I am so excited! We have been planning to fulltime for several years now. We are 49 and 46 years young. We both feel blessed to be able to transition to this lifestyle so young. We start our new job with training in California in January. We will only have to work for 3 months out of every year - the rest of the year is ours to travel as we please. Pinch me quick so I know that it's real. The best part is our new job takes us to Alaska in June, July and August.
Let us know who will be joining us in 2005. We hope to see a lot of you in person real soon.

Good for you! We have been fulltiming for almost 6 years now, we started when we were both 45, and have never looked back! We earn our living on the road, have no retirement income, and we could not be happier. Enjoy every day, it's an adventure!

Congratulations! I fully intend to be among the fulltimers in the year 2005. Can't wait.

My DH and I will start F/T the end of December this year. We'll remain in the Jacksonvill, FL area until the end of May when I will retire. Then, we are off to Alaska for a few months and then, who knows?

We can't wait!

We too are hoping to be full timing and are trying for a goal of being in IMperial for March...We work on the bus everyday, but boy we can feel we are not young as we would like when night time gets here we are out!..whew! We too are in central florida and will be renting out our house until we can be sure evrything is working out ok on the road...OMG I can't wait! I have dreams of rv fairies in my head! LOL!!! work,work,work...Linda

tjwords, we'll be joining your ranks in 2005 also. We thought we would have to work another 5 years, but circumstances have offered us the opportunity to do it next summer. Wow, the thought that it is just around the corner. There's a lot to do between now and then, and we can't wait. We'll stick around the central California coast for a while due to a new granddaughter arriving, then head for the wide open spaces!

We will also be fulltime in 2005. I turned in my retirement papers on Nov 3 ... will have the retirement event about 30 Sep. We hope to be out of the rented townhouse and living in the motorhome by the end of July. ....lots of getting rid of and parceling furniture out to three kids to get done between now and July!!

Hello everyone House in on the market (After we get storm repairs ) we hope to be on the road in January or so we still have to find our truck and 5 th wheel but that I hope will be fun and easy for us .We will be leaving LAKE PLACID Florida and heading west then to Alaska..we will have to work part of the year but we are ready for the road ..This will be new to us but we can't wait have fin everyone

The wife and I will be joining the class of 05 about the last of May of 05> House is on the market kids and Sisterlaw are getting what they want then sort and big sale whats left will be donated to Disable vets boss tells me I cant keep all my tools in the 5er so will take to brothers LOL trailer is about ready just like building the rack on the back for the honda gen. and amature radio ants. and have been accepted top park host at Boyd lake State Park North of Devener Co. for the summer

I'll be there. I had hoped to be in the Class of 2004, but didn't make it. Bought TT, house is going on the market March 1st and when it sells the adventure begins! Best wishes, Kathy

Add us to the list of Fulltimers for 2005, foregoing any malfunctions in our plan. We are quite excited and have a workamping job lined up already for the spring and summer. WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO Can't wait!

We too will be in the Class of 05! Hoped for 04, but the farm and some of the horses still have not sold. Decided to try and get out of here by April 05, if things go smoothly. Have taken the farm "off the market" till after the first of the year, then going to go with another realtor, so hopefully it will sell. Although, a guy from California called the realtor we "had" and said they would be here the first two weeks of January and they would be buying the place. We'll see! I just keeping working everyday, doing something towards packing the motorhome and getting ready for our personal property sale after we get a contract...so things "may" go smoothly at that point! At least I'm not rushed...YET, that is! April will be here before we know it though. Safe travels everyone, Anne G.

Wow! There sure seems to be a lot of us for 2005. How many of you will be working at least part-time to support your new life-style? What types of jobs have you already lined up?

Anyone interested in helping to form an organized group from the responses we get here?

We could eventually meet in person at Quartzite in 2006 for our mutual first year anniversary.

What do you all think?

Wooohooo for us!!!!

Teresa & Alan

tjwords@mail.com

01 June 05, wife will have worked her last day and we're outta here.

No working, part or full-time, unless she decides to take some/any/a consult gig(s)...that decision is still in the future.

As to Q, well...I don't believe I ever care to plan that far in advance, ever again!

Larry and Phyllis Morgan will begin shortly.
My retirement becomes official December 31, but I have enough vacation to head toward Livingston on December 5.

We have been living in our TT for months, but without the freedom to roam.

Larry and Phyllis Morgan
26' Jayco TT
"The Bat" 99 Ram Diesel with Banks Brake & Booster
Roscoe and Harpo