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Jealousy. That was the first thing that came to my mind. We've been conditioned to follow the formula...college, job, marriage, kids, house, retirement. When people are brave enough to step away from traditional paths and pave their own, they become targets. That's one reason you TH-cam Channel drew me in...life redesigned...just the way YOU want it. 😊
My wife and I are planning and preparing for full time RVing in June and she’s been getting a lot of jealous comments all the time from anyone who gets wind of our plans
I really like people who are full time living and my financial situation won't permit me to live a rv life. I keep an open mind why people are living a full time rv life because I research the lifestyle from watching TH-cam videos. As for me, instead of being negative all the time, I look at the whole picture. I wish you safe travels. A long as you're happy living a full time rv lifestyle, that's what's important. Take care, Alan.
@@liferedesigned You're welcome! Think about it--anything we do that makes us happy and I mean anything. You know what I mean. You can combine "that" with the rv lifestyle. People are jealous of us doing anything that makes us happy. You and I don't have to explain to jealous people or answer to them why we do what makes happy. For example--I'm 62 years old, a retro guy. I have been wearing my hair long since I was 11 years old. My job permits me to wear my hair long. I still wear my hair long and I will admit, I love to wear my hair long and it makes me happy because I can be myself. My hair is currently 7, 8 inches past my shoulders. I keep the split ends trimmed every 6 months so that my hair grows faster and longer. My long hair doesn't hurt anyone. I keep my hair neat and clean, washing it every day. At 62 years old, I have a thick full head of hair. Let's face it--negative people are jealous of us who do anything that makes us happy. They can go sit on it.
How does one "over sensationalize" this lifestyle? We absolutely love this lifestyle! We have zero plans to stop. Sure things happen that aren't fun from time to time. But most days are good days. As for finances, I always tell people it really isn't any cheaper to live this lifestyle. It's just a different way to spend your money. If people want to call us homeless, let them. It doesn't hurt my feelings in living my best life seeing the amazing country I fought for while they are stuck in one spot doing the daily grind. We are blessed to be able to live this life. People talk about others when they are jealous or not happy with their own life. Happy people don't have to bash others. Facts!
@liferedesigned do it! I out troll trolls 😂🤷🏻♀️ I beat them at their own game. When they leave a negative comment, I reply every time & don't delete it and say something to the extent of "well thanks for supported my video by commenting meaning YOU helped push this video in the algorithm by interacting with the video. Thanks for the support". Cause by doing that, it makes them mad cause it's the opposite effect they're going for. They want to try to hurt your feelings but they're actually helping. Jokes on them!
I thought of a new One. Do full time RVers pay any taxes ? People with a house pay a lot of taxes which funds local economies, utility co. schools, city Govt., police protection, Fire protection. I know Rvers pay Sales Taxes Yes but what else, ? They flush tolieits, get water, dump gray and black water use Elec. I wonder what you can say about this. Thanks, i Love that you bring up this stuff that no one else has really been talking about
Hi Laura: RVers pay a TON of taxes - from camping fees to sales tax - Taxes are everywhere. Local economies welcome RVING as the revenue generated keeps many smaller towns going and they rely on that income. While we may not get the bill directly for water and electric- the RV parks sure do and those fees pay for all of that. Lol, believe me - governments never go without getting paid taxes 🤣🤣
You are absolutely correct. The taxes are paid by the RV resorts and campgrounds etc and not the individual RVer. Yep, saves us thousands a year in not personally funding services we don’t use.
Everyone’s RV Life expectancy is different. Unfortunately, many people these days do not want to accept responsibility for their own actions. Being houseless does not mean you are “homeless”. I would rather live in a “RV” than be homeless. I experienced that as a child living underneath a bridge. Let the haters hate, you will never change their opinions on something they have never tried or failed because they didn’t follow through with all the helpful tips.
LOL, we forgot about that term ... been a minute for us since we were called that one! You must be doing something right! (On a side note - you have a beautiful rig :) )
Don't worry, they will flip after this season - most likely another mass exodus to Alaska or Mexico ... already see the patterns. Then it will all shift to how unsafe everyone is.
I got hooked on RV Life videos a few years ago. It’s been an interesting journey watching their evolution, see the trends. Glad to find your channel. You’re personable, funny, smart, unique. Thanks! 💜💜
In our years as nomads in our rigs I always responded with "We are not homeless...we are houseless!". We owned different houses and feel most at home in our rig on the road and for the foreseeable future we will not change that.
