Ray,IN Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 16 hours ago, Jaydrvr said: We use Life 360 to track our family members, or at least those of us that want to be tracked. It allows us to know when someone will arrive, or where the "Ancients" are today on their travels. Jay I seem to remember the HDT members used the location website I mentioned, that was perhaps 10-12 years ago. Quote 2000 Winnebago Ultimate Freedom USQ40JD, ISC 8.3 Cummins 350, Spartan MM Chassis. USA IN 1SG retired;Good Sam Life member,FMCA ." And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy 20 Jan 1961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo18 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I am a 77-year-old woman and have been divorced for about 35 years. It was hard at first to be alone, but you do get used to it, and in fact, i really prefer it now because I make all my own decisions. I even teach half-time online, which gives me something to do although I am thinking of cutting back on that so I have more time for reading. I have satellite TV, and a couple of WIFI hot spots so I keep in touch with friends and family, and really I am not lonely. I retired at age 69, bought a 32' motorhome, sold my condo and most belongings, and took off. I have drive 153,000 miles and am still on the road, moving about every week or two. Physically, a few things are getting a little harder, but I am hoping to keep doing this for at least another few years. Had a friend who quit at age 89, so there is hope. Frankly, being short and not being mechanically handy is more of a handicap than my age. If you did not already have a truck, I would say that you are better off with a medium-sized motorhome. Motorhomes without towing are easier to handle and set up as you get older. When I started out 9 years ago, my younger son said I would die in a fiery crash before I made it 200 miles down the interstate. I told him I could also sit in my living room and watch TV for 20 years and die in my recliner. At least in traveling, I would have tried and done something. And I have made it a LOT farther than 200 miles and am still kicking and still enjoying life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamMedevac 70 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) Congratulations to you Solo18 for being an inspiration to all. Be careful of falls as our bones break easily in our golden years. Happy Statin user. https://www.facebook.com/Pilot-Bill-Perkins-Exotic-Living-And-Travels-in-Far-East-and-SE-Asia-1425108021122523 Edited March 12, 2021 by NamMedevac 70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Thoughts for Texsinbad, If you are new to this RV traveling I would think it best to try it out for a while as cheaply as you can get into it. Maybe for a year or so. You can always up grade. Many people find that it is not for them. Others love it. Motorhomes and RVs are expensive but do not retain there value. So buying new and selling a year later is a an expensive lesson. So sorry for your loss of wife and the timing. I wish you the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderfulgypsy Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Bit late to the party.....but. I was 40 when I got my BSW (took 20 yrs to find out what I wanted to be when I grew up)- well kinda. Took Motorcycle lessons at 60, some people suggest I might be to old. My response was, I can't do it any younger! For 40+ year I asked friends spouse/s to go with me on a float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. A couple of years ago I sad f#*(( &*, all and went alone. OMG, life changing! Now a couple of years a later I found something I want to more than work at a place enjoyed doing a job I loved. I want to see the USA and hopefully parts of Canada. I want to stop at a crossroads and flip a coin as to what road I take. To take detours and not have to be anywhere besides were I am. See, go to, do things "I" want to do. When and where I want to do them. I don't care how old I am, I couldn't do it any younger!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 26 minutes ago, wanderfulgypsy said: I don't care how old I am, I couldn't do it any younger!!!! Excellent attitude! Linda Sand Quote Blog: http://sandcastle.sandsys.org/ Former Rigs: Liesure Travel van, Winnebago View 24H, Winnebago Journey 34Y, Sportsmobile Sprinter conversion van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsydan Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 I want to thank GaryCQ, for starting this thread. I just found it thread and find it very enlightening. I got divorced (for the 2nd time) at 63 (2004), traveled for 2 years .... lost, no longer having "that" person around rescuing me. Then I bought a mobile home in Tucson and started going to every group in town, discovering how to come out of being introverted. In 2008 I went to Peru for a 5 weeks, by myself. On the first night I got stuck in the Lima airport, as the airline to Iquitos had a strike and were not flying. At 1am in morning a movie star, a director, and 2 others came in on a flight, also going to Iquitos, so they were also stuck. They invited me to go to a hotel with them., We spent the next 3 days seeing Lima, until the airline went off strike. We flew to Iquitos to the same conference. After 2 weeks I left and for the several weeks traveled to Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicca, Araquipa, Lima, then home. A very freeing adventure, as I could go where I wanted, when I wanted, how I wanted - challenging my fears. My point: I discovered, because of that trip, how my life had been guided by what others thought, and whether or not (after 2 marriages) they, or the corporation I worked for, would rescue and/or take care of me. After that trip I began to fully understand the why of needing someone around, or in, my life. The need is no longer there, but the want still comes and goes. So, at 63 I got divorced, at 68 I traveled to Peru by myself, then at 70 realized I needed to challenge myself further and took a solo trip for 9-weeks back east to see the leaves change; going to Maine and around the east coast, where on the way back I spent 4-days stuck in Conneticut in a motel with the flu, and a week later in a Kansas City hospital. Then at 77 bought my first RV. On my first trip, heading north through california, I ended up in the hospital in Concord with blood clots: note to self, always exercise the legs when drivingfor a long time. Then at 80 I went full-time, and am loving it. Because I grew up being fearful throught out life, I made the choice I did not want to leave this life without living it. I had a paraplegic friend years ago who told me "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." I no longer want to live in fear. I applaud this thread, and all the brave people who are on the road making the attempt to challenge and live life the best way they can. Quote 2009 Four Winds Chateau - 25' class C 2002 Chevy Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV_ Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Dan, thanks for sharing that. Quote RV/Derekhttp://www.rvroadie.com Email on the bottom of my website page.Retired AF 1971-1998 When you see a worthy man, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy man, look inside yourself. - Confucius “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ... Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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