Anyone a full time RVer?

How do you like it?

I've gotten input from my grandmother and her friends but am looking for more

My sister and her husband are full time RVers. They seem to like it well. North of Superior in the summers and Southern States or Mexico for the winter.
The only problems they have are with parking spots when they need to deal with city businesses.
Their solution has been to tow a smaller car for driving around once they are at a destination.

Not full time, but 4 to 5 days a week. Questions, PM me.

We have been full time RV'ers since 1997. About 12 years on the road. At the moment we are in a remote part of the Apache National Forest. Wonderful location in a valley but at 7713' so although it is in New Mexico, it is cool here. We almost never stay in "pay" campgrounds, preferring remote locations like National Forests, BLM land and some private large land holdings in the SW (AZ, NM)and Maine. We have traveled quite a bit in Mexico and Canada.

We love the RV lifestyle. Our camper is a 27' fifth wheel with a 12x4' slide out. This gives us a main living space of 12x12' plus of course a bathroom with shower and a good sized bedroom. Our tow vehicle is a one ton dodge diesel 4x4. We have a tent which mounts over the bed. We can drop the trailer someplace and take the truck/tent into the back country.

Power is solar with a small stand-by generator (2000w) for periods of long rain or when we are in a solar sheltered area like deep woods. Batteries are 6, 110ah AGM batteries. Usually they are fully charged by about 11 am.

We have internet connectivity with a Hughes Satellite system mounted on the front of the camper. It can be removed if trees or hills block the signal path to the satellite.

As I type this, we are also downloading the NPR Morning Edition audio stream from KJZZ in Arizona. We have no off air radio in this location. No FM, no AM, nothing. The satellite internet connection is limited in download capacity but I manage to watch about an hour of TV per day, stream several hours of audio and do a fair amount of e-mail and web surfing.

We are both hams and make extensive use of amateur radio including echolink, HF and amateur satellite services.

It is a great life and I can't imagine living in a house without wheels.

Happy to answer any questions.

Nomad.

Thanks for the info! If I can come up with more specifics I`ll post.

Whoa Todd, you just got that cool house and now you're talkin about hittin the road?

There's a ton, literally; I weighed it, of information on the web about the rolling lifestyle. From living in a van to the luxury coaches that cost a couple of million. I've thought about doing it myself from time to time when I'm "retired".

Tossed the idea around, not gonna happen anytime soon. I just wanted more stories, and specifics from people out there

Yikes, a lot happened to them!

A search of OBG's posts will reveal a few pearls of wisdom regarding the RV life. He and his wife spent several years of retirement driving around the US and he kindly shared some thoughts on their travels.

Regards,Comanche7