RV General Budgeting Tips

Above, Double J RV Park near Springfield, Illinois. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

One of the primary things to do when planning an RV vacation trip is to come up with a budget.

It is a lousy feeling to not budget one's expenses and find themselves out of cash in the middle of a trip, I would imagine. Thankfully, ATMs and online banking are available while on the road (provided your bank is where you're traveling and there's WiFi access). 

Gail Marsh at RV Travel provides some tips on how to budget and budgeting tips.

She begins with:

My husband and I often take work camping jobs that allow us to live in our RV for several months at a time. I’m not going to lie. It took a while to figure out how to budget for us RVers.

Yesterday, I published an article about budgeting for unexpected fun. Things like special events, activities, festivals or fairs, museums… things you might not have planned to stumble across on your travels.

Today, I’ll focus on some more general budgeting tips. Read on.

To read more, go here. 

Dinner With Lincoln

Above, President Abraham Lincoln's final resting place. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

This evening, over dinner, I watched the 2012 Steven Spielberg movie, Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. I usually manage to get around to it at least once a year.

Above, the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It has to be one of the best Abraham Lincoln movies Hollywood has produced.

It reminded me of my trip to Illinois four years after its release where I visited the Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum, the Lincoln home and Lincoln's tomb in Sprinfield. That visit to Springfield was capped off by watching the 2016 election returns in my motorhome at the Double J RV Park just outside of Springfield.

Above, a Cabinet Room meeting at the Lincon Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

If one is interested in the life of President Lincoln, I would heartily recommend a visit to Springfield and bring the kids if you have any. It is well worth the trek there.

Above, yours truly at the Lincoln Tomb.