Have you ever thought about buying a motor home and touring each state?

Question

For a year or more?

Answer 1

I told my kids that I am buying a motor home and splitting up the year so each child could take care of me. They really think that I am joking.

Answer 2

My idea would be a small van big enough to sleep in if in a remote area, enough room for snacks and a few clothes, you can wash all over the place---a fishing pole, a good camera, a sense of humor and a good map and navigator. The money I would spend on a motor home can be used for a nice hotel room with a big shower, clean towels and a wonderful restaurant near by and I am not washing the dishes or cleaning up messes in cramped quarters and calling in a vacation. I have seen many areas that are just not wide enough to accomodate a big motor home--as in roads~!! It is not much fun traversing the roadways now--it is hurry up and run and being pummeled by huge trucks by the hundreds.
Drive stay at a motel and enjoy it you will still return money ahead.

Answer 3

We did this about 5 years ago...We sold our little cabin in the woods, bought a 26 foot Class C motor home and planned to live in it and do "work camper" stuff at various campgrounds for additional income. We did this for about 9months and threw in the towel. I'm glad we did it but I sure would do it differently the next time. We really had done a whole lot of research before we started out but the one thing that we just didn't realize is how often these things break down (even the new ones.) Anything that can go wrong in your house can and probably will go wrong with the motor home....also, anything that can go wrong with your car can/and probably will go wrong with your motorhome. These things are great if you are basically going from point A to point B but if you plan one really driving around in them to see in country they can be a real headache. The best thing I took from the whole experience was that mechanics are basically good people that really try to help you. I've met mechanics in most states east of the Miss. and they all treated us great....but I just can't tell you how many times I've laid underneath this X!X#@!# motorhome in a Walmart parking lot....I can laugh about it now but at the time it was soooooo frustrating...

Answer 4

All the time, except substitute each and every Canadian province for each State.

I would just LOVE to do this!

My parents did this in some small way once my father had "truly retired" at 75. But they were only gone for the summers.

I would like to KNOW what an Arctic winter looks and feels like.

I would like to see the massive seal migrations on the east coast, when all the new pups are born and raised (and no seal hunting going on please--I think that is an absolutely BARBARIC practise!--I don't care that they eat the fish the human world thinks they need for themselves. I am of the opinion that humans should leave the wild fish to the wild creatures of the ocean that NEED THESE for their own survival. We can ALWAYS farm ours!)

To watch the Calgary Stampede for once in my life.

To watch those massive combines harvesting the wheat and other crops in the flatlands of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

To visit all the fresh lakes and rivers that are located all across Canada--don't you think it would be a good resolution--to want to take a dip in each and every lake from coast to coast? What a wonderful journey that will entail!

Answer 5

Yes - I think that would be great. I have a cousin who did that with her husband several years ago. And they're still doing it. What they plan on is where they want to go next. They spend 6 months to a year in one place, actually working at the RV campground. That gives them the income they need to keep going. They joined some RV network, so they can usually get work wherever they want to go.

Answer 6

No, why spend a lot of money to live in a cramped space, kind of like living in a motel room on wheels. Plus gas cost too much. And there are a lot of places you can't go with a motorhome, that you can with a car. Plus you have to go the speed limit, and you will always have people behind you beeping their horns, for you to get out of the way so they can pass.

Answer 7

My husband is a construction worker (welder). We didn't have to retire (still aren't) to travel. We have been to a lot of places over the years. We would go to a job and stay for several months then move on. It was fun but we were away from the kids/ grandchildren too much.

Answer 8

I'd settle for a tent at this point & do just that-tour for the rest of my un-natural life.
So many places to see, so many people to pi@# off.
Took your advice about ARC. Seems I might have a good chance at that.
Now that would be putting a few birds in the same basket.

Answer 9

I live in a town that has a major Cal.
highway thru it and is one of 2 major
N./S. routes thru Cal. I see a lot of
fantastically beaufitul motorcoaches and beautiful 5th wheels and vacation
trailers to die for.
Whatever I'm doing. I stop and look longingly. That was supposed to be me. I remind the Lord every time, "that
is supposed to be me in that trailer."
So I just stay here and watch as
they drive thru. But do I feel bad?
You bet your sweet bippy I do!!!!

Answer 10

That would be so awesome to do, and yes I have thought about it. I live in USA and I would love to travel to every state and learn more about the land I live on. The states I have been to so far all have something special about them.