I'm 47, and Tracy is 42. Completely full-time since this past April (4th 2008)... started on a very snowy day of course! Like most, we have to keep working to pay the bills.
No complaints at all
Jeff and Tracy
2005 Four Winds Chateau 31P
E450 Super Duty Triton V-10
Toad: 1999 Mazda 626
Demco Kar Kaddy 3 Tow Dolly
I'm 45 and DH is 53. He is retired Navy, that is our medical coverage and a small retirement. Nice nest egg from selling house and empty nesters. We work camp currently at Carowinds in North Carolina, is beautiful here! Having the time of our lives after a year and enjoying every minute. The hard part is missing the adorable Grandaughter, but get e-mail pictures every week. Never want another stick/brick, even with gas prices high we are saving a lot of money not having a house and have a better quality of life.
Kerry and Joanne
Lucy (female Jack always on the attack)
2007 Holiday Rambler Admiral,2002 Ford Focus
Full-timers mantra, Close your eyes, click your heels,
you're already home.
Madison S.D. via Vancouver, WA.
Wow, some of these posts are really encouraging. I will be in the crowd but my wife will not (Me=37 Her=59). As you can tell by our ages we already don't look at life the way it seems that "normal" people do. We have owned this sticks and bricks house for just 3 years. My first house. The good thing is we did not go into to debt to buy it, we just paid cash (Federal Reserve Debt Notes).
The house is up for sale. Charlotte NC has yet to feel the impact much and because we paid cash we know we can sell. In fact we are so confident I know what day already. Being non traditionalists we are just auctioning it off. So we will be full timers shortly after the 21st of this month.
Our budget for our RV is half of what we get for the house. The rest will be going into paying off our limited amount of debt and the rest for savings and expenses. I will have to work camp or work while camping fairly soon but plan to take off the rest of the summer. I am a chef and fairly confident that people everywhere need to eat, so why not hit the road and work for many different chefs in many different areas and see the country at the same time?
I never want to end up like my grandparents. They spent their whole adult lives in the same house, worked basically the same job, retired from them and their retirement barely keeps them going. They are still in debt today, in fact their prescription drugs they eat by the handful each day currently cost close to what I EARN now.I don't even know how they can afford to eat but they manage and that is what they got out of busting their butts for their so called "good" jobs for over 20 years...I am taking the road less traveled.
We've been full timing for 2 full year now. I was 24 she was 22 when we start.
I'm working on the road, and she's an artist on the road, and she's taking care of me.
We go where my job take me. Basically, 1 year in Ontario, then we bought the trailer, then 1 year in Alebrta (I really should have bought a 4 season rigs, oh weel, the next one), 6 months in Colorado, 6 Month in Texas, and I'm on a project in Quebec untill novemvber. And after november, we'll see, looks like Texas is booming for us in the winter......
WE do love the road, but we're planning on building comething on the land we owned, in Eastern Quebec.
But even if we build a house, I think we are still going to be full-timing most of the year for work.
scottmanesis wrote: The good thing is we did not go into to debt to buy it, we just paid cash (Federal Reserve Debt Notes).
The house is up for sale. Being non traditionalists we are just auctioning it off.
I never want to end up like my grandparents. They spent their whole adult lives in the same house, worked basically the same job, retired from them and their retirement barely keeps them going. They are still in debt today
You are so right. The key to doing this is to stay out of debt, completely. Once you're free of that burden, you don't "have" to earn a big salary, you earn just what you need, and hopefully a little more for a rainy day.
I'd love to talk to you about the Fed Reserve Debt notes and auctioning your house. Can you email me offline? DH and I want to pay cash for whatever we buy next, whenever. Thanks!
I'm 31 now and the only thing I miss is having a real garage to work on my bikes and truck.
I'm a construction worker and I specialize in Health Care projects. That means I move about two times per year. I don't miss moving my stuff via uhaul at all. I takes me about two hours to hit the road, love it. Don't like the neighbors? Hitch up and move..
i just wanted to update. we have been in our 2009 georgetown se 350 ts bunkhouse for two months now and so far no problems (knocking on wood). we have not gone far, but, i am already in love with the lifestyle.
i was wondering if any of the more seasoned young full-timers might have advice or insight as to finding other young families out on the road. do you have trouble finding other kids for yours to have friendships?
a rally for this purpose would really be great!
Chris, sculptor age 30
Becky, painter age 30
Nora, age 3
Forest River Georgetown SE 350 TS bunkhouse
"In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself."
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