We have just completed our sixth year of full-time RV life, and plan to continue this lifestyle for the foreseeable future. We still love our 2013 43’ Newmar Dutchstar Class A RV and our Ram 1500 Limited tow vehicle. RV life has many challenges, and is not for everyone. Things definitely go wrong, so you have to be flexible, and do the research to maintain and fix issues that occur. Thankfully, Mike has been up to the task, and I help however I can.
We live in our RV full-time, however, we purchased an RV lot with a coach house in South Texas in 2022, to eliminate the hassle and expense of booking a winter spot, avoid cold weather, and to have a place for family and friends to stay when they visit. We are not stationary in the winter, however, and take several trips throughout the season.
Every city, state and province that we have visited has something special to offer. We are very grateful for all the beautiful things we have seen on this amazing journey.
Here are a few facts from our 6th year of full-time RV life:
We have visited 45 states and the country of Canada. ND, TN, NC, HI, AK remain.
In the past year we visited 14 states: AZ,CO,NV,UT, NM, MO,NE,OK,KY,WV,PA,IL,OH,TX
New this year: Nevada and Kentucky
7439 miles driven in our RV this year; 54,857 in six years
10, 308 miles driven in our tow vehicle this year
We stayed in 51 campsites this year:
33 RV parks
5 County Parks
1 National Guard Training Facility
11 State parks
1 Our RV/Coach House site
Longest stay: 44 days at our RV site with Coach House
Average stay per campsite: 7 days
The pictures below are the highlights of our journey this past year
August 18, 2018
2024 Same RV, Different Tow Vehicle
Sunset at our Winter Location
South Padre Island
Elegant Trogon
Catalina State Park - AZ
Sedona, AZ UTV Ride
Million Dollar highway; Ouray, CO
Ridgway State Park, CO
Biking in Telluride, CO
Colorado Monument
Teresa Lake - Great Basin NP
