Lifestyle feasibility for 70+ with health problems

[RoamerRV428]

just do you and what your dog companion can do.
enjoy all you can pushing whatever limits you can do
life will go down for all, just do you best ya can in the moment...the moment is life. anything thought extra in the future is not now and life ya know!! sending good vibes you way!

 

[SLB_SA]

I wonder if a transition process is possible. Interested (in possibly becoming nomads) people currently in S&B get together with established nomads on a periodic, social basis to socialize. Maybe have a group of ten people get together twice a month. Part of this would involve details about vanlife and part of this would about learning about one another. The goal might be for the newbies to pair off with another newbie or an established nomad to begin the nomadic journey. Not everyone is trustworthy or suitable and this process might help participants evaluate potential partners (BFFs??). Each member of a pair has a vehicle and they agree to caravan together and support one another.

 

[PilbaraWanderer]

just do you and what your dog companion can do.
enjoy all you can pushing whatever limits you can do
life will go down for all, just do you best ya can in the moment...the moment is life.  anything thought extra in the future is not now and life ya know!!  sending good vibes you way!

Good advice. I kind of abandoned this thread and came back to find it full. My dog passed away unexpectedly on 5-5-21, lymphoma, 3 hospitals in 3 states, kidney failure, clot. You are absolutely right. do what your dog companion can do.

 

[PilbaraWanderer]

First of all what leads you to think those states are better. Escapees.com is the way to connect with their Care center in their facility in their headquarters park Rainbow's End in Livingston Texas. Membership is less than $50 a year. They have an extensive assisted living in your own RV where they clean, do laundry, feed you by providing meals at the center along with wellness and medicine dose checks and transport you in their handicap van as well as assist you getting treatment in Houston if required. Most are volunteers there so the people are just outstanding. Last I checked costs were between $800 and $1200 for a couple a month if they have room. They accept volunteers from the club membership year round and supply a full hook space and meals is anyone is interested. We worked for the Escapees when we first started out many years ago and have never been treated any better anywhere else.

Thanks, I checked their site and will get deeper into it but you've grasped what I was driving at. It gets down to mundane practicalities. Appreciate it.