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You can't always pick your neighbors or the view from
your front door.
I bet you've seen or heard the ads--Go RVing! Those words alone make one think of fun, travel, freedom, flexibility, and adventure. Want to experience the mountains, the sea shores, and the great outdoors? Well then get yourself a recreational vehicle--anything from a tiny pop-up tent trailer to a gigantic motor coach--and hit the road! Go camping for a weekend or a few weeks, and you'll have some stories to tell and probably a few nice photos to show your friends and relatives.
But pack that RV full of your most necessary possessions, close up or sell your home, buy a really good GPS unit and hit the open road, then you are a full-timer. Your RV is your house and almost anywhere you find full hook-ups becomes your home. What a life!
Yes, it sounds romantic and full of adventure. Sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't--depending upon your circumstance.
As I travel the country, living in our thirty-eight-foot fifth wheel, I've been blessed to meet a variety of other full-timers. Some are retired and living their dreams, while some have lost their "real home" for one reason or another and find an RV to be their most affordable shelter. Still others, like my husband and me, work and work hard as our careers necessitate frequent travel and relocation.
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Having a dumpster just out your front door is convenient but
unsightly.
No matter your reason for choosing to live in a trailer or motor home and no matter what your circumstance, full time RV living is not camping. It is living—living in a small mobile space, usually in an unfamiliar city among unfamiliar people. There are many challenges to successful long term RV living, and there are many joys and rewards as well.
This Examiner intends to inform and entertain all of you who are currently living in, hope or plan to live in, or are just curious about living in an RV and traveling the country. That's not to say that casual campers won't benefit from reading articles posted here. Topics discussed here will be helpful information for anyone interested in camping.
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A view like this one (Asheville, NC area) is one of the perks of RV living.
Together we will examine campgrounds, highways, points of interest, tips, secrets, trials, triumphs, you name it--even ourselves as we crisscross this great land or just park it for a while. So, welcome to the community of RVers who work, play, laugh, love and live in their homes on wheels! Come, leave your comments, and come back again.
Now fill your tank, check the air in your tires, and let's go RVing!!!
The view pictured here was taken at:
Campfire Lodgings
116 Appalachian Village Rd.
Asheville, NC 28804
Comments
Looking forward to many other great RVing articles!
Thanks DLH. I'll try to not disappoint.
Sounds like a life for some, not for me, but will always be glad to read about it.
BBC,
You never know what your future holds. God has taught me to never say never. :) I've learned to be content no matter my circumstances. Keep reading and either have great pity for me or maybe some day you'll decide to try it. LOL
Thanks for reading and leaving your comment good friend!
Good article. I used to love RV'ing until I lived in a 22' travel trailer in "The Hood" in SE Austin by myself for 8 months. It quickly squashed all RV'ing desire! (LOL)
TC, Thanks for reading and commenting. I understand fully where you are coming from. All these comments have given me topic for my next post! You all are great!
We are fulltime-rving.com and live in our fifth-wheel. It works great for us since our job relocated about every 8 months. No more buying and selling homes, all that packing and unpacking. Now we hook-up and go!
Sharon,
Thanks for the positive comment. We too are working RVers. We are finding that many companies sometimes hire fewer employees and requiring the people they do employ to travel from site to site. Thanks again, your comment will be address in the next post.
My husband and I thought about going full time when he retired last year but I wanted to have a home for my kids and grand kids to come to for visits.I think my husband is disappointed but I felt I needed a home base. We still travel when we can and have a great time but being a full timer just isn't for everyone I guess.
BLJ,
Thanks for your comment. I totally understand your struggle. We still own a home as well and soon may be faced with the decision you mentioned. I will address this issue in days to come. Please keep reading and join in the discussion with your comments. I love having you here!
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