1nshort Report post Posted October 23, 2016 Just joined, been camping since the 70's. Went the whole route, tent, Van, Canvas Pop-up, Hi-Lo pop-up, 35 ft Hurricane class A (2003), 2013 Coachmen 37 TZ (to present). Floor plan decided the power train, F53 Ford chassis V10 gasser, 5 speed transmission, Myself, DW Gail, and Blue Merle Sheltie 'Dixie' with one blue eye. Retiring April 2017, moving from Maryland, to Snowflake Arizona as a home base. Looking forward to extended trips 3 or so months at a time. Had a Name the RV competition (friends and family)...settled on USRV-TOFEL 'Two Old Farts Enjoying Life' Spent 23 years on submarines and another 23 years as an Intelligence Analyst....decided it was time to hang things up and see this fine Country and meet folks from all around. 1nshort (Before you ask, Denis with one 'n'......Anglo Saxon spelling). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lmsooter Report post Posted October 23, 2016 Denis, Gail and Dixie, Welcome to the FMCA forum. Sounds like you have covered the entire range of camping. We went from a tent to a 35 ft. Hurricane to our current coach. Enjoy your retirement and see this great country. We sold our home in central Texas in 2011, hit the road full time and have never regretted it. Snowflake, Arizona sounds like it might be cold in winter! But then Maryland is not the tropics in winter, We visited our grandson at Indian Head, MD in October 2015 and he said it would be getting cold there. We are now spending our winters west of San Antonio, Texas and the summers in southern Colorado. If you get near San Antonio, TX or Antonito, CO give us a call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blakeloke Report post Posted October 23, 2016 TOFEL, Congratulations on your upcoming retirement and a huge THANK YOU for your service to our great country! Blake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jleamont Report post Posted October 23, 2016 1nshort, Welcome!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildebill308 Report post Posted October 23, 2016 21 hours ago, 1nshort said: Just joined, been camping since the 70's. Went the whole route, tent, Van, Canvas Pop-up, Hi-Lo pop-up, 35 ft Hurricane class A (2003), 2013 Coachmen 37 TZ (to present). Floor plan decided the power train, F53 Ford chassis V10 gasser, 5 speed transmission, Myself, DW Gail, and Blue Merle Sheltie 'Dixie' with one blue eye. Retiring April 2017, moving from Maryland, to Snowflake Arizona as a home base. Looking forward to extended trips 3 or so months at a time. Had a Name the RV competition (friends and family)...settled on USRV-TOFEL 'Two Old Farts Enjoying Life' Spent 23 years on submarines and another 23 years as an Intelligence Analyst....decided it was time to hang things up and see this fine Country and meet folks from all around. 1nshort (Before you ask, Denis with one 'n'......Anglo Saxon spelling). Welcome to the forum. Thank you for your service. I like the name kind of fits with the military way of having acronyms for everything. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted October 24, 2016 Denis, Gail and Dixie...Welcome to the Forum! Denis, thank you for your service! Have been to Snowflake several times and winter is not bad...if you like winter sports and trout fishing, you picked a good spot! Enjoy your future travels...it's a beautiful country! Carl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildebill308 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 If it gets to cold in Snowflake you can visit the part of south Texas known as the Valley. Lots of places to stay around McAllen. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
