Tuesday, May 11, 2004
The Future is Wide Open
My s/o, Mark, and I are planning a major life change this year. We are selling most of our belongings and moving into a 25' motorhome full time! I wanted to have this blog as a way to document the processes we go as well as to follow our adventures after moving out of our stick-n-brick home.
Mark and I both work in the heavy equipment operating field as members of Union Local 18 here in Southern Ohio. We generally don't work during the cold, wet winter and spring months. A few years ago it occured to us that if we owned an RV we would be able to pack up and leave this place after the work season ended and not return until late spring every year.
At first, we didn't think beyond living in the RV temporarily as we traveled; much like retired people who are referred to as "snowbirds". Then it occured to us that we could actually move into the RV fulltime; give up the house and all the "stuff" and live in a local campground here when we returned to work during the summer and fall. And who knows? We might find someplace during our travels that we like just as well and won't want to return here every year. As the song says, "The future is wide open"!
We have begun the process of selling off some of our belongings; mostly things from the attic and books, old jewelry, things we will no longer need during the remaining few months of being "house-bound".
The remodel on the RV is nearly complete. We still need to install some new wood trim around the doors and a few of the cabinets. And we want to install a larger fridge and a new awning. But some of those bigger items will have to wait until we are back at work and bringing in the weekly checks again. Work is slow going back this year, and that is starting to bother us...we hadn't figured on less than a full work season and may have to re-evaluate our plan if we dont' get calls from the Union soon. We could be workcamping somewhere instead of sitting here spending our savings while we wait on a phone call!
Mark and I both work in the heavy equipment operating field as members of Union Local 18 here in Southern Ohio. We generally don't work during the cold, wet winter and spring months. A few years ago it occured to us that if we owned an RV we would be able to pack up and leave this place after the work season ended and not return until late spring every year.
At first, we didn't think beyond living in the RV temporarily as we traveled; much like retired people who are referred to as "snowbirds". Then it occured to us that we could actually move into the RV fulltime; give up the house and all the "stuff" and live in a local campground here when we returned to work during the summer and fall. And who knows? We might find someplace during our travels that we like just as well and won't want to return here every year. As the song says, "The future is wide open"!
We have begun the process of selling off some of our belongings; mostly things from the attic and books, old jewelry, things we will no longer need during the remaining few months of being "house-bound".
The remodel on the RV is nearly complete. We still need to install some new wood trim around the doors and a few of the cabinets. And we want to install a larger fridge and a new awning. But some of those bigger items will have to wait until we are back at work and bringing in the weekly checks again. Work is slow going back this year, and that is starting to bother us...we hadn't figured on less than a full work season and may have to re-evaluate our plan if we dont' get calls from the Union soon. We could be workcamping somewhere instead of sitting here spending our savings while we wait on a phone call!
