We have now been FT RV’ers for 53 days. I need to catch you all up on what we have been doing. I haven’t posted because we haven’t done anything exciting lately, but I’ve been told to post anyway, so here it goes. I will update you in segments over the next few days.
First up is where we’ve been camping. For the most part we have divided our time between Brighton Recreation Area and Proud Lake, spending the maximum time allowed of 2 weeks in each park. Both campgrounds are Michigan State Parks.
Brighton Recreation Area-Upper Level-site #24
We spent our first free night in General RV’s parking lot with 50 amp electric hook-up the night before we had the hitch put on the motorhome and car. More on that experience in a later post.
We also spent a few nights in Saint Clair, Michigan while visiting my sister and her family. While there we camped at the St. Clair Boat Harbor which was officially closed for the season due to the boating season being over, but we happily were given permission to spend a few nights.
I figured out our camping fees so far average about $24 per night, $720 per month. I hope to be able to lower that amount when we take off in a little less than 2 weeks by adding more free nights, staying longer in one place utilizing park discounts for extended stays or in our National Parks using our senior passes. I would like to average no more than $15 per night ($450 per month).
As I mentioned before, I miss my washer and dryer. Doing laundry in a laundromat is expensive. I figure doing laundry costs us an average of $12.50 per week or $50 per month.
For our LP usage, we are going through a lot more now that the weather has turned cold. One thing we did learn is that for our motorhome the electric heater is only for taking the chill off on a cool summer morning. It is not meant to heat our unit 24/7 on cold days. I haven’t figured the cost of LP out yet. I do know we used about 5 gals over the 3 day weekend which was about $19. I guess that would be about $190 a month if we used the propane heat 24/7. Time to go south.
More updates tomorrow. Loving the lifestyle.
Until next time,
Kathryn
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