@@liferedesigned We are retired and live this lifestyle for 1/3 of what it used to cost us to live in our old S&B home. Property tax excesses are a big reason we are living this lifestyle. When they raised our property taxes 1,000% one year, we realized that the government could tax us out of our home any time the wanted. Our home was never really paid for, but we were merely renting our property from the state. We boondock most of the time, but if we were to live in our favorite RV park all year long, our entire housing costs would be less than just our old property tax bill! That's outrageous if you ask me.
I retired 12/31. I intended on traveling but found I was not physically strong enough to move every couple months. So I bought a lot in a deeded RV resort and am staying stationary. There are many ways to live RV life.
@@liferedesigned I know you guys aren’t big on meet ups but you guys should do a meet up because people want to meet you. We Will be at pirates Rv park in April and dinner is on me. Lmao
Been full timing since 2016. Retired in 2017. Some of my friends and family thought I was foolish. My family still does not understand my lifestyle. I jettisoned them from my life. Got no plans of quitting.
You've made some very valid points. I believe good and bad can be found in any group. What I get tired of hearing is complaining of the costs, the hunt for free parking, free water,free power,free dumping for sewage ect. A lot of people just don't do the research and want to blame everyone else when life isn't a bag of roses. If you choose a direction to go, try to get all the ends and outs. All the best.....RF
Thats the thing - you have to do your own research. We get flooded with questions asking advice .. first piece of advice is not to rely on TH-cam (Us included)
This all stems from one woman who found her "niche" slamming manufacturers and feeding the negative crowd. Very sad state of the genre when that takes over.
I'm a little older than you guys so I can remember when RVing was just a vacation thing and camping was another. The well-off always had motorhomes, fifth wheels, and large travel trailers, whereas the middle class had tents, popups, and small pull-behind travel trailers. I think the reason that it gets such negativity is the old adage trailer trash and people that lived in single wides and the problems that came with them. People don't change only situations change and paranoia always supersedes everything so when the people who don't understand a situation start to speak they tend to over-explify the things they don't understand. I think full-time rving has a place in our society so long as the people doing it respect the area and obey the lifestyle.
Fuck em. I like you guys. Love to meet you sometime. Full time for 10 months, after 6 years of planning, and love it. Who cares what people think. Most of them don't.
RV life is what you make it, I don’t understand hater’s. You guy’s are real and honest, I remember the video when you were in Myrtle beach during the tornado warning. Watching the panic on Karri’s face put the reality of the situation in perspective, you could have lost your house or even worse got hurt had you not had a safe place to go. Keep up the informative videos and thanks for letting us join you on your journey.
Hi guys. Thanks for the video. I subscribed to your channel about a month ago and live in New Zealand. I love your videos and transparency. I would like to politely give you a small critique if I may. Your audio seems a touch on the loud side and distorts a bit. But keep up the great work. You guys are awesome. Would it be possible to see a few videos of the rv and how you guys deal with certain situations, whatever they may be. Thank you.
Thank you for being yourself. You guys are great. I'm not sure we would hang out, though. Because I smoke cigarettes and you guys don't like smoking at all. Again, you're great.
Awe thank you! Cigarettes are more of an allergy thing than anything else. Bob smoked for almost 30 years. We now just choose to avoid it as it save from any issues for us.
A lot of pewtub videos involve someone buying a used pickup & a truck camper. They have no regard for payload capacity, the're over weight & a danger on the road. RV parks just suck. I'm trailer trash. I use to live in a moble home park, in a manufactured home. The lot was bigger than a RV camp site & I wouldn't call it a camp site there're no woods. There ain't even any shrubs between RV camp sites. The RV/van life, life style sounds cool. Watch enough videos & the cool factor wears off!
You touched on so many valid points. The homeless one - omg - did not want the wife of my ex-boss to see what we were living in BY CHOICE and then, she saw it and loved it! It's by choice. And we travel. Good video!
Some day we will tell the complete story of what it was like telling colleagues we were doing this. Bob stepped down as a Division Manager, we sold everything and took off. We had heard all these things even before our channel started taking off. Now, lol - they all want to be our friends
It's important to always do your research. Even with the content you consume. If you consume content that is fake or negative you are just helping that creator continue to make that type of content.
I never was bothered by people living in RV’s full time. In fact I don’t know anyone who cares if some lives that life style. I used to let people living in Rv’s stay on my property for short stents. Until a guy calling himself Elvis Travels stay here. He stayed about 3 days and after he left, he left behind shopping bags filled with poop and plastic bottles filled with urine. So as a result I no longer let nomads stay on my land.
It is all a generalization by those who do not understand or want to understand the differences of those who are out here living in their RV. Unfortunately, the worst of it hurts everyone equally and we all suffer for it. Frankly, I could not care less about what others say about my choice, they can get over it or don't. I just keep on trucking.
