Discovering The World In Your RV – One Mile At A Time!
This is a blog for the RV enthusiast and particularly baby boomer RVers (like myself ) who are just starting out in their retirement and contemplating the purchase of an RV or currently own an RV and are looking for useful information relating to RV's and RVing. RV Parks to RV dealers, fixing an RV, where to buy, where to sell, what to cook, how to care for a pet on the road and other issues affecting RVers. We hope to engage, enlighten and entertain the boomer RVer, while at the same time providing them with valuable information pertaining to RVing. Whether your goal is to motor around the USA in your luxury motorhome, tow a fifth-wheel to your favorite fishing spot, or just take a weekend camping trip in your pop-up camper BoomerRVer wants to be your #1 resource for all things RV.
Posted July 12th, 2010 at 2:28 pm in Boomer RVers
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Can the US Economy Survive an Onslaught of Baby Boomer Retirements?
More than 11,000 boomers turn 50 every single day! And what market do you think the RV industry likes to target? Baby boomers, of course! When those boomers finally reach Boom Gra La after retiring from the daily grind they rush out and either rent or buy an RV, as evidenced by the dramatic rise in numbers of baby boomers loading up their RVs and taking to the road.
Baby boomers are hitting the highways in their newly purchased traveling homes in record numbers, even in a bad economy. U.S. ownership of RVs is skyrocketing, and the trend is expected to continue upward for the forseeable future.
Our country's very first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, born at two seconds after midnight on January 1st, 1946, is already cashing her retirement checks! She warns, The "Silver Tsunami" a virtual tidal wave of boomer retirees are coming!
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Posted July 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am in Boomer WOPS
Retire When Eligible or Wait for a Bigger Social Security Check?
Rumors abound about our Social Security system about how it will be bankrupt when the baby boomers have bled it dry sometime around 2018?
This boomer happens to believe that he earned the money that will someday be paid out in tiny little monthly amounts and that he will never live to see what he paid into it.
My wife just retired at age 62 and it was a mutual decision for her to start collecting SS benefits. One reason was, we needed the income, and another was – why wait, on our country's present economic course you never know what might happen. We could be owned by China by then and I don't think they would be inclined to honor a broke system.
Our readers want to know what you plan on doing when you get close to the eligible age. Will you wait until you are older for larger benefit amounts or will you take the money at age 62 and run?
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Posted July 4th, 2010 at 9:56 pm in Boomer RVer Trivia
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I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night in my RV
I love to watch this 60s stuff with the rain falling on the roof of my travel trailer, safely ensconced in my favorite rv park. Refresh your memory here with an assist by Tommy Smothers waaayy back in 1967. Where were you?
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Posted May 18th, 2010 at 10:37 am in Boomer RVer Trivia
I could take a whole week and travel with my fifth wheel RV just the western half of the old Route 66 just for the nostalgic memories alone. But there is much more to see and do along that stretch between Flagstaff and Barstow and great souvenirs to be had. I feature some of the most popular ones in my gift shop in Payson, AZ, I'll even sell you some of em if you want!
But as much as I could go on about Route 66 this particular post was meant to entertain, with Route 66 as the theme. And what better way to do that is with a hilarious video of Robin Williams in the final scene of the movie RV. Just classic stuff!
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Posted May 16th, 2010 at 10:23 pm in RV Parks
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I just finished creating a new blog for Jakes Corner RV Park, a place that holds a special place in my RV adventure log because of my infatuation with Roosevelt Lake National Recreation Area. Jakes Corner is halfway between my home in Payson and Lake Roosevelt, one of the largest canyon lakes in the state. Great place for fishing, boating, camping hiking and Rving, and Jakes Corner is where I frequently stop on my way to and from the lake. And now I have a great place to park the fifth wheel if I want to stay over. And with the great Arizona climate I do tend to stay over a lot!
Southwestern Hospitality with a Western Flavor
Jakes Corner RV park in NE Arizona, is just an hour from Phoenix, a 30 minute ride to Payson and Arizona's Rim Country, is situated conveniently between Roosevelt Lake and Payson and is equally convenient for visitors from the Phoenix/Scottsdale area.
I shot a bit of video for their new blog and thought I would share it with my RV readers here. I highly recommend it as a place to bring the family in your RV.
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