This is a 192-page 'How-to" book that lets you in on the mobile lifestyle that millions are enjoying. It covers what you need to consider before you make that big decision to go on the road full-time or for an extended time. It gives you ideas on what you need to take, and how to get rid of remainder of your "stuff." The author suggests ways to maintain relationships with church, family, and friends. She tells how you might find part-time work if you need to supplement your retirement income or how to go about volunteering to let your finances grow for a few months.
The book discusses insurances, what to consider if you take up a new state residence, and how to deal with mail-forwarding and telephone problems. One chapter deals with safety, another how to cross the borders into Mexico or Canada. You will learn what organizations are available and the pros and cons of buying a new or used RV. Chapter three shows you Minshall's monthly budget, and the proposed budget of someone who was just starting into full-time RVing. It will give you ideas on what to consider.
In getting down to the nitty gritty of extended RVing, you can learn from the author's years of experience in daily full-timing, black and grey water sewers, credit cards, logs, voting, and information sheets. She also goes into attitudes, hobbies, and possibility-thinking as far as where to go and what to do. Between informational chapters, there are "Tween Chapers'"that give you insight into humorous and/or the more thought-provoking "moments in time" of this author RVer.
Get the straight scoop from someone who has lived the lifestyle and continues to love it well into her thirteenth year. The book is non-technical, easy to read, and informative.