My husband and I moved into our camper in May and we will hit the open road in April. I was just wondering if there is anyone here who are also full-time RVers?
We are very slowly doing our home up to sell so we can buy cheaper in a country town somewhere to lock up and leave to go onto the road, am hoping we do this before we reach 70yr old LOLOLOL lets hope eh In between time we jump onto the bus and take off for a week or so, its a wonderful life hon, you should enjoy every second of it. If I had my way I would always be on the road till the end of my time, I am by heart and by blood a gypsy!
Hi, I live in Canada but when our son was small we travelled around the States for a year in our motorhome. An amazing experience. We live in Western Canada so we started down the west coast and then along the southern states to Florida where we stayed for several months (my son wanted to make some friends!) before driving north back to Canada. Great experience! I hope you love your time travelling too, you won't regret it.
@Brenda, that sounds fun! I hope we get to spend time exploring to see most of it. There is this little thing called work that will keep me busy though, lol.
@Brenda: How old was your son? Also, how big was the RV? I have dreams of doing a year in an RV, but I'm not sure I want to do it now that we (almost) have two kids. Might wait till they're out of the house
Hi Marisa, you should do it! At least your business is not a "bricks and mortar" business so you could leave and still run your business (if you wanted to). Our son was 4 and 5 during the trip. We purchased a second-hand RV. It was 32 ft long and we attached a bar so we could pull a Honda Civic. I am glad we did as it is difficult to unplug everything from the site and move your whole home just to go grocery shopping! lol. Our rig was an older one as we could not afford a brand new one at that time. We were only in our 20's but I had a small business (a Skincare Salon) so I had to take one of my staff as a partner and she looked after the business while we were gone for a year. We had a relatively small income from that business but we managed to live on that quite well (we sold our house so we had no mortgage to pay during that year.) We prepaid our health insurance, vehicle insurances etc so we had no payments along the journey. The city sites were much more expensive but we balanced that with staying in State Parks which were much cheaper. They had fewer facilities but were often much prettier anyway. It was great to have such a contrast in where we were living each night or each week.
Luckily, when we bought the motor home the bedroom area had been adapted to make a double bed and a small single bed so it was just what we needed with a small son. We also had a custom seat made on the passenger side so it was wide enough to seat me and our son and had 2 seatbelts installed. You probably didn't need to know all that! lol
We travelled from Canada, down the west coast then across the southern states and actually stayed in Florida for about 3 months before heading north through some eastern states and some further inland as we headed back to Alberta.
Writing about it makes me wish life were that simple again! Well, it was made more simple because, as I said, I spent months planning all the details and as I said pre-paid most things. Of course, we would often change the course planned as we got to know more about where we were headed so we were flexible too. Oops, got a bit longwinded there but I hope that was helpful, or at least interesting.
Wow, Brenda, that sounds like a great adventure. We are thinking about doing this when the children are out of house.
Our son will start to study at the university in 2021 and our daughter in 2025, so we have a couple of years to plan everything. My husband runs his own little company but there is no way that he can take somebody as a partner because he has no stuff at all.
We spend a five week vacation in a 33 ft RV when our children where six and almost two years old and that was a great vacation. We had a travel cot and an infant car seat for our daughter. The RV had a separate bedroom with a double bed in the back and the sofa could be switched into a single bed for our son. We had enough storing space for everything. I saw a lot of RV with a small car behind them and yes, to unplug everything from the site to go shopping is a pain, so I was a little bit jealous. We visited a lot of State Parks and National Parks but stayed sometimes at private RV Parks because these places have things like a washer/dryer or a pool to dip it when it's hot.
Thanks for the advice Brenda! My family took one little trip when I was 10 in an RV, and I remember it as one of my favorite vacations, and I've always wanted to give it another go. An RV seems perfect for someone like me with wanderlust who hates to leave home
I'm hoping to go the tiny house on wheels route rather than an RV, simply because most RVs are very inaccessible for the days when I need my wheelchair. I'm looking at around a 24-foot design with the bed pulling out sideways from under the lofted floor of my computer space on one end and a full bathroom on the other (with a guest loft over the bathroom).
We are want to be full timers too! My husband retires in 2023 and we are selling the house and hitting the road full time in our 26 foot motorhome. We can't wait!
On that topic... I love printing up my digital scrapbooks but there is no room in our RV for 60 pounds of printed scrapbooks. I am looking for a really friendly software app for Apple iOS to use for slide shows. Any suggestions? I am not looking for something too basic, I do want some bells and whistles and I want the user to be able to 'turn the page' themselves OR run it as a traditional slide show.
I would guess that Power Point would get it done but was hoping for an App that people could load on their mobile devices and view the albums.
I'm pretty sure we've had some RVers say hello in the past. Digital scrapbooking is a great hobby when you're on the road!
we spent 9mths on the road a few years back and loved it
Awesome! I am no sure how long we will stay on the road, but we leave in the spring!
