Member Spotlight

Dave and Diane Currey Full-timers
Livingston, Texas

FMCA membership number:
F207664 (we joined FMCA in 1996)

FMCA chapter memberships:
Frustrated Maestros, Friends of Children, Tri-State Traveliers, Great Lakes Coaches for Christ

Current motorhome: a 2002 Newmar Kountry Star

Other motorhomes we have owned:
1992 Fleetwood Southwind
1997 Fleetwood Pace Arrow

We decided to buy a motorhome because:
It has more basement space store our exercise equipment.

Three words that best describe our current motorhome:
Quiet, comfortable, attractive

The best thing about our motorhome is:
It has ample storage

Our careers/occupations:
Diane: former personnel director for a home care agency.
Dave: engineer, for 36 years, for International Trucks

The best thing about motorhoming is:
Freedom to travel

Children, grandchildren:
We have two children and two grandchildren.

We travel in the motorhome approximately:
Twelve months per year. We are full-timers.

Our all-time favorite motorhome trip:
To the Northwest

Other favorite motorhoming destination:
Maritime Provinces

One of our fondest motorhoming memories:
Spending three months in Oregon

Our “dream” motorhome trip would be:
Alaska

Our perfect day of motorhome travel:
Camped on the bay at Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada

Our worst motorhoming experience:
Our towed car catching on fire

Our motorhoming pet peeve:
People leaving early during the evening entertainment performances at FMCA conventions

The best alteration we’ve made to our motorhome:
Making a table over the steering wheel

Other noteworthy features of our motorhome:
Floor night lights, many light switches, and Pergo floor

If we could change one thing about our motorhome it would be:
Pergo flooring throughout, except in the bedroom

Something about motorhoming that we know now but didn’t know when we started:
The high cost of fuel

When driving the motorhome, the most important thing to remember is:
The length and width of the coach

If we could bring three things from our motorhome to a deserted island, we’d choose:
Sewing machine, bikes, Bible

Our favorite thing about FMCA: friendships

A motorhoming tip we’d like to share with other motorhomers:
Try full-timing. You might like it.

Our hobbies:
Sewing, Swedish weaving, reading, quilting

Favorite way to exercise:  Walking, biking

Favorite movie:  The Sound of Music

Favorite book:  LaVerle Spencer’s books

Favorite restaurant food:  Mexican, Chinese, Italian

If we were given a free shopping spree at any store of our choosing, we’d pick:
A quilt shop. I (Diane) love to quilt.

Favorite campgrounds:
Pacific City, Oregon, and Disney’s Fort Wilderness

When motorhomers visit our state or hometown, they should be sure to see:
Ohio: Air Force Museum. Texas: San Antonio and Fredericksburg.

Items that always are in our motorhome refrigerator while traveling:
Carrots

Our advice to new motorhomers:
Stop and smell the roses.

Behind our motorhome, we tow:
A 1998 Honda Accord using a Blue Ox tow bar

Our favorite activity to do inside the motorhome:
Sew, read, watch TV, computer

Pets we travel with:
A basset hound a mixed-breed small dog

Other comments:
We left Ohio on Oct. 3, 2005, for Florida and interviewed at Disney World on the sixth. We started training on the 11th. We're now working at MGM Studios in merchandising. It's been crazy but fun. Have a great winter, everyone.

FMCA members may contact us via e-mail at:
dldmcurrey@wmconnect.com