I'm retiring this year (worked two jobs for 28 years), planning on extensive travel (1 or more years). So questions.1. Mail, how do you receive any mail?2. Drivers,truck, camper licences? (no home base)3. Campground memberships, are they worth it?4. Safety and security, for example secure a external generator.5. Pistol and shotgun, concerns about state laws.6. How about fishing? permits need in each state?7. Areas to avoid (think of movie deliverance!)Any other suggestions more than welcome.

Freeborn530 wrote:I'm retiring this year (worked two jobs for 28 years), planning on extensive travel (1 or more years). So questions.1. Mail, how do you receive any mail?Mail forewording company, like UPS store2. Drivers,truck, camper licences? (no home base)Establish a home base, SD, TX and FL are all popular. Check which ststes offer the best selection for health insurance3. Campground memberships, are they worth it?Probsbly a waste of money4. Safety and security, for example secure a external generator.Cable and lock usually works5. Pistol and shotgun, concerns about state laws.Dont. Maybe just maybe carry a single pistol. But there is no federal coverage, so....6. How about fishing? permits need in each state?Easy but expensive. Each state will offer out of state license if you have enough cash.7. Areas to avoid (think of movie deliverance!)Urban areas, urban camp grounds, and walmarts for starters.Any other suggestions more than welcome.

3. Campground memberships, are they worth it?Passport America may save you some $$$Passport America 50% off campgroundsCheck if any are in the area you will be traveling.Some have restrictions on days they can be used or even season.

Check www.escapees.comthey offer most of the service solutions you asked about, and even if you dont use them, their website is a good user guide type resource.

There’s a full time forum here on rv.net as well.https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/listings/forum/33.cfm

My experience with passport america is that is may not be worth it. Stopped at 5 last year. Three had decided not to honor the PA rate due to the solar eclipse. One that was full offered an overflow space for $110 per night. Yes, I understand that many advertise no PA rate at certain times of there season, this time was not listed. We spent the night at Walmart in the next large town. I've had the problem that there, many times, isn't a PA campground near me when I want to stop. I did stay at 2 PAs last year, both good places, one was exceptionally nice to stay at, the other was nice but right next to an interstate with plenty of traffic. Still, worked for us.We don't mind staying at Walmarts if they allow, but they are sometimes noisy. There are many businesses that welcome you if you are considerate. We stayed at a Burger King in Minnesota that had a dump station. Woke the next morning with a pig hauler parked next to us, luckily the wind was blowing away from us and not at the store, as the odor was intense and we wouldn't have been able to eat our sausage biscuit.

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Joe417
Explorer
Mar 10, 2018
My experience with passport america is that is may not be worth it. Stopped at 5 last year. Three had decided not to honor the PA rate due to the solar eclipse. One that was full offered an overflow space for $110 per night. Yes, I understand that many advertise no PA rate at certain times of there season, this time was not listed. We spent the night at Walmart in the next large town. I've had the problem that there, many times, isn't a PA campground near me when I want to stop. I did stay at 2 PAs last year, both good places, one was exceptionally nice to stay at, the other was nice but right next to an interstate with plenty of traffic. Still, worked for us.

We don't mind staying at Walmarts if they allow, but they are sometimes noisy. There are many businesses that welcome you if you are considerate. We stayed at a Burger King in Minnesota that had a dump station. Woke the next morning with a pig hauler parked next to us, luckily the wind was blowing away from us and not at the store, as the odor was intense and we wouldn't have been able to eat our sausage biscuit.
jimh406
Explorer III
Mar 10, 2018
There’s a full time forum here on rv.net as well.

https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/listings/forum/33.cfm
kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Mar 10, 2018
Check
www.escapees.com
they offer most of the service solutions you asked about, and even if you dont use them, their website is a good user guide type resource.
Triker33
Explorer
Mar 10, 2018
3. Campground memberships, are they worth it?
Passport America may save you some $$$
Passport America 50% off campgrounds
Check if any are in the area you will be traveling.
Some have restrictions on days they can be used or even season.
donn0128
Explorer II
Mar 10, 2018
Freeborn530 wrote:
I'm retiring this year (worked two jobs for 28 years), planning on extensive travel (1 or more years). So questions.
1. Mail, how do you receive any mail?Mail forewording company, like UPS store
2. Drivers,truck, camper licences? (no home base)Establish a home base, SD, TX and FL are all popular. Check which ststes offer the best selection for health insurance
3. Campground memberships, are they worth it?Probsbly a waste of money
4. Safety and security, for example secure a external generator.Cable and lock usually works
5. Pistol and shotgun, concerns about state laws.Dont. Maybe just maybe carry a single pistol. But there is no federal coverage, so....
6. How about fishing? permits need in each state?Easy but expensive. Each state will offer out of state license if you have enough cash.
7. Areas to avoid (think of movie deliverance!)Urban areas, urban camp grounds, and walmarts for starters.
Any other suggestions more than welcome.

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