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[gypsylady]

Hi, I heard about this site from a woman I met while camping in Florida. I love RVing. I recently retired and bought a 5th wheel. I am selling my home and going to live and travel in my 5th wheel. I,m not sure how it works as far as determining what my address would be. Any info on how this works would be appreciated. I am an avid nascar fan. Hobbies include reading,crocheting, knitting. I enjoy golf,bowling, walking, and biking. I currently live in NY state and don't plan on shoveling any more snow. I spent 9 weeks (Jan-March) in the south this winter and loved it. Looking forward to traveling through-out the country during my retirement and meeting many people during my travels.

[BarbaraRose]

Welcome, Gypsylady! Sounds like you will fit right in here with your varied interests! Ask whatever you like. We love questions and also photos, so if you have any pics of your rig and any pets you may have, send 'em on over! We love pets!

[Nasoosie]

GYPSY! Are you our long-lost Pam???

Just curious, before I reply as if I had never known you!

[Cedar518]

Welcome GypsyLady.... where in NY are you located? I'm here in the Lake Champlain Valley on the eastern shoulder of the Adirondacks.

Post any questions you want,... and share some pictures if you can!

Glad you found us,...

[AlmostThere]

Welcome, so glad you found our forum! My sister is a Nascar fan. I think Jeff Gordon is who she moons over....and she's 77 yrs young!
Can't wait to read about your RVing adventures!

[BirdbyBird]

Welcome aboard. I don't blame you for wanting to avoid future snow shoveling. RE: choosing a place of residence. Many full-timers chose either FL, TX or SD because of their tax situations. If you join the Escapees Group you can probably get an in depth view of the process. You will find even here that individual's that full time make different decisions based on unique personal situations. Regardless of which state you end up chosing...you will be able to locate a mail forwarding service and a way to get an established "address." Many decisions are based on state tax issues, ability to get health insurance coverage, etc. Have fun with all you adventures.

[retiredhappy]

Welcome, welcome, glad you found us. If you go back thru some old posts you'll find a lot of info on fulltiming. I use Verizon for my phone and my internet access. I use a UPS store that has mailboxes and will forward my mail. Better than just a P O box cause you have a street address. I pay everything on lone and set up as many auto pays as possible. I get all my statements via email - no paper. Most of us pick a state with no state income tax to receive our retirement checks and use auto deposit. The electronic world allows us to be pretty fluid.

[Liz]

Welcome, gypsylady! You have some exciting plans....l'll look forward to hearing about your progress towards full-timing. I call myself a most-of-the-timer, but still have a home in FL.

[Birdie]

Welcome aboard, gypsylady. Glad you decided to join us. It is a fun group and a very supportive group as you will find out. I admire you driving that 5th wheel!! Go Girl! I have recently started full-timing. Hope to see you on the road some day soon.

[avalen]

Welcome, I'm jealous, I wanna retire right NOW!! I still have 4 years to go and
probably more than that since I'll have to maintain health insurance. But like my
signature says...Someday I'll be where you are

[VickieP]

Welcome Gypsylady!!! So glad you heard about us and decided to join our great group. All I can say is read and post often as you can and you will get a lot of helpful information here, but most of all, you will get family here. This is a fantastic group of women in all walks of life and our love of RVing is not only a tie that binds us, it is just the beginning. Can ya tell I love this forum?

[bikerchic777]

Welcome, Gypsylady! I am a full timer, soon to be a solo full timer. I'm not retirement age yet, so still have to work. I am a Certified Optician, but am going to see how it goes as a workamper Here is the mail service we use: http://www.mydakotaaddress.com It is in Madison, SD, where there is no state tax, 3% sales tax, and insurance and vehicle tags are pretty cheap. I love the lady there, Terri. She is so helpful! She will even go over to the courthouse and take care of your car tags, etc. for you if you want her to. I like that I don't have to have the mail sent on a regular basis. She will hold it until needed. She will open, scan, and email anything I'm curious about (at no charge) if I'm not ready to have her send the mail. You get a physical address to use, with a PMB # (personal mail box) and she even gives you a bunch of return labels with your new address. We went there to get it set up, as I believe we had to actually stay in the state of SD to do that. I think all we needed was a receipt from the campground. Terri also filled out the forms we needed for our new DL's and we walked over to the courthouse and got them in about 15 mins. If you can't tell, it is a very small town It sounds complicated, but it was all pretty easy and worth it! I will keep my address there after the divorce, since I like it so much, and won't have to change my address that way...only the PMB...but I don't usually have to use that for much. I'm sure Terri will keep it all straight for me Like most full timers, I have the bills set up for paperless and pay them with my online banking. I love it! I will be at Saylorville Lake, north of Des Moines, IA for the summer...workamping...and living in my new mh. Come see me on your way through if you go to SD to set up something

[rvgrammy1953]

Welcome, and jump in at anytime.....we're a crazy, nosey, sharing and caring bunch.....glad you are here....

[gypsylady]

No I'm not Pam, my name is Ruth. I live in western NY area.

[Nasoosie]

WELCOME, RUTH!

And you must live not too far from me! I hope maybe you can get east a bit to the Adirondacks and you and I and Cedar and her friend, Kathy, could have a mini get-together?

Nice to have you aboard! Can't wait to see some pictures when you learn how to post them, and never be afraid to join in the talky posts! You will grow to love these women!