We’re Floridians!

On January 22nd we turned our wheels north, heading towards the town of Crestview, Florida. Yeah, not really much of a tourist attraction, probably not on your bucket list! But for us, this was a major destination as this is where we would officially set up domicile status in the state of Florida.

A lot of folks ask us about this. Where we will get our mail, where do we pay taxes, where is home? Most people have a “sticks and bricks” home that has an address and that’s where all your mail comes as well as all those Amazon deliveries! For full time RVers, that really doesn’t work as we are constantly moving. The reality is that 90% of the stuff we all get in our mail is probably junk – catalogs from companies you’ve never heard of, brochures for medical devices you don’t need, coupons, flyers, etc. Most bills can be handled online and are paperless. For the few other things, we can use a mail forwarding company that provides us an actual physical address (sort of like an apartment number). This is not considered a PO Box so all mail and shipments can come to this address. We can go online and see what has come into our “mailbox”, have them scan things we want to see, and even forward items to our current location if needed.

We established service with MyRVMail which is based in Crestview. Because of this service location, most related government offices are very familiar with full time RVers and working with them to set up domicile and all the related activities. Thus, in one day we were able to get our auto and RV insurance, then go over to the DMV where a very helpful and friendly person gave us new Florida drivers licenses and tags and titles for our vehicles. For the first time in Jill’s life, she was no longer a Georgian.

The rest of the time in Crestview was pretty quiet. We did some maintenance work on vehicles, cleaned them up a bit, and caught up on some TV shows (still working on getting the DVD player working!!!).

One other item that is becoming an ongoing theme. For those who are UGA fans, we apologize for the following however realize that this was started by a die-hard UGA fan and this is all done in good humor.

During our Open House (see previous blog post) and unknown to us, someone hid a UGA stuffed bulldog in one of our inside storage areas. We did not discover this until we moved in full time. Being a Georgia Tech alumni, this didn’t sit too well with us. But, you know what they say – when you get lemons, make lemonade. Thus, we have decided to have some fun with our little UGA during our journey. So, far he’s had fun doing the following:

• While on the road, he sits on the dash, laying upside down on his back the whole way.
• He did try riding outside once but decided that really wasn’t great

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• And it’s not just the humans that are getting in on the fun! At one point when we were not paying attention, Adele decided that Lola had one two many DAWGs onboard and took things into her own “paws”.

Stay tuned for more in the adventures of our UGA.

Next up, 6 days on the Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre, Florida.