We feel the same way about how others feel BUT the problem with it is that it hurts some of the lifestyle. For example, These reasons have changed a lot of places overnight parking rules in not just businesses but entire towns. It really is a shame.
Yes, I have seen that but it all changed after the pandemic when everyone decided to buy an RV without any knowledge of what they were doing or even etiquette on how to behave and what to do and not to do. I've seen many free camping sites/land trashed and closed by land management teams because of overuse and people's lack of caring. It infuriates me to no end to find places left like that because most TRUE full-time RV'ers appreciate and value our life and care for our land, parks and places we go. I bought my first rig and started in 2016 and I can tell you it has changed tremendously since then - it is a shame.
Great video most people just don’t understand. There are TH-camrs that just make it like the most glamorous life in the world, but they never show the downs of it which is which there are like last year we had a tree fall down on our forest river RV that’s how we went up with our grand design, anyway keep up the great work love the videos can’t wait to sit down and talk sometime with you both
That's just it. If TH-camr's showed the reality of it they would still do well because people want realism. Greed is a powerful thing that compromised so many creators. If you see us out and about, don't hesitate to stop us and chat!
As you've pointed out in past videos, negativity sells. It's kind of a sad reality on TH-cam especially. We've both done videos addressing this and I'd be willing to bet that, like us, those are some of your better performing videos. Keep on keepin' on my friends.
Honestly, our best performing videos are simply videos discussing what others either are afraid of discussing or don't because they want to be "sponsor friendly". The negative side of any genre is good BUT only when it is paired with the positives, This is where most channels that go down that road fail. Build a negative channel and you will be surrounded by negative people. The simplest way to succeed on TH-cam is to be real. If it resonates with people they will subscribe and join. If they don't - time to find a new hobby lol
Man, I really wish I could meet you guys in person. I have so many questions I'd like to ask. I'm really frustrated trying to find 'my' RV right now; so many people don't reply when I contact them and I've lost count on how many times an RV is sold within 48hrs after I try to make contact and before I get a chance to go look at it. Then there's the people who type up 5 whole words to 'describe' their RV or say things like "Runs great, just needs a fuel pump/needs new batteries"...??? Calgon, take me away!
This was the main reason we bought new when we started. Too much time spent chasing someone down to try to buy a rig or get additional pics etc. If you see us out and about, don't hesitate to stop and chat!
@@liferedesigned Well, I don't have the finances to buy new and I don't want to start having a monthly car payment after being free from that for 10 years now. I also don't want to sink a lot of money into this right off the bat since I'm just wanting to see if it's something I'd want to do long-term...I can buy newer/spend more money down the road if I do stick it out. Thanks for the reply...take care and be safe.
Heya folks got a question about connecten the router looks exactly like the homefi router which they send with att on. Have to send that back cause connections were either non existent or slow just about everywhere with T-Mobile I always have useable. So is connecten router hooked up to external antenna or just does well for your work by itself I don’t remember but I think that’s all you use correct?
All we use is ConnecTen where we have cell coverage. For places that have no cell service we use Starlink. ConnecTen we use as is- no external antennas. It is mounted behind our TV and have no issues anywhere.
I like the RV van life e-beggers. I mean, why bother to sell anything? Just beg for money. It works. I recently "flew a sign" (begging) on a city street corner. I made $117 in just a few hours. That's equal to over 50,000 youtube views.
Thanks for the great points brought up. To the environmental impact point...oh man. Exactly what you mentioned. Even with our 30 year old motorhome Betty, we do not commute every day with one or even two cars to and back from work. Even with our old lady we produce less emissions that way alone. Then on top of it, we are heating exactly 14sqm (metric, sorry, Canadian here ;) Guess what we are not heating anymore.... a 2000sqft house in which we were only on average half of the day....so much less emissions there as well. And to end this point, as mentioned our unit is 30 years old and we are not buying new vehicles all the time. Our rig gets the most use out of it without us requiring new rigs or vehicles every couple of years which need to be built from scratch every time...which...produces a lot of emissions. Ok, we better stop here, haha. best wishes from our little TH-cam channel to your both!
This 1000% - Bob is a numbers guy and constantly brings up how much money we were wasting on our home with things like this. Environmental impact is WAY higher in a traditional home! we subscribed to your channel - we like what we see :)
Take this with a grain of salt because I am an audio snob. You are a bit over modulated. Your voices are a bit distorted. Not trying to be an a$$. The blind guy pays attention to audio. Anyway, good topic and discussion.
