Nancy, I actually joined the 2012 class, however 2016 may be more realistic for us. DH is planning on retirement when he is 65 as we need his Medicare coverage for insurance for him. We just got our 2011 Grand Junction 5ver and 2002 Dodge Ram HD with tow package. We need to get the hitch but since we are already set up for a gooseneck we are going with a companion hitch. We are on the fence with what to do with our house and 4 acres. We offered it to both kids and neither are jumping on. So we are considering just renting it out. We really hate to give up the property and the selling market is in the dumper! When we first decided to go full time I was thinking this was great. Then started working on the house and just got overwhelmed with leaving everything. Still have pains, like this morning about 4 am, woke up to the coyotes howling and yodeling which have always brought me comfort during the night. But then I start working on our Bucket List of places we want to go and see and I get excited about seeing new places. We are going back to Michigan to visit family in about 2 weeks and really wish we could take the RV but alas we will not have a hitch by then. Besides we still need to learn how to drive the beast, as neither of us has done this. LOL Now that's going to be an adventure! Both our kids are married with families, only my daughter lives nearby, but I am tired of fighting with their inlaws for time around the holidays and adding to their stress so we decided we would start doing our own thing. I will miss my 4 year grandson, he is my doll. He says that just he and I will live in the RV! I certainly could see taking him on a couple of trips with us in the summer. He really makes me laugh.
My DH keeps asking me when I am going to start loading the RV, I have no idea where to begin. We have to get new sheets due to having a king bed in the RV and we have a queen in the house. I have plenty of towels, blankets that type of thing. We used to tent camp when the kids were little so I am tracking down all that stuff to see if there is anything I can use. I certainly know what you mean about giving up the house and will be soon myself. Please feel free to vent with me and maybe we can get through this together.
