The retirement journey on which my wife and I have been traveling today took a needed, but still curious, turn. We downsized in a fairly significant way, vacating our 29-foot fifth wheel RV and obtaining a 21-foot travel trailer.
We are relearning some tricks on how to travel with decidedly less space than we had before. It’s all good.
We purchased our fifth wheel in 2018 when it was new. It was the second such vehicle we owned; our first fifth wheel didn’t serve us well as it kept breaking. The second vehicle is a gem, but it had begun wearing out.
Why wouldn’t it? We took it to both coasts. To the Great Lakes. Through the western half of Canada. We have visited about 30 state parks in Texas. We put a whole lot of miles on it.
It was time to bid so long to our fifth wheel.
Today we took possession of our travel trailer. We hook it up to the rear bumper of our pickup. It will take a bit of adjustment to learn how to pull it. However, the years of experience we racked up with our previous RVs prepared us for the change that awaits.
We have no qualms about this new stage of our retirement journey.
The road remains wide open. We intend to explore as much of it as we can.
Love our 24 “. Although we haven’t traveled like you. We enjoy going out in the woods of the PNW away from people and campgrounds. Would love a road trip one of these days though. Have fun, safe travels!!