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09-04-2012, 12:11 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
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New Members, Alaskans
I have been an avid reader for many years but this Friday we retire so in celebration we joined! We are on our second motorhome and searching for a third. I have stuck with Allegro for the first two, a gas and a diesel, 36 and 33 foot and have a few favorites...ok a lot of favorites. I think a Newmar is out front right now but who knows when the time comes and all the stars align and Alaska shares it's Northern Lights on a moonless night.
We are based in Big Lake Alaska and I worked the oil fields and then the local telephone company where they are really ticked that we are able to retire early and 'roam'!
My wife and I were both born in Alaska so we like to roam South and seek warmer winters. My Dad was a diesel mechanic and I am NOT but I am on my second diesel suburban, diesel Bug and front end diesel motorhome...next I graduate to a rear end diesel or maybe that mid ship Spartan...used...always used, can't afford new iron!
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1990 Tiffin Allegro Cummins 19+ MPG No slides 88K
2006 VW New Beetle TDI 45+ MPG TOAD
And..why do I want a new motorhome? 
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09-04-2012, 12:22 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: In a lawnchair
Posts: 11,993
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Well howdy and welcome!  Congrats on your retirement! Have fun.
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09-04-2012, 02:43 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 7,469
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Hi and  from a sloper
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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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09-04-2012, 05:30 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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Bruce & Nancy
FMCA F280542
2004 Bounder 35E
US Navy Vet.
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09-04-2012, 08:32 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 55,536
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Welcome to IRV2! We're really glad you decided to join the bunch here! Congrats on the retirement! Good luck, have fun, 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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09-04-2012, 08:42 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Southwest
Posts: 1,549
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Congrats on your retirement from two other Alaskans - we're just displaced and living in Colorado now, after decades in the Greatland. Enjoy!
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Joe and Debbie, Emma the Aussie Cattle Dog who adopted us
2012 Discovery 36J, Blue Ox and Air Force One, 2010 GMC Acadia Toad
USAF (Ret) WDØM https://wd0m.com
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09-04-2012, 09:59 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Posts: 5,173
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Hi, welcome to the forum.
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Travel well, travel safe,
Jim
2006 Tiffin Phaeton - 2011 Cadillac SRX
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09-04-2012, 10:32 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: South Mississippi
Posts: 125
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Alaskans  I'm jealous. We've vacationed there twice and I loved each day there and cherish each memory. It is a dream of mine to go back there with the MH....Maybe when DH retires.... 
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Swansonia
2013 Tiffin Allegro RED 38QRA
"So many campgrounds,so little time"
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09-05-2012, 05:10 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,701
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Welcome aboard and congratulations on the retirement. Hope you enjoy the site and all yur future travels. Be safe and Happy Motoring!!!! 
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Steve & Sally / Hudson Our Little Pom / Heidi, Houston & HiTee Forever in our Hearts
04 NEWMAR MACA 3778 W22 / 05 PT Vert
Michigan (Summer) Michigan (Winter For Now)
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09-05-2012, 05:45 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,027
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mufasa:
G'morning from Rapid City, South Dakota and a GREAT BIG WELCOME to the iRV2 bunch.
We (wife and I) too have visited your beautiful state and like others, sure want to return someday. What a wonderful place to live !! Although,..... it seems the older we get the more attractive those warm climates are so winter now-a-days will find us somewhere down South (Florida, Texas, or Arizona). We live full time in our Newmar rig along with 3 cats and sure enjoy this lifestyle.
Hope to run into you guys somewhere down the road, and, again,....WELCOME.
Steve & Lynette
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2014 Newmar 3103 BAYSTAR/Triton V10 w. Banks/05 Honda Element toad
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09-06-2012, 01:27 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 3
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Thank you all for the nice welcomes!
Thanks for the warm welcomes! Two more days to retire-the excitement is building and I AM going to put my motorhome up for sale. The research and hunt is on for the new one with a little more power, room and 'stuff'! My wife is more excited about it than I have seen her in a long time! :-) Makes me HAPPY!
Happy motoring to all, it is great hearing all the opinions on brands, motors, tag axles and all the other choices-Great site. I am sure when the time is right we will find our next coach for the next phase of our life! You guys have a lot of fun!
Gary and Janice
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1990 Tiffin Allegro Cummins 19+ MPG No slides 88K
2006 VW New Beetle TDI 45+ MPG TOAD
And..why do I want a new motorhome?
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