Sabre 36BHQ

Full Time RV Living — Becoming Homeless

We finally did it. After being marooned in Missouri for what felt like forever, we sold or gave away (nearly) all of our material possessions, put our house on the market and are now on the road full time. In this post we talk about the process — the things we did to get there, and the many things that we did not expect.

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Marooned in Missouri

When we told our friends and family that we were starting a travel blog we were sure that we were nearly ready to pull the gear up and hit the road full time. We underestimated how much life can happen while you are busy making other plans. Sometimes the days do not go the way we planned. Sometimes this continues for weeks at a time. Is this post we share some of the challenges of the last two months.

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A Leak in our Boat

Buying an RV brand new does not guarantee the RV is in the condition that it should be. Our pre-delivery Inspection at Pete’s RV indicated everything was in working order, but strong rains would point to leaks in the boat!

RV Move Day Checklist

Living full time in an RV means that on move days you have to relocate your house. RVs are designed to be moved, but the entire process has many steps. There are a lot of tasks that need to be performed before the RV can be moved, and be moved safely.

Taming the Lippert OneControl Hotspot

When we picked out our 2022 Sabre 36BHQ we were excited to see that it came pre-wired for a Lippert OneControl Hotspot. How cool is it that Forest River builds this RV pre-wiring RVs for solar, _and_ internet? It’s outstanding, right? Right!? Read on to find out.

Reading Light Upgrade

Our 2022 Forest River Sabre 36BHQ is equipped with reading lights in the bedrooms. The lights provide more than enough light to read — much more. Read on to find out how we replaced the reading lights with dim-able LEDs. Our RV is equipped with 12 volt lights throughout. The factory installed lights have a …