so like 150$k then? dang
I don't know, do they really cost that much? I assumed they started closer to 60k. He hasn't even told me yet, but I want to check it out. I might bike there and surprise him..."whoa what's this in your driveway!?"
so like 150$k then? dang
I don't know, do they really cost that much? I assumed they started closer to 60k. He hasn't even told me yet, but I want to check it out. I might bike there and surprise him..."whoa what's this in your driveway!?"
It all depends on what kind of comforts you want...and how new you want...
a van i can poop in is my definition of utopia
You can poop in your car...but it can get messy.
Work at home full time as it is. Being retired and around the house with nothing to do will not be fun. Just got back from a road trip and while it's different, it gets tiresome. All vacations do, really... because you like going back to what's familiar. Said that after 2 weeks in Hawaii, said that after a week on a cruise ship to the Caribbean.
I think I'll need to at least work part-time to keep from going insane.
(It will probably be your mom though.)
(/alky)
I always thought it would be a fun project to get one of those short school buses and convert it into a camper. Those things are built like tanks and can often be gotten for cheap. They are terribly insulated, but you could build studded walls inside and insulate it etc. Could have solar panels on the roof for power. Maybe even a retractable wind turbine. Heck, convert the entire thing to run on electricity including the engine. Even if it takes days to charge the battery off solar, it could work if you don't plan to constantly be traveling but just hop from place to place without any schedule. You'd pretty much be self sufficient energy wise. Need an extended drain pipe that you can aim at a storm sewer when the shitter's full.
A VW camper would be perfect for me, aside from the newest ones being ~40 years old at this point. I can work on them, but my idea of a nice retirement isn't working on VW campers.
LoL! That sounds about right. You should have hung around for the look of terror on windy mountain passages. Nothing gets the blood going like being blown across lanes on a small road :^DI saw quite a few old VW campervans this summer......the driver usually had a great big smirk on his face because there was a large trail of vehicles behind him desperate to pass....
Yeah quite a few of them where on their way across the mountains....good friend of mine has a fully restored '69 vw campervan, beautiful underpowered vanLoL! That sounds about right. You should have hung around for the look of terror on windy mountain passages. Nothing gets the blood going like being blown across lanes on a small road :^D
I think part of the stress for vacations is the bullshit of timing, planning, be here at this time bullshit. Which I understand when you have a job - you have to have your ducks in a row to make sure you accomplish what you want to accomplish with your limited time period, and because you have to time flights/hotel bookings.
BUT - when you are retired you don't have that stress of "Be back by X time on Y date because you have Z tasks to do when you get back". I feel like that would be a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE burden off my shoulders. Ehhh? Flight cancelled? Fuck it, let's sit around and explore the city one more night. 0 fucks given.
My younger brother did this 2 years ago and him and his wife moved to Texas and have been living in it for over a year. I could never do something like that though.I always thought it would be a fun project to get one of those short school buses and convert it into a camper. Those things are built like tanks and can often be gotten for cheap. They are terribly insulated, but you could build studded walls inside and insulate it etc. Could have solar panels on the roof for power. Maybe even a retractable wind turbine. Heck, convert the entire thing to run on electricity including the engine. Even if it takes days to charge the battery off solar, it could work if you don't plan to constantly be traveling but just hop from place to place without any schedule. You'd pretty much be self sufficient energy wise. Need an extended drain pipe that you can aim at a storm sewer when the shitter's full.
I think part of the stress for vacations is the bullshit of timing, planning, be here at this time bullshit. Which I understand when you have a job - you have to have your ducks in a row to make sure you accomplish what you want to accomplish with your limited time period, and because you have to time flights/hotel bookings.
BUT - when you are retired you don't have that stress of "Be back by X time on Y date because you have Z tasks to do when you get back". I feel like that would be a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE burden off my shoulders. Ehhh? Flight cancelled? Fuck it, let's sit around and explore the city one more night. 0 fucks given.
My younger brother did this 2 years ago and him and his wife moved to Texas and have been living in it for over a year. I could never do something like that though.