Can you afford to travel this year?

[Mrs. CountryGuy]

bncinwv,

But, there we are in agreement, I can enjoy what God's blessings I have, no matter where I am, but, if I cannot afford to go to every campout, every Rally, or even take the rig out at all, I can still enjoy my children, grandchildren, my work, where I am at the moment.

It may be our choice to not take on extra jobs, therefore it may be our choice to park it till we can afford to yank her down the hard road.

Will it be the end of all of life's pleasures if we have to park Tana, NOPE. Will we like parking Tana, NOPE. But, reality sets in, the fuel goes up, food goes up, medical expenses go up. Unexpected major life changing expenses come up. Sometimes you just gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em.

It probably comes down to comfort level, we may say okkkkkkk, $3.50 a gallon is all I can feel I can justify. You might say, I can justify $4.50, cause it does not feel uncomfy till after $4.50.

Some of this also will have to do with are you driving a gaser or diesel. I don't want to start a war here on D vs G., but, your $100.00 will take you more miles down the road than our $100.00, D gets better mileage per gallon. Tis a fact. I think we did the math once and if gas was $2.00 a gallon, diesel would have to go up $1.00 above that before gas has any advantage over diesel. I might have the terms on that mixed up, that ole cloudy brain of mine.

Fact is, we do all have different comfort levels of what we spend on what. Fact is, every day spend in Tana is twice blessed. Fact is, I will find other ways, that fit into our retirees pocketbook, to spend quality time with my family and grandchildren even if I don't have the $$ to dump gas in Big Butt.

Fact is, I wish this conversation was totally unnecessary. Fact is, I would LOVE to see the price of ALL fuel come down. Fact is, we have postponed some travels till prices come down, or we recover from some nasty financial and medical situations that hit us this last 15 months or so. Life is not fair, life just is.

God granted me some grand memorable days in our Tana, may he see fit to grant me a few more. If not, I'll take peanut butter and jelly sandwichs to the park with my twin granddaughters, sit under a tree in the shade and spend very little fuel $$ and still enjoy every blessed moment God gives me with them.