12-30-2014, 07:57 PM
Georgia and I sold our home of 16 years, retired and began fulltiming in 2000. I absolutely loved it!!! Georgia enjoyed it but missed having a sticks and bricks home. We lived the full time lifestyle for 10-1/2 years. When it ended, for Georgia, it was a return to normalcy. For me, it was the end of a dream.
Now with a home to worry about and maintain, we rarely travel in our coach, only a few weeks a year. Georgia would like to travel more but I fight with the issues of leaving the home unattended and the effort to pack and unpack the coach (tools, computers, clothes, food) each time. We have been fortunate enough to find friends to house sit while we have been gone to relieve my concerns but my enjoyment of the travel is now tainted with the loss of the freedom I felt when we lived in our coach full time, had no other property to worry about and truly experienced 'home is where you park it' 365 days a year.
I have lost the feeling of being at home when traveling that I enjoyed so much for 10+ years, now replaced with concern over a potential water leak in the house or yard, a power outage ruining the food in the refrigerator, the HVAC system going out during very hot or cold weather, or any of dozens of other things that can and have happened to a home, must less one not being looked after daily.
Your mileage will vary but I have lived the fulltime dream and would not have traded the experience.
Now with a home to worry about and maintain, we rarely travel in our coach, only a few weeks a year. Georgia would like to travel more but I fight with the issues of leaving the home unattended and the effort to pack and unpack the coach (tools, computers, clothes, food) each time. We have been fortunate enough to find friends to house sit while we have been gone to relieve my concerns but my enjoyment of the travel is now tainted with the loss of the freedom I felt when we lived in our coach full time, had no other property to worry about and truly experienced 'home is where you park it' 365 days a year.
I have lost the feeling of being at home when traveling that I enjoyed so much for 10+ years, now replaced with concern over a potential water leak in the house or yard, a power outage ruining the food in the refrigerator, the HVAC system going out during very hot or cold weather, or any of dozens of other things that can and have happened to a home, must less one not being looked after daily.
Your mileage will vary but I have lived the fulltime dream and would not have traded the experience.