Choosing Our Toad

The process of choosing a toad turned out to be more complicated and time consuming than we expected. Some of the factors we included in our search were: Approved for flat towing Large, flat cargo area that comfortably fits two large dogs Comfortable enough for many long sightseeing trips Good fuel economy New vs. used...
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We’ve Chosen A Motorhome!

Choosing a motorhome turned out to be an exhausting but very educational experience. Unlike car shopping, we found reliable information hard to come by while RV shopping. There are many makes, models, and options, and we spent about three months researching just to understand how to shop for an RV. After visiting dealers and the...
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Dinghy? Toad? Even Our Vocabulary is Rebooted

Once we figured out that we’d be driving a big Class A motorhome around the country, we learned that we would need to tow a car behind us. This wasn’t something we had originally considered. In our fantasy world, we pictured a small RV that we’d drive around everywhere we needed to get to, park...
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Researching RVs

above: class C motorhome When we started shopping for RVs, we knew there would be a lot to learn. We weren’t prepared for quite how much though! It really makes me wonder how we made smart decisions before we had all the information in the world at our fingertips through the Internet. We quickly learned...
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We’re doing what??

It’s true, we’ve decided it’s time to try something new and different. Not just a little different but something completely out of our comfort zone. We’re selling our nice comfortable home, purging almost all our stuff, buying an RV and spending time roaming around this amazing country visiting places we’ve never seen, wanted to see...
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Rebooting our Lives

We’re getting an RV! The stay-at-home, don’t-go-out, outdoors-is-icky couple will soon own a Recreational Vehicle. But that’s not the main story… the real news is that this RV is going to be our new home! Wait… what? Yes, we are downsizing our home by about 96%—if home means the walls around us. If home means...
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