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Les H

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Well folks, it looks like I may get to join the traveling herd, at least for a short time. Some of you already know that I spent a week in the tornado ravaged southeast volunteering, mainly in Ga and Ala. It jogged a promise I made to myself many years ago... If I ever got the chance, I would return to the south. I spent some time in college in Montevallo ( outside Birmingham, Ala ) and my first marriage was in Atlanta Ga. I enjoyed my time in the south before, and now it looks like I'm going back. As a building contractor, it makes sense to go where the work is, and there is not much going on here in the northeast, and the southeast will be (re)building for years. I am going down several months ahead of my wife and family, and will most likely stay in the bus to save as much money as possible. While this has been a thought of mine ever since joining this forum, turning it into a reality in the next 2-3 weeks is a daunting task, to say the least. Memorial day yard sale anyone?!? So- I am launching soon- with tools. That much I do know. The details will just have to work themselves out. I'd like to think this is an opportunity for me , though unfortunate for many. Also, it appears to be the life change that I crave and go through every 3-5 years that I am overdue for.
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Wow Les, that sounds like a great plan. <br><br>How does the house that you were restoring fit into the mix? Can it just sit for a while? <br><br>Have tools, will travel!<br>bri<br><br>
 
Bri,
That house has sucked us dry for two years. Heard somewhere " when broke people buy old houses, they get broker". Assuming we can sell it at not too horrible of a loss, we will buy something else when Trish joins me. Even the Elcamino is on craigslist Albany. Sell!sell!sell it all! Anyone need a couple teenagers? Stop that! Of course I'm kidding.
 
Les, Got ya....cut your losses and move on...not a bad idea...I do hear you on the 3-5 year change....my wife is kinda on the 2-3 year track...every two or 3 years she moves on,&nbsp; job and location wise.... The constant seems to be our NM home base which is gratefully paid for and my retirement..<img src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0"><br><br>We are buying a mobile home in a park in Durango at the moment...not something I had EVER wanted to do again but we can buy it outright and the park rent is far lower than the local rents or prices for homes, and condos....hopefully in 2 or 3 years it will sell to the next person....it is a pretty nice park, no renters...owners only which puts a whole different slant on it...plus it is in a gorgeous place about 3 miles from the local hot spring....<br>Bri<br><br>
 
Good for you Les! <br>I think it is good to recognize that there are options and variety in life. To paraphrase Thoreau-"Most men live lives of quiet desperation, and too often die with their song still in them".<br>Go for it! get back on schedule- 3-5 shouldn't be a sentence.....<br>Good luck on the sales of stuff and the "money pit".<br><br><br><br><br>
 
<div>good for you, Les. i've been keeping your future in my good thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>but, hey, i'll buy Brian. that kid has some cool knives!!!!!</div><div><br></div>
Les H said:
Bri, <br>That house has sucked us dry for two years. Heard somewhere " when broke people buy old houses, they get broker". Assuming we can sell it at not too horrible of a loss, we will buy something else when Trish joins me. Even the Elcamino is on craigslist Albany. Sell!sell!sell it all! Anyone need a couple teenagers? Stop that! Of course I'm kidding.
 
Kate, Brian is not too keen about the move. Krystal, my stepdaughter, is tolerant in the usual 15 year old girl way. Trish is excited- she has most of her family in Fla. and will be much closer to them. She is not crazy about me going several months before her, but the longer I wait, the slimmer my chances of getting in on the " ground floor" or having my choice of where to go. Pretty soon, if not already, anyone who can remotely swing a hammer will be showing up as a contractor. I have made some good friends and contacts, so hopefully it will be easier for me than some others who might be headed there from elsewhere.
 

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