Prescriptions while on the road

prescriptions while on the road can be confusing. It will be about two years before Medicare kicks in so until then we are down to one health care system/insure VA system.  Which means while at our home clinic or at a VA Medical Center all costs are covered.  While on the road with no near by VA we will use civilian clinics using our HSA to cover cost.  Prescriptions away from a VA we will cover with our HSA fund and drug discount cards we have saved between 20 and 70%.

Identification of our vehicles

Identification of our vehicles in-case of theft.  Our RV and Auto have numerous ID's on them, but our Dolly is not required to be licensed.  So, I have a photo of its ID plate and added other identifiers to help the police it it is ever taken.  I will also be adding identifiers from the air as well soon. 

I have also added bicycle locks to the ramps on the dolly and other locks on our other RV electrical equipment.

Range Mate Cooking

Range Mate Cooking On The Go!
The mix in a regular oven makes six and prep tome is about four minutes and cook time sixteen  minutes.

Add water berry muffin mix.

 Mixed with water added.

 Cup of water in range mate base.

 Steamer and muffin insert.

 In the Microwave.

 After 10 minute cook.

 Little more oil next time to avoid any stick.

They tasted fine and with 2 minutes prep and 10 minutes cook time not a bad option at all:)

I have also cooked my breakfast potatoes, sausage and eggs in this as well as several pork chops and steaks, all came out great.

Daily Drive Distance

Our daily drive distance right now is limited to 200-250 a day max to avoid overdoing it.  This means we take our time starting out every day and we are stopping early to enjoy the camp sites.  When not going cross country on a set trip we hope to do even less miles and to stay longer at each stop.

We like using two of these microwave steamer cups for quick soups while doing daily driving (200-250)
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For our driving day breakfasts we use our egg cooker and toaster often with a sliced tomato and shelf stable bacon as well

Weight is always a concern

Weight is always a concern with our gas class c motor home.  It does not have a very large cargo/tow capacity so we need to be very selective on what we bring on board.  It comes with a 3500 lb hitch package.  So we have a 350 lb tow dolly and a 2400lb Chevy Spark this helps keep our tow  under weight and our overall weight safe as well.

Retirement has started:)

Retirement has started and is going well.  My brother who is two years older told me I would lose track of the days some times in retirement because they do not matter as much in retirement.  He was right:)  Not having to be at work set days and or times allows this to happen.

We are enjoying free or low cost casino camping and breaking even (gaming) so far, here we have electric for 15 a day.  They have a dump site just 200 yards away so I can take off my blue boy (seen here tied down on the ladder) and dump our gray water daily if needed.  I also have a six gallon water jug we keep in our basement storage if we need a water refill.  It takes several jugs to refill the water completely which I have only done once.  Note! We do not dump our black water with the blue boy if we need to dump black we will drive over to the dump site, which would be about once a week fo black.

We still prefer full hookups (to sewer, water, electric and trash) currently averaging under 40 a day we plan to lower this average with a thousand trails zone pass  membership after the first of the year along with a few days a month casino camping and or boon-docking a night or two each month.  We will also be looking to stay a month or two (lower camping cost by half or more) in areas we really want to explore for a while as we travel.

Dignity Statue in South Dakota

In 2016 this statue was put up as a gift to South Dakota along the Missouri River.  Here Kathy is looking on the statue at a road side rest area.  It honors Native Americans.

Here is Kathy looking at information on the river and the river beyond the statue is now behind her.