Blog Archives

• Visiting Family in Missouri – New Dash Camera and Upgrading RV Suspension
• Abilene Kansas – Visit Dwight Eisenhower and More
• Scotts Bluff Nebraska
• Buffalo Wyoming
• Four Days in Montana – Weeks of Planning to Get Here
• North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Porcupine Mountains Michigan to Crosby (Brainerd) Minnesota
• Our First Three Days in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – Just Over the Bridge
• Tour of Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula – First Stop Traverse City
• Delayed With Trailer Brake Issue
• We Have Arrived in Michigan to Begin our Summer Trip – Campground Crowding
• Trip to Indiana – Achieving a Major Milestone
• Kentucky – Our 18th State to Visit
• We Left the RV in Nashville Tennessee to Take a Two Week Side Trip
• Huntsville Alabama – Home of Rocket Scientists and Wonderful Landscape
• Twenty Nine Days in Alabama – Been There Before…
• Two Weeks in Georgia
• St. Augustine Florida – Spring and Summer Plans
• Ocala Florida
• Final Results 2020 RV Living Expenses and Financial Decisions
• Arriving in Florida
• Leaving Gulf Shores Alabama for Florida – Plenty of RV Maintenance Completed
• Winter Stop in Gulf Shores Alabama
• Journey Through South Central Louisiana to Natchez Mississippi
• Back at Lake Livingston Texas and a Day Trip to Nearby Huntsville.
• Goodbye South Dakota – Hello Missouri
• Custer South Dakota – Final Two Weeks
• Custer South Dakota – First Two Weeks
• Ogallala to Fort Robinson Nebraska. RV Holding Tank Maintenance
• Living in Kansas on the Way to South Dakota
• Equipping an RV – 50/50 Decisions
• Summer Trip Planning – Nebraska and South Dakota
• Triumphant Return to Missouri
• Tuscumbia Alabama and Sad News Regarding Huck
• RV Maintenance Part 2 and Our Upcoming Travel Schedule
• Mississippi Vanleigh Service Center to Alabama
• Hello from Quitman Mississippi and the Virus Thing
• Fontainebleau State Park – Mandeville Louisiana
• Lafayette Louisiana – Virus Thing
• Remember Goliad – the Other Alamo
• Outside and Truck Storage
• Rockport and Aransas Texas – Gulf Coast Visit
• We Arrived in Rockport Texas and RV Life Info
• Livingston Texas – Escapees and State Park Campgrounds
• Revised Budget for 2020
• Setting Up Domicile In Texas and Our Internet Solution
• Had Our Rig Professionally Weighed
• Little Rock Arkansas to Texarkana Texas
• Living Two Weeks With Our Water Tanks
• Branson Missouri Visit
• Water Connection and Cold Weather
• RV and Truck Maintenance – Part One
• Carthage Missouri
• Leaving the Job and Camping in Our Home State
• First Month of Fulltiming – Domicile State Selection and More
• Evolution of Emotions
• Full-Timers as of 8/22/19
• Quick Update
• Howell Michigan Camping
• House is For Sale and First Long Trip
• Family Camping Trip, July Travel Plans and More
• Life in Kansas City – D Day
• Equipping Mobile Office
• Equipping RV, Preparing Home for Sale and More
• Taking Delivery of our RV and Trip Home
• Our New Home at the Factory
• Preparing For RV Delivery
• Truck Bed Cover and Locks
• RV Ordering Process/Negotiations
• Fifth Wheel Order – We Have a Build Date
• Bought a Hitch
• Tools
• What is MSRP – New Fifth Wheel Shopping
• Planning Update – Our Final Year
• Bought a Truck
• Our Final Trailer Decision – Part Three
• Truck Shopping Update
• It’s Only Business
• Final Fifth Wheel Selection: Part 2
• Who is John Galt?
• Fifth Wheel Features: Why We Selected the Vanleigh Vilano
• Downsizing Update: Boxes and Boxes
• Trailer Selection – Boondocking With Our New Generator
• How We Meetup with Fulltimers
• Bought an Outdoor Grill and Table
• Trip to Michigan via Nashville – Visit with Fulltimers and RV Shopping
• Favorite Downsizing Tools
• You and I
• Weekend of Downsizing and Painting
• Garage Sale Success
• Downsizing – Garage Sale Preparation
• Garage Sale Preperation
• Life in Kansas City – Downsizing and Family Time
• Ram Truck Options
• Life in Kansas City – Graduations and Last Events
• Test Drive – 2018 Ford F350 Lariat
• Ford F350 Truck Options
• Downsizing – Sold Some Guns
• Financial Decisions
• 2018 Auto Show
• Buying Used vs 35% Off New MSRP
• Coffee Anyone?
• Life in Kansas City – Getting Past Another Winter
• This Was our Last RV Show?
• Budgeting Part Three- First Year Draft Expense Budget
• Budgeting Part Two – Initial Start-up Cost for Trailer and Truck
• Budgeting – Part One
• Truck Shopping
• Downsizing Efforts
• Emotional Stuff
• Preparing for Mobile Office Work
• Boondocking at Apple Butter Days
• A System to Evaluate RVs Before Buying
• Meeting Fulltimers Steve and Debbie
• Bees and BBQ
• Life in Kansas City – A Laundry List of Ideas
• Trip to Jacksonville Florida
• It’s All About the Travel – Cost to Equip a Rig
• Trip to Independence Missouri and Visit with Full-timers
• Cargo Capacity
• These Things Break – Do You Really Want to Buy One?
