# 5 GOLDEN YEARS

Golden Years.

Many of you NOW know of our plans to travel indefinitely to see this great country by RV.

We appreciate all the positive comments and well wishes we have received.

One of the sad parts of our journey will be that my parents are no longer around to enjoy living vicariously through us, as on previous camping trips we would take, and the joy we would have sharing our stories with them.

My Mother is one of our biggest inspirations for taking this next step in our lives. She and my Father were both hard workers all their lives, and my mother the “accountant” of the family, knowing where every dollar was going in the household. There plans to save money and enjoy their “Golden Years” were cut short by the many illnesses my Mother endured, starting in her mid 60’s, until she lost her battle in 2005, at a way too early age of 76, leaving my Dad with a broken heart.

So for those of you who may think we are making a “crazy” decision at a “way too early age”,

We can only say that we want to “live” our lives now while we are healthy enough to do so.

As these may be our “Golden Years”. 

Hope this inspires you to LIVE your life!

Thanks for stopping by!

#4 Officially retired! (well sort of)

Yes it's true, I am officially retired, and loving it! Well the sort of part is that I know I will have to go back to work some time in the future( part time), unless I find that tree.... you know the one my Dad and Mom used to say it didn't grow on!LoL.

So now I have the time I need to focus on all the things I was trying to get done after getting home exhausted from standing 10 + hours a day at work, or during the weekend when I was in need of catching up on rest from the work week. My wife Margie is still working (bless her heart) so that we may continue to save $ as we are determined to be on the road fulltime by the fall or sooner( minus 12 degrees was just too cold for us this year).

 

We just need to get rid of all the items (many on Craigslist already) that have been holding us back from our "adventure of a lifetime".

I have been upgrading some things in our motorhome for the past few months, such as converting most all of the interior lights to LED's that draw much less wattage from the batteries for when we will be "Boondocking"(Free camping/ Dry camping/ no hookups). I have been looking into some solar panels to mount on the roof for recharging the batteries too, New Oxygenics shower head (http://www.oxygenics.com/shower_heads/bodyspa-hh-w-sp-kit/) to conserve water for the same reason. I also replaced the front suspension air bags that were leaking, rebuild the carburetor with updated seals that can hold up to the new gasoline additives (alcohol), new tires for the front wheels, ( rear to come). Now for a tune up on the generator, new circuit board for the fridge that is now only working on AC and maybe propane and not 12 volt as it should also.

So this is just a little update for everyone, and maybe a shocker for some friends and family (the retired part).
I have decided to post a link to this on my Facebook account for some of my friends and family that are not fully aware of our intentions of fulltiming and /or do not know of "Our Imperial RVing Adventure" blog, which I noticed today it has been almost one year since I started this blog!
To many of our friends and family who are worried that we are "leaving them forever", this just isn't so, we will always be just a phone call away and some of the time even closer, just with the freedom to travel where we want to be, like in a warmer climate this time of year.We love you all!

We are hoping this blog will inspire you to start your own journey to freedom.

Feel free to comment, but please keep it positive!

Some people are sayers and some people are doers, which are you?

Thanks for stopping by!

#3 Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family. We're getting there, still getting rid of all the 20 years of accumulated "stuff". Hope to be in warm weather this time next year. Working on the dream!

#2 UPDATE!

So I know it’s been a while since the last post, but we have been keeping busy working on our dream of Fulltiming in our Holiday Rambler Imperial. To let you know what’s going on, we have been sorting through 20+ years of accumulated items.

We made several trips to the local Salvation Army store and donated lots of clothes, shoes, VHS tapes, etc. if you remember what those are, lol.

I sold my table saw that my father gave to me before he passed away. It was bitter sweet parting with it, but it was to a friend who I know will be putting it to good use, and for a reasonable price, the extra money will help us to get closer to our dream.

We have so many things to sell, donate and just plain throw away that it is overwhelming at times, but we are driven to get this done. We were hoping to be on the road before winter but with all to be done it looks as if we may be spending another winter here in the north east (New Jersey) UGH!.

 The snowy winters here are also a motivating factor. I’m certain I will be regretting not having getting more done come the first snowfall when I have to break out the snow shovel.

 Looking forward to sunny days, year round warmer climates, less stress, and a new beginning to life!

I will try to make the posts more frequent from here on so please check back to see our progress. Feel free to comment, please keep it positive.

Thanks for checking in, till next time!

#1 Here we go to the fulltime rving lifestysle!

Here we are sitting at our dinner table, my wife and I have decided to get serious and change the way we are living our lives. Our children are grown and the nest is empty, so before we fly over the coo coo's nest we are hitting the road!
 The challenge now is to figure out how we are ever going to get rid of all the items we have acquired over the past two decades, in order to pursue our dream of fulltiming. We have a lot of work ahead of us, our plans are to sell on Craigslist, give away as many items to friends and family, donate to Goodwill, and do as many yard sales as possible when the weather warms up here in the northeast. So we hope you will join us on our adventure and check back with us offten to see the progress we are making to our commitment to freedom. Thanks for stopping by.