ependydad...Doug 176 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Just now, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said: Great blog updates! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 So, maybe it's time to change the thread title as we aren't stopping after a year. We found what we expected (and were warned about by veteran fulltimers)- the weekly move schedule was too exhausting but more importantly, we were missing too many awesome sites. We decided and are finally making it official that the road life is for us. We are filing the papers to become Florida residents and fulltimers for realz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 I'm jealous, Doug! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 So, maybe it's time to change the thread title as we aren't stopping after a year. We found what we expected (and were warned about by veteran fulltimers)- the weekly move schedule was too exhausting but more importantly, we were missing too many awesome sites. We decided and are finally making it official that the road life is for us. We are filing the papers to become Florida residents and fulltimers for realz. I'm not sure if I should say congratulations or give my sympathies on becoming a Florida resident. Haha. Just started reading along and have a lot of catching up to do. Sounds like an adventure so far, with lots more to come. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Delete. Got lost on the wrong page. Edited January 30, 2016 by keith_h not needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 YAY Doug and family!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yeah, I'm not usually one to say, "I told you so" BUT.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhall 115 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Congrats. What made you decide on becoming Florida residents? Any advantages over other states? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 So are you staying somewhere in the camper or going to rent a house? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm jealous, Doug! Ha! It's pretty exciting that everything has lined up. We are blessed/lucky/you name it to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I should say congratulations or give my sympathies on becoming a Florida resident. Haha. Just started reading along and have a lot of catching up to do. Sounds like an adventure so far, with lots more to come. Ha! My saving grace is that I will only be visiting the state from time to time. YAY Doug and family!!!! Thanks! Yeah, I'm not usually one to say, "I told you so" BUT.... [emoji6] Ha! So, secretly, we have known for a while. Before we fully decided, I accidentally booked us for the Alberquerque Balloon Festival (like totally forgot we were supposed to be off the road by then). But, we have been talking seriously about staying fulltime since late October. We just didn't want to announce it or even really 1000% admit it to ourselves until now. It's still hugely anxiety provoking to think of taking this step. Congrats. What made you decide on becoming Florida residents? Any advantages over other states? A few things came into play. Technically being "homeless" let's us choose where we want to be residents. The biggies for fulltimers are Texas, South Dakota, and Florida as they don't have state income tax. There was something about SD not being as homeschooling friendly as Texas or Florida. And Florida won from 2 perspectives. The first is the biggest: when we do come off of the road, Florida is way more likely a possibility for our home than Texas. The second lesser is reading about some hassles folks have gone through to get the changeover complete. I just really didn't want to spend a couple of weeks getting things switched. Where I had plans on being in Florida for an extended time any way. So are you staying somewhere in the camper or going to rent a house? Neither. There's a whole process and more to it, but basically my mail forwarding company is good enough for me to establish residency in the state. We will be in the state (and actually are right now) for a while, moving about in the camper. But, I don't see us settling down somewhere for a while- but crazier things have happened! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'm jealous, Doug! Ha! It's pretty exciting that everything has lined up. We are blessed/lucky/you name it to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I should say congratulations or give my sympathies on becoming a Florida resident. Haha. Just started reading along and have a lot of catching up to do. Sounds like an adventure so far, with lots more to come. Ha! My saving grace is that I will only be visiting the state from time to time. YAY Doug and family!!!! Thanks! Yeah, I'm not usually one to say, "I told you so" BUT.... [emoji6] Ha! So, secretly, we have known for a while. Before we fully decided, I accidentally booked us for the Alberquerque Balloon Festival (like totally forgot we were supposed to be off the road by then). But, we have been talking seriously about staying fulltime since late October. We just didn't want to announce it or even really 1000% admit it to ourselves until now. It's still hugely anxiety provoking to think of taking this step. Congrats. What made you decide on becoming Florida residents? Any advantages over other states? A few things came into play. Technically being "homeless" let's us choose where we want to be residents. The biggies for fulltimers are Texas, South Dakota, and Florida as they don't have state income tax. There was something about SD not being as homeschooling friendly as Texas or Florida. And Florida won from 2 perspectives. The first is the biggest: when we do come off of the road, Florida is way more likely a possibility for our home than Texas. The second lesser is reading about some hassles folks have gone through to get the changeover complete. I just really didn't want to spend a couple of weeks getting things switched. Where I had plans on being in Florida for an extended time any way. So are you staying somewhere in the camper or going to rent a house? Neither. There's a whole process and more to it, but basically my mail forwarding company is good enough for me to establish residency in the state. We will be in the state (and actually are right now) for a while, moving about in the camper. But, I don't see us settling down somewhere for a while- but crazier things have happened! