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I’ve been living in an RV full time for over 2 years with my gf Mimi, and our two border collies. We live in a 5th wheel toy hauler. It is like a house with washer and dryer, central vac, separate rooms and plenty of storage. We travel with a side by side and our two motorcycles. We have made it as comfortable as possible, but it does get tiring!
I listened with great interest on your recent video talking about how exhausting full time travel can become.
With that idea in mind, we started land shopping last spring in Lake Havasu area of AZ. Woah, found out its too hot and too expensive there. Raw land requires a well or storage for hauled water, electric and a septic system. Before you buy the land, you’re going to be spending 20-30 thousand just to use it. They want 100 grand for a dumpy in town single wide that may have enough room to park your RV.
When Havasu got too hot last spring we high tailed it to the four corners area for cooler temperatures.
We ended up buying property in Montezuma County CO. We tried shopping for raw land. Even here, raw land required a similar commitment of capital to make usable. I found an existing 1971 double wide with 2 acres of land with an on site full RV hookup just outside the city of Cortez CO. …with motivated sellers! Montezuma County has no zoning. After we moved here, we lived in the RV for a month or so and when it started getting too cold for the RV, we moved into the house.
The house needs lots of fix up, but we were contractors in our last life and learning that remodeling is just like riding a bike. We’re demo-ing two bathrooms and the kitchen, installing hardwood and tile floors everywhere and full painting and fixtures. We’re done with the back half now and pleased with how its coming together.
We love it and we love the potential. We’re planning an AirBnb for the tourist season and possibly building a separate structure as a rental unit.
We’re kicking around the idea of becoming “nomad angels” for full timers like you. We know how tiring travelling all the time can be. We can be an “oasis” where nomads can come and stay for a while. We are 5 minutes from a Walmart and conveniences. We are still working on details, but hopefully, we’ll have something ready in the spring. We’d love it if you came our way for a visit sometime.
