4 Years of Full-Time LIfe

Our fourth year of full-time RV life was another excellent adventure, but very different from our first three. We made a conscious decision to slow down and stay longer at most destinations, and spend more time with family. We also did not add any new states to our list, but will definitely visit the remaining nine, and Canada in the future. The most surprising thing we did this year was to buy an RV site with a coach house in South Texas. It is not something we were planning, but the opportunity was too good to pass up. One of the harder things in full time RV life had been finding a nice RV site in the winter with warm weather and nearby activities we enjoy. We are thrilled to have found a place to be in the winter where friends and family have a place to stay when they visit. We also bought a new tow vehicle; a Ram 1500 Limited, which stores our four bikes and has room for passengers; which we are really enjoying. Life is good and we are very grateful for all of our many blessings!

Here are a few facts from our 4th year of full-time RV life:

7,613 miles riven in our RV, an average of 611 miles per month

13,993 miles driven in our tow vehicle; an average of 1,166 miles per month

13 states visited: AR, CO, ID, KS, MO, MT, NE, OK, OR, SD, TX, WA, WY

We stayed in 44 campgrounds:
35 RV parks
4 State parks
1 County parks
1 National park
1 COE (Corp. of Engineers)
1 Free site (Mike’s Mom’s house)
1 Our new RV/Couch House site

Longest stay ever: 60 days at our RV site with Coach House
Average stay per campsite: 8 days

We are still very happy in our full-time RV life and plan to continue for many years to come.

The pictures below are the highlights of our journey this past year.