Living aboard your RV

Groene, Janet (Author). Groene, Gordon. (Added Author).

Summary: Take your home on the road, and turn your wanderlust into action Praise for previous edition: "A perfect guide."--Anchorage Daily News "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 & RV Since its first edition in the early 1980s, Living Aboard Your RV has been the bible for those who want to pick up and hit the road, covering all the essential topics from choice of RV to electronic communication and costs and banking issues. The fourth edition will help turn your temptation to leave it all behind into a reality--if it is right for you. New to this edition are: New photos showing the latest models and trends The breakthroughs in communications technology, abd how they can keep in touch with the world or off the grid safely Updates on homeschooling and community building especially for those younger RV families.

Record details

ISBN: 007178473X
ISBN: 9780071784733
Physical Description: viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- 1. Song of the open road -- 2. Get ready -- 3. Fulltimer case histories -- 4. The cost of RV living -- 5. Where's home? -- 6. Making the break -- 7. Choosing a home on wheels -- 8. Equipping your RV home your way -- 9. Rest insured -- 10. Managing money on the go -- 11. Keeping in touch -- 12. Kids on board -- 13. The fulltimer's pets -- 14. Driving the big ones -- 15. Mini-hobbies for your mini-home -- 16. Home, sweet campground -- 17. Put the RV in conseRVation -- 18. Portable professions -- 19. The mysteries of mobile medicine -- 20. Housecleaning on wheels -- 21. Tools for the fulltimer -- 22. Your RV's engine and drive train -- 23. Maintaining your RV's utility systems -- 24. Safety and security -- 25. The end of the road -- Appendix 1. Useful addresses -- Appendix 2. What's available in RVs -- Index.