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Kim Komando Today

Life on the road: Downsizing to an RV

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Six years ago, Jackie and Hal traded in their house for a home on the open road. On this episode, we're checking in to see what's gone right, what's gone wrong and how tech has played a role in their adventures. Get an inside look at what life is like in an RV — plus tips on how make the adventure profitable.

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0:00.0

It started as an idea out of what some would call desperation.

0:07.8

Jackie came home to me after I have complained for a long time not being able to see kids and spend quality time with family.

0:16.0

And she said, well, let's just sell everything and buy a bus.

0:19.7

And that idea grew into a dream that some would say was outrageous.

0:25.3

RVs are a funny thing.

0:26.7

Everybody has a different purpose for what they're going to use it for.

0:30.5

And so you have to find pretty much what we had to do is find out what worked for us

0:35.8

based on what we were going to do.

0:38.3

And that was basically travel four times a year and stay two or three or four months in each place.

0:45.4

When the time came, the courage came to live life on their own terms.

0:51.4

We opened our house up on one of our garage sales and sold. People came in and

0:56.5

bought everything off the walls and curtains and furniture, everything. They made new lifelong

1:02.2

friends. There are some people that you just totally connect with like you've always known them.

1:07.2

And it's funny how that happens. I mean, i never thought about it until we went out on the

1:11.8

road and did this but in the first park there were several couples there that we just connected with

1:16.8

right away they were full-time RV people doing the same thing that we were doing only for different

1:22.0

reasons and became closer than they ever thought they could be i had read on on a couple of the Arvary forums that some people were having very much increased

1:33.3

relationships with their spouse when they were out doing this.

1:37.0

And I thought, you know, that would be kind of cool, but it really happens and it's amazing.

1:41.4

We're having a ball.

1:53.8

Yeah. and it's amazing. We're having a ball. Mm-hmm. Your job with the airlines was very stressful, would you say?

1:58.1

Yes.

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