Rumors abound about our Social Security system about how it will be bankrupt when the baby boomers have bled it dry?

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.

Our readers want to know what you plan on doing when you get close to the eligible age. Will you wait or will you take the money and run?

There is a consensus out there among RVers that the majority of them started out RVing with a travel trailer, 5th wheel or pop-up camper to get a feel for the type of RVing that they were leaning toward after retirement.

Most of the motorhome owners I have spoken with had an RV of some sort, small fifth-wheel, or travel trailer before they decided to upgrade to a larger, self contained rig like a Class C motorhome but RV dealers have a different opinion. They say that most of the people who buy the bigger more fancy motorhomes are first-timers and I find that hard to believe. Have you ever driven one of those monsters?

So that is the question for our poll today, did you start with a motorhome first or did you work your way up?

Halloween In An RV Park

I don't know about you but this year I will be traveling in my fifth-wheel and will spend Halloween night in an RV park (which will remain nameless so the monsters can't find me)

Do you get trick or treaters in an RV park on Halloween? Here is one that does. Our readers want to know of more RV parks that do Halloween up right.

Baby Boomer Monster Poll

They also want to know that when you were a kid did you watch the movie monsters of the day? The ones that used to scare the you know what out of us. Spooktacular on Saturday nights was a time we would huddle together under blankets in front of our black and white TV and scare ourselves silly. Frankenstein, the Wolfman, The Mummy, Dracula -Tame by today's standards, I know, but I sure did enjoy them and it was a good kind of scary if you know what I mean?

That's what I am going to be doing on Halloween night, snuggled up in the bedroom of my RV watching Frankenstein and his friends until some trick or treaters come over for s'mores by the campfire.

So who were the ones that gave you the most hair-raising, creeped out moments as a youngster? Was it Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster or maybe Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman? Vote for your favorite by taking our 2009 Halloween Baby Boomer MonsterPoll and leave us a comment about your memories of those times. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I found this very cool and unique RV on Make Magazine, a magazine devoted entirely to do it yourself technology projects. They have some really neat things that people make and I thought this one would be of interest to our readers. Enjoy!

It looks functional from the drawing, (not sure how big a person it would accommodate) but it sure would be an attention getter!

Voted Best Boomer RVer Band On The Road In An RV

While on the road in my fifth-wheel travel trailer I can get WiFi just about anywhere. And when I am stopped in the RV park for the night, these Beatles videos keep me entertained. If you are as big a Beatles fan as I am you will love this site, just click on any song and watch some great Beatles videos.