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David, another thought, living in a RV, full or long or part time, will make you reevaluate what you haul. Everyone here knows we have 4 yorkies. 4 yorkies on PRESCRIPTION food. Have to get it at the vet office. I got in Virginia one year, ran out of food for one dog and tried to fill my written scrip. Well, rude awakening, short story, the dog ate something else for 10 days, his allergies started kicking in big time bout the day we got back to Michigan and I went charging into my personal vet office for a refill.
Since then, I have carried huge amounts of food with me. It takes up room and weighs a lot. Yes, they are small dogs, but food for 4 for 4 months, is still well over 200 pounds of food.
Last winter, I wanted to haul along my bread machine and my sewing machine. Both take up room, sewing machine is heavy. I did not have room, so, I re-evaluated everything in the rig, including the dog food, and came up with an idea. What if I purchased the food in Texas, where we would be for 3 months. Could I find a vet that would honor my scrip and be assured of same BEFORE I left Michigan. So, my mission was set, find a vet in Texas, call, present situation, verify they would indeed cooperate.
I took my bread machine and my sewing machine, and actually had more room and less weight than when I toted along all that dog food.
My supplies in Tana morf, as my needs and wants change. Shorter trips I will continue to haul around bags and cans of dog food. Winter trips, I will try to arrange for a vet to cooperate with me.
We have also become specialists in the "punt" factor. Make one item do more than one chore. This last week we wanted to go to the zoo with the twins (from the campground). We really did not want to buy our lunches there, as it is soooooo expensive. I looked around Tana for a cooler or something I could make into a cooler, preferably with wheels. Solution, took my brand new computer case with wheels, dumped all computer gear out, used plastic garbage bags to keep the food and liquids from staining the inside walls of the case, added bottled water, pop, sandwich makings and a few of those little blue frozen things to keep it all cool. Bread and chips went in a grocery bag slung around the handle of the computer bag! It worked!!
This is a great life, full time, part time, long time. But, you still have to be creative and punt. For us, it is part of the challenge, part of the fun.
Carol
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