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post #261 of 517
6/7/10 at 12:48pm
lightinmyhands- I totally understand the feeling you are talking about. In fact, it hit me hard after my vacation last week. I was in Florida and saw first hand tar blobs on those beautiful white sandy beaches. Who knows what they will look like soon. It made me mad/sad/depressed and it really made me want to get on the road b/c I just want to be done with stuff. I want to get rid of everything we own (in an eco friendly way as possible) and get into an RV and live so very simply. Yes, we can do this at home and we absolutely strive too. I don't even have a huge house now or anything. But it's still more space than I need and with that space, comes stuff, otherwise you wouldn't have that much space, am I right?
I want to be on the road for experiences. When crises happen, I want to look at dh and say "lets go help right now!" and we are on our way. One of our purposes is to live a life of service for others. Another is to spread Green love.
I want to be free of the constraints of the 9-5 lifestyle so bad, I can taste it.

However, we do have small children also and it's just not quite as easy. I feel a desire to do this somewhat carefully in order to make it the most joyful experience we can have. If we have debt, it will be stressful. If we do this haphazardly it will be stressful. But that is just me and my family. I do trust the Universe and I do not think it's crazy to do so. I believe wholeheartedly in being guided and provided for by the Universe. But for us, we have decided on certain steps to take and are going that route. But I say more power to you if you just want to get on the road!!! I believe you can do it! I believe anyone can do it!

I hope one day we can all meet up and share our stories!

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post #262 of 517
6/7/10 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by IntuitiveJamie View Post
does anyone have one of these? http://www.campingworld.com/shopping...el-table/22197 I am going to want one. How perfect for an extra book table!
Those are so nice. I saw one for the first time while watching the video tour on The Happy Janssens.

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim View Post
When we moved into the RV, we also found it too difficult to recycle much. Most RV parks simply don't take recycles.
I was just wondering about that yesterday. We don't create a lot of trash here in our stick home and there are 5 humans. It takes us 6+ weeks to fill up the big trash barrel supplied by the trash company. BUT we fill up that recycling bin to overflowing every week.

On the subject of laundry...how big of a problem is that. I have this (complete outsiders) assumption that part of RVing full time means just having fewer clothes to start with. But I guess you'd go through all that you had quicker that way?

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So excited to find this thread! We are exploring becoming full-time RVing unschoolers. We've unschooled for a long time but the RVing thing would be brand new.
post #263 of 517
6/7/10 at 5:49pm
lightinmyhands I've often wondered if we could just do it with bare essentials. Being much closer to nature than we are. I know a family that did 7 months camping out of a station wagon. I'm sure it can be done. Why not try if that's what you're feeling?

mary3mama I've found that laundry has to be done once a week at the longest simply because it will mold. Almost all RV parks have laundry mats and some state parks too I think. Otherwise I send DH to a laundry mat because I detest sitting there with the kids for three hours. We have one trash can for all recyclables and most major cities have places for it. We probably just buy less junk therefore less to recycle anyway.
post #264 of 517
6/7/10 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by MoonStarFalling View Post
mary3mama I've found that laundry has to be done once a week at the longest simply because it will mold. Almost all RV parks have laundry mats and some state parks too I think. Otherwise I send DH to a laundry mat because I detest sitting there with the kids for three hours. We have one trash can for all recyclables and most major cities have places for it. We probably just buy less junk therefore less to recycle anyway.
Thanks. I was telling dh that I'd want to bring along a clothesline of some sort to string in the RV at times when things need to dry more than get washed and to use outside when we were in one place long enough. I love my clothesline.

I was just thinking that all the places I've lived in the last 20 years or so had county recycling centers...so I imagine there's always one SOMEWHERE if one goes looking for them.
post #265 of 517
6/7/10 at 6:22pm
Follow your heart, Mama.

I am all about free-falling into the arms of the Universe.
It has never done me wrong.

We didn't know what we were doing until we were doing it. We had never driven an RV, never done much traveling, etc. We did just as well as our friends who spent years researching. Take it as it comes, cross the bridges when you get to them.

Personally, I would lose my mind trying to live out of a suburban, but that DOES NOT mean that you would not love it.
I prefer having immediate access to our whole "house" without any set up. It makes moving easier. It makes keeping my kids happy easier. It is a beautiful thing when your tired as hell, hit a traffic jam or just get hungry.

We had our ups and downs for sure, (beginning here) but anyone full-timing does. Also, on hindsight, most of our ups and downs had nothing to do with traveling or our preparedness. It was just life happenings.
post #266 of 517
6/7/10 at 9:31pm
subbing to a great thread...we hope to eventually be able to do some full time living in an RV for a year at least and then who knows what afterwards. We're unschoolers so it's easy for us to get on the road once we've lowered the number of pets we have. Looking forward to reading everyone's experiences.
post #267 of 517
6/9/10 at 9:46am
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Originally Posted by CageFreeFamily View Post
Follow your heart, Mama.

I am all about free-falling into the arms of the Universe.
It has never done me wrong.

We didn't know what we were doing until we were doing it. We had never driven an RV, never done much traveling, etc. We did just as well as our friends who spent years researching. Take it as it comes, cross the bridges when you get to them.

Personally, I would lose my mind trying to live out of a suburban, but that DOES NOT mean that you would not love it.
I prefer having immediate access to our whole "house" without any set up. It makes moving easier. It makes keeping my kids happy easier. It is a beautiful thing when your tired as hell, hit a traffic jam or just get hungry.

