vegasgregg
New member
Hello fellow travelers, my name's Gregg and my condo here in Las Vegas was just listed today. I am hoping to be on the road pretty soon... if all goes well I will be at the RTR 2019. I am more than a little bit nervous hitting the road alone at 72 years old after living here for 26 years, but circumstances are not giving me a lot of options. By visiting here I am hoping to find a few silver linings in the storm clouds that I can't stop seeing on my horizon. Bob and his faithful followers, meaning all of you wonderful people here have shown me another choice and I could not be more grateful... Thank you one and all just for being who you are. It seems I have out lived most of my family and friends and I am very much looking forward to finding new friends and with luck a new sense of family here with you... that is if you all will have me, and I can find you.
I have been watching endless videos of 'the life' and I finally found the forum here, Bob's videos were where it all started for me so not I'm sure why it took me so long to get here and post a hello. Sailing the troubled waters of de-Nile I suppose. I was hoping to play out my day's here in Las Vegas living in relative comfort, but you know the old saying "Want to make God laugh? tell him your plan." I am not sure how things will unfold, but at the moment the plan is a not too old class B with an adequate backup allowance. I love the idea of posting meetups and inviting whoever is in the area. I have always been a loner and cherish my solitude, but I also find comfort in numbers. I suppose that is natural, safety in numbers all that. What you folks are doing here seems to cover both of those worlds. A community structured somewhat like a breathing organism, the community inhales coming together nourishing everyone's need... and then exhales when everyone disperses back into the ether, feeling refreshed and reinvigorated while awaiting the next breath.
My biggest difficulty is all the new technology, for starters having no family and few friends there has been little reason to learn how to use a smart phone, I have one but it is a fancy clock and weather checker... I'm not into games so that's about it, I have never even sent a text. So it is going to be a bit of a learning curve I'm afraid... but then it looks like I will have plenty of time to figure it out. What I find most appealing about the life is simplicity... by that I don't mean skimping, merely eliminating the excesses. Letting go of the need to just have stuff. One thing I did learn over my life is that the less I need to make me happy... the easier it is to be happy. The trick is to not accept want as need, God has given me everything I have 'needed' for 72 years... I am still here breathing and writing this, alive and hoping to continue that is the proof. I can't control what I need, but if I try to understand I can control what I merely want.
I am not sure where I am going or where I will end up, what I am learning here with you is to focus on the journey. I am hoping that along the trail I can remember the hill I am climbing merely summits the next valley, leading to another hill that I must climb. Everyone's video reminds me it is all about the view and has little to do with the hill.
Anyway I'm Gregg aka vegasgregg... hello one and all, I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as I can find. Remember to enjoy it, whatever it is. C'ya soon Gregg
I have been watching endless videos of 'the life' and I finally found the forum here, Bob's videos were where it all started for me so not I'm sure why it took me so long to get here and post a hello. Sailing the troubled waters of de-Nile I suppose. I was hoping to play out my day's here in Las Vegas living in relative comfort, but you know the old saying "Want to make God laugh? tell him your plan." I am not sure how things will unfold, but at the moment the plan is a not too old class B with an adequate backup allowance. I love the idea of posting meetups and inviting whoever is in the area. I have always been a loner and cherish my solitude, but I also find comfort in numbers. I suppose that is natural, safety in numbers all that. What you folks are doing here seems to cover both of those worlds. A community structured somewhat like a breathing organism, the community inhales coming together nourishing everyone's need... and then exhales when everyone disperses back into the ether, feeling refreshed and reinvigorated while awaiting the next breath.
My biggest difficulty is all the new technology, for starters having no family and few friends there has been little reason to learn how to use a smart phone, I have one but it is a fancy clock and weather checker... I'm not into games so that's about it, I have never even sent a text. So it is going to be a bit of a learning curve I'm afraid... but then it looks like I will have plenty of time to figure it out. What I find most appealing about the life is simplicity... by that I don't mean skimping, merely eliminating the excesses. Letting go of the need to just have stuff. One thing I did learn over my life is that the less I need to make me happy... the easier it is to be happy. The trick is to not accept want as need, God has given me everything I have 'needed' for 72 years... I am still here breathing and writing this, alive and hoping to continue that is the proof. I can't control what I need, but if I try to understand I can control what I merely want.
I am not sure where I am going or where I will end up, what I am learning here with you is to focus on the journey. I am hoping that along the trail I can remember the hill I am climbing merely summits the next valley, leading to another hill that I must climb. Everyone's video reminds me it is all about the view and has little to do with the hill.
Anyway I'm Gregg aka vegasgregg... hello one and all, I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as I can find. Remember to enjoy it, whatever it is. C'ya soon Gregg
Good luck with your condo sale!