Yeah we caught that in post - that’s what you get from a couple of amateur 50 something’s with a camera. We should have everything resolved shortly with the mic vendor as they are shipping us new ones.
Also these utubers that constantly teach us about their HIGH tech CRAP. Unless you happen to have this same unit, you are not interested at all. and then there is the couple that has probably had 7 or 8 RVs and then they give them back. Bragging all the way Who wants to hear this. ? also selling their fancy Antennas and wifi stuff. Thanks Guys. I am a new listener. Enjoyed your video.
The people that you are talking about are usually the really beautiful people. They always have perfert hair and makeup. then they sell their pads, batteries . beds, E BIKES, ;propane and propane accesssories. I think someone else is buying their expensive RVs because they are always buying new ones ( that usually faiil or break ). I kind of thinking about the couple with a baby that has an Airstream and then buys a very expensive Airstream Van and they have oodles of problems. woe is them.
Dang. I thought I found a cool channel until you said "rent control is unbelievably missing". THE problem in the country is that we let our government move from required money, Constitutional Money (article 1 section 10), to something that is not money, but rather, unbacked, debt-based forced currency dependent on exponential, unsustainable growth. So, um, yeah: Have fun with the results of government "controlling" anything, including rent.
AirBnb takes away from people that want to settle down and live in one location and is a huge driver for increased rental property prices in major areas. We see THAT all the time.
Full timers also keep the parks open with their revenue - Most parks would not survive without Full Timers. There is a reason they keep adding more and more annual spots at these places. Waiting for a "vacationer" doesn't pay the bills. Something to think about.
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Jealousy. That was the first thing that came to my mind. We've been conditioned to follow the formula...college, job, marriage, kids, house, retirement. When people are brave enough to step away from traditional paths and pave their own, they become targets. That's one reason you TH-cam Channel drew me in...life redesigned...just the way YOU want it. 😊
Absolutely! Never could understand how people like to hate on how someone else chooses to live their own life.😂
The herd doesn't like to be reminded of what their lives are missing.
My wife and I are planning and preparing for full time RVing in June and she’s been getting a lot of jealous comments all the time from anyone who gets wind of our plans
Retired truck driver. My coach house ks 192ks is wonderful. I don't like where I am, I move. Love it.
Exactly!
Agreed, while rent is becoming about high we still like being able to pick up and move.
Want to try short term work camping next to see the country
Love your take on RV life
Thank You!
You folks are real. I appreciate that.
No other way to be! 😀
I really like people who are full time living and my financial situation won't permit me to live a rv life. I keep an open mind why people are living a full time rv life because I research the lifestyle from watching TH-cam videos. As for me, instead of being negative all the time, I look at the whole picture. I wish you safe travels. A long as you're happy living a full time rv lifestyle, that's what's important. Take care, Alan.
Thank you Alan! 😀
@@liferedesigned You're welcome! Think about it--anything we do that makes us happy and I mean anything. You know what I mean. You can combine "that" with the rv lifestyle. People are jealous of us doing anything that makes us happy. You and I don't have to explain to jealous people or answer to them why we do what makes happy. For example--I'm 62 years old, a retro guy. I have been wearing my hair long since I was 11 years old. My job permits me to wear my hair long. I still wear my hair long and I will admit, I love to wear my hair long and it makes me happy because I can be myself. My hair is currently 7, 8 inches past my shoulders. I keep the split ends trimmed every 6 months so that my hair grows faster and longer. My long hair doesn't hurt anyone. I keep my hair neat and clean, washing it every day. At 62 years old, I have a thick full head of hair. Let's face it--negative people are jealous of us who do anything that makes us happy. They can go sit on it.
How does one "over sensationalize" this lifestyle? We absolutely love this lifestyle! We have zero plans to stop. Sure things happen that aren't fun from time to time. But most days are good days.
As for finances, I always tell people it really isn't any cheaper to live this lifestyle. It's just a different way to spend your money. If people want to call us homeless, let them. It doesn't hurt my feelings in living my best life seeing the amazing country I fought for while they are stuck in one spot doing the daily grind. We are blessed to be able to live this life.
People talk about others when they are jealous or not happy with their own life. Happy people don't have to bash others. Facts!
