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12-26-2007, 03:14 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2006
Location: San Jose
Posts: 728
M.O.C. #5740
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The first day of the rest of my life
Today truly was the first day of the rest of my life. After years of dreaming and planning; today we left our hometown of the past 30 years and started out on our fulltime life. We had been living it the Montana since we sold the house in September but, I was still working. My official retirement date is 12/31 but, my last day of work was 12/21. We are heading to Arizona and hopefully warmer weather. Tonight we are in Paso Robles where they are predicting and overnight low of 24 degrees.
See you at Quartzsite.
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12-26-2007, 03:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leona
Posts: 6,382
M.O.C. #2059
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Well, congratulations!! This three month hiatus for Dianna to heal hasn't dampened our enthusiasm for fulltiming. We have just learned to flex with the circumstances. Have loads of fun learning the ropes. Happy RVing.....
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12-26-2007, 04:42 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Casa Grande
Posts: 5,369
M.O.C. #6333
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Congratulations and welcome to the "Life". Where you going after Q? I am going to Las Vegas for three weeks and then headed to Tucson until 10 Apr. See you at Q.
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12-26-2007, 04:55 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Livingston
Posts: 474
M.O.C. #2056
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You will have adventures and misadventures. Enjoy them both. Keep a good sense of humor, you'll need it every once in a while. Take time to talk to everyone--you'll meet some wonderful and great people---some will become life long friends. It is a great lifestyle, but remember, it is the trip, not the destination and take a "vacation" from fulltiming every so often--maybe just a week with no plans or a cruise. The more you see, the more there will be to see.
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12-26-2007, 11:48 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Congratulations! Stay safe, and we will eagerly follow your adventures.
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12-27-2007, 12:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Deming
Posts: 679
M.O.C. #3189
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Graant, You are doing it in style. Q is going to be a great way to start.
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12-27-2007, 12:40 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Keystone Heights
Posts: 164
M.O.C. #3433
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Congratulations. I'm sure it was a big decision to go full time as it was for most of us. It is a great lifestyle with few downsides and many upsides. The two I like most, you get to see this beautiful country of ours and you meet some of the nicest, most helpful people.
Good luck,travel safe and stay WARM
Dee
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12-27-2007, 01:16 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Paola
Posts: 5,739
M.O.C. #4961
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That is great and we hope it is everything you dream it will be.
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Dennis & Linda Ward
Paola, Kansas
Montana 3735MK Legacy Edition
1200 watts of Solar
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12-27-2007, 01:39 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lobelville
Posts: 2,128
M.O.C. #6650
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Great choice, been there and done that. Congrats on your retirement. You are going to wonder how you ever had time to work. But retirement is hard but someone has to do it. GBY....
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12-27-2007, 05:38 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kettle Falls
Posts: 400
M.O.C. #6321
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Grant & Kathy,
Here's wishing you many great and happy adventures. The hardest part of fulltiming, we have found, is answering the question, "Where are you from". My answerer is to look at Carolyn and ask her "Where did we stop last". Now is the time to relax, enjoy the trip and the country more. Lots to see and do and all the time to do it. See you in "Q". Have a safe and uneventful trip.
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12-27-2007, 06:27 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Pagosa Springs
Posts: 3,711
M.O.C. #3120
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Grant and Cathy,
Congratualtions! We still remember when we pulled away from our hometown to start our fulltiming adventure....one scary day.
You will now have the rest of your lives to figure out how you want to live. We hope you enjoy this new found freedom as much as we do.
We cant imagine any other way to live right now, fulltiming is our great adventure.
Looking forward to seeing you at Quartzsite.
ONLY 23 more days until the "Circling of the Montanas" at Quartzsite!
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12-27-2007, 01:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Congratulations! We hope to see you at quartzsite.
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12-27-2007, 06:41 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: St.Maries
Posts: 1,010
M.O.C. #7329
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It looks like another happy retiree. We are just north of Q and will be dropping in to visit the group there. Congratulations on your decision.
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01-01-2008, 02:46 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Choctaw
Posts: 530
M.O.C. #6364
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Congratulations amigo!!! You're living our dream today!! Brenda and I cannot wait until I am ready for our second retirement. When that time does come we're on the road for months at a time instead of weeks exploring this country of ours!!!
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01-02-2008, 06:58 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Yuma
Posts: 445
M.O.C. #7085
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Grant & Kathy! How awesome for you both! We'll be in Quartzsite too! It will be nice to see ya again! I don't want to wish my days gone, but I can hardly wait to see everyone there!
Joy
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01-02-2008, 07:43 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Otis
Posts: 3
M.O.C. #7243
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by BirdingRVer
Today truly was the first day of the rest of my life. After years of dreaming and planning; today we left our hometown of the past 30 years and started out on our fulltime life. We had been living it the Montana since we sold the house in September but, I was still working. My official retirement date is 12/31 but, my last day of work was 12/21. We are heading to Arizona and hopefully warmer weather. Tonight we are in Paso Robles where they are predicting and overnight low of 24 degrees.
See you at Quartzsite.
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Congrats! Our first day was May 10,2007. We are currently in Az at Pilot Knob. There are at least 6 Montanas here. When will you be in Quartizsite?
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01-02-2008, 08:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,133
M.O.C. #6433
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Congratulations on the milestone. My date for retirement is March 31 this year. Don't plan to full time (yet), but there definitely will be more time in the Monty.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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01-02-2008, 05:28 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Carmichael - CA
Posts: 7,323
M.O.C. #4831
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Congrats on the retirement! Based upon our meeting this afternoon (you never know when you you will encounter another MOCer) it sure seems you are adapting well. We are looking forward to continuing our conversations in Q.
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Carl (n Susan)
There is more to life than fuel mileage.
2012 Montana 3700RL Big Sky Package towed by a 2015 Ford F350 6.7L PSD 4WD CC LWB
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