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I hear you. Have had several friends that did that exact thing. From what they told me, it got very old but as they had sold everything, they had no place to go. Some were going to use the travel to find new homes somewhere in the country. Only one I know of did, the rest ended up missing friends and family (not necessarily in that order) and ended up back in the same place they started from, but had to settle for less as prices had gone up.
Like many others I have to have a home base. We love to travel, and on occasion have been gone as long as 4 months. Near the end we both get tired of being on the road, and are looking forward to getting home. Our last long trip was last summer to Alaska. We started in late June and got back home early in September. We passed on going south this winter so we could catch up on all the things we let slide while we were gone. As it turned out we still haven.t done more than a couple days "camping" this summer. We're currently packing for a 2 week trip to the UP of Michigan. If all goes as planned we'll leave early tomorrow morning.
Traveling is a good thing, but to me it has to be a predefined time period and destination. I can't just go wander around for weeks or months on end. During my working years I spent literally months at a time on the road. If I recall correctly the longest stint was 260 days in a single year. It did get old, but at least I felt as though I was accomplishing something. Either building an entire new production facility, remodeling one from the ground up, or installing new production lines.
It was a good life and paid well. What I can't believe is that my wife encouraged me to do it. Come to think of it she always mentioned that "uncle Bill" would come around regularly to help her out. Bill must have been a lot of help because every time I came home she was smiling. I'm still a little confused though. Over the years I swear I've met all her aunts and uncles, but I've never met one named Bill. Oh well.