Leee wrote:

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Hi to all forum members.  My name is Leila.  Me and my husband Bill are planning on sell everything and hitting the road full time in 3yrs 5months.  Bill is retired 2002 after 21yrs in the United States Air force but could not stop working due to 2 great kids we had to get throw school first.  Our daughter has graduated college and our son has one and half years left in high school.  Our plan is when our sons graduates high school and off to college we will sell everything buy an RV and park at the AFB here in Tucson.  Bill will stay working at Kit Peak for one to two years so we can get used to rving and save some money up because his military retirement we will not be able to live off of.  With him working his 40hrs in 3 days that gives him 4 days a week off and sometimes his schedule will give him 7 days off in a row.  So we figured we can go exploring here in Arizona on little trips to get used to RV being we have never done anything like it before not even camping.   I am hoping to find out some great information from all you guys who have been down this road already and can mentor us on our path. Here are a few of the topics I have been thinking of so maybe you can tell me what forums I can look at for some answers.

1.       Tricare health insurance how it works for full time rving

2.       Buying a used class a RV and what we should watch out for.

3.       Work camping jobs and how working for Amazon was.

4.       How to prevent expensive problems with an RV.

5.       Selling things on e-bay has that worked for anyone out there to earn some extra money.

Thank you Leila

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 First, welcome to the forum.  Second, thank you for protecting our freedoms.

Ok, number 1.  We had been using Tricare prime.  Worked okay until something serious happened, then we had to skeedaddle back to our PCM for follow-up work.  We are now switching to standard and will see how that works for us.

Number 2.  We bought new so can't help with buying used.  Not sure why we didn't look at used coaches.  I guess when we saw our coach we fell in love with it and that was the end of shopping.

Number 3.  Been there, done that.  I liked Amazon, DW hated it.  We are not spring chickens anymore, and Amazon is WORK.  10+ hour days on your feet, keeping the piece count up, not making mistakes.  It helps if a person is in good shape.  We still workamp and enjoy it.  Helps keep the expenses down when your not on the road all the time.  We meet the nicest people and get to explore the local area.  I recommend workamper.com for finding work.

Number 4.  We purchased an extended warranty that gave us 7 years of coverage and it has payed for itself many times over.  Ask Howard for a quote.

Number 5.  No first hand experience on this one, sorry.

Welcome,
Tricare standard has worked well for us. I had a heart attack and don't remember the cost being too high. I get my medications through the mail and don't spend much for that. I think tricare will work well for us.

DH is on TriCare for Life so i am too. Not sure how that differs from Standard or whatever is currently available but its awesome. Get prescriptions thru Express Scripts and will do so with our mail forwarding service in Two months!! Ill get prescriptions for quarterly blood work and just have it sent to my doc in AZ. Carry copies of med file and tests.

Welcome Leila & Bill. In your tours of AZ, be sure to stop at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood and explore the area. So much to see here in the Verde Valley (especially fresh in my mind as we're taking houseguests all around this week) and re-enjoying our favorite sites.

Sherry