Hi there! I'm Cat, a very nerdy single parent to two teens and a small clowder of cats. Life changes have us wanting to go full-on digital nomad, and we could use a little help getting from "here" to "there". Once on the road the kids will be in online school and I'll be working remotely in both writing and information security. Our mission: to seek out a new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where none of us has gone before while avoiding wretched hives of scum and villainy.
Things needed include a heavy pickup truck, a POD for things we don't want to take with us but do want to keep (and red shirts), final checkups and travel prep for the cats, and a suitable TARDIS, er, RV (or the down payment on one, rather.) I've sourced a truck and know the RV we want, though not the down payment yet.
I'm selling my beloved car and using what I have after the loan is cleared to buy a suitable used truck; the seller even reduced the price for me, so after I sell the car I'm just $3300 short of what I need to get the truck and do the title/taxes/tags tango. That really needs to happen ASAP; with your help, I might even be able to do it before the big storm we're expecting this weekend hits and the area turns into Hoth.
The POD will be about $200 a month, with the initial due the day before they drop it off to be filled.
The cat expenses will run about $500; that will cover getting shots and everything up to date, dealing with any minor medical issues, and checking into dramamine for the one who always gets motion sick. Interestingly enough, they tend to keep to the same amount of space in the house as they'd have in the RV.
The RV is the unknown in this case. The logical choice is financing one, and we're a bit limited in options because we need one that has room for all three humans and the cats and isn't too old. (A lot of RV parks won't allow older ones out of breakdown concerns; older codes do not, in fact, check out.) We found a perfect model, discounted some because it's not the latest model year and they want it off the lot, so I need to see what the down payment will be. I'll put that number in as a stretch goal here. (Unless someone wants to donate a Keystone Avalanche 390DS or an Alliance Paradigm 395DS.)
Ideally there will be a bit of spare cash to get official lessons in how to maneuver the entire rig; no special driver's license is required, but it's definitely on the "special helm skills needed" side!
I did say "nerdy", didn't I? Throw a few spare credits our way, share this with everyone you know if only to figure out how many fandoms I referenced, and stay tuned for future episodes!
PaLL