct. We will travel to Al. to spend Nov. and Dec. with family and then most likely to southern Tx. to spend Jan. - Mar. on another volunteer project, church construction.

monde48 · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will spend the winter in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas

Hdrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

For the first time in almost 4 years of fulltime we are going to see how sitting in one spot for 3 months fit's with us. We have a spot reserved in Casa Grande Arizona from Oct 15th to Jan. 15th then we will head to Quartzsite for a few weeks. After Q we will just bounce around like normal.

jayc · RV-Dreams Family Member

We'll be back at the Inks Lake state park in the Texas hill country from October until the end of January, as we have done for the past 5 years. Then we will go to Mission TX in the Rio Grande Valley for February and into March until the rally season begins.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be a in the same campground as Barbaraok starting right after New Years.

dianneandsteve · RV-Dreams Family Member

Delaying our trip south this winter so I can knock off a few items on my bucket list. Next month we're heading to Tanzania, Rawanda, Amsterdam, Paris and the D Day landing beaches at Normandy. Never been on that side of the planet before so we are pretty excited. We'll spend Christmas with family then start working our way to Quartzite in January then who knows...

Ckerr · RV-Dreams Family Member

Maybe we can plan an informal RV-Dreams get together here in Mission, TX. BBQ & ****tails at our place!

Hdrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

Ckerr wrote:
Maybe we can plan an informal RV-Dreams get together here in Mission, TX. BBQ & ****tails at our place!

Mission Texas is on my bucket list but have not made it any farther south (in the RV) than San Antonio so far. But your idea is a good one.

Team Murc · RV-Dreams Family Member

After spending the summer in Bar Harbor we will winter and workamp at Collier Seminole SP in FL.

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

Steve and Dianne - can't wait to catch up with you 2 in Q, and hear all about your adventures in Africa!!

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

dianneandsteve wrote:
Delaying our trip south this winter so I can knock off a few items on my bucket list. Next month we're heading to Tanzania, Rawanda, Amsterdam, Paris and the D Day landing beaches at Normandy. Never been on that side of the planet before so we are pretty excited. We'll spend Christmas with family then start working our way to Quartzite in January then who knows...

I hope y'all have a blast in Africa. Hey save a little money for the RC airplane...I've been practicing.

-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Thursday 29th of September 2016 06:28:42 AM

dianneandsteve · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Dale, Ruth, Red and Pam. After this trip Red I think it will be another year of kite flying for me. I'll just have to watch you and Dave do the RC thing.

jayc · RV-Dreams Family Member

Sounds good Carol. Keep us posted.

Bruce and Robin · RV-Dreams Family Member

Since we are still a year away from our full time journey, we will be right here in Southwest Florida for 7 months until the Spring Rally in Sevierville, TN. We can't wait, but a lot of work ahead of us.

Bruce & Robin

fun2travel · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will finish up workamping in southern Georgia in November. Then work our way west, spend a month in Tuscon, then the rest of winter workamping close to Phoenix. Getting anxious to head west

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

North Fort Myers FL…we're here a bit before our normal Nov 1 date since Connie needed some eye surgery and will be leaving right after Easter.

carolinakids · RV-Dreams Family Member

Florida, for Dec.,& Jan. then head west for Feb.

Honeydeaux · RV-Dreams Family Member

Abbeville City RV park in Abbeville Louisiana for the holidays. Visit with family and friends.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

In our case, and perhaps for two winters, we will be near Grants Pass, Oregon at a retreat center as Ranch Hosts. But, most of you know that we tend to stay in one place for extended periods of time so we can see more of the country in that area.

Terry

legrandnormand · RV-Dreams Family Member

This winter and our final one, we'll be at the Heritage Village in Okeechobee, Florida. http://www.heritagevillageflorida.com/english_index.shtml

The following year, we will be on a long 7 month trip, from october to end of april.

mike54 · RV-Dreams Community Member

I'm in Mission Texas until April

Sparrky · RV-Dreams Community Member

Within days of a Southward travel. Feels like we have waited to long. First time for being Snowbirds. I would rather think that we are sun birds as we are seeking sun. Wondering how it will be as far as warmth goes at each stop and it will take us into December to get to Webster FL and boondock with family till Jan and then fly to SA for a couple of months. Stops in Gettysburg and points South of there.

