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07-30-2013, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 132
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Back to the RV lifestyle...
When my wife and I sold our last RV in 2008 I thought that was end and never to be a part of the RV scene again. We decided to enter back into the RV community recently and are thrilled to be back as weekend RVer's. We are headed out this weekend and can't wait! What havei missed? Good to be back in with our Newmar Scottsdale 2005 addition.
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07-30-2013, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 1,202
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Welcome Back, enjoy your trip.
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Jim and Lynda, (Sophie, Jake, attack trained killer Shi-Tzus :-))
2003 Fleetwood Expedition 38N 2005 Saturn Vue
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07-30-2013, 11:15 PM
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Community Administrator
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Marquette, Michigan "Da UP" & Lehigh Acres Fl
Posts: 21,238
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John & Cathy R.
06 Pace Arrow 38L Workhorse W24
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07-30-2013, 11:34 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: In a lawnchair
Posts: 11,978
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Howdy and welcome! 
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 .2012 Fleetwood Bounder 33C
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07-31-2013, 02:56 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NH
Posts: 5,099
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 from NH.
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Bruce & Nancy
FMCA F280542
2004 Bounder 35E
US Navy Vet.
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07-31-2013, 05:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 132
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Thx one and all!
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07-31-2013, 07:25 AM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Ocala, Florida
Posts: 6,295
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 Welcome and glad to meet you!
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FMCA #F431170, GS #822128658, Escapees SKP #112655
2012 Airstream Mercedes Interstate Class B
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07-31-2013, 10:03 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 42,887
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Hi folks! Welcome to IRV2 and welcome back to the RV lifestyle! We're sure glad you decided to join the bunch here! 
Enjoy your trip this weekend. Keep it between the ditches!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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07-31-2013, 10:37 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Fair Play, SC
Posts: 986
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Howdy from NYC and SC and welcome back! We did the same thing. Sold our pop-up way back in the mid 1990's and went the vacation home route. Back in 2010 we both got the bug again and bought an r-pod travel trailer. That lasted one trip when we decided we needed bigger. Another TT later we bought the MH we have now and never looked back again!
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Richie, Rose and our Australian Terrier Harley
2004 Bounder 35R, 2012 ACME EZtow,2012 Kia Rio Hatchback
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07-31-2013, 06:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 132
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Thx again and hope to see you on the road!
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07-31-2013, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
Posts: 2,643
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We had a similar experience, but ours was financially driven. We bought an '85 Class C to see whether we liked the RV lifestyle. We did, but that rig was such a piece of junk, it cost us too much. We figured that two seasons of camping, maybe 5 times each season, cost about $450 a night.
We had the dreaded Ford 460 manifold distortion problem ($1400 fix) and major problem with the brakes ($800 fix) plus we really hated the corner bed configuration and the two pedestal tables. You put chromed steel tubes into unprotected holes in a plywood floor and they wobble.
It had the humongous anti-smog set-up that went with a carburator-equipped engine then, and we only got 6 mpg at sea level and about 4.5 at altitude (and there's a lot of altitude around here wherever you go).
We waited about 6 years while we rebuilt our finances, then bought our present rig three years ago in a private sale, advertised in our local newspaper. We're happy to be back in the "game", but aren't sure how long we can stay in. Costs have gone much higher than our previous adventure (gas was only $1.75 a gallon then) and on a retiree/Soc-Sec/ company pension, it's tough to keep going.
Maybe another two seasons, then we'll re-evaluate. We'll both be in our 70's by then, with me 3 years ahead of DW.
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Frank Damp -Anacortes, WA,(DW- Eileen)
ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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08-01-2013, 12:51 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7,462
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US Navy Vet, Liberty Tree Member of Oath Keepers, NRA & VFW Life Member, Alaska EMT.
2009 Safari Cheetah 40 SKQ
2009 Winnebago Chalet 231CR
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08-02-2013, 06:29 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 741
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Hope you have many relaxing and enjoyable weekends. Glad you are back in the saddle.
Blessings.
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2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP Towing 2013 Ford Flex
using Blue Ox Alladin Towbar & Air Force One Braking System
Follow us on jitrekking.com
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08-02-2013, 06:44 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 12
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Welcome back
We also sold our 31' 5th wheel & traded our Dodge diesel dually for a SUV in 2008 thinking we was done RV'ing. Not enjoying the motel route or staying with family when we traveled so in May 2010 we bought "The Little One". It is a Rockwood Minni Lite 1809S a 1/2 ton towable.
Have been very happy with this setup - even spent 11 weeks in AZ this past winter.
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2011 FR Rockwood Mini Lite 1809S
2004 Extended Cab HD Chevy 1500 4X4
# of days already spent in "The Little One"2013 78
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