I’m going to copy/paste this into EVERY negative/hateful comment! 🙌
@liferedesigned do it! I out troll trolls 😂🤷🏻♀️ I beat them at their own game. When they leave a negative comment, I reply every time & don't delete it and say something to the extent of "well thanks for supported my video by commenting meaning YOU helped push this video in the algorithm by interacting with the video. Thanks for the support". Cause by doing that, it makes them mad cause it's the opposite effect they're going for. They want to try to hurt your feelings but they're actually helping. Jokes on them!
lol, we do say things like that…Bob is a bit more creative with his response, I am more blunt and he tells me to be nice….really? 🙄
I thought of a new One. Do full time RVers pay any taxes ? People with a house pay a lot of taxes which funds local economies, utility co. schools, city Govt., police protection, Fire protection. I know Rvers pay Sales Taxes Yes but what else, ? They flush tolieits, get water, dump gray and black water use Elec. I wonder what you can say about this. Thanks, i Love that you bring up this stuff that no one else has really been talking about
Hi Laura:
RVers pay a TON of taxes - from camping fees to sales tax - Taxes are everywhere. Local economies welcome RVING as the revenue generated keeps many smaller towns going and they rely on that income.
While we may not get the bill directly for water and electric- the RV parks sure do and those fees pay for all of that.
Lol, believe me - governments never go without getting paid taxes 🤣🤣
It still does not compare to houseowner who pays sales tax AND PAYS THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY TAX.
You are absolutely correct. The taxes are paid by the RV resorts and campgrounds etc and not the individual RVer. Yep, saves us thousands a year in not personally funding services we don’t use.
@@laurakilmer8652 I pay $1052 year property taxes 30 mins outside Daytona Beach Fl came from NY where property tax is easy $18-15-12 or more a year!
Everyone’s RV Life expectancy is different. Unfortunately, many people these days do not want to accept responsibility for their own actions. Being houseless does not mean you are “homeless”. I would rather live in a “RV” than be homeless. I experienced that as a child living underneath a bridge.
Let the haters hate, you will never change their opinions on something they have never tried or failed because they didn’t follow through with all the helpful tips.
Well said!
Yep! We’ve been called “trailer trash”while living in our Alliance RV!
LOL, we forgot about that term ... been a minute for us since we were called that one! You must be doing something right! (On a side note - you have a beautiful rig :) )
One person's trash is another person's treasure! Never let others define who you are. Define yourself!
Keeping it real
No other way to keep it 😂
I love you guys! It's very refreshing to hear your point of view. 😊
You're the best! Thank you for the support 😀
You are right. All the videos are about how expensive it is to RV.
Don't worry, they will flip after this season - most likely another mass exodus to Alaska or Mexico ... already see the patterns. Then it will all shift to how unsafe everyone is.
@@liferedesigned put this on your calendar and revisit this in a few months. I be you are right!
Already on it ! Lol
I got hooked on RV Life videos a few years ago. It’s been an interesting journey watching their evolution, see the trends. Glad to find your channel. You’re personable, funny, smart, unique. Thanks! 💜💜
Thank you!
Love that this is being talked about. We are newbs to the rv game but literally our first campground a guy referred to us as homeless. 😬
Yeah - that we get quite a lot. We usually just remind them that we are property tax less 😂😂😂
In our years as nomads in our rigs I always responded with "We are not homeless...we are houseless!". We owned different houses and feel most at home in our rig on the road and for the foreseeable future we will not change that.
You both are better than me. I took one look at sweaty gross travel day self and said “I guess so”. 😂😂 but I’m happy as ever
@@liferedesigned We are retired and live this lifestyle for 1/3 of what it used to cost us to live in our old S&B home. Property tax excesses are a big reason we are living this lifestyle. When they raised our property taxes 1,000% one year, we realized that the government could tax us out of our home any time the wanted. Our home was never really paid for, but we were merely renting our property from the state. We boondock most of the time, but if we were to live in our favorite RV park all year long, our entire housing costs would be less than just our old property tax bill! That's outrageous if you ask me.
I retired 12/31. I intended on traveling but found I was not physically strong enough to move every couple months. So I bought a lot in a deeded RV resort and am staying stationary. There are many ways to live RV life.
Absolutely! Best of luck to you 😀
Love how you both condense all the"junk" being talked about to what really is going on, another great video. Thanks
Thank you!
You guys are the best. KEEP IT REAL 🇺🇸
Thank you!
@@liferedesigned I know you guys aren’t big on meet ups but you guys should do a meet up because people want to meet you. We Will be at pirates Rv park in April and dinner is on me. Lmao
Keeping it real. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Thank You! No other way for us to be :)
Love all your content, your channel is AWESOME! Keep up the real word concerning the life style.
Well, you are AWESOME for calling us AWESOME! if you keep watching, we will keep keeping it real!
Brewery? Did someone say Brewery? I'm sold
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Topsail Sound ??????
