![]() ![]() Indeed it turned out to be a fancy place to stay in. We stayed at MotorCoach Country Club RV resort in Indio to taste resort living. To test if we really like this kind of lifestyle we rented a 35 ft motorhome and drove to southern California with family for Christmas. As we explored, researched and thought about it the more interested I became. The thought of retiring early to travel and see the beautiful country was very enticing. We’ll be moving into “Betsy” within a couple of weeks, and our great adventure will begin!įulltiming was a foreign word to me when Steve broached the idea of living in a motorhome and traveling around the country. So, that’s where we are as of February, 2012. I cannot stress enough how important it is to own your RV for a while to really learn its systems before heading off into the sunset, if you plan to live in it full-time. The challenge for me was learning diesel engines, hydraulics and current electronics. We have added several after-market products during the past couple of years to make ours safer and more enjoyable. We had already purchased a 2008 Honda CR-V to be our “Toad” to pull behind the RV, after substantial research about which cars can be towed and matching it to our needs.Įven if you have substantial experience with plumbing and AC and DC wiring as I do, there is a steep learning curve when you get into a modern motorhome. We finally purchased our 2008 Winnebago Tour on August 1st, 2009. Even after we narrowed our search to a couple of models, we continued to check out others for ideas. Since that day, we have walked through well over 100 motorhomes. He also helped us to narrow our search to a Class-A motorhome (rather than a 5th wheel trailer), based on the fact that we would be full-timing. “Floor plan, floor plan, floor plan”, he said. The first salesman we talked with at the very first RV show we attended gave us some excellent advice. Being the adventurous person she is, Mona Liza was perfectly willing to start looking at RV’s and consider this huge change for us. So I was somewhat familiar with the lifestyle. My parents lived in a Class-A motorhome for several years, and I was their “lead mechanic”. The North Carolina-based chain purchased the land for $3,632,900 from local farmer Chuck Waneka, head of CL Waneka & Co., according to Boulder County public records.ĭuring a presentation to the Lafayette City Council in January 2008, Lowe’s representative Jack Mandell said the company planned to break ground at the site that summer.Mona Liza and I started seriously considering full-timing in an RV in 2006. In February 2007, Lafayette residents approved via mail-ballot election the city’s annexation and rezoning of about 32 acres of land proposed for the Lowe’s project.įollowing weeks of intense campaigning on both sides - with proponents saying the city could benefit from the sales tax revenue and opponents fearing a loss of wildlife habitat and city character - and after a recount was prompted by a glitch in a ballot-counting machine, the election results showed 55 percent of voters said “yes” to the annexation. Lowe’s originally planned to construct a 138,000-square-foot building and develop three parcels along 119th Street for smaller commercial buildings. ![]() “The city approved their renewal, but I haven’t heard from Lowe’s about any changes.” “The architectural and design plans are good for two years,” Patterson said. Patterson said the company has more than a year remaining on its extension. Last year, Lowe’s filed for an extension for approval of its plans.
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