I learned about roundabouts while overseas primarily in England and Saudi Arabia. The English roundabouts were tame since most English people are rather professional drivers and have used roundabouts for generations. Now, I have to admit that when I was in Saudi Arabia for the first Gulf War (Desert Storm,
We did a lot of online research on Tires since our lives were now literally riding on them. There’s been a lot of complaints about the tires that came with our rig with some calling them “China Bombs”. We thought about replacing them but they had very little wear
Now that we are full timing in the RV we have to make allowances for hobby time. We won’t be driving all the time, and you can’t afford to act like you are on vacation all day everyday so we have to have a normal “home life”. As
I don’t know about you, but when our kids left for college they left a lot behind. We didn’t think too much about it because we always expected them to come home for a time after college. Turns out that time is far too short and they try
Naturally, almost immediately after making the decision to go full-time and moving into the RV, we had three breakdowns in one week. The refrigerator stopped working one day. It seemed to have no power at all. So, we hit the RV boards and saw that people had several problems with
So far in our decisions, I don’t think there were many things that would anger anyone but now I come to one of the hardest decisions we had to make. What to do with our pets? A little background on us to set the stage. I grew up on
As we readied the house for sale and simultaneously readied the RV for full-time occupation, we ran into many decision points as you can imagine. We suddenly had all the rest of our STUFF in basically one “keeping/storage” pile. Working through this pile was the hardest. We didn’t
One complicating factor we had was that when we bought our 5th wheel 3 years earlier, we weren’t planning on full-timing in it. It was purchased for get-aways and primarily hosting kids and grandkids at the lake. Now we were “stuck” with the size and storage constraints that we
You may think there’s only one, but I’ve come to realize there are a few. I’m not even sure I know all of them yet. The first type are those that sell everything and make a complete commitment. They downsize and simplify life for many possible reasons.
It is amazing how much STUFF you amass as a married couple for nearly 30 years with two kids! Good grief! We started pulling things out of closets and corners and cabinets and kids’ rooms and the garage … it never seemed to stop! And even after emptying a room, the
As soon as we made the decision, Kim immediately jumped into sell mode and contacted a realtor in the SA area. By Saturday, June 8th, the realtor was at our house giving us advice on how to stage the house for the best sale. That same day we went to
Bringing the budget together and making sure we’d be ok retiring early was a BIG concern and we had to satisfy ourselves that it would work for 2-10 years or so before we could commit to the plan. We started out asking other full-timers what their budgets looked like