I may miss my yard, my flowers and the chirping birds, but i get to wake up everyday to a different beautiful landscape. Living in a motorhome and being mobile anytime is a whole new lifestyle and new experience for both of us. It all came down to purging ourselves of stuff and letting go of any attachments to things. The thought of selling the house, selling all our belongings and moving from a two story house to a very small motorhome was very daunting. This has been a busy year for us preparing and planning financially, mentally and emotionally. Our countdown to our retirement began a year ago. In 2009, we found the one, and after that we traveled every holiday or weekend that we could while still working to get to know Betsy. During the next two years we went to many RV shows, checking out Class A motorhomes to find “the one” that would become our home on wheels. We really enjoyed the experience, and the hunt for a motorhome was on. Being in the desert was quite an experience, especially since we were with some of my family! Our rented RV was nestled in between the big boys.Īfter a few days of resort living we then went to the extreme of boondocking at Anza Borrego Desert park where there are no hookups, meaning no water or electricity to connect to nor a sewage dump. Indeed it turned out to be a fancy place to stay in. We stayed at MotorCoach Country Club RV resort in Indio to taste resort living. To test if we really like this kind of lifestyle we rented a 35 ft motorhome and drove to southern California with family for Christmas. As we explored, researched and thought about it the more interested I became. The thought of retiring early to travel and see the beautiful country was very enticing. We’ll be moving into “Betsy” within a couple of weeks, and our great adventure will begin!įulltiming was a foreign word to me when Steve broached the idea of living in a motorhome and traveling around the country. So, that’s where we are as of February, 2012. I cannot stress enough how important it is to own your RV for a while to really learn its systems before heading off into the sunset, if you plan to live in it full-time. The challenge for me was learning diesel engines, hydraulics and current electronics. We have added several after-market products during the past couple of years to make ours safer and more enjoyable. We had already purchased a 2008 Honda CR-V to be our “Toad” to pull behind the RV, after substantial research about which cars can be towed and matching it to our needs.Įven if you have substantial experience with plumbing and AC and DC wiring as I do, there is a steep learning curve when you get into a modern motorhome. We finally purchased our 2008 Winnebago Tour on August 1st, 2009. Even after we narrowed our search to a couple of models, we continued to check out others for ideas. Since that day, we have walked through well over 100 motorhomes. He also helped us to narrow our search to a Class-A motorhome (rather than a 5th wheel trailer), based on the fact that we would be full-timing. “Floor plan, floor plan, floor plan”, he said. The first salesman we talked with at the very first RV show we attended gave us some excellent advice. Being the adventurous person she is, Mona Liza was perfectly willing to start looking at RV’s and consider this huge change for us. So I was somewhat familiar with the lifestyle. My parents lived in a Class-A motorhome for several years, and I was their “lead mechanic”. Mona Liza and I started seriously considering full-timing in an RV in 2006.
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