Steps to Full-Timing

Five years ago, we had not even heard the phrase “RV Full-Timers.”  And now we are preparing to be just that!  6/5/2006

The purpose of this portion of our web site is to document the steps we took to go from visiting an RV Show on a Sunday afternoon to taking the active steps to be full-timers.

Our plans were to retire, sell the house and become full-time RVers.  Our dream rig was a fifth-wheel combination with Red Rover, our Volvo 770 hauler.  The reasons for buying Red Rover for safety is a key element of this site.  The house is gone, the rig is here and retirement is close.

*Our Red Rover logo was the artistic creation of our good friend Reverend Ken Nehmer, now deceased.

Whether driving a motorhome or a fifth-wheel rig, you will be driving something a lot bigger than a car.  Attending a Driving School only makes sense.

We read several books in the road to full-timing.  The list of books is in RV Books.

Since we started with no RV experience, we bought a motorhome to learn on.  We called the motorhome Training Wheels.

We had a transition house between selling our home and going full-time.

Going full-timing means getting rid of stuff.  Some the things we did is in Stuff.

The debate was between getting a motorhome for a fifth-wheel rig.  Some of the factors in the debate are in Fifth-Wheel Decision.

We uses the Escapees forum extensively and some link to other RV resources is in RV Links.