Rob_Fla · RV-Dreams Family Member

I am currently in Ft Pierce FL, moving to Hollywood FL tomorrow, then to Tampa and Orlando in November, will spend the month of December in Tallahassee FL (daughter and family lives in Tallahassee)
Will be in Orlando FL and Tampa FL in Jan, no sure where after that :)

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

Monday we leave Stockton State Park for Cabin Diesel, Big Cabin, OK for some service work, then down to Hobbs, NM by the weekend for a two-week Habitat For Humanity Care-A-Vanners build. After that we'll go to Carlsbad to visit friends, then to Big Bend. After that we'll start working our way back east. There is a possibility of a Laborers For Christ project in Tulsa, but other than that we don't have any particular plans. We need to be back up here in April to host again, then to a graduation in May, and finally up to Wyoming for grandchild #3.

pkhalin · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are currently on our last stop (Kingman AZ) before getting back to Lake Havasu City for the winter, where we were last winter. This summer we made a huge loop from Havasu over to Sevierville for the ed rally (which was informative and fun. kudos to Howard and Linda), up to PA, over to SD (to change residency), then back down through WY and CO to AZ. This was our first year of summer traveling. Stayed about a week in each place and did day trips from each. Saw a lot of stuff, much of it historical, and had a lot of fun. It's been pretty good.

Cindy T · RV-Dreams Family Member

We're both still working so we're staying in Colorado!

RonaldNC · RV-Dreams Family Member

We're spending our second "full-time" winter in San Diego... hard to beat!

Terry · RV-Dreams Community Member

We are currently on a road trip to Az from Saskatchewan (Northern Sask.) and plan a lazy trip down I 25. We are currently in Cheyenne and will be in Casa Grande, Az for the winter about Dec. 1st. About March31st we slowly return to Saskatchewan

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

I still recommend that newbies not "winter" the first couple winters. Move around, stay 1 week to a month in different places and get a feel for the areas and types of campgrounds available. There are real differences between campgrounds, so two in the same area can leave you with a very different impression of the area. Also, states can be very different depending on where you stay.
Using Florida as an example, there is a lot of difference between Northern, Central, Southern Florida and the Keys are different again. The Gulf Coast is different than the interior and the Atlantic Coast is different than the Gulf Coast. We ended up liking the Fort Myers area the best, but others hate the traffic or the campground costs. Our second choice is the Port St. Lucie area. Other places we have stayed in Florida are around Panama City, Lake City, Carrabelle, Jacksonville, Ocala/Silver Springs, Webster (The Villages), Tampa Bay, Bradenton/Sarasota, Fort Myers, Daytona Beach, Miami/Homestead/Florida City, Fort Lauderdale, Middle Keys, close to Key West, Orlando area, pretty much everywhere. In each of those places people were wintering and loving it, often saying it the was "best" and in many cases not having real experience with other areas or campgrounds. The same with the Gulf Coast of Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Only you can figure out if you want to experience Mexico, be close to beaches, have hikes in the desert, do activities in the campground, be close to shopping, rest in rural areas, etc.

legrandnormand · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry wrote:
We are currently on a road trip to Az from Saskatchewan (Northern Sask.) and plan a lazy trip down I 25. We are currently in Cheyenne and will be in Casa Grande, Az for the winter about Dec. 1st. About March31st we slowly return to Saskatchewan

We are also on the road to Florida for sunday, we are actually now in North Carolina with the perfect weather compared to Quebec in Canada.

TheNewhalls · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are wintering at Royal Coachman in Nokomis, FL

LandL · RV-Dreams Community Member

We would like to travel to Mexico but have never done so. Do you own a home there or rent? Appreciate any info! Thanks.

