Tuesday July 13th 2004 Fulltiming Dream
It was one year ago today when my husband Dennis and I decided that fulltime rving is what we wanted to do when we retire. Like some fulltime rvers we have camped locally a few times a year but have never taken on this kind of project. I call it a project now, because it seems like the fulltiming lifestyle for us is so far into the future.
We haven't done a very good job at saving for retirement. Since we weren't blessed with having children we kind of lived the day to day, week to week, month to month lifestyle and did pretty much whatever we wanted to do. Now, even tho we are 20 to 25 years away from what social security thinks should be our retirement age, we won't have the money to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous! So instead of waiting that 20 to 25 years for our social security checks to come in, we have decided, "Hey, why wait!!
It has been a very slow process to where we are today,(which isn't far!) but we have made some decisions. When we go fulltiming which we are planning to do in 2010 or 2011,we are going to sell our home and everything in it! Dennis will work outside of the campground, since we will still need a regular income to pay health insurance, travel expenses etc and I will work inside the campground being a campground host to recieve our site free and hopefully a little income.
We have read, read and read some more and have learned so much from fulltimers who have been on the road for 20 years down to just a few months and we have alot more to learn!! We are just now starting to sell a piece of furniture here and a collectable there. You know, going thru items in closets and boxes, wondering where the heck did that come from!!
We hope to write in this blog at least weekly to post our baby steps to fulltime rving, and also links and things we have learned. In the future we hope to had pictures and stories of our travels for our family and friends to enjoy and as a way to keep in touch.
Here's hoping you enjoy reading our preparing, our travels, our heartbreaks, our happiness as we head into another chapter in our lives.
We haven't done a very good job at saving for retirement. Since we weren't blessed with having children we kind of lived the day to day, week to week, month to month lifestyle and did pretty much whatever we wanted to do. Now, even tho we are 20 to 25 years away from what social security thinks should be our retirement age, we won't have the money to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous! So instead of waiting that 20 to 25 years for our social security checks to come in, we have decided, "Hey, why wait!!
It has been a very slow process to where we are today,(which isn't far!) but we have made some decisions. When we go fulltiming which we are planning to do in 2010 or 2011,we are going to sell our home and everything in it! Dennis will work outside of the campground, since we will still need a regular income to pay health insurance, travel expenses etc and I will work inside the campground being a campground host to recieve our site free and hopefully a little income.
We have read, read and read some more and have learned so much from fulltimers who have been on the road for 20 years down to just a few months and we have alot more to learn!! We are just now starting to sell a piece of furniture here and a collectable there. You know, going thru items in closets and boxes, wondering where the heck did that come from!!
We hope to write in this blog at least weekly to post our baby steps to fulltime rving, and also links and things we have learned. In the future we hope to had pictures and stories of our travels for our family and friends to enjoy and as a way to keep in touch.
Here's hoping you enjoy reading our preparing, our travels, our heartbreaks, our happiness as we head into another chapter in our lives.
posted by Sharon & Dennis Fulltime Wannabees! at 6:39 PM
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