Living our dream.
Pat and I have been working toward retirement and the interests we wanted to pursue for several years prior to retiring. My dad, Joe, has been living the RV lifestyle now for 18 years and is staying young doing it. Since Pat and I both love to travel and have a desire to see what this wonderful country of ours looks like, we decided to follow in his footsteps.
About three years ago, Pat and I purchased our first RV, a 2005 leftover new Alfa Toyhouse fifth wheel trailer. Decided since we were going to live in it full time, we wanted a big one. This unit was 40 feet long and 13 feet tall, weighing in at 18000 lbs. loaded. Then knowing our new "HOW" (house on wheels) we had to buy a BIG pickup truck to pull it. Researching the products out there, we decided on a F350 Ford, diesel, duly, long bed with the tow package. It was the right choice, we made several trips to north Georgia while taking vacations from work. The Alfa pulled great, and we were able to see if this would be the way we would spend our retirement years.
We both love riding on two wheels also, and figured this was a wonderful way to travel the back roads and really see the country. Sure beats traveling fast on the interstates. We would retire and travel the smaller highways at lower speeds, only do 200 miles or less each day, my dad's suggestion, stop in the smaller towns and meet the "Locals". I was an over-the-road truck driver in years past and felt like I was missing a whole lot, not really seeing the country from interstate highways at 60+ MPH.
We were loading our 1997 Honda Goldwing motorcycle in the back of the toyhouse and camping in the mountains of Georgia. We would ride the "Wing" on day trips from camp and really get to see and smell what all the back roads had to offer. We feel you really get to see so much more while on a motorcycle instead of inside an automobile.
Pat and I have been working toward retirement and the interests we wanted to pursue for several years prior to retiring. My dad, Joe, has been living the RV lifestyle now for 18 years and is staying young doing it. Since Pat and I both love to travel and have a desire to see what this wonderful country of ours looks like, we decided to follow in his footsteps.
About three years ago, Pat and I purchased our first RV, a 2005 leftover new Alfa Toyhouse fifth wheel trailer. Decided since we were going to live in it full time, we wanted a big one. This unit was 40 feet long and 13 feet tall, weighing in at 18000 lbs. loaded. Then knowing our new "HOW" (house on wheels) we had to buy a BIG pickup truck to pull it. Researching the products out there, we decided on a F350 Ford, diesel, duly, long bed with the tow package. It was the right choice, we made several trips to north Georgia while taking vacations from work. The Alfa pulled great, and we were able to see if this would be the way we would spend our retirement years.
We both love riding on two wheels also, and figured this was a wonderful way to travel the back roads and really see the country. Sure beats traveling fast on the interstates. We would retire and travel the smaller highways at lower speeds, only do 200 miles or less each day, my dad's suggestion, stop in the smaller towns and meet the "Locals". I was an over-the-road truck driver in years past and felt like I was missing a whole lot, not really seeing the country from interstate highways at 60+ MPH.
We were loading our 1997 Honda Goldwing motorcycle in the back of the toyhouse and camping in the mountains of Georgia. We would ride the "Wing" on day trips from camp and really get to see and smell what all the back roads had to offer. We feel you really get to see so much more while on a motorcycle instead of inside an automobile.
We moved out of our house and into the trailer, living in it full time was our goal after all. Figured if we found this was to drastic a move we would still have the house to move back into. But, knowing that we both loved being in the woods and more less away from it all, I kind of knew we would not be needing the house anymore. I was very happy to see we fell in love with the new lifestyle and decided to sell the house. We were hooked, big time.
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