You can define RV living down to three categories. These categories are Full-timer Snowbird and what I would call homesteaders. When you talk with someone that lives in a RV some will classify themselves as something other than one of these three but they still fall into one of these categories in the long run.

Full-timer:

Full-timers are RV travelers that visit multiple locations in a given year. They tend to be slightly younger in age compared to the other two categories for the fact they are more active and usually have less medical issues to slow them down or affect their ability to travel more often and stay more on the go. Many of these travelers perform work kamping duties in the various camp grounds they stay at which helps them afford the full timing lifestyle and help offset the costs of the campground fees.

Snowbird:

Snowbirds are RV travelers that more or less travel South for the winter and North for the Summer. Full Timers do this also but a snowbird usually doesn’t travel to various locations. They normally have somewhere up north they go every year and stay and then go to the same place south also. They usually choose their locations based on family and kids or doctors. They may do some site seeing in between their two key locations but other than that they travel point A to Point B. Many have actual brick homes in the north that they have lived in and raised family and just want to escape the winters and cold by traveling South in an RV once weather warms they head back home.

Homesteaders:

Homesteaders are just people that live in RV’s fulltime. They don’t travel and if they do its very limited to just within a few miles or so. These are usually people that were at one time full-timers or snowbirds but due to health or physical abilities they have been forced to get off the road at the same time they don’t want to purchase a home again. They are very happy and accustomed to living in a RV so they continue to do this. They usually find a location with a campground or small piece of property they are most comfortable with and just set up home in there RV.

No matter what categories above you classify yourself in you are still one of the very few lucky ones that get to experience the wonderful world of RV living. You have most likely visited and seen more of this great country than the average person gets to experience and have learned to live and adapted to ever changing conditions that RV living has to offer.