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post #501 of 517
6/19/12 at 10:18pm

Yay! I really wanted a group without the commitment of being a leader

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post #502 of 517
6/21/12 at 8:49pm

WOW!!! This thread is AMAZING!!! I have not read all of the comments yet but I can guarantee you that I will. Finding this is priceless as we are going to buy an RV and be out of our home when our lease is up in October. Soon my DH, two teenagers, and 3 yro son and I will be on the road. We have decided to make a radical change to down size and simplify our lives.

We have always been movers. Within the last 10 years we have lived in WI, CA, MN, IL, WA, OR and now currently FL. We have always found the beauty in seeing new places and have always been up for an adventure. But lately we have been feeling like we would like to settle. We are almost 40 and would love to find a place to live off grid. I need to fulfill a dream from when I was in my 20's of living in the country and having my goats, chicken and a HUGE bad-ass garden. :)

Now, since we have terrible credit and with it almost being our official "second half" of our lives we are forced to look at alternatives to making this happen. So, we are planning to buy an RV within 3 months. Sell the old 1999 Saturn and buy either a scooter or motorcycle to put on the back. We are tired of paying 1000 a month for rent and utilities on top of that so we were thinking that if we could be mobile for the fall and winter that we could save any money we make towards some property. Now, once we have decided on where (could be WA or CO. Open to suggestions) we can either do owner financing or buy something small. We can park the RV on it as a temp house while we work and save towards building either a cob or straw-bale hybrid home. They are very environmentally friendly homes to the earth and couldn't be better for our health. I figure it will take a year to two to finish. I would LOVe to live in a yurt as a temp dwelling but they are running 10-15,000 for a 30' with the proper additions.

As a plus we home school so I do not see a problem with the kids. But taking off in an RV to some place with a mild winter and hoping to find a job scares me to death. There are so many of you on this thread. How do you all do it? I see that some of you have sold a home or have jobs online that help fund your travels. But really what does everyone do to keep gas in the tank and food in your mouths? Who has done this with their fingers crossed and succeeded? Who has not and what did you do? We have moved from state to state many times with a U-haul full of our belongings and have always eventually found a job. Altho Portland OR was a bit rough. YIKES! Anyways, I would love some advise. What do you think? What would you do? Lets talk....

post #503 of 517
6/22/12 at 10:49pm

I still haven't figured out how to make money on the road so we live in our area out of the RV and still work at our traditional jobs. Were saving up for our first home purchase.

post #504 of 517
6/23/12 at 4:13pm

To the two of you that volunteered to start the RV group, Cynthia says you have to post to the DDC thread in questions and suggestions stating that the two of you will facilitate the group and what you want it called so on and so forth. Or you can PM her.

post #505 of 517
6/23/12 at 7:33pm

Posted asking for it.

 

 

 

We will be living in one spot at lest for the spring and summer,early fall in the rv. DH has a normal job lined up when we move(once he retires from the army) but it will be in an area that won't allow winer living in an rv(mountains) so we are hoping to spend the spring-fall in it and then have a house/ranch/farm again. If we aren't able to when winter starts me and the kids will move a few hours south were we can stay in the rv for the winter and dh will rent a small place in town then come down on the weekends/holidays. My hope is to only have one summer in it, I will miss my animals and garden. Then once our kids move out more we can spend more time in it and when he retires for good live full time in our rv. I am a traveler at heart and if I could have some animals and move often I would do it..

post #506 of 517
6/24/12 at 8:10am

joy.gifwe have a group :)

 

http://www.mothering.com/community/groups/show/35/full-time-rv-living

post #507 of 517
6/27/12 at 10:56am

I just love this site. As soon as I think I'm the only crazy mother out there I find so many other like-minded moms thinking along the same lines. We are about to hit the road in a fifth wheel with our 6 month old and out 100lbs dog! I would love to connect with other families with babies on the road!

post #508 of 517
7/1/12 at 6:50pm

Hi ya'll. I am from Florida. We got rid of our house in Feb 2012 because my husband travels for work and it was becoming too expensive for 2 households. We have a 9 month old son and a baby on the way (8 weeks). My husband is a union plumber/pipefitter. We travel everywhere

post #509 of 517
7/9/12 at 6:28am
Hi everyone. Well we moved to MO with the camper and took traditional jobsfor awhile but dh finally left out again so our next post is Annapolis MD. It will probably be about two months before we are with him since my Durango needs some repairs but I'm excited. I just quit my day job and will be home with the kids full-time again! Trying to get the camper in order before our move and plan the kids curriculum for this year. Can't wait for more updates from everyone! joy.gif
post #510 of 517
8/18/12 at 5:59pm
Where is everyone now? We made it to Maryland and are set to be here til about the end of tge year. The park we found is nice but doesn't allow for a full hookup so I'm looking at making our RV more self contained just not sure how I want to do it yet.
post #511 of 517
8/19/12 at 11:04pm

We have a group now, come check it out that's where everyone went.

post #512 of 517
8/28/12 at 2:57pm

I can't believe we have a group!! SO cool. We are currently living in our RV and on the road in the southwest. Hubby and I both work over the internet. We are currently TTC our first child. BTW - those of you with children in diapers.....Do any of you cloth diaper?  I would love to hear what diapers systems you've used. Also how did using the laundromat go? Do you have any creative ideas for a setup in tight places in your RV?

 

Jenny

post #513 of 517
9/11/12 at 10:25pm

We are in Portland still - we've been here since June.  Not exactly the nomadic life we were expecting, but we are soooooooooooo glad not to be in the south for the summer!  And, it is a good thing that we have regular income :)  We love the Portland area, but I am looking forward to some more exploring and less settling into routine in the coming months.

 

--janis

post #514 of 517
9/25/12 at 6:00pm
We are planning on starting to full time next year with our son in a semi. I'm going to homeschool our son while my hubby drives. He will be an owner operator so we are not concerned about us living out of the truck. We all love to travel and my son loves it too. Hes a great traveller and we are all are super excited. My question are there any other families that are currently full timing in a truck? Anyone that has done it in the past with any wisdom to share?
post #515 of 517
9/26/12 at 11:16am

How do we find the group?

post #516 of 517
9/26/12 at 11:53am

on the top menu bar, where your profile is and other menu stuff, purple stipe if you have the normal set up, you will see a menu item called groups, they are all listed from that page.

post #517 of 517
9/27/12 at 11:02pm

http://www.mothering.com/community/groups/show/35/full-time-rv-living

 

 

 

 

Just click on the link     dust.gif

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