We are very slowly doing our home up to sell so we can buy cheaper in a country town somewhere to lock up and leave to go onto the road, am hoping we do this before we reach 70yr old LOLOLOL lets hope eh
In between time we jump onto the bus and take off for a week or so, its a wonderful life hon, you should enjoy every second of it. If I had my way I would always be on the road till the end of my time, I am by heart and by blood a gypsy!
Amanda, I hope you get your chance too! Good luck.
Hi, I live in Canada but when our son was small we travelled around the States for a year in our motorhome. An amazing experience. We live in Western Canada so we started down the west coast and then along the southern states to Florida where we stayed for several months (my son wanted to make some friends!) before driving north back to Canada. Great experience! I hope you love your time travelling too, you won't regret it.
@Brenda, that sounds fun! I hope we get to spend time exploring to see most of it. There is this little thing called work that will keep me busy though, lol.
@Brenda: How old was your son? Also, how big was the RV? I have dreams of doing a year in an RV, but I'm not sure I want to do it now that we (almost) have two kids. Might wait till they're out of the house
Hi Marisa, you should do it! At least your business is not a "bricks and mortar" business so you could leave and still run your business (if you wanted to). Our son was 4 and 5 during the trip. We purchased a second-hand RV. It was 32 ft long and we attached a bar so we could pull a Honda Civic. I am glad we did as it is difficult to unplug everything from the site and move your whole home just to go grocery shopping! lol. Our rig was an older one as we could not afford a brand new one at that time. We were only in our 20's but I had a small business (a Skincare Salon) so I had to take one of my staff as a partner and she looked after the business while we were gone for a year. We had a relatively small income from that business but we managed to live on that quite well (we sold our house so we had no mortgage to pay during that year.) We prepaid our health insurance, vehicle insurances etc so we had no payments along the journey. The city sites were much more expensive but we balanced that with staying in State Parks which were much cheaper. They had fewer facilities but were often much prettier anyway. It was great to have such a contrast in where we were living each night or each week.
Luckily, when we bought the motor home the bedroom area had been adapted to make a double bed and a small single bed so it was just what we needed with a small son. We also had a custom seat made on the passenger side so it was wide enough to seat me and our son and had 2 seatbelts installed. You probably didn't need to know all that! lol
We travelled from Canada, down the west coast then across the southern states and actually stayed in Florida for about 3 months before heading north through some eastern states and some further inland as we headed back to Alberta.
Writing about it makes me wish life were that simple again! Well, it was made more simple because, as I said, I spent months planning all the details and as I said pre-paid most things. Of course, we would often change the course planned as we got to know more about where we were headed so we were flexible too. Oops, got a bit longwinded there but I hope that was helpful, or at least interesting.
Wow, Brenda, that sounds like a great adventure. We are thinking about doing this when the children are out of house.
Our son will start to study at the university in 2021 and our daughter in 2025, so we have a couple of years to plan everything. My husband runs his own little company but there is no way that he can take somebody as a partner because he has no stuff at all.
We spend a five week vacation in a 33 ft RV when our children where six and almost two years old and that was a great vacation. We had a travel cot and an infant car seat for our daughter. The RV had a separate bedroom with a double bed in the back and the sofa could be switched into a single bed for our son. We had enough storing space for everything. I saw a lot of RV with a small car behind them and yes, to unplug everything from the site to go shopping is a pain, so I was a little bit jealous. We visited a lot of State Parks and National Parks but stayed sometimes at private RV Parks because these places have things like a washer/dryer or a pool to dip it when it's hot.
Thanks for the advice Brenda! My family took one little trip when I was 10 in an RV, and I remember it as one of my favorite vacations, and I've always wanted to give it another go. An RV seems perfect for someone like me with wanderlust who hates to leave home
I'm hoping to go the tiny house on wheels route rather than an RV, simply because most RVs are very inaccessible for the days when I need my wheelchair. I'm looking at around a 24-foot design with the bed pulling out sideways from under the lofted floor of my computer space on one end and a full bathroom on the other (with a guest loft over the bathroom).
Sounds cool Holly! I love looking at those tiny houses.
Not an RV-er, but Rick and I have been talking about buying a van and kitting it out to travel. #vanlife
We aren't RVers but I love watching videos on you-tube of people who are doing it. We talk about doing it someday.
My husband and I had some years full time on the road (in Australia), but now travel 9 mths of the year. Love it.
We are want to be full timers too! My husband retires in 2023 and we are selling the house and hitting the road full time in our 26 foot motorhome. We can't wait!
On that topic... I love printing up my digital scrapbooks but there is no room in our RV for 60 pounds of printed scrapbooks. I am looking for a really friendly software app for Apple iOS to use for slide shows. Any suggestions? I am not looking for something too basic, I do want some bells and whistles and I want the user to be able to 'turn the page' themselves OR run it as a traditional slide show.
I would guess that Power Point would get it done but was hoping for an App that people could load on their mobile devices and view the albums.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Barbara