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RVers – "How Do They Live Like That?"

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BOOK ABSTRACT

This engaging book, "RVers – How Do They Live Like That?," resulted from hundreds of interviews and focus groups in the US and Canada by a husband and wife team, retired mental health professionals, now in their eleventh year of full-time RVing. Unlike most RV books that explain the "nuts and bolts" of choosing and using an RV, the authors focus on the personal-emotional aspects of the RV lifestyle. It is written for newcomers as well as seasoned RVers, and for their family and friends who wish to understand them. Farrow and Stoetzer trace the personal changes that effect both couples and singles, starting with a "dream" and going through predictable stages that eventually conclude with "hanging up the keys." They identify the hazards like "road angst," the fork in the road that leads to either tourist destinations or toward a new personal identity as Career RVers. They also define the RV as a vehicle for promoting successful aging, and offer tools for couples and singles to manage the usual personal, marital, and family problems arising from a life on the road.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Kay Peterson, co-founder of the Escapees RV Club, who calls the naming of the different styles of RVing "a stroke of genius," and values the real life stories used throughout the book. Read Kay's foreword.

Preface to the E-book
Read why the authors released an e-book.

Chapter 1: How did we do it?
Author's stumble into an RV life driven by "Triggering Events."

Chapter 2: How do they live like that?
Help for family and friends who worry about the RVers sanity.

Chapter 3: How to they become RVers?
From your dream to managing "road angst," and beyond.

Chapter 4: How do they become career RVers?
Relax: Career RVers are not like career criminals.

Chapter 5: How do they stand all that togetherness? (couples)
Predictable marital stress and the RVers "Marital Tool Kit."

Chapter 6: How to they do it all alone? (solos)
Ways that single men and women "solo" without co-pilots.

Chapter 7: How do they manage family problems? (sandwich generation)
Aiding RVers who worry about family members left behind.

Chapter 8: How do they stay healthy on the road?
Four skills that RVers practice for good "Road Health."

Chapter 9: How do they cope with getting old?
The RV as a vehicle that promotes "Successful Aging."

Chapter 10: How do they hang up the keys?
Older drivers do "transition" info alternative ways to travel.

Book and Resource List
Books, websites, organizations that enhance RVing

RVing Dictionary
Typical RV terms and some invented by the authors

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