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Blogging is hard and time consuming! I posted some more catch-up blog entries: Back in November/Thanksgiving, we went to Los Angeles area: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/04/acton-ca-for-exploring-los-angeles.html And then we headed in for some RV service/upgrades and played at Disneyland: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/disneyland-and-some-rv-service.html We spent Christmas near San Diego: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/a-california-birthday-christmas.html And then we drove across the country to Florida over the month of January: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/we-drove-from-california-to-florida.html BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Great updates, Doug, with wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fladogfan aka Gretchen 259 Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 What a neat childhood you are giving your children. I'm thru the Lo Angles area blog. Back later to read the next one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Great job with the blog updates. So, now you're a Florida resident! Congratulations. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Buc Ees, so big they echo inside and are in 2 different time zones! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Ok Doug, I had a fair amount of catching up to do, which I valiantly tried to do in one sitting. And I was making good progress until I got to a pic of some peanut butter pie in Boulder City, and my eyes glazed over like Homer Simpson's. Mmmmm, pie. I couldn't continue, but I will. Good stuff, and I'm glad the experience is going well for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Great updates, Doug, with wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Thanks, Gwen. It's a lot of fun to write up so far afterwards- I get to relive a lot of it! What a neat childhood you are giving your children. I'm thru the Lo Angles area blog. Back later to read the next one. Los Angeles was a good one. The Disney one, if you followed the TR here, you can mostly skip as it is repeats and less pictures. Great job with the blog updates. So, now you're a Florida resident! Congratulations. TCD Mostly! Still have MD licenses as I need to get the vehicles tagged before anything else can happen. Weird stuff as a fulltimer. Buc Ees, so big they echo inside and are in 2 different time zones! Ha! They remind me of a store back in the PA-area called Sheetz. Only bigger and badder. :) Ok Doug, I had a fair amount of catching up to do, which I valiantly tried to do in one sitting. And I was making good progress until I got to a pic of some peanut butter pie in Boulder City, and my eyes glazed over like Homer Simpson's. Mmmmm, pie. I couldn't continue, but I will. Good stuff, and I'm glad the experience is going well for you. Oh that pie! That's a great stopping off point as that pie was killer good. I'd almost go back just for that pie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I thought that I'd also share this picture of our map pin board: It lives above our big living room slide. It's fun to look at and see all of where we have been. mouseketab.....Carol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Moving right along, we spent time in Tampa in February for a Fulltime Families rally. http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/rallying-in-tampa-florida.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Once we left Tampa, we did a bunch of Disney visits. Let me share my entries since my last post: After Tampa, we headed to Fort Wilderness for the Princess 5K. I think I covered some of this in a Trip Report here, but for blog prosperity: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/the-mouses-house-disney-world.html Leaving the Fort, we went up the road to Clerbrook Golf and RV Resort. Pretty quiet stay, but we did make a couple of trips into Disney again: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/groveland-fl-at-clerbrook-golf-rv-resort.html We left there to another Thousand Trails park called Peace River in Wauchula, FL. Nice place and we had a pretty quiet stay. It was great until our friends "talked us into" heading back to Clermont. So we cut it a couple of days short. http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/peace-river-in-wauchula-fl.html And our last Disney-fied update, we stayed at Thousand Trails Orlando for a week. http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/05/thousand-trails-orlando-which-is-really.html From here, we head north. I'll hopefully get those updates written shortly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 On May 9, 2016 at 5:54 PM, ependydad...Doug said: I thought that I'd also share this picture of our map pin board: It lives above our big living room slide. It's fun to look at and see all of where we have been. This is cool!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
disney4dan 68 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 On 6/5/2016 at 11:48 PM, twiceblessed....nacole said: This is cool!! This is cool, but I have noticed a conspicuous lack of pins in the New England area! I hope they get to travel through our nice looking part of the country sometime! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 On 6/5/2016 at 11:48 PM, twiceblessed....nacole said: This is cool!! Thanks! My wife found the cork board at Target or somewhere like that. The pins were here idea. She's still not crazy about the style of pin, but it's tiding her over for now. On 7/3/2016 at 0:30 PM, disney4dan said: This is cool, but I have noticed a conspicuous lack of pins in the New England area! I hope they get to travel through our nice looking part of the country sometime! Believe it or not, that was initially the plan. Since we thought this was a 1-year trip, we'd exclude the north-east since we could explore there any time from our home in Maryland. Now that we're staying on the road, it's hard to say when we'll make it up there. But, in other news... blogging is hard. It took me over a month to get the next less than 1-week installment out. We made our way to Myrtle Beach where we stopped at a Harvest Hosts location in Johns Island, SC. It was a nice farm and the scene of my infamous emergency exit attempts. Up in MB, we stayed at Ocean Lakes and had a nice visit. A little chilly because it was April, but we enjoyed ourselves. http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/07/a-long-weekend-in-myrtle-beach.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsey......Todd 134 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 7/16/2016 at 11:44 PM, ependydad...Doug said: http://nowornever.learntorv.com/2016/07/a-long-weekend-in-myrtle-beach.html You link is pointing back to FF.net, not your blog. Just FYI :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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