Year long family US history tour
Were planning on taking our kids on a year long tour of the US; we'll be homeschooling and figure that actually getting hands-on with our history will be much better than just reading about it. We ...
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Just another quick comment or two while you are in the "brainstorming" phase of this adventure.
I don't buy into taking 3 weeks of underwear and socks for 4 people to avoid laundry every week. My opinion is that your are avoiding an initial expenditure but at the end of the year will pay a lot more. All the extra weight in clothing will use more fuel plus take up valuable space. If you do laundry once every couple of weeks for 4 people it will still cost you about $20 or more plus a full day. The Splendid washer and dryer would probably take up less room that all that extra clothing and weigh about the same.
You are correct about changing over your clothing from a storage. We do that to a certain degree. Living in an RV with limited space is not like being in a house, you have to get out of that mindset and be very conservative on how much clothing you drag along. Of course your problem is compounded in this area because you are traveling with 4 people instead of 2 like most full timers.
For road side assistance issues, I am probably in the minority. My full timers insurance package offers added roadside assistance for around $6.00 a month extra. The extended warranty on my F350 also has it included. I don't purchase extra roadside assistance packages and never have. I am very picky about keeping the proper rated tires on my RV and my TV, keeping them properly inflated, and taking care of the rest of my maintenance. So far I have never needed any type of roadside maintenance.
Just do your research on roadside assistance and don't pay too much for something you may never need. There are a lot of choices out there.
Good luck.
I don't buy into taking 3 weeks of underwear and socks for 4 people to avoid laundry every week. My opinion is that your are avoiding an initial expenditure but at the end of the year will pay a lot more. All the extra weight in clothing will use more fuel plus take up valuable space. If you do laundry once every couple of weeks for 4 people it will still cost you about $20 or more plus a full day. The Splendid washer and dryer would probably take up less room that all that extra clothing and weigh about the same.
You are correct about changing over your clothing from a storage. We do that to a certain degree. Living in an RV with limited space is not like being in a house, you have to get out of that mindset and be very conservative on how much clothing you drag along. Of course your problem is compounded in this area because you are traveling with 4 people instead of 2 like most full timers.
For road side assistance issues, I am probably in the minority. My full timers insurance package offers added roadside assistance for around $6.00 a month extra. The extended warranty on my F350 also has it included. I don't purchase extra roadside assistance packages and never have. I am very picky about keeping the proper rated tires on my RV and my TV, keeping them properly inflated, and taking care of the rest of my maintenance. So far I have never needed any type of roadside maintenance.
Just do your research on roadside assistance and don't pay too much for something you may never need. There are a lot of choices out there.
Good luck.
