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.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
I'm a wanna/gonna be...We originally planned to sell the house and store the stuff, and take off when we retired. But there's an old saying..."Man plans and God laughs." So two sets of parents needing help (one after another) and 16 years later. We are free as we decide to be. We love our home in Staunton in the Shenandoah Valley and would be part-timers spending a few months a year on the road. More if I had my way and less if my wife has hers, but we're working on a win win situation because we both deserve to have our dreams fulfilled. We've worked too hard for too many years not to.
Our biggest concern is my age (70) & health (okay but not great), and our combined lack of handiness. I am trying to get to chat with older folks on the road to see how they do it, and figure out which kind of rig will be the easiest to care for. I know towing a car means to power plants to take care of, so I'd rather not, but beyond that...
Years ago, when we started looking and talking, we went to RV shows, and I quickly learned that we had different visions of a comfortable RV. I though something small with a bathroom I could fit in was fine, but I discovered that the discussion ended at a 38' class A with a double slide! I'm hoping we can know, do with a lot less space since we won't be full time. Also at that time we rented a class C for a long weekend to see what it was really like. I drove because I've driven some trucks in the past, but I wasn't used to my wife's nails digging int o my right arm as I drove because she wasn't used to seeing only a couple of inch of extra width in the lane. We met some interesting people but the site we ended up in was too close to the next and we could hear someone snoring next door (lesson learned).
I am so glad I found this site and forum now. I have a lot to learn before we make a move.
Winnebago TT 2101DS & 2020 Silverado LTZ Z71. 300 watts WindyNation solar w/MPPT, 2 Trojan T-125s. TALL flag pole. Prefer USFS, COE, BLM, USF&WS, NPS, TVA, state/county camps. 14 year Army vet-11B40 then 11A - old MOS 1542 & 1560.
