The problem has been, as with most people, we have limited time, maybe a weekend here or there, take an occasional vacation and have an itinerary of things to do at certain times, on specific days and rush back home to go to work and continue the same life sucking routine. Watch the video to the right and tell me if that doesn't look like a typical vacation.
When Cherrie and I were lucky enough to get away, that's what we looked like. We never "really" got to explore the area or find those special places, or just plain relax. So several years back I started researching full timing and found a wealth of information and have talked to many people that are part of this lifestyle.
One thing we have discovered is that most people base their success on the amount of crap they accumulate, the more crap, the more successful you are, right. For us, we had the big house, new cars, new this, new that, but were we happier because of this "success", NO, because we were too busy working to pay for all that crap, maintaining the big yard and big house.
I am not putting down success and nice things, everybody likes nice things, but I think few want to be owned by those same things. I look back and some of the best times Cherrie and I had were when we first got married and didn't have a pot to pee in. If we wanted to go some place for the weekend, we went, no problem. So what I'm trying to say is, if what possessions you have don't serve "you" than you serve them or if you don't need it pitch it.
Right now I'm in the process of eliminating things I've had for years that have no purpose to me except to take up space, maybe someone else would need it. This is a necessary step in my plan and not easy because things will become more difficult to get rid of as time goes on There's always the money concern, which is a whole other story and I'll write something later about that.
A lot of people use a variety of vehicles for full time RVing; motor home; 5th wheel; and travel trailers, they all have their advantages and disadvantages. Our goal is to be on the road in three to four years. We've had our 5th wheel for ten years and have had no problems and we've really enjoyed it. But next year she will be gone to make way for a bus. NO, not like the Partridge family; a motor coach like Greyhound uses. I'll take the next couple of years converting
We prefer to boondock so we'll be thinking of that when we build it and will probably be adding a nice motorcycle to hang on the back. Did I mention we love to ride? If I can figure all this out we may have a chance at success, if not we're still going to give it a good shot. If the bus doesn't happen, you'll see us pulling our 5th wheel down the road, but we will be searching for adventure.
Here are some nice bus conversion examples. These were built by the owners.
I also want to give Brian Gore credit for inspiring me to write this blog. Check out Brian's blog Brian's blog
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