The Escapees RV Club has been our legal residence for our entire time as fulltime RV travelers. We joined this club in the fall of 1999 and began the process of making it our legal address the following March. If you happen to already be a Texas resident, this process is very easy and it does not even require you to visit the Livingston area. But Texas is also one of the most RV friendly states and among the easiest to gain residency. So if you have never been to Rainbow's End, drop in and take a look around. While nonmembers do pay a higher rate per night, the price is competitive with other parks in the area.

The club headquarters has a staff of about thirty people. The rear wing is the mail forwarding service, which is by far the biggest operation of the club with more than 12,000 addresses issued to users. The clubhouse was the original headquarters and is used today for small, impromptu gatherings of members and guests at the park. The activity center is used for larger gatherings and meals as well as being the location of the swimming pool. The red parts of the map are sites for short term visitors and the orange section shows the leased and deeded sites for member's homes. The blue section is the most unique part of the park & headquarters.

The Escapees CARE is a separate, nonprofit organization who's donations are tax deductible. They reside on the property of Escapees RV Club, but they are run by a board of directors and are totally separate from the Escapees Inc. This is a unique organization and it provides a place for the fulltime RVer to go when he is in need of assistance in his day to day living. By residing here the RVer can continue to live in his RV when the time of life arrives that outside help is required, or when one's spouse is in need of constant care, beyond what he/she can provide. Visit the website for more information about this wonderful organization.

This was our first time to stay at our address over night. We spent two weeks here including both Christmas and New Years Eve. Our Christmas dinner was memorable, as it was truly a gathering of friends, none of whom had ever met before we gathered to organize our holiday dinner. It was a wonderful day!

If you are not familiar with Escapees RV Club, just click on the name and you will find information about the very best support organization for fulltime RV life that exists. And the Escapees members are some of the finest, most friendly people there are and they are lead by the owners and founders Kay & Joe Peterson who must be the most remarkable business owners in the world. It was their vision that brought about the organization and their concern for the membership that inspired the founding of the CARE center which will one day be their legacy. If you are going to become a "fulltimer," you should consider becoming an Escapee.