Just 16 more short days...

by Marsha N
(North Carolina)

Yes, 16 more days and we begin our FULL-TIME RV life. Unfortunately we can't travel yet, the hubby has little more time before retirement. Plus, the TT we have acquired is '97 - 27' Dutchman / 1 slide. Would like to get a motor home between 24' & 30' to use to travel the US.

We see them all over the place but not enough cash right now , therefore; the PLAN... to live in the TT and SAVE SAVE SAVE... we have crunched the numbers and are confinent we can save upwards of $500 month just by moving into the TT parked in a local campground. This location will put the hubby closer to his current JOB. Not to mention we will save on rent/cable/internet ELECTRIC !! Hey the campsite monthly fee is LESS than our electric bill in the 3 br/1 b house we are currently renting. We will get free Wi-Fi, and things like pool, mini-golf, etc etc.. all included in the site rental... all that is EXTRA or non-existent where we are now. So I AM READY, yes.

Only 16 more days to downsize the 'stuff' === clothes , whatnots , computer desks ... you get the picture.. OH MY WORD.. pictures.. this is my goal today.. to finish sorting thru the family photos and discard most. Keeping only the ones that are simply unbearable to part with, but making sure not to keep all those 'duplicates'...
Many and I mean many will just be added to the ones my family has , that is if they want them.. otherwise here comes the refuse collector's truck.

Truly previous posters I have read articles from, all over the WWW... had it right the photos are probably the most difficult thing to part with... but we must accept that the memories are with us always. OK, so maybe my memory fades in the future... then the memories won't bother me cause I won't remember what I forgot LOL...

Anyway, hope to post again after we get settled in the campsite.

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU ALL

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Just 16 more short days...

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Jan 04, 2012
 Update
by: Marsha and Joe

We have been in our 26' TT for 3 full months (since 10/1/2011)... Definitely decided this is the life for us, so now are very actively searching for that "MOTORIZED" unit.
Limited funds, but we are convinced and devoted to doing IT.

Not likely to wait for hubby to be able to 'retire'... plan now is to find the right unit, make the purchase and hit the road. Life is way too short, and there is no guarantee that either of us will still be around or even healthy enough to travel, thus our decision is to just "do it". Prayers and good wishes most appreciated.

Hope to see you down the road some day soon.

Campers4Lifex2
Oct 01, 2011
 Moving IN
by: Marsha

It is 7 a.m. and today is the day we move into our 27' TT. Will pull it to the campsite a little later this morning, first got to have our coffee.

Sorry I have not commented in nearly 2 weeks, but as you can imagine I have been very hard at work, with the downsizing process. Yes, I got the pictures under control, found homes for the most prized pieces of furniture with family members.
Things are really looking up, today I am sure is going to be great and tonight expect to sleep very very well in the camper trailer.

Will again try to keep posting as our RV lifestyle progresses and expect to post at least one picture of our new home(site).

Wish us well.. me , hubby and the 2 chis.
Sep 15, 2011
 Downsizing House for the Mobile Life
by: Calud

Isn't it a great feeling when you are downsizing and the excitement of the coming journey is finally getting there!

I spent a year taking a few photos at a time and scanning them into digital format and saving them on a portable drive since I was going to bring my laptops with me on the trip anyway!.

My daughter who is a Drama and Arts major was the lucky recipient of the photos and I passed on the digital copies made to her too.. this way they will never get lost!

Last week I read my last hard bound book, (I had brought ten novels at the beginning of my trip) and when I finished the last one I finally went out and bought my kindle!.. now I dont have to worry about storage space for the books nor the weight. I travel alone in a Ford Bronco and 13ft Uhaul CT-13 a 13ft fiberglass Egg, so space and weight are important. LOL.

Have fun! and glad that someone else has realized that "downsizing" in todays economy is the right thing to do!...

Happy Trails!

Rick
Sep 15, 2011
 15 days and counting..
by: Marsha

Yesterday my biggest goal was to complete the picture sorting task. Well, folks sorry to say I didn't get that done. However; I did successfully make a few bucks by 'yard selling' some of the things we will not be able to take with us. A second note on this is that my neighbors daughter actually depends on yard selling to raise grocery funds, so everything I have left at the end of this next few days I am donating to her. I'm certain there will be lots of goodies left over and hoping she can get at least a week's worth of grocieries from it.

Till later, HAPPY TRAILS :)

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