Not much on the agenda today. We did some insurance research about the benefits of moving our vehicle registration to South Dakota where we have a legal residence, i.e. a mail box. We had heard from numerous RVers that South Dakota had no state income tax and vehicle registrations and insurance were supposed to be cheap there. Last year we acquired a mailing address in South Dakota while passing through as a preamble to moving our legal residence there.
Peggy has been doing most of the research about insurance and registration and today she got it all onto a spreadsheet where we could get some comparisons. As it turns out, we would need to purchase real estate in South Dakota to get Obamacare (highly subsidized)insurance there. That was not going to happen primarily because we get such a great deal from Covered California. As it turns out, auto and trailer insurance was not cheaper in South Dakota than the current policies we have in California. The state tax issue also went away since the low taxes in California for folks with lousy retirement incomes are offset by the cheap medical insurance to an extent greater than moving to South Dakota and paying substantially more for medical insurance. Apparently, we are just a couple of hicks with a nifty mailing address in South Dakota but a primary residence in California.
I spent part of the day cleaning out a K&N air filter for Charlotte and, once I finish all the preparation, will replace the air filter we installed last year in New Berlin, Pennsylvania. Gotta keep Charlotte breathing easily if I want to continue to enjoy her wonderful horsepower.