Been full timing since 2016. Retired in 2017. Some of my friends and family thought I was foolish. My family still does not understand my lifestyle. I jettisoned them from my life. Got no plans of quitting.
love this! Safe Travels!
You've made some very valid points. I believe good and bad can be found in any group. What I get tired of hearing is complaining of the costs, the hunt for free parking, free water,free power,free dumping for sewage ect. A lot of people just don't do the research and want to blame everyone else when life isn't a bag of roses. If you choose a direction to go, try to get all the ends and outs. All the best.....RF
Thats the thing - you have to do your own research. We get flooded with questions asking advice .. first piece of advice is not to rely on TH-cam (Us included)
Now it’s all about the frames! So many have broken frames! Great video guys!
This all stems from one woman who found her "niche" slamming manufacturers and feeding the negative crowd. Very sad state of the genre when that takes over.
@@liferedesigned So true
14 years on the road, every day is a holiday. Better than a holiday, no creepy family hanging around LOL
lol, Best comment so far!😂😂😂
Always an interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing Bob and Shari.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Bob & Karri I have a question you mention thousand trails but what is your opinion on KOAs Thanks
Too expensive for what they are - especially for full time. We don’t even consider them anymore unfortunately
I'm a little older than you guys so I can remember when RVing was just a vacation thing and camping was another. The well-off always had motorhomes, fifth wheels, and large travel trailers, whereas the middle class had tents, popups, and small pull-behind travel trailers. I think the reason that it gets such negativity is the old adage trailer trash and people that lived in single wides and the problems that came with them. People don't change only situations change and paranoia always supersedes everything so when the people who don't understand a situation start to speak they tend to over-explify the things they don't understand. I think full-time rving has a place in our society so long as the people doing it respect the area and obey the lifestyle.
Fuck em. I like you guys. Love to meet you sometime. Full time for 10 months, after 6 years of planning, and love it. Who cares what people think. Most of them don't.
If our paths cross on the road - please stop and say hello!
Hello from central NC. I love topsail and surf city.
Hello! Both beautiful places - we are in love with NC!
I have lived all over, and love NC the most. You have a friend in Nashville NC if your ever passing thru.
@@liferedesigned
Appreciate that!
Everybody has an opinion. They're all wrong. I'm always right! 🤣
Maybe they should try some LETTUCE. 🙃
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That could solve a ton of problems 🤣🤣
Well said you two. You covered all the issues we could have thought of. You keep doing what you do, please. ❤
Thank you - appreciate it!
they are just envious of your life style
We see that more and more - it’s a shame really, how some people seem put off by how others live
RV life is what you make it, I don’t understand hater’s. You guy’s are real and honest, I remember the video when you were in Myrtle beach during the tornado warning. Watching the panic on Karri’s face put the reality of the situation in perspective, you could have lost your house or even worse got hurt had you not had a safe place to go. Keep up the informative videos and thanks for letting us join you on your journey.
That tornado warning was probably the scariest thing we have encountered on the road.. We did make some great friends in that bathroom though lol
Hi guys. Thanks for the video. I subscribed to your channel about a month ago and live in New Zealand. I love your videos and transparency. I would like to politely give you a small critique if I may. Your audio seems a touch on the loud side and distorts a bit. But keep up the great work. You guys are awesome. Would it be possible to see a few videos of the rv and how you guys deal with certain situations, whatever they may be. Thank you.
We are working on the audio issues with the mic vendor. Should have resolved shortly 🤣
Thank you for being yourself. You guys are great. I'm not sure we would hang out, though. Because I smoke cigarettes and you guys don't like smoking at all. Again, you're great.
Awe thank you! Cigarettes are more of an allergy thing than anything else. Bob smoked for almost 30 years. We now just choose to avoid it as it save from any issues for us.
A lot of pewtub videos involve someone buying a used pickup & a truck camper. They have no regard for payload capacity, the're over weight & a danger on the road. RV parks just suck. I'm trailer trash. I use to live in a moble home park, in a manufactured home. The lot was bigger than a RV camp site & I wouldn't call it a camp site there're no woods. There ain't even any shrubs between RV camp sites. The RV/van life, life style sounds cool. Watch enough videos & the cool factor wears off!
So why watch them? I can assure you that what you are describing isn’t what we are experiencing
@@liferedesigned Entertainment!
Great little video on the topic
Thank you! Appreciate it😀
You touched on so many valid points. The homeless one - omg - did not want the wife of my ex-boss to see what we were living in BY CHOICE and then, she saw it and loved it! It's by choice. And we travel. Good video!
