Living Aboard Your RV
3rd Edition
Published on 16. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-07-137724-9 (ISBN)
Description
'A perfect guide' - "Anchorage Daily News". Imagine a life with no deadlines, no neighbors, no leaves to rake, and no lawn to mow. The open road beckons, and your home goes with you wherever you travel. Welcome to the world of fulltime RVing - self-sufficient, comfortable, and mobile. This third edition of the best-selling "Living Aboard Your RV", will help you decide if RVing is the right choice for you, taking you through every step of hitting the road full time. It helps to: choose the best RV and equipment; use the Internet to earn a living, manage your finances, and stay in touch; home-school your kids and keep them involved and learning on the road; and, maintain and secure your RV. 'Honest, insightful advice' - "Northeast Outdoors". 'If any of our family or friends were contemplating becoming fulltime RVers, the first thing I would give them is this book' - Camping and RV.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
40 photographs, 20 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-137724-9 (9780071377249)
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Persons
An award-winning travel writer/photographer team, Janet and Gordon Groene spent more than 10 years as full-time wanderers, living aboard a boat in the summer and 21-foot motorhome in the winter. Janet writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column about RVing. The Groenes have collaborated on more than a dozen travel books, 9 of which are still in print, and are at work on three other guides due out next year. Their writing has appeared in publications such as Ladies Home Journal, Travel America, Miami Herald, Providence Journal, and Family Motor Coaching.
Janet Groene has been a full-time freelance writer and author for thirty years. She is the co-author of Living Aboard Your RV, and author of many other titles. Additionally, she's the author of the long-running column Cooking on the Go for Family Motor Coaching magazine. Janet and her husband have lived full time on the go for many years now, splitting their time between cruising the tropics in their sailboat in the winter and cooling off on the mountains in summer aboard their twenty-one-foot RV. HOMETOWN: DeLand, FL
Janet Groene has been a full-time freelance writer and author for thirty years. She is the co-author of Living Aboard Your RV, and author of many other titles. Additionally, she's the author of the long-running column Cooking on the Go for Family Motor Coaching magazine. Janet and her husband have lived full time on the go for many years now, splitting their time between cruising the tropics in their sailboat in the winter and cooling off on the mountains in summer aboard their twenty-one-foot RV. HOMETOWN: DeLand, FL
Content
Preface to the Third Edition1. Song of the Open Road2. Get Ready3. Fulltimer Case Histories4. The Cost of RV Living5. Where's Home?6. Making the Break7. How to Choose a Home on Wheels8. Equipping Your RV Home Your Way9. Rest Insured10. Managing Money on the Go11. Keeping in Touch12. Kids on Board13. The Fulltimer's Pets14. Driving the Big Ones15. Mini-Hobbies for Your Mini-Home16. Home, Sweet Campground17. Put the RV in ConseRVation18. Portable Professions19. The Mysteries of Mobile Medicine20. Housecleaning on Wheels21. Tools for the Fulltimer22. Your RV's Engine and Drive Train23. Maintaining Your RV's Utility Systems24. Safety and Security25. The End of the RoadAppendix 1. Useful AddressesAppendix 2. What's Available in RVsIndex