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Washington DC & Family

Washington DC & Family: This was our third venture, since retirement, to this giant metropolis of people, autos, and many monuments. And the beltway drive with the big rig is still just as bad. Too many vehicles driving too fast. Just a bad recipe when you mix in the slower to stop vehicles like me. But, after a long driving day we arrived safely and had a great week with our son’s family. Our Eastbound journey is now over! From Alpine Wyoming (our westernmost spot this summer) it is 2,100 miles!

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RV Travel Expenses – 2018-19 YTD

Now that we have been on the full time RV travel journey for two and a half years, I decided to get back into the accountant mode and do a little financial analysis. No, not going back to work again. Just getting off the bench for a brief few minutes to do a checkup on our spending rate. Maybe by sharing we can help others planning an RV life, just as many others helped us. So, here’s a quick update on our RV travel expenses for almost two years.

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Back Home Again in Indiana – Family Visits

Being full-time RVers, we need to schedule visits to see our moms in Indiana and our kids in Virginia and DC. We actually try to get back here 2-3 times a years, either in the RV or by flying. This time our plans have us traveling east across the heartland to the Hoosier State in late September. It has been a lot of miles since we left Alpine Wyoming back on July 26th! More than 2,300 miles in fact!

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Hannibal Missouri – Home of Mark Twain!

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The travel day was right at 150 miles and three hours to this small town of Hannibal Missouri. It is located along the mighty Mississippi River and right on the state line with Illinois. The drive was on US-36 that is in decent shape and more non-interstate driving, that I’ve found that I quite enjoy seeing all the small town life. Our eastbound journey is really moving along!

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Hamilton Missouri – The Quilting Capital of the World!

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Our commute was a reasonable 185 miles south on I-29 to St Joseph Mo, and then east on US-36 to the small hamlet of Hamilton, Missouri – the quilting capital of the world! The interstate had some rough patches and construction, but US-36 was not bad to travel. Years ago, Pat’s parents (Ray & Pat), actually took US-36 from Indiana to Colorado in their truck and 5th wheel camper. It was cool to think that we were retracing a portion of their journey.

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Sioux Falls, SD Tornado

Severe weather and tornadoes do not mix well with homes on wheels such as trailer parks or RV parks in our case. On Tuesday of this week, the weather service was predicting severe thunderstorms, but we have been through many while in our RV. Although the storm on Tuesday was much more than I have ever experienced and hope to never experience again! We are safe and here is a quick update.

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