Some day we will tell the complete story of what it was like telling colleagues we were doing this. Bob stepped down as a Division Manager, we sold everything and took off. We had heard all these things even before our channel started taking off. Now, lol - they all want to be our friends
First they are afraid to leave their mom’s basement.
I'm at the opening credits. Getting snacks now😂🍿
enjoy!
It's important to always do your research. Even with the content you consume. If you consume content that is fake or negative you are just helping that creator continue to make that type of content.
This 1000%!
Enjoyed again, yall use to cold weather, living up north, me living in fla, 52 is cold , 36 even colder stay safe
I hear that eventually we will get used to it and be that way ... I hope not, we only have 1 pair of pants each lol
If the general public hates RV'ers it's out of jealousy because you have freedom and they dont!!
Absolutely!
I never was bothered by people living in RV’s full time. In fact I don’t know anyone who cares if some lives that life style. I used to let people living in Rv’s stay on my property for short stents. Until a guy calling himself Elvis Travels stay here. He stayed about 3 days and after he left, he left behind shopping bags filled with poop and plastic bottles filled with urine. So as a result I no longer let nomads stay on my land.
Great video guys. Which campground in top sail. We are looking at June down there to camp. Can you do a review of the campground.
Was Thousand Trails Harbor Point. Unfortunately we did not have time to do a review there
It is all a generalization by those who do not understand or want to understand the differences of those who are out here living in their RV. Unfortunately, the worst of it hurts everyone equally and we all suffer for it. Frankly, I could not care less about what others say about my choice, they can get over it or don't. I just keep on trucking.
We feel the same way about how others feel BUT the problem with it is that it hurts some of the lifestyle. For example, These reasons have changed a lot of places overnight parking rules in not just businesses but entire towns. It really is a shame.
Yes, I have seen that but it all changed after the pandemic when everyone decided to buy an RV without any knowledge of what they were doing or even etiquette on how to behave and what to do and not to do. I've seen many free camping sites/land trashed and closed by land management teams because of overuse and people's lack of caring. It infuriates me to no end to find places left like that because most TRUE full-time RV'ers appreciate and value our life and care for our land, parks and places we go. I bought my first rig and started in 2016 and I can tell you it has changed tremendously since then - it is a shame.
We live in a van down by the river...😅😂😊
That is our ultimate goal if we can ever consolidate down. We talk all the time about giving van life a run and if we could make it. ...
Great video most people just don’t understand. There are TH-camrs that just make it like the most glamorous life in the world, but they never show the downs of it which is which there are like last year we had a tree fall down on our forest river RV that’s how we went up with our grand design, anyway keep up the great work love the videos can’t wait to sit down and talk sometime with you both
That's just it. If TH-camr's showed the reality of it they would still do well because people want realism. Greed is a powerful thing that compromised so many creators. If you see us out and about, don't hesitate to stop us and chat!
👍Right On Brother!
Any RVer who follows the 333 rule & stays at 2 week+ sites is saving more gas - and WAY more _water_ - than the average American.
As you've pointed out in past videos, negativity sells. It's kind of a sad reality on TH-cam especially. We've both done videos addressing this and I'd be willing to bet that, like us, those are some of your better performing videos. Keep on keepin' on my friends.
Honestly, our best performing videos are simply videos discussing what others either are afraid of discussing or don't because they want to be "sponsor friendly". The negative side of any genre is good BUT only when it is paired with the positives, This is where most channels that go down that road fail. Build a negative channel and you will be surrounded by negative people.
The simplest way to succeed on TH-cam is to be real. If it resonates with people they will subscribe and join. If they don't - time to find a new hobby lol
I really like your videos telling it like it is...straight up. Also because Karri is really cute😊
Man, I really wish I could meet you guys in person. I have so many questions I'd like to ask. I'm really frustrated trying to find 'my' RV right now; so many people don't reply when I contact them and I've lost count on how many times an RV is sold within 48hrs after I try to make contact and before I get a chance to go look at it. Then there's the people who type up 5 whole words to 'describe' their RV or say things like "Runs great, just needs a fuel pump/needs new batteries"...???
Calgon, take me away!
This was the main reason we bought new when we started. Too much time spent chasing someone down to try to buy a rig or get additional pics etc. If you see us out and about, don't hesitate to stop and chat!
@@liferedesigned Well, I don't have the finances to buy new and I don't want to start having a monthly car payment after being free from that for 10 years now. I also don't want to sink a lot of money into this right off the bat since I'm just wanting to see if it's something I'd want to do long-term...I can buy newer/spend more money down the road if I do stick it out. Thanks for the reply...take care and be safe.
