How many Full Timers do we have??? (87)

[carlson]

Full timing is July 06.
This year left NH in October to MN for a couple of weeks and now in Yuma, AZ at Cocopa, great place, great weather.
Plan on staying here till April then a slow trip back to MN, then Nashville and then the NE rally then back to NH til Sept.

[glenwynn]

Full timing since Nov 7,2005
Rate it as a 8-10

[guru1961]

I have been full-timing since 1994. Wife and I are in Tulsa Ok working construction project as always. We will full-time another 25 years until retirement then go HOME...wherever that is! I would say it is 10 compared to living in motels/apts/rentals.

[Gene Chaltry]

We have been full timing since April 11 2005 (19 months) We love it. Rating it a BIG 10.

[rvfirefighter]

We have fulltimed since Oct. 2001. Just getting started. The end is not in sight. I guess that's a BIG 10!

[dmr1021]

Maria & Dave Russell...Victor and Jim, our pups. We picked up our Montana on Aug 1, 2006 and haven't stopped moving since. We lived on a 42' Trawler off and on for 25 years so the mobile lifestyle comes easy to us. RVing is much easier!!

We tried living in a house for a couple of years but Hurricane Katrina took it away. This is home now. There so much to see, we don't know when we'll stop.

-Dave

[Sandymom]

Set to begin full timing 12/15/06 for ??? years. We'll have to wait a bit to give it a rating but sure looking forward to it.

Mike

[exav8tr]

Cathy and I are planning on leaving Alaska for good in May '07. We will be fulltimers until we decide on a place to settle, Probably Spokane, WA. We have married sons in Phoenix and San Diego, great winter spots but no summers there for us. We did 5 years in Tucson prior to moving to Alaska in 1993. Could not take the extreme heat of the SW, Hence a home in Spokane. But who knows, fulltiming may take us over and we may never find that "Right" spot to settle. We are both retired Mil and I am on SS dis. Cathy has a VA Comp also. We are selling our house and not sure what to do with the contents. AHHHH "To Store or Not to Store". That is truly the question. Hate to give up all my tools and belongings in case I may need them. Furniture is not an issue, furniture is furniture, but personal possessions after 37 years of marriage is another question.

Will probably place things in storage until we decide. Then the question is "Store here or Store there or Store Where? Too many questions on a Friday afternoon.

Any Suggestions group????

Phil P.

[Montana_6513]

You can add us to the list. One week tomorrow. Real new. We sold our stick house in June. Went to Spain for 3 months and lived in a C class. Loved it. Came back to California and went to Costa Rica. We were going to stay there for six months, but didn't like apartment living and wanted to see the US, so came home. When we sold our house we planned to buy an RV when we got back form Costa Rica, so we did. Took possession November 26 and moved in the next day.

So far our only regret is we can't seem to find any place warm enough. But we will keep looking. If we can keep warm, we'll do this as long as we both want to do it.

[DonandBonnie]

Please add us to your next update of full time wannabes. Retirement comes at the end of June 2008. We want to be able to pull out of the company parking lot on the last day with the Monty behind and never look back.

[Bill Hill]

DonandBonnie,
Shari and I used to have that same fantasy. We're retiring in March and have already sold our home, we're living in our Montana. We'll be skipping town within a few days of our last work day for parts North until we get to the to MOC Spring Rally in Buellton CA. From there we will head to Prescott AZ to check on our house-in-progress and from there probably to Chicago IL to visit relatives. Just knowing that we'll be able to hit the road after retirement is what keeps us going. You guys hang on to that dream 'cause it's a great one!

PS Nice TV! You'll love the Prodigy and the Pressure Pro. Be sure to get boost and EGT gauges.

[Connorsmom]

Well, I'm planning on moving into the trailer (3475RL) full time when my lease is up here in the apartment in June. The thought is kind of scary, but I'm gettin' tired of spending rent here, when my trailer just sits empty until spring. Plus, I have managed to accumulate so much STUFF, this apartment is like one big storage unit anyway...LOL I've been diligently selling what I don't want or need on eBay, and what's left will go into storage. I'll hang on to the real furniture just in case I don't like it out there, but I'm not all that crazy about this apartment either. It's time for a change, time to shake up my world!! Happy New Year!!...Jan

[Montana Sky]

Sounds like a great plan Jan! June will be here before you know it...

[stiles watson]

Well, after an 18 month side trip, I guess you can add us to the official fulltimers list. We have nowhere else to go.

[Katja_and_Michael]

Hi there!

Michael and I have been sort of full-timing since November 2005. I say sort of, because, although we live in it full time, we haven't yet taken it anywhere! We (probably) won't be moving it until we have a TV, probably when I retire in 2013, after 30 years with the Canadian Forest Service.

We've had some wild weather this past winter, and have found that, living in an RV, we were much more comfortable when the power was off than many people living in stick houses here (had power off for more than 36 hours). We did buy a generator after that storm, and used it a couple of times since (hard to believe we live in/near Victoria, BC!).

