Can you recommend a good roadside service?

@@YeahNah100 My van was not technically an RV, so I have AAA's upgraded 100-mile tow coverage.for regular vehicles.. Check around for other choices, depending on what type of rig you have.

Great advice. If the RV breaks down, these folks are homeless.

Registration in Colorado is paid month to month? Meaning tags for the truck and the fifth wheel?

I did not hear that either. I know that most people I'm familiar with keep as much as they can in an "emergency" savings account for just such things, including other repairs or possible accidents on the road (recommended $5-10,000)

same! good for you im so proud and happy for you! i left an abusive situation and there is some freedom and peace in y 23ft motorhome i just pick up my housecar and enjoy. i am praying for your financial emotional and spiritual abundance!

Wow I look up to u I am in your position and am just starting out.❤

thank you for that point about vehicle maintenance

🎉 awesome 👍🏼

That's a great plan, and at the least, a great start.

I have a 2021 Jayco Redhawk 24B that I may need to sell? Farmhouse decor (cream cabinets) and only 16K miles. How do we connect?

@@nancyatwater2617 Now that would be awesome!! I am guessing a 2021 would be more than I can afford! And I am in Canada...

Congratulations! Good luck, hopefully I’ll be joining you in the next couple of years. So glad you’re job will make it easier for you. I’m a pharmacy tech so unless I take a travel gig (which I totally would!), I’m stuck for a little longer. Happy travels!

Valuable series!

Very happy for you..

I've seen RV parks charge upwards of $35 a day and they aren't very nice

Living in an RV park is like living in a mobile home park you have to pay for pad rent. I own my home and the only thing I pay is taxes and insurance.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Hope you find your new real life:) I'm about to also. See me on KZfaq soon lol love you

I like the allure of the small house lifestyle as well. 👍👍💯💯

i do enjoy the traveling, but i am so with you re: the living small! When i first thought about the RV, it was all about traveling But real early on in the RV, i realized that it was heaven to have only the stuff i really want/need, to know what i have and where it is, and have it all in reach! It made me realize that, when this chapter is done, it's a tiny house for me -- or maybe something like you said, a park. Last summer i met some women who had two RVs/sites, one in at a KOA in NH and one in FL and rotated between them. Sounded like a nice way to go. Love watching the youtube channels exploring tiny houses!

Curious how you find parks like you are describing.

U just didn’t like being or doing stuff alone or u felt unsafe?

@@YeshuaKingMessiah I felt safe because I stayed in campgrounds. I think I could do it if I stayed a few months in each place to build community.

Girl I am with you!

Women like u and Robin are so inspiring to someone like me. I'm in a bit of an upside down situation where I have to help out relatives but I do appreciate being solo so that I can at least see a way forward. Sincere thanks for sharing. Best of luck for continued success!

Once I moved into my van, and put the rest of the stuff in storage, I didn't buy anything because if I brought 1 thing new in, something had to be tossed. It really cut down on 'material things' and upped the 'experience life' things.

Please be careful. This isn't cheap or easy and it's hard!

I’m seriously considering this as well. I was diagnosed with brain cancer the end of last year, and she makes a solid point…if you learned TODAY that you only had 2 years left, would you still go to work? After my chemo gets done, maybe then…I’m trying to convince my other half….that’s not working out so great 🙁😝🤪

​@@krittenhs Healing light and love to you❤.

My gosh please can we talk I'm doing the same damn thing!!!!

⬆⬆BEWARE!⬆⬆

Interested in homesteading, where do I start?

@@mauimama3673 KZfaq search. I like several. PERMACULTURE PASTURES and Justin Rhodes’ channels are two. I found Justin Rhodes when their KZfaq was an RV journey visiting families homesteading and farming then they returned to his family farm and homesteading. Oh! And Greg Judy at Green Pastures Farm has a couple good books and wonderful KZfaq, and all these just scratch the surface. But it does preclude my old dream of an RV and being nomadic.

@@mauimama3673 best source available is on KZfaq, see the channel Roots & Refuge. Jess is the homesteader with her husband Jeremiah.

Can I come camp there when you turn it in an RV park

Lock your vehicle, especially at Walmart. Its beautiful but-

Why would you buy an RV and park it? That defeats the whole purpose of living in an RV and traveling.

HI Cheryl.. I was born & raised in Havana, Florida? Sold my home in PP and currently in AIRBNB. I became a little? Tough living here & the more I research this I want to do it.. and single nomad I'd be. So, good luck to you and maybe we can hook up around Dizzy World MCO .. Blessings for us to succeed in our future dream. 💪🌈❤️

I recommend not selling your condo but rent it out.

My curiosity is peaked big time. How were you living in it for seven months and not know you don’t have a water tank? Have never heard of an RV without a water tank. Please share the name and type of camper.

