Doctor appointments, dentist appointments, and car repairs oh my! If we are traveling all the time, how the heck do we keep up with “normal” life while on the road? Well, the short version is we schedule everything when we return (for the most part).
Having four kids means we have quite a few doctor and dentist appointments. Luckily, we have been back for all our appointments, but with a newborn, they require a LOT more appointments. They see the doctor when they are a few days old, a few weeks old, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, etc. Huxton saw the doctor this last week for his 2 month checkup. I discussed with his doctor that we would be heading on the road, so we wouldn’t be back for his other checkups, so they gave me their recommended shot schedule. Our plan is to visit an “in-network” pediatrician on the road where we are for the other appointments we would miss. I also discussed Lawsyn’s 2.5 year check-up and she was fine with her skipping that checkup. For the rest of us, we are good – for now.
The dentist is the same situation as above. The kids saw the dentist in January, so we will probably visit an office on the road.
Now, car repairs are a different animal. While in Louisiana, we had to get some repairs on the Beast. We also had to do more repairs in Florida and also when we got back home. Our vehicle is 19 years old and has mostly original parts, so we are slowly replacing everything (not our intention). When on the road, we have not been stranded yet (knock on wood). But our plan if that happened would be to call roadside assistance, which we have on our RV and possibly an UBER if needed. We do thorough research on the repair shops we visit by reading over reviews. I think this should be done no matter what you are doing – eating, getting repairs, getting your hair done, etc.
Finally, for the rv, we got tires replaced and got some a/c, fridge, and water heater repairs done from highly rated rv repair folks. We had three tire blow-outs and 1 flat tire while on the road for 4 months. Zach from Rolling Restoration recommended we get two spare tires for the RV and boy am I glad we followed his advice. We get our tires from Walmart and get good quality tires because the rv is HEAVY. We don’t want to risk being stranded because of a flat tire.
Although life gets a little more challenging when it comes to traveling around in an rv full-time, we do our research and make a plan. We don’t have a house payment or the costs that come with owning a house. We DO have more car expenses and rv expenses, but we made sure and got insurance to cover a vast amount of issues that could arise.
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