Russ Ranger · RV-Dreams Family Member

We purchased a condo on the new marina in Mazatlan 8 years ago as part of our retirement plan. At that time in our lives we thought that retirement would involve living aboard a trawler in the Summers and living in Mexico during the Winters. As we approached our early retirement in 2013 our desires and plans changed to a motorhome and seeing the USA in an RV. We sold the trawler and bought the motorhome and had our plan in place for retirement.

With hindsight being 20/20 my recommendation to anyone would be to travel and rent a home in Mexico before settling down. Renting is so inexpensive that it is less costly than staying in an RV park in the states. It's hard to know what lifestyle you will decide you want within Mexico until you have tried several locations.

Many love ocean side RV parks, some love living in historic old town areas and some love being in strong expat communities. The options are endless. I'll repeat something that I've said many times on this forum, RV'ing can be done so many different ways and it evolves as it goes. And Mexico is the same way, we continue to grow in our experience here.

Using Mexico as part of our plan has made a big difference in our finances. It is really cheap to live here and therefore leaves more cash available for our RV travels and other world travels. I went for my annual dental cleaning and check-up on Monday - cost was $24.01 US dollars. Many other parts of life are a bargain down here.

Now for the big disclaimer.... Mexico is a foreign country and many people will not appreciate the change of mindset that is required to live here. If you are the type of person that enjoys an adventure and being in a different culture it may work for you. My thought is that if you have lived through the change from sticks & bricks to RV'ing than you are probably wired a little different than most folks. You may be cut-out for the Mexican adventure.

Life is good.... South of the boarder.

LandL · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thank you! We are definitely cut from different cloth 😀 We would not be living in our RV. We would like to rent. We think Mazatlan might be a good fit. Know any goo realtors? 😀 Thanks for listening!

jimindenver · RV-Dreams Family Member

Anywhere warm. I am so sick of being cold that I'll take anywhere warm, even hot, anything but cold. I leave for the Q 1/1 and will let the thermometer guide me after that.

We use to love Mexico. Two or three trips a years for two or three weeks at a time. The hotel bills were stupid so it was time to buy or see the rest of the world which we tried to. We went back to PV after 10 years in March and remembered why we fell in love with it in the first place. I remember renting being much less expensive and would love to spend a month or two down there or any number of places. Thank you very much.

In Laymans Terms · RV-Dreams Family Member

pkhalin wrote:
We are currently on our last stop (Kingman AZ) before getting back to Lake Havasu City for the winter, where we were last winter. This summer we made a huge loop from Havasu over to Sevierville for the ed rally (which was informative and fun. kudos to Howard and Linda), up to PA, over to SD (to change residency), then back down through WY and CO to AZ. This was our first year of summer traveling. Stayed about a week in each place and did day trips from each. Saw a lot of stuff, much of it historical, and had a lot of fun. It's been pretty good.

Paul and Kim, where do you stay at Lake Havasu? We have decided on that and the Parker area for our first stop this coming fall, and are looking for recommendations for the area. Thanks for any info you can share!

In Laymans Terms · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry wrote:
We are currently on a road trip to Az from Saskatchewan (Northern Sask.) and plan a lazy trip down I 25. We are currently in Cheyenne and will be in Casa Grande, Az for the winter about Dec. 1st. About March31st we slowly return to Saskatchewan

Thinking of you today, Terry, as the wind blows 40-60 km, and with the windchill it is -43! Take your time in Arizona - make that a very slow trip home!

Another Saskatchewan sufferer ;)

Dutch · RV-Dreams Family Member

We left upstate NY on Monday at 6 deg F. Tonight we're in Ft Chiswell, VA, and the high today was 51, and should hit 61 tomorrow. The forecast high for our Friday stop in Ridgeway, SC is 72. I'm pretty sure we're heading in the right direction! biggrin

RetiredVagabond · RV-Dreams Community Member

I traveled South from Montana late this last Summer to Arizona. I've been here since Sept 21st.

I'm planning on staying in the Southwest this whole year. Tomorrow I will be moving from Lost Dutchman SP to Lake Pleasant. I'm having my fifth wheel serviced in Surprize, Az, then moving to the Quartzsite area until early February.

BTW: While warmer than Montana, the nightly temps in the desert are holding at the mid 40's and occasionally dipping into the 30's.