Perspective of Fulltime Rving: 1 Year
I remember how excited I was to start fulltime rving. The joy and the eagerness to start was very much evident as we planned and plotted how we were going to fulltime rv, the places we would go, the adventures we would seek. Ah, yes, fulltime rving was the ticket for a dreamy retirement life, full of wonderful memories and much laughter. Weeeellllll…
It was not quite like that, but maybe the planning was.
It was so much different, different than what I expected.
It did not exceed my expectations, however, it opened my eyes of how DIFFERENT fulltime rving is compared to living in a house, or a sticks and bricks.
Some questions I wish I would have put more thought into:
Do I REALLY want to fulltime rv?
Will we save money fulltime rving rather than own a house?
Will I miss home and everything with it?
How will we camp?
And most importantly, how long will we fulltime rv?
These are some questions I want you to think about, dear friends. It is not something to think lightly of, especially if you are retired and yearn to travel, but also realize time is going super fast as we get older and who knows how long we can travel?
Lets break this down into the answers to the above questions and hopefully this will help you think about it:
Yes, I was excited to fulltime rv. The thought of fulltime rving with my workaholic husband appealed to me. After a year, I am grateful that we have not divorced and we could put up with each other in such a small space.
We did NOT save money fulltime rving, but maybe a little. We no longer have a mortgage (and I do miss our house), and we save money by either work camping or boondocking. Now we watch our pennies and decide if we want to spend money on a day trip or an Amazon purchase. Who does not like Amazon?
YES, I MISS HOME!!! I miss my kids and the house we lived in. I cried many tears for some time as I missed my old routine, my old way of life and the comfort a house could bring, if a house can bring comfort.
At first we wanted to boondock, to get away from people (no offense), and enjoy living off the land and seeing many places. Unfortunately, prices went up (gas and groceries) and we have to work camp for a time. But we still get to see amazing places at the campgrounds we work at, plus, when we return home, we get to see our kids!
My husband wants to fulltime rv the rest of his life but I want to stop if one of us has serious health problems. We ain’t exactly youngsters, but we still have some life to live! I have thought about living in a park model, which is a tiny home or even buying or renting a rv site if we have the money.
Going fulltime rving is not a lifetime choice, but it is a choice that requires much thought and time to think. It is not something to rush into. We did plan 4 years before we went out, and things did change as we left, but this is our life choice for now.
I want to give you a challenge: if you want to try fulltime rving, what is the first step YOU are going to do?