Slow 2 the party...

[slowdayz]

Well, ballenxj invited me over quite a while ago but I've had to deal with a few things lately concerning my health. That has turned out OK, so now I'm good to go. Now it's time for an intro on Gary's new forum.  I never did do an intro over on CRVL years ago, just jumped right in. Oh well.

Anyway, I'm a divorced man in my mid-60s and have been a full-time van dweller at several different times in my life since the 1970's.  For the past 3 years I've lived in S&B and was all set to hit the road when my lease was up on Sept.30 and head to South Dakota for residency,mail,etc. before it got too cold up there.  Then the doc I see for my liver decided he needed to do some extra testing on me. They couldn't get that scheduled until last week but now it's done and everything is fine...yay!

My landlord bent the company rules a little and let me go month-to-month so now the plan is to leave about mid-November.  Last month I bought a '93 Ford E150 and I've been working on it to get it ready to tow a cargo trailer to New Mexico where I plan to spend the winter at the state parks near Truth or Consequences. Don't know if I will make it to the RTR but if it gets too frigging cold in NM, I'll be needing to head further west for sure.

I'm looking forward to enjoying this cool forum (thanks Gary) and maybe meeting some folks down the road sometime.

Bye,

Ian

[Gunny]

Welcome, it's good you see you here. Nice folks and laid back attitude.

Rob

[slowdayz]

Hey there Rob. I think quite a few of us will be more at home over here.

Thanks for the welcome...

[Cammalu]

Welcome Ian. Are you bunking in the van or cargo trailer?


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[AbuelaLoca]

Good to see you here, Ian! We need pics of your build! Or a link to your build thread at CRVL if you have one!

   

[Scott7022]

Welcome and salutations

[Wabbit]

Hi Slowdayz and welcome. Best of luck to you and here's hoping the transition is a smooth one.

[slowdayz]

Welcome Ian.  Are you bunking in the van or cargo trailer?

Hi Cams. I will eventually be living in the trailer but for a while I'll need to sleep in the van while I do the conversion. No problem there as I've done that a lot in my old Dodge van. I do need to transfer the bed,etc. from the old to the new(er) van yet.

I've been trying to locate the type of trailer I want but even if I found it now it would be a hassle to convert it as I'd have to rent an outside storage space then trek over there and hook it up and tow it out somewhere to work on it. It's looking like I'll need to find a cargo in OKC or in Texas and doing the conversion 'on the fly' sort of on the way to NM.

[rvpopeye]

Welcome aboard !

[Blacktank]

nice to have you here,there is a steady stream of stuff hitting the market,sooner or later something close enough will pop up