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Hello, I budgeted the FL yearly registration from this page (the Prius is a porker!  haha). I know there is the initial fee and there will be lots of one-time costs when I retire, but I was trying to come up with a regular budget. I  estimated my ins. with this website using a FLA mail...

I forgot, I also need to build a "Roth IRA Conversion Ladder" when I retire and my income tax rate is low.  So that is treated as "income" each year and I pay taxes on it.  That "income" from the conversion ladder plus living expenses (where I have enough $ for lots of fun!) will put me over...

Thanks for your experience.  Is your dwelling paid for?  Obviously if I went into retirement with no mortgage on a house/apartment, I would pay less than the rent I've allocated in my sedentary budget, but I ~never~ want to own a home (or repair it, or take care of it!) again.  Haha. As for...

I'll need a knee replacement eventually (otherwise in good health), but I definitely could do with a lower level health care plan, but I was just planning for worst case. As for subsidies, though I'm new to the ACA, it looks like even at my Nomadic budget, I would received little to no...

Hello.  I am nearing retirement and trying to forecast my nomadic and sedentary budgets.  I aim to use a Prius V for my vehicle and stealth camp most of the time, and my sedentary budget is focused around costs near Albany, NY.  ...

Well the goal would be to strap the scooter to my back or backpack.  Also some scooters have what iscalled trolley mode where you can wheel it around.  AdAn electric scooter would weigh way too much for what I'm thinking in my head.

What would you define as heavier use? Like a trail around a campsite? I know a scooter wouldn't work well on dirt road, but trying to figure out what holes in my game would be left with just a scooter Maybe at a place like Quartzsite?

I've been mulling over a cargo van vs. Prius (currently thinking of the Prius V, haha) and obviously storage space is a consideration in these decisions. So for me, when I move to a mobile life, I don't expect to work, and I would like to spent part of my time "in the country" and part of my...

Was watching her video:  and she talks about working at various places where they give free campsites as part of the compensation, but you need to be registered as a Class B motorhome.  While I plan on being retired while on the road, it'd be nice to have the option to volunteer at a national...

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Nice!  So if you are not 99-100% soylent now, what % are you today?  What else do you eat to minimize cleanup and refrigeration?

This thread is going nowhere fast.  No worries.  :s  haha.

https://www.soylent.com/product/powder/ First a little background... I live in a 450 sq ft apartment and I purposely live a minimalistic life.  This includes unplugging my refrigerator to save on electricity and I've never used the stove in the place.   With that said, I recently had a...

Looks like the link may be broken, this one worked better for me: http://macaloney.blogspot.com/2015/11/powering-prius-campervan.html

I am a social beast Bob, we may be wired differently. An RV park packed in...meh, but a nice state forest with a few nice folks around would be good for me once in awhile... though I am curious to see how I do solo boondocking and if I enjoy the solitude. *gulp*

I hear where you are coming from highdesertranger, but I guess I'm just being a realist. I've backpacked, I've been nice a "crunchy" for decently long periods of time and I just think as I get older, I will be tolerant, just not ~as~ tolerant of the heat....the cold, NBD.

Bob, can you name a few places you beat the heat at? I'd like to research them, see what elevations, etc. Also, do you ever just suck it up and head to a campground for electrical hookups and run an A/C or "hells no!"? :p While I definitely see how your system could work, I'm not sure my...

Nope, you guys are most likely correct and I am wrong. I should have said all Toyota based hybrids... but I can't confirm that actually, just assuming (why would Toyota design all new systems for different cars in their lineup?). But I know the Prius is unique vs. the Honda Insight and Chevy...

I would rock a honda gennie (or the like) if I had a van of some sorts. Plus solar, etc. etc. I assume over time.

Right... thus why a cargo van is something I feel would stealth more easily. The unique thing about a Prius (any only a Prius vs. any other Hybrid I've read) is that it has a built in generator of sorts... the Atkinson cycle engine is meant to turn on/off many times vs. a regular engine and...