Hello all,
I'm a current very happy North Trail owner, and can hardly wait for our 4th season with the trailer to start in 3 months. We've had the rig out on the road for up to 3 weeks at a time in complete comfort, but not always with complete convenience.
Here's what the DW and I are hoping to do. In 5 years, I'll be 62, not ready to retire, but definitely ready for more of a vagabond lifestyle. I think I can swing it with my employer to continue to work full time, but "remotely" (I'm a software guy). We'll also be ready to downsize from our current house at the time, and have a lot of the country we want to explore at a more leisurely pace.
The idea is we'll sell the house, plus the furnishings we know we won't want to keep, put the rest into storage, and spend a year on the road, trying to figure out where we want to settle down after that. We're in Littleton, Co right now, having been here for the past 24 years. After a year, buy a smaller place to ultimately retire to, but still spend up to a month or so on the road.
I've started a truck fund, looking at a Ford F250 super duty for the TV. We've been looking at Bighorns at the RV shows, and really like what we see.
So my questions for the group are:
For the two of us, plus the occasional grandkid (assuming our own kids ever settle down and give us grandkids), which Bighorn (or other Heartland) model/floorplan work well for full time living and working with a company-issued laptop and blackberry? What do you like/dislike about the various floorplans, etc.
For the TV, is single axle OK, or should I plan on dual axle?
Any other insights/wisdom are also appreciated. As I mentioned earlier, I have at least 5 years to prepare and plan, (which is part of the fun) so I'm very interested in as many opinions as possible.
Thanks, everyone!
John
I'm a current very happy North Trail owner, and can hardly wait for our 4th season with the trailer to start in 3 months. We've had the rig out on the road for up to 3 weeks at a time in complete comfort, but not always with complete convenience.
Here's what the DW and I are hoping to do. In 5 years, I'll be 62, not ready to retire, but definitely ready for more of a vagabond lifestyle. I think I can swing it with my employer to continue to work full time, but "remotely" (I'm a software guy). We'll also be ready to downsize from our current house at the time, and have a lot of the country we want to explore at a more leisurely pace.
The idea is we'll sell the house, plus the furnishings we know we won't want to keep, put the rest into storage, and spend a year on the road, trying to figure out where we want to settle down after that. We're in Littleton, Co right now, having been here for the past 24 years. After a year, buy a smaller place to ultimately retire to, but still spend up to a month or so on the road.
I've started a truck fund, looking at a Ford F250 super duty for the TV. We've been looking at Bighorns at the RV shows, and really like what we see.
So my questions for the group are:
For the two of us, plus the occasional grandkid (assuming our own kids ever settle down and give us grandkids), which Bighorn (or other Heartland) model/floorplan work well for full time living and working with a company-issued laptop and blackberry? What do you like/dislike about the various floorplans, etc.
For the TV, is single axle OK, or should I plan on dual axle?
Any other insights/wisdom are also appreciated. As I mentioned earlier, I have at least 5 years to prepare and plan, (which is part of the fun) so I'm very interested in as many opinions as possible.
Thanks, everyone!
John