RV Spending - October 2019

I’m ready to write an article called “Why You Definitely Should(n’t) Live In An RV”, as I shiver from it being 30 degrees outside in Texas and our heater is suddenly broken. Every time we get one thing fixed, another breaks. Most of October was spent with a tinge of disappointment. We didnt really like the towns we visited and we were once again stuck somewhere while we were getting things repaired. We also had our most expensive repair to date. As we travel through Texas like the pretend snowbirds we are, we will be slowing down to lower gas and campground costs so that, God willing, we can bring back up our savings.

Food

We were pretty upset by how lousy October was being to us, and we took it out on our wallets with restaurants and groceries. When we hibernate next month that number should go down.

Groceries: $579

Eating Out: $620

Gas

While we had fewer trips, we went further on each trip. We also were bored in the towns we went to, and traveled up to two hours each way to larger towns for things to do.

Gas: $265

Entertainment

Albuquerque had an awesome zoo that we went to on a half priced weekend, and we saw a movie at Alamo Drafthouse (Joker) as well as went to MeowWolf. With the influx of video games coming out soon, we will probably spend less on entertainment as we nerd out.

Entertainment: $126

RV Repairs

We went to Hal Burns in Santa Fe for repairs. We replaced our front brake pads, calipers, and rotors. We also got our bearings repacked. We were originally quoted $3k for this service by the repair guy in Denver, and were pleasantly surprised when it was just over half of that. This also includes the registration for the motorcycle.

RV Repairs: $2,380

RV Parks

We were lucky enough to stay in the parking lot for free while we were waiting for our repairs in Santa Fe, but because of the uncertainty of when we would get fixed, we were stuck with expensive same day KOAs. Most of November we prepaid back in September as they are state parks, so next month will be cheaper. This month we stayed at an RV park 24 days, with an average of $37/site.

RV Parks: $749

Propane

As we had hookups almost the entire time, most of our propane usage was for the stove. Our electric heater only works over 50 degrees, so the nights it got really cold we used propane heaters instead.

Propane: $57

Grand total for October: $4,776