Well, the time has finally arrived! Retirement is imminent!
We have been talking, planning and downsizing for years now and we finally made the leap to a Class A Motorhome on September 12th! After much shopping and pricing and comparing notes with those who live the RV lifestyle we decided on a 35 foot Coachmen Mirada. It is lovely. Not too pricey, but very comfortable. I had a washer and dryer installed for convenience sake, and everything else about the unit was exactly what we had been shopping for at a very reasonable price.
We moved the Coach onto a lot in Layton, Utah about three weeks ago, and moved in. We are taking the next month to learn all we can before hitting the road on December 10th for Gulf Shores, Alabama. I was hoping we were leaving early enough to beat the snow and cold. However, the weather has decided to skip Fall and go directly to Winter! We had snow yesterday (October 27th) and are expecting more tomorrow. In the Seven years we have been here, it has never snowed that early. The scariest part is it is supposed to be SEVEN degrees tomorrow morning. I am NOT a cold weather person.
So far, the hardest part of the downsizing to an RV has been the clothing purge! There really is a lot of room, but I had become too much of a clothes/shoes horse. I managed after much careful planning to get that part under control. I have decided that storing the opposite season clothes under the RV in the storage area is the answer. So far, we have been sitting still and learning how the various holding tanks work. We are hooked up to permanent stations now, but when we leave we will have to be sure how to manage pump stations.
Our only error so far was a day when I did three loads of clothes and we both took a shower. OOPS
Found out the hard way that when the Gray Water tank is FULL it all comes back up into the unit! Yikes. No damage. Just a few scary moments with hubby screaming F words! Won't do that again.
We have done quite a bit of reading and planning about our upcoming trip from Layton, Utah to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I have carefully planned the route and our anticipated stops along the way have all been reserved. We will be stopping in Albuquerque, New Mexico first. Then we will be off for Weatherford/Fort Worth area and on to Askews Landing near Jackson,Mississippi before our final destination for the Winter in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
It is my hope you will follow us on our new Retirement Adventure as we explore our new lifestyle and our beautiful Country. I will make sure there are lots of pictures and good information. I plan to learn from others who are also embarking on this Freestyle kind of living. Looking forward to comments from my readers!
All for now.
Linda
We have been talking, planning and downsizing for years now and we finally made the leap to a Class A Motorhome on September 12th! After much shopping and pricing and comparing notes with those who live the RV lifestyle we decided on a 35 foot Coachmen Mirada. It is lovely. Not too pricey, but very comfortable. I had a washer and dryer installed for convenience sake, and everything else about the unit was exactly what we had been shopping for at a very reasonable price.
We moved the Coach onto a lot in Layton, Utah about three weeks ago, and moved in. We are taking the next month to learn all we can before hitting the road on December 10th for Gulf Shores, Alabama. I was hoping we were leaving early enough to beat the snow and cold. However, the weather has decided to skip Fall and go directly to Winter! We had snow yesterday (October 27th) and are expecting more tomorrow. In the Seven years we have been here, it has never snowed that early. The scariest part is it is supposed to be SEVEN degrees tomorrow morning. I am NOT a cold weather person.
So far, the hardest part of the downsizing to an RV has been the clothing purge! There really is a lot of room, but I had become too much of a clothes/shoes horse. I managed after much careful planning to get that part under control. I have decided that storing the opposite season clothes under the RV in the storage area is the answer. So far, we have been sitting still and learning how the various holding tanks work. We are hooked up to permanent stations now, but when we leave we will have to be sure how to manage pump stations.
Our only error so far was a day when I did three loads of clothes and we both took a shower. OOPS
Found out the hard way that when the Gray Water tank is FULL it all comes back up into the unit! Yikes. No damage. Just a few scary moments with hubby screaming F words! Won't do that again.
We have done quite a bit of reading and planning about our upcoming trip from Layton, Utah to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I have carefully planned the route and our anticipated stops along the way have all been reserved. We will be stopping in Albuquerque, New Mexico first. Then we will be off for Weatherford/Fort Worth area and on to Askews Landing near Jackson,Mississippi before our final destination for the Winter in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
It is my hope you will follow us on our new Retirement Adventure as we explore our new lifestyle and our beautiful Country. I will make sure there are lots of pictures and good information. I plan to learn from others who are also embarking on this Freestyle kind of living. Looking forward to comments from my readers!
All for now.
Linda
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