Why Now Beats Someday: Full-Timing After Retirement
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Why Now Beats Someday: Full-Timing After Retirement

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202633 min
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Mark and Barb Douyard, 72 and 77, rented out their Delaware home, packed up their fifth wheel and set off on a two-year RV adventure across North America. We talk with them in the middle of their first year about how they made it happen, what surprised them, what has been hard, and what has been the best part so far. Also this week: Jennifer answers a listener whose husband wants to go winter camping in their Class B van, and Mike explains why October mountain campsites are so hard to find and how to still get one. Plus, we head...

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This is episode 646 of the RV Podcast. And this week on the podcast. It's just the serendipity of meeting people, as you and Jen talk about it. It's not the places so much as the experiences.

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I would say the future is now. Don't wait. In this episode's conversation, we're going to talk with a couple in their 70s who rented out the house, packed up their fifth wheel and hit the road for two years. What's the first year of full-timing really like?

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Us will share travel tips, answer your RV questions, and much more. This episode is being released on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026. So hello everybody and welcome to the RV Podcast. I'm Mike Wendland and this is my co-host, my lifelong traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer.

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