We still love it, so rate us a 9.5 (some days are not so high - like when the awning got hit with a fist of wind!), and we'll be doing it for (hopefully) many years after I retire (I'll be only 55, DH 62).

REALLY looking forward to finally being free of the job and travelling, just travelling!

Katja, Michael, & Sally our cat
2006 3400RL
TV???

[hamcamper]

Kaye and I have been full timing since August 30th 2005. We are on our second rig since then and are still loving it. Can't give it a 10 because it's still hard to leave where our family members(most of them) are. Just like the rest of the full timers we plan to continue until it's no longer fun, we can't physically continue or some catastrophic thing happens. Besides, we still haven't been to all of the USA (haven't figured out how we can get the Monty to Hawaii yet). Put us on the list.

[madeforeachother]

quote:Originally posted by Glenn and Lorraine

Just wondering how many of us MOCers are full timers?

How long you been full timing?

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being best, how do you rate your experience?

How long do you plan on continuing full timing?


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On Edit..
Here's the Who's Who of MOC full timers as of 01/21/07

* 1- Glenn and Lorraine - October 20, 2003
* 2- rickety - Jan 2006
* 3- patodonn - 36 Months
* 4- ols1932 - 69 months
* 5- Gypsy - Feb 2003
* 6- Rex & Mary - 9 years
* 7- Gyro / Kimmrg - September of 2004. I think…Maybe 2003
* 8- prariepoodle - 1987
* 9- adelmoll - 1 year
10- Lstierw - about 1 year
11- jsrang - 2 years
12- gkbutler - 16 October 2005
13- bwney - June 2nd 2006
14- Imp - 1 year
15- sph77 - June 1st 2004
16- Charlotte - 6 weeks
17- mobilrvn - Sept '93
18- krvk - May 16th,2005
19- melnjoy - April 21st 2006
20- crandallbradley - 6 years
21- Wagonmaster - Soon
22- sreigle and vickir - March 21st, 03
23- SKOOBDO - April '06
24- tennisdg - 3 years
25- hodag - 1 year
26- jpf - Sept 15, 05
27- FulltimeFollies - Feb 1982
28- therebnme - Sept 01, 06
29- wa4bmg - April 04
30- Gene Chaltry - 16 months
31- dsprik - July 19, 06
32- Retread - March 06
33- 8.1al - 2 years
34- fulltimer1997 - August 1997
35- txkrumm - Soon Aug 15, 2006
36- Roamingusa - 1994
37- smc - May 04
38- drifus - June 24, 2006
39- Rocky2 - June 15, 2005
40- Diamond - April 1, 2004
41- mobrownies - June 05
42- larryngail - Jan 2003
43- foggyb - 2005
44- RADHAZJOE - 15 months
45- dchafer - 2 years +
46- Shane01638 - March, 06
47- Steve Walensky - Aug 18, 06
48- rvivey - 1 year
49- bmac - March 2001
50- RailroadMike - August 2005
51- bob n pam - October 99
52- dnr1021 - July 06
53- therebnme - August 31, 06
54- fc5v - Sept 1, 2006
55- Oregon Gypsys - Sept 8, 2006
56- simonsrf - October 1, 2006
57- Retread - February 6, 2006
58- foggyb - 10/01/06
59- Tom Gina 06 - Sept 27, 06
60- Bill Hill - Nov 9, 06
61- bigbob7777 - 9/2005
62- Tom41 - Oct 98
63- carlson - July 06
64- glenwynn - Nov 7, 2005
65- guru1961 - 1994
66- Gene Chaltry - April 05
67- rvfirefighter - Oct 01
68- dmr1021 - Aug 06
69- Sandymom - Dec 15, 06
70- nancy784 - Nov 06
71- Connorsmom - June 07
72- stiles watson - Very Soon
73- Katja and Michael - Nov 2005
74- madeforeachother - april 2002
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Sometime in the NOT TOO Distant Future, as in Not This Year, Wannabees....

DonandBonnie - June 2008
Longwell - April 30, 2011
Devildog - Soon as they get their oldest kid out of the house

[CanDo]

Please add us to the list of wannabes! We'll be fulltiming starting June 2007 or as soon as the house sells. Dave retired yesterday, and I retire on 25 May 2007. And I'll bet he's gonna be working harder than me during the next few months! :-)

[Dutch and Di]

Dutch & I began our fulltiming adventure January 31, 1997-Wow, can't believe it's been that long. Truly seems like yesterday we were headed out not having a clue about RVing [we had never camped or owned an RV before]. No plans to get off the road for us so add us to your list if you'd like to. Diana

[bking]

I thought I had replied to this before but couldn't find it. Gibby and I have been full timing in our 3500RL since 12/4/05 and I don't ever want to go back to sticks and bricks.

I rate the experience as a 10 - only problem I have is generally we sit around and drink coffee in the morning until 10 or 10:30 and don't get the day started early enough but if that is our biggest problem we can deal with it.

Betty