Canadian Dollar
Here I sit at home (B.C.) this winter and did not go south (AZ.). There are a few reasons the low Canadian Dollar being one. I was sitting and looking out the window at the snow we don't usually g...
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All interesting points. If we wanted to go south it would probably be Arizona again. I would like to eventually see south Texas but it near doubles our miles to get there. Being travelling back and forth are the most expensive parts of the trip it does make a difference.
Maybe things are cheaper in Texas but we have always found food to be much the same cost in AZ.
Some say you can save on heat and things at home but you still have to have heat on for insurance purposes or just common sense so that saving is not that substantial. You still have to cover your day to day expenses of owning a home plus your travel health insurance rtc. etc.This all of course is in Canadian funds.
When you cross the Border everything you buy costs you at todays rate at our bank $1.38. That is exchanging cash, credit card would be subject to credit card rates which would take it over $1.40.
Any one down across the line that feels that is not a big deal can meet me with $5000.US cash and we will exchange on par.
I started this thread as a joke about seeing Robins here at this time of the year(unusual) and said even they aren't going south.
We were across the border down toward Seattle yesterday and on the way home we seen many RV's headed south. Obviously people are not worried about the Dollar.
If it were not for an upcoming Cataract surgery I would be headed that way as well.
Maybe things are cheaper in Texas but we have always found food to be much the same cost in AZ.
Some say you can save on heat and things at home but you still have to have heat on for insurance purposes or just common sense so that saving is not that substantial. You still have to cover your day to day expenses of owning a home plus your travel health insurance rtc. etc.This all of course is in Canadian funds.
When you cross the Border everything you buy costs you at todays rate at our bank $1.38. That is exchanging cash, credit card would be subject to credit card rates which would take it over $1.40.
Any one down across the line that feels that is not a big deal can meet me with $5000.US cash and we will exchange on par.
I started this thread as a joke about seeing Robins here at this time of the year(unusual) and said even they aren't going south.
We were across the border down toward Seattle yesterday and on the way home we seen many RV's headed south. Obviously people are not worried about the Dollar.
If it were not for an upcoming Cataract surgery I would be headed that way as well.