@@ceciliapetrowsky2572 2004 Coachman Concord I believe it was taken out because there is a tank hole in the back with a door cover

@@ceciliapetrowsky2572 I've been plugged in since I've had it so a couple of guys that camped next to me I saw them draining something different so I started asking them and then he showed me and was telling me and then he came and looked at mine and that's when it was discovered. They have years of experience and I seen the difference

Shelly, another full-time solo woman here who had never done this RV thing, and was certainly not a diesel mechanic, before heading out. The first year was goddawful, so much went wrong, but i finally realized that just is what i had to go thru trying to take on so much new stuff at once. So yes, the expenses rolled in, it was stressful and i was hemmoraghing cash ... but eventually it all settled down, i ended up much wiser and confident in my ability to tackle whatever came up, and now i cannot imagine doing anything else. In fact, my biggest problem now is how/what to do with the furniture i put in storage because i won't be needing it for quite some thime, if ever! That said, i think the biggest piece of advice i would give anyone about this is to give yourself permission to get off the road if you need a break -- I did that for a couple months last spring and it did me (and my sweet senior dog) the chance to get rested, healthy, grounded, and ready for the next chapter. It felt odd at first, almost like i was giving up, but that's upside down - it's all about the ability to discern what you need and the freedom to see about doing it. ps-when i first was driving my RV in super hot weather, i put the ac on expecting it to cool down the house (i'm in a class C) - i turned on the generator but no ac! i was panicked thinking there was a problem with the ac...when i got to the park, the fellow there took a look and (very kindly) told me i needed to actually plug the RV into the outlet (that led to the generator) ...who knew??? (clearly not me). It's just something we have to go thru... :)

@@maddiesnuffles2241 I want to thank you so much for these encouraging words that I really need to hear right now. Just got done with a huge storm and I had a big puddle of water on top of my kitchen sink I don't see anything dripping or anything running down the Walls it's just like a puddle out of nowhere? I got to laugh to keep My sanity about it lol I'm glad I stayed at a campground this summer so I could learn about it close to home 😁

How much did you spend on your 5 week trip?

My wife and I have toyed with the idea of RV’ing full time but we have 5 little girls so we aren’t sure how well it would work 😂

but if you buy a vintage rv the value goes up

Here is my thought on that. Sell the big house and buy a couple of rentals. Or, if you have not bought yet, then you are the prime person to do 'Stealth Camping' or live in a RV to save on rent for a down payment. Once you have the rentals, hire a maintenance company to watch and maintain and get your rig and travel. If you ever want to get off the road, move into the rental unit and live for a while.

Also maintenance happens on a house also

@@justforfun4623it does but that’s the point. Comparing budgets.

God will be with you guys wherever you’ll go!

Right. You must have had accounting. That's the problem with these types of channels. The biggest fallacy is that you are "saving money" by not having a mortgage. Actually, the mortgage is how you save money, i.e. build equity. Plus there is appreciation in home value.

Put a dishpan in your sink. Dump into gallon jug. Use dirty dishwater for toilet flushing. Same with bathroom sink water. Put toilet tissue in trash can with a cover,( like Mexico). Get a 3 gallon water with pump nozzle for drinking and washing hands. Keep in bathroom. Collect any water in pan. I have a 20 gallon fresh water tank. Carry 13 gal fresh for drinking for dog and I. I can shower 2-3 times. (Use wash clothes and wet wipes other days)and wash dishes 3 times. ( use a spray bottle with vinegar, water and dish soap). Spray, let sit to sterilize a few minutes, wipe with paper towel rinse. I dump every 10-12 days.

Sure until your RV breaks down, you have a flat tire, or your water pump breaks and then what? You can't cook, can't flush the toilet and it's going to cost you at least $200 / $250 to have a mobile RV technician come out and try and diagnose the problem! It's appealing until its 14 degrees in Alabama and your water hose is frozen and the insides of your windows are glazed with ice!

@@faithsrvtrip8768 it’s all part of the journey. I sold my house and nearly everything a year ago and bought a Class A. I’m a 60 yo small, single woman and every time I wake up seems like there’s something new to fix. But I jump on You Tube and figure out most of it myself. My mobile RV guy has really only had to come to install a new AC (extended warranty covered) and repair my slide. I’ve installed new ceiling vent fans, completely tore down and rebuilt my leaking wet bay, gone to war not just once with my Vacuflush system, just installed a new shore cord to my ATS, wired a new 110 circuit to my panel for a washer dryer and those are just off the top of my head. I’ve done so much more and all myself without assistance. This is within my first year. To me, it’s inconvenient and sometimes it’s a really cold night without any power when my shore cord went out and gen wouldn’t start. But it’s all an excellent learning experience. I’m full time but parked and will be on the road soon. All of this happening “to me” has only made me resilient and more determined and I have no fear of soloing now. All the “what if this breaks or…” have left me.

Thanks, Jim!

What’s ur monthly expense?

@@bnyob3463 I gave her to a wonderful friend who has a backyard for her and a doggie door too. After 4 months I adopted another furbaby because I missed the first one so much. I did not want to disrupt her life by asking for her back. She is doing wonderfully and is happy and healthy. Would I like to have her back...YES. But it is in her interest I decided to let things be. Instead, I adopted another to give her a good life. I'd would starve myself before denying her food. So there. Stick that where the sun doesn't shine -- LOL

Please go for it!! Go for the RV. You have no liability. Be happy and travel. But it would limit you if you have 9to5 job. Seems nomad life is best for work from home. I wish I was in the USA ,this would be my life

@@bnyob3463 There's always some mean-spirited hater in every crowd

Inflation!!!

Yeah SS is not going to cut it Even a pension would have to be great to make up for no income I wouldn’t go out with less than $4-5grand monthly guaranteed

Wanting to do the same!

I would love to travel at least part of the time. Maybe full time, but like you, I haven’t been able to convince my husband. I intend to keep working on him. We both have been wanting to go out West and when we go, I want to stay at least 4-6 weeks. Who knows? Maybe longer. I want to take an itinerary and see all the important things about each state. And if it takes 4 days in each state, so be it!