I thought jealousy issues as well when I first started video. Tha nks for video!! I'm a weekend camper myself.
I've been doing videos for many years. Still only have 36 subscribers. No fabulous paydays for me. Not doing it for fame and fortune , obviously.
Nothing wrong with that!
Heya folks got a question about connecten the router looks exactly like the homefi router which they send with att on. Have to send that back cause connections were either non existent or slow just about everywhere with T-Mobile I always have useable. So is connecten router hooked up to external antenna or just does well for your work by itself I don’t remember but I think that’s all you use correct?
All we use is ConnecTen where we have cell coverage. For places that have no cell service we use Starlink. ConnecTen we use as is- no external antennas. It is mounted behind our TV and have no issues anywhere.
@@liferedesigned thank you
Anytime - happy to help 😀
People need to mind their own business. You do what you enjoy doing whether full time or weekend warriors.
Absolutely!
Sorry that was so long
😂😂 no worries!
I like the RV van life e-beggers. I mean, why bother to sell anything? Just beg for money. It works. I recently "flew a sign" (begging) on a city street corner. I made $117 in just a few hours. That's equal to over 50,000 youtube views.
lol, we make more than that in views alone 😂
Thanks for the great points brought up. To the environmental impact point...oh man. Exactly what you mentioned. Even with our 30 year old motorhome Betty, we do not commute every day with one or even two cars to and back from work. Even with our old lady we produce less emissions that way alone. Then on top of it, we are heating exactly 14sqm (metric, sorry, Canadian here ;) Guess what we are not heating anymore.... a 2000sqft house in which we were only on average half of the day....so much less emissions there as well. And to end this point, as mentioned our unit is 30 years old and we are not buying new vehicles all the time. Our rig gets the most use out of it without us requiring new rigs or vehicles every couple of years which need to be built from scratch every time...which...produces a lot of emissions. Ok, we better stop here, haha. best wishes from our little TH-cam channel to your both!
This 1000% - Bob is a numbers guy and constantly brings up how much money we were wasting on our home with things like this. Environmental impact is WAY higher in a traditional home! we subscribed to your channel - we like what we see :)
Take this with a grain of salt because I am an audio snob. You are a bit over modulated. Your voices are a bit distorted. Not trying to be an a$$. The blind guy pays attention to audio. Anyway, good topic and discussion.
Yeah we caught that in post - that’s what you get from a couple of amateur 50 something’s with a camera. We should have everything resolved shortly with the mic vendor as they are shipping us new ones.
LOL @@liferedesigned
Sadly, gloom & doom is a great seller right now. It has gotten very old and crosses all subject lines.
So we see - very sad
Also these utubers that constantly teach us about their HIGH tech CRAP. Unless you happen to have this same unit, you are not interested at all. and then there is the couple that has probably had 7 or 8 RVs and then they give them back. Bragging all the way Who wants to hear this. ? also selling their fancy Antennas and wifi stuff. Thanks Guys. I am a new listener. Enjoyed your video.
I like The Book of Knowledge.
You guys are great! The only thing that bothers me is the fact that there is no X in eSpecially. Just a pet peeve, sorry for being a nag!
Ha! Now you know why the videos are free 🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like a miserable life style. I can’t wait to join you 😊
I’m jealous 😂 and can’t wait to retire in a couple years
Oh, it's terrible :) Bob has this stuck permanent grin that he caught somewhere on the road and can't have surgically removed lol
The people that you are talking about are usually the really beautiful people. They always have perfert hair and makeup. then they sell their pads, batteries . beds, E BIKES, ;propane and propane accesssories. I think someone else is buying their expensive RVs because they are always buying new ones ( that usually faiil or break ). I kind of thinking about the couple with a baby that has an Airstream and then buys a very expensive Airstream Van and they have oodles of problems. woe is them.
Dang. I thought I found a cool channel until you said "rent control is unbelievably missing". THE problem in the country is that we let our government move from required money, Constitutional Money (article 1 section 10), to something that is not money, but rather, unbacked, debt-based forced currency dependent on exponential, unsustainable growth. So, um, yeah: Have fun with the results of government "controlling" anything, including rent.
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Full time takes away campsites from people who take vacations im 68 and see it over the years getting worse
AirBnb takes away from people that want to settle down and live in one location and is a huge driver for increased rental property prices in major areas. We see THAT all the time.
Full timers also keep the parks open with their revenue - Most parks would not survive without Full Timers. There is a reason they keep adding more and more annual spots at these places. Waiting for a "vacationer" doesn't pay the bills. Something to think about.
Wish u worded your titles better I don't like guessing.
Sorry to disappoint you