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FEROCIOUSLY
FREE
IN
A
TINY
RV? |
The ONLY way some people can follow the RV lifestyle they love is to stick to a tight budget. But how can you do that? Every month we'll look at some of your thoughts and ideas .. and let YOU tell us all your opinion
This month we feature
a
posting
from
Warrior
Widow
...:
"I
believe
that
our
country
has
become
pathologically
addicted
to
consuming
more
&
bigger
of
everything.
But
not
me
anymore!
This
month
is
my
14th
month
living
full
time
"chronically
ill
but
ferociously
free"
in
my
19'
Type
B
van.
In
bed
at
night
I
often
feel
like
a
kid
again:
I'm
in
a
treehouse!
No,
I'm
in
a
spaceship!
And
on
windy
nights,
the
best
of
all
.
.
.
I'm
in
a
covered
wagon.
With
my
little
dog
&
my
tiny
budget
I
have
stumbled
upon
exactly
the
life
I
never
knew
I
always
wanted!
Happy
Trails!"
What
do
you
think?
-
add
your
comments
here
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Readers'
comments:
Latest
first
| Re: RVing on social security
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1cowboy |
| Whose angry? Not me. I just call 'em the way I see 'am. Glad there are those who can do this...but s
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| RVing on social security
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1cowboy |
| I always get a chuckle out of the "dropping out" bunch. Yeah it's a great idea, but have you noticed
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| Daughter coming too
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Barb R |
| I am 60 yr old female retiree and my 38 year old daughter has agreed to quit her job and fulltime rv
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| Motorhome costs
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Dandy Darlene |
| I dont know about all of you but I drive a 36 ft long Class A motorhome and it is hard to park let a
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| Thinking about dropping out
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Not there yet |
| We are thinking about dropping out ourselves. We are 52 and 48 and I have a military pension of $200
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| RE: Older rigs
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Seattle Bill |
| I find the same problems here in Washington.
I have found this problem with a lot of the larger cha
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| Older rigs
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BJ |
| We bought a new Winnebago in 1990 for our retirement years. Now we are being denied camping privleg
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| Re: RVing on a tight budget
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Celia Burton |
| RVing is great. I agree that we've become a nation that just consumes more and more. I dropped out f
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| Traveling light
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Judy Rutrider |
| I suppose if you want to live on the road, a monster machine is essential. I prefer to travel light
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| RE: Outrageous consumption
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joe |
| The days of outrageous consumption are about over. Why do I say that? Look at history. We are now at
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| Back to the simple RV life
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Dutchboy |
| LESS IS MORE In 2001, I took early retirement to live my dream of traveling in a diesel pusher moto
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| Living in a small space
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Carole at Car215@aol.com |
| There is something to be said for living in a small space, I did it on a sailboat which was even sma
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| Re: RVing on a tight budget
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Norman Pena |
| I retired at 63 and we bought a 2002 Monaco. We sold our house and went fulltime. No regrets but we
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| Outrageous consumption
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Homer |
| I think the Widow Warrior has it absolutely right. We Americans are going nuts with our outrageous c
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| Workcamping and having a ball
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Idaho Tsanomi |
| We have been on the road for over seven years in 32'class C. We love it and are having a ball. We ha
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| RE: Longing for fulltiming
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Missingit |
| Keep up the good thoughts. My husband and I were traveling about 90% of the time when he had an unfo
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| RE: Longing for fulltiming
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RVlady |
| I have obligations financially but find it is cheaper to live on the road. All your housing is paid
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| We're getting older
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Pam Woznicki |
| I'm a single woman with a 1998 class C and a monthly income of about $700 plus anything I can earn a
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| RE: RV-friendly truck stops
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Roaming Hawk |
| The title of the book you are lookingfor is: 2007 The RVer's Friend (America's Truck & Travel plazas
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| Re: RVing on a tight budget
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Ken Grange |
| I don't want to retire, I'm 68, but understand why others do want to retire. We RV and fulltiming RV
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| Longing for fulltiming
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Tony |
| I am 46 and my wife is 39. We have a 35 foot Class A (Gas); we still have a long way to go before i
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| RV-friendly truck stops
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Lilly513 |
| ECStraberry
Would you please share the title of the book re: rv friendly truck stops? My husband an
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| Looking for other ideas
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Carmen |
| My husband and I have been full timers for almost 4 years. We love the freedom. My husband is disabl
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| Re: RVing on a tight budget
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Traveler Want to Be |
| Has anyone encountered problems with township ordinances when staying overnight at a Walmart parking
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| Water treatment plants
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JERRY |
| We have found out years ago that most water treatment plants will allow you to dump free and will al
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| Re: RVing on a tight budget
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Ann Moore |
| We do the same. We can afford to travel only because of workcamping and using free overnights like w
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| RE: $6 per night average
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John A |
| This is a great story. You tell how much you spent on fuel and how much you averaged per night but y
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| The more costs go up ...
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Terry Plant |
| The more the costs go up the more I'll need to make cutbacks. I checked the prices of 4 campgrounds
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| People's RV?
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John |
| Where is the "Peoples RV"? Henry Ford gave his generation the $300.00 car Even Hitler came up with t
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| Ferociously free in a tiny RV!
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Warrior Widow |
| I believe that our country has become pathologically addicted to consuming more & bigger of everythi
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| Our philosophy about camping
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Duane S |
| What we think is get out and do it while you can. It's going to be way out of our budget with rising
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| RVing on social security
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Linda |
| I can afford to live on Social Security and work sometimes for space. Could not rent house. Freedo
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you
think?
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