My parents had a RV in the 70s. In the 80s when I got old enough to drive it was mostly wore out. I fixed it up and took it on my honeymoon. Used it enough to get the RV vibe, had many fun trips and memory's, Thanks to my late Dad.
Then in 2002 I bought a new one built on a freightliner chassis designed to pull a gooseneck race car trailer. I used it for racing for a few years, then stopped racing and sold the race car trailer. We would stay at the track to watch our trailer and save the hassle of hotels and driving into the track each day.
I kept the RV because it was so unique.
Then in 2008 we started vacationing in it mostly pulling a open trailer with a classic car on it so we had something to drive when setup in campgrounds. If you remember it was during the recession years and we had the roads and parks and campgrounds mostly to our self's. It was wonderful, remember seeing mostly foreign tourist in the national parks because their money was worth something here in the US.
We did not do it full time but we would be out on the road for 2 weeks at a time 3-4 times a year during the summer months. Did a lot of boon docking as we were self contained. Really enjoyed it.
Fast forward to the last few years it has really changed out there, the highways are packed now and the parks are too. Not nearly as much fun and relaxation it used to be. Plenty of rude people now in campgrounds that make it not so nice. The highways are either packed with traffic or under construction, I would dream about orange barrels in my sleep.
Been to Oshkosh and Sun n Fun with it in the last 3-4 years except for the last 2 because of covid.
Last 2 years I have taken it to a out of the way grass airport and setup there for a couple weeks at a time. Wife and dog stays there and I fly in and out. Airport owners let us stay there for a while and have a hook up for a RV, it is perfect. Still have the freightliner RV 20 years later.
