Who here would consider life in an RV?

[woodsprite]

178. In a heartbeat! That's what my husband and I intend to do.

We are eligible to retire now, but with 2 kids (one going into college in 2 yrs, one with one year of college left), we realistically will look at retirement in 12-15 years.

I think rather than doing it full-time 365 days a year, we'll be keeping our house (should be paid off by then). We already have a fifth wheel, we'd only need a new truck to tow it with and we'll do 5-6 months travel, and the rest at home. Our current one is 35' w/ a bunkhouse. If it's just us, we wouldn't need the bunkhouse, so we could upgrade to one where the bathroom is on the same level as the bedroom, and go down to a 28'-30' length.

We love the area near Siesta Key, but spent two weeks down there this Christmas and were surprised the beaches were just like a crowded weekend at Rehoboth Beach in DE. In the summer, you can walk a beach for quite awhile before you see a dozen or more people. We've always done summer in the past, even over 4th of July, and were really surprised at the difference. My inlaws live in Rotonda West. It's a very nice area as well, has some great campgrounds.