A new direction?

Jo and I have been thinking about retirement for some time now and we both agree that sitting in our rocking chairs waiting for the hearst is not something we want to do.

Over the years we wanted to go traveling, sight-seeing, and just plain camping but there always seemed to be something keeping us from really getting out there, and except for a few short vacations over the years we have settled for weekend trips, mostly in Inn's and Hotels.

Then we discovered RV'ing blogs. We haven't really thought it through yet but once we started following several RV'rs blogs penned by happy fulltimers, I think I'm getting a rash. Some of them might describe it as hitch-itch.

Today was Jo's date to get her bi-weekly B-12 shot and when she's finished she comes over to my work and we go to lunch together. We started talking about what it would be like to get out and travel in an RV and travel all over the USA and maybe Mexico and Canada too. She is all for it, and so we are decided. Starting today, we are going to work together to put together a plan to become full time RV travelers.

I hadn't planned on retiring until Nov of 2015 when I become eligible for Medicare, but now with the new Health plan that's coming down the pipe it may be possible to join a pool of other like minded individuals and retire sooner with a reasonably priced product. Time will tell on that front.

Anyway, starting now the plan is to begin studying what we need to do to be ready when the time comes. We already started doing more about our health, and eating habits so we are already moving in the right direction. Still, we need to develop a comprehensive plan on what we are going to do with the property (sell it, rent it), the type of home we'll live in while we live this adventure. Plus a ton of other details that will need to be decided before we will be ready.

I'll be able to draw my SS in less than two years, so maybe we should start with that as a potential date to shoot for. I keep hearing "go sooner" echoing from the seasoned bloggers out there and I believe they are right.

Plus, after reading many other blogs it seems the first thing to do is to start thinking like I already lived in an RV. I'm a packrat. If you could see my garage, you'd understand what I'm talking about. Getting rid of most of the stuff I've collected over the years isn't going to be an easy project. But, we have taken the first step, a commitment to go. Now it's just a matter of planning and execution. Yippie!!!