New members with 2011 Keystone Montana Big Sky 3400RL 4 slide outs with all the options

[Rthrush]

Just bought our rig used but not abused,
don't have a tow yet. Still crunching numbers. Love this 5er. We retired in 2012 sold everything hit the road in a 2004 36' Rexhall Rexair 8.1L gasser motorhome with two full wall slides that yielded 385 sq. ft. living. Did that for three years, sold the Rex, then bought a home with acreage in Tennessee and then decided to get out of the house and enjoy life every weekend or whatever. Debt free. Life is good. Glad we discovered you fine people to share the experiences with.

 

[Carl n Susan]

Welcome to the MOC from another Big Sky owner.

 

[Rthrush]

Welcome to the MOC from another Big Sky owner.

thank you, glad to be here

 

[scottandsusan]

Welcome to the 2011 Montana group.
We love our 2011 Montana Mountaineer

 

[Rthrush]

thank you, it's good to be among Montana 5ers

 

[DutchmenSport]

Welcome to the forums and congrats on getting your new Big Sky. Sounds like you are "living the dream!" Enjoy! and Happy Camping!

 

[Rthrush]

Thank you, we look forward to blending in with the forums and contributing when we can because we both know how valuable wisdom on the road is to the freedom we enjoy in this great country. Now in retirement we can realize the fruits of our lifelong labors. Good to be among like minded folks.

 

[twindman]

Welcome to MOC and retirement! When I retired I had a goal to visit every National Park that was drivable. Oh, and this is the REAL National Parks not the hundreds of historical park, etc, etc. When I started there were around 52-55. I think they added at least 2 more. I finished after about 15 years (plus 5 more after the NPs) and around 120,000 miles later! LOL (Almost all trips were the 3 summer months so I could get out of AZ heat!)

 

[Rthrush]

Quite the accomplishment, I'd say. Admirable. When we retired in 2012 our intention was to motorhome where ever the wind blew doing the workcamp thing in the summers and stash the savings and the stipends that were earned at the fed campgrounds to finance stays at more upscale "resorts" in the winter. Well, right off the US Forest Service stopped the stipends, so that changed a whole bunch of dreams we had of summer in the north and winters in the south. That tapped the budget to a point of well let's look at a piece of ground to park in the snowbird zone then that expense will be long term. Well turned out to be our "fulltime" status went to we can afford a home for that. Real estate really played into whether it was worth the nomadic lifestyle or not. So we planted. But the urge stayed with us to explore and fish. Now we enjoy both worlds.

 

[Rthrush]

"Ignorance is a necessary condition for an adventure and often essential to its success."
--Sam Toperoff

 

[Kfinnert]

Welcome!!!

 

[Rthrush]

Welcome!!!

Thank you. It's good to be here with ya'll.