Hi I am A 63 year old Female, In January 2016 I bought a 2016 Class C 22B Thor Four Winds. I have taken it out about 5 times but never More than 4 hours from home. When I get home from work all evening I watch videos on RVing. I so admire all the boondockers and hope within the next year and a half I can get up the courage to leave Florida for the summer and head west I do not like the RV parks but I know I could not camp alone in the middle of nowhere. Calm
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wagoneer
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take some refuge in this enlightened group get you to the " girls room" chat with loads of ladies welcome
DannyB1954
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You may be able to caravan with other women for a while until you get comfortable. Google woman RV. You will find many groups.
You can talk to the ladies here to get their been there done that opinions.
The summer Flagstaff group from here would be a safe bunch to hang out with.
You can talk to the ladies here to get their been there done that opinions.
The summer Flagstaff group from here would be a safe bunch to hang out with.
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Calm, I'm in South Florida and went out to the RTR this year---first trip in my new van. I might venture to Ehrenberg instead, next year and maybe we could stop in the same rest areas on the way out 
if we both go.
I'm trying to get my van put together for the first "final" draft of living (I know I'll make changes as I go after that)... but hope to have something well livable before hurricane season so I can escape if needbe. First plan is GA destination; second plan is AL destination; depends upon the hurricane, you know?
if we both go. I'm trying to get my van put together for the first "final" draft of living (I know I'll make changes as I go after that)... but hope to have something well livable before hurricane season so I can escape if needbe. First plan is GA destination; second plan is AL destination; depends upon the hurricane, you know?
Welcome to the CRVL forums Calm! Follow wagoneer's suggestion and go chat with the women in the "girl's room". Maybe you'll find a camping buddy and then you'll have company while boondocking. Another suggestion - there are some beautiful national forest and county park campgrounds in Florida that are so much better than RV parks. Give them a try!
To help you learn the ins and outs of these forums, this "Tips & Tricks" post lists some helpful information to get you started. We look forward to hearing more from you.
To help you learn the ins and outs of these forums, this "Tips & Tricks" post lists some helpful information to get you started. We look forward to hearing more from you.
eDJ_
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Welcome to the CRVL Forums
Let me invite you to view the bottom link in my signature line as it was created for folks just like you. It's all free stuff too.
You already have a rig, so finding places to go with it will be the next step.
In that site there are links to sites like:
Journey Planner
Tripomatic
Fodor's Travel Guide
Free Campsites net (built in trip planner)
Flying Yak
and much more.
In the planning of a trip in these sites you may be asked how far from your course you would be willing to
go to see interesting sites. Then when you select a given number of miles, the software will show what interesting places you could visit within that range.
Some of us here travel a system called the 2-2-2. It means that they hit the road intending not to drive much more than two hours total. Then be settling into a camp site somewhere by 2pm (so if you start out around
8am you would have 6 total hours to travel and browse at places along the way.) The last 2 is staying in camp a couple of days. A lot of state and national parks have senior discounts that run Sunday evenings through Thursday evenings. This translates into seeing a lot more and de-stressing through your travels with
the additional benefits of not wearing out your rig prematurely and burning through your money all too quickly.
So often when we are working and the annual vacation comes get in the car and drive, drive, drive, to some distant destination. There is a lot of seeing of the countryside on the trip there and back. It's understandable for the short space of time the annual vacation takes place in in the working years. But so often people wonder what all they could have seen on the trips back and forth had they the time to do it. Now, in retirement or just leaving work to travel and live off grid there is no deadline to be back to work or anywhere else so there is no need to be in a race against the clock any longer.
Let me invite you to view the bottom link in my signature line as it was created for folks just like you. It's all free stuff too.
You already have a rig, so finding places to go with it will be the next step.
In that site there are links to sites like:
Journey Planner
Tripomatic
Fodor's Travel Guide
Free Campsites net (built in trip planner)
Flying Yak
and much more.
In the planning of a trip in these sites you may be asked how far from your course you would be willing to
go to see interesting sites. Then when you select a given number of miles, the software will show what interesting places you could visit within that range.
Some of us here travel a system called the 2-2-2. It means that they hit the road intending not to drive much more than two hours total. Then be settling into a camp site somewhere by 2pm (so if you start out around
8am you would have 6 total hours to travel and browse at places along the way.) The last 2 is staying in camp a couple of days. A lot of state and national parks have senior discounts that run Sunday evenings through Thursday evenings. This translates into seeing a lot more and de-stressing through your travels with
the additional benefits of not wearing out your rig prematurely and burning through your money all too quickly.
So often when we are working and the annual vacation comes get in the car and drive, drive, drive, to some distant destination. There is a lot of seeing of the countryside on the trip there and back. It's understandable for the short space of time the annual vacation takes place in in the working years. But so often people wonder what all they could have seen on the trips back and forth had they the time to do it. Now, in retirement or just leaving work to travel and live off grid there is no deadline to be back to work or anywhere else so there is no need to be in a race against the clock any longer.
ArtW
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