• Life in Kansas City – Evening Airshow
• RV Depreciation
• Family Time in Another Wonderful Missouri Park
• Updated Summary of Trailer and Truck Purchase Decisions.
• Final Truck Research
• Additional Health Care Planning
• Health Care Research – Direct Medical Care
• Health Care Planning
• Truck Research and Snow in KC
• Started Truck Research
• Life in Kansas City – Hired a Financial Planner
• Sales Chart for 2015/2016 Fifth Wheels
• Trip to Kansas and Purhased a New Popcorn Popper for the Road
• Finally Selected a Basic Floor Plan
• Life in Kansas City – Spending Time at Home
• Mail Service On the Road
• Financial Planning Update
• Aunt Tancy
• Augusta RV Factory Tour
• RV Factory Tour Planned and Visiting Family for the Holiday
• Life in Kansas City- Still no Sign of Winter and DRV Introduces Their New Aire Fifth Wheel
• Meeting With “New” Full-timers
• Tour of the New 2017 Traveler and Bighorn
• Life in Kansas City – Trip South and General Information
• Trailer Tours
• Trip to Springfield Missouri
• Life in Kansas City – Sold a Truck and Kitchen Remodeling
• Time is Flying By
• Bought an Inflatable Kayak
• Thoughts about Transition to Fulltime RV Living
• Life in Kansas City – Tearing Down Sheds and Re-Finishing Decks
• Tour of the Columbus Fifth Wheel
• Meet with Part Timers
• Visit with Family at the Local State Park
• Tour of the Heartland Big Country
• Ordered a Dumpster and Sold the Boat
• Our Day with Full-timers in Kansas City
• Trailer Tours – Big Country, Montana and Used Carriage
• Columbia Missouri and Trip to Camping World
• Life in Kansas City – Paint and Plants
• Spreadsheet Updated – Places We Want to See
• RV Research – Augusta RV’s Ambition Fifth Wheel
• Plan C – Preparing just in case our RV dream does not work out.
• Life in Kansas City – Dreaming of Hitting the Road
• Life in Kansas City – A Spring Snow Day
• Spring Arrives and the Vilano is Comparable to the NuWa Hitchhiker
• Toured the Cedar Creek Fifth Wheel
• RV Construction Methods – Solar
• Life in Kansas City – Early Spring?
• Heavier vs. Lighter Fifth Wheels
• Life in Kansas City – It’s Cold
• Closer to Selecting a Floor Plan
• Our Trailer Choices Page
• Joined Good Sam Club and Website of Interest
• One Way to Select the Nearly Perfect Rig
• Decision to Downsize to One Family Car
• Life in Kansas City – RV Show Prep
• Going Paperless – An Update as of 12/5/15
• RV Construction Methods – Tires and Wheels
• Getting Healthy and Cutting Expenses
• Life in Kansas City – Getting Ready for Winter
• Life In Kansas City – Royals Win!
• Life in Kansas City – Work Picnic and New Fifth Wheel Models
• Adamson Cabin, Mt. Vernon Missouri and Visit with Family
• RV Floor Plans – 2015
• Financial Software for Check Registers
• Website of Interest – RV Service Reviews
• RV Construction Methods – Pin Box
• Renting an RV – What we Learned
• Renting an RV – Actual Costs
• Renting an RV – Final Day of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Seven of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Six of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Five of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Four of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Three of Trip
• Renting an RV – Day Two of Trip
• Renting an RV – Part 4 – Day One of Trip
• Renting an RV – Part 3 – Costs and Justification
• Renting an RV – Part 2 – Itinerary
• Researching Dog Friendly Spots and Our Trip to the Dog Park
• Renting an RV – Part 1 – Initial Research
• Exit Strategy Research
• Home Repairs: A Contractor’s Perspective
• Rig Selection: After Purchase Service
• Looking at Floor Plans
• Website of Interest
• RV Construction Methods – Slides
• Trip Planning – Visit the Zoo
• KC Area Park Review: Smithville Lake – And Visit With Fulltimer Friends
• Long Term Storage Security
• KC Area RV Park Review: Basswood Resort
• Another Benefit of Planning to Go Fulltime in an RV
• Photo Management
• Spreadsheet Update – Places We Want to Visit
• Microsoft Windows 10 and Dogs
• RV Construction Methods – Slides
• We Will Miss Our Gardens
• Helpful Financial Calculators
• Going Paperless – An Update
• RV Construction Methods – Insulation
• New Blog Pages
• Buy a Fire Safe or Not?
• Purging – Sold Off Some Beekeeping Equipment
• Earlier Retirement or Not?
• KC Area RV Park Review: Watkins Mill State Park
• Attending the Kansas City RV Show in 2015
• Early Home Improvements
• Sold the Small Business
• RV Related Christmas Gifts – 2014
• Where We Stashed Extra Money With Interest Rates So Low
• Spreadsheet of Places We Might Visit
• Purging – Trash Day is Tuesday
• Going Paperless
• Detailed Financial Planning Considerations
• The Future of Gas vs. Diesel
• Planning Related Blogs and Resources
• Our Plan for the Local 2015 RV Show
• What Kind of Rig for Us
• Learning and Planning
• Our Financial Preperation – Part 2 – Expected Income and Expenses for Fulltiming
• Our Financial Preperation – Part 1 – Refinancing the House
• 9/10/14 – Planning Our Future in an RV Begins