We often wonder about living on the road fulltime and look at the pro's and con's , I n the last week we have had a set back my wife requires major surgery and will be 12 weeks recovery time , Lucky we were at home and was able to pick surgeon which we know and will be bulk billed , If on the road you take put luck .
As much as I enjoy the gypsy in my soul that takes me out on the road, I must say I would not give up my home base for anything, its compensations are just so wonderful. Regards Kisha.
we didn't have a home base for 4 yrs while we travelled b/w Perth and lakes Entrance. Just stayed in a caravan park while Barry had surgery followed by pulmonary embolisms. Luckily the annex was set up with a recliner which made life more comfortable. This was followed a year later by Q fever then shingles. I also had a dislocated shoulder. The only concern I would have would be post surgery if you have a knee or hip replacement which might make access to the van difficult. You just have to be prepared to stay put a while and prepared to pay for a site in a c/park. don't be put off by 'what iffs'. Being a 'glass half full' sort of person I'll make the most of what ever situation we find ourselves in and deal with issues when/if they arise
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2009 Roma Elegance / 2013 Colorado. Permanent travellers 2011-2015 now just travel for 4-6 mths
As to a house - I have lived in many, many houses in my life, and have never had an attachment for any of them.
Give me a motorhome and the open road any day.
Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
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I think it about how to cope in health issue , I think Jenny is right you would need a plan B like booking into a caravan park near where the hospital is , I don't think you would have any other choice .
Everyone does whats they think is right for themselves at the time ,were all different some love to living there dream on the road permanently good for them,most lI would think like the best of both worlds and have a home base,the only problem with living permanently on the road is when you sell your home to finance that very expensive rig and for health reasons you cant be on the road any longer ,that expensive rig has depreciated in value. And buying back into the market might be impossible..
Desert Dweller wrote: Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
Of course one disadvantage to owning a house is that if the one next door is bought by bogans you can't pack up and move on tomorrow, instead your life becomes hell and the only way out is to go through the expensive and painful process of selling and moving - and who wants to buy the house next to bogans...?
Every choice has it upsides and downsides.
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We don't worry about school holidays etc., we go places where holiday makers don't go - inland, when they want the beach, etc.
We do have a bolthole - son lives on 27 acres, we just set up there, closest neighbours (apart from son and partner in the house) are about 1k walk away, except the for dogs, cats, birds, meat ants, and sheep across the road. Been here since before Christmas now and loving it. Yabbies from the dam, shops 6k away or 13k - what more do we need.
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Desert Dweller wrote: Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
Of course one disadvantage to owning a house is that if the one next door is bought by bogans you can't pack up and move on tomorrow, instead your life becomes hell and the only way out is to go through the expensive and painful process of selling and moving - and who wants to buy the house next to bogans...?
Every choice has it upsides and downsides.
I thought about buying a house next to bogans Mike but the misses was dead against it
We do not have a home base, and he has health issues (heart, arthritis, emphysema). Late last year, he had heart surgery. We sat at a CP for recovery; we were there when the GP referred him, and stuck around for the surgery.
Life is what you make it, and everyone has the right to make it the way they want.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
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Yes, hope the surgery went well, and well on the road to recovery. My other half goes in for knee surgery next week.
On the issue of home base, one point that no-one has mentioned, is, when packing the RV for a trip, and having a home base, you don't have to pack so much other stuff, knowing that that's stored at home. We are planning on selling the house, in fact its on the market now, and we are living in the van. So now all of those things which would have been left behind are coming with us. Trying to cut back to bare essentials is a nightmare of a job, and the van weight is just going up and up.
Holidaying in an RV I think is a totally different propersition to living in the RV full time.
Yes, hope the surgery went well, and well on the road to recovery. My other half goes in for knee surgery next week. On the issue of home base, one point that no-one has mentioned, is, when packing the RV for a trip, and having a home base, you don't have to pack so much other stuff, knowing that that's stored at home. We are planning on selling the house, in fact its on the market now, and we are living in the van. So now all of those things which would have been left behind are coming with us. Trying to cut back to bare essentials is a nightmare of a job, and the van weight is just going up and up. Holidaying in an RV I think is a totally different propersition to living in the RV full time.
Very true. It also makes us realise how much we have that we don't actually need. At least, it did us :)
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The Mobile Madhouse: me (Rosie), him (Troy), a kelpie, a kelpie-dingo, a husky & a rainbow lorikeet.
We often wonder about living on the road fulltime and look at the pro's and con's , I n the last week we have had a set back my wife requires major surgery and will be 12 weeks recovery time , Lucky we were at home and was able to pick surgeon which we know and will be bulk billed , If on the road you take put luck .
Good luck guys.
Cheers, John
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