We had our ups and downs for sure, (beginning here) but anyone full-timing does. Also, on hindsight, most of our ups and downs had nothing to do with traveling or our preparedness. It was just life happenings.
Beautifully put!
post #268 of 517
6/10/10 at 12:03pm
For those of you with children old enough to participate in decision-making about RV living:

How did you approach your children and help them be truly part of the decision-making process?

What was your experience doing so?

What kind of BTDT advice can you provide?

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My children are nearly 11, almost 7 and 3 1/2. Almost 2 years ago my husband changed jobs which involved an interstate move. While the boys were fully involved in the decision and excited about it, I don't think they really had a context for what we were asking them to do or what it meant. Then 10 months later we moved from an apartment that clearly wasn't meeting our family's needs into a home that we purchased (and again they were VERY involved in the process of choosing the 'right' home.)

It is now, almost 2 years later that they are starting to realize what they left behind. And that combined with how much they love our current home has led them to talk about 'never leaving.'

Dh and I believe that they will be fully 'on board' with full-time RV living once we talk it through (and if they aren't we won't go this direction) but there will be an adjustment period. And I'd like to know things to talk about, watch for, etc.

TIA!
post #269 of 517
6/10/10 at 2:30pm
Do any of you use RO filtration systems? I am so sick and tired of bottled water and desperately miss our home RO system. That Penta water is crazy expensive stuff. I see there are a few on the CampingWorld website, but I can't really find any good info/reviews on any of them. I really want to order something NOW.
post #270 of 517
6/11/10 at 2:26pm
I am all about this!!!! Love it!!! Glad I am not alone in thinking this could work! Question..... how do you support yourselves? Odd jobs? Killer savings accounts? Selling at farmers markets?
post #271 of 517
6/14/10 at 4:40am
Our new digs are almost ready to go! Gosh, I'm SO EXCITED! I just want to live in it RIGHT NOW.

I started blogging about it and posted a sneak peek of the renovations. I'm not a great blogger, but I think it will be a good way to document our journey!

http://livingabsolute.wordpress.com/
post #272 of 517
6/14/10 at 5:12am
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Originally Posted by nicole_marie View Post
Our new digs are almost ready to go! Gosh, I'm SO EXCITED! I just want to live in it RIGHT NOW.

I started blogging about it and posted a sneak peek of the renovations. I'm not a great blogger, but I think it will be a good way to document our journey!

http://livingabsolute.wordpress.com/
wow i cant wait for more pics!!
post #273 of 517
6/14/10 at 11:47am
nicole_marie looks awesome!

Xantho We haven't figured out how to fully finance ourselves on the road. DH worked odd jobs as a carpenter, his profession. I've considered getting my photography going again, doing crafts. We used a substantial part of our savings account which was money from selling our home and possessions.
post #274 of 517
6/14/10 at 8:01pm
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Originally Posted by nicole_marie View Post
Our new digs are almost ready to go! Gosh, I'm SO EXCITED! I just want to live in it RIGHT NOW.

I started blogging about it and posted a sneak peek of the renovations. I'm not a great blogger, but I think it will be a good way to document our journey!

http://livingabsolute.wordpress.com/
That looks awesome. I echo the sentiments that I can't wait to see more. Wow, you are so close, I'm very excited for you!!
post #275 of 517
6/22/10 at 12:19pm
We're due to start moving into a stick house in just a week awaiting the birth of this baby which is still 6 months off but with the heat index being 105 here I'm anxious to get into a house where I can run the A/C AND have the hot water heater on at the same time! We can't do anything with the A/C on since we're just plugged into a house. I'm starting to think of all the reasons I'm going to miss living in the camper. It's a little scary thinking about all the extra house to clean, yard to mow, furniture and other junk we'll be dealing with.
post #276 of 517
6/22/10 at 9:19pm
MST- I just know you are going to be just fine!
post #277 of 517
6/22/10 at 9:24pm
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Originally Posted by nicole_marie View Post
Our new digs are almost ready to go! Gosh, I'm SO EXCITED! I just want to live in it RIGHT NOW.

I started blogging about it and posted a sneak peek of the renovations. I'm not a great blogger, but I think it will be a good way to document our journey!

http://livingabsolute.wordpress.com/
I commented on your blog I'm so excited to see more pictures. More pictures! More pictures! And how are things coming along anyways?
post #278 of 517
6/23/10 at 9:57pm
Thank you MoonStarFalling. That was my thought. I have put the bug in my partners ear and he is all but packed. We lived out of our van and loved it. I guess I thought I had to get all formal (house) with a child. Now more than ever I have cabin fever and feel the need to play. No time like the present!
post #279 of 517
6/23/10 at 10:28pm
RV living sounds fun! I have a question, but maybe stupid question to all of you. My DH and I have been wondering if infants will need to be in their car seats when traveling in RV?
post #280 of 517
6/24/10 at 7:04pm
I SOOOOOOO want this and SOOOOOO almost had it but my partner chickened out at the last minute. DANGIT! We bought a 30f 5th wheel, she traded her truck in for a doolie with enough power to pull it around. then 6 weeks before 'take off' she said she wanted to stay where we were=(

I keep crossing my fingers that she'll get laid off and we'll be able to do it anyway-lol.

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