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[Soldier Girl]

I've found, in my mere 3 months on the road (so far - I'm really boot out here), that my 'smallish' A.C.E. 30.2 does okay near main throughfares in towns that are right off the main hwys or the military fam camps & corps of engineers camps.

Wallmart has become my normal haunt & if they don't have it, unless I'm sure of the street sizes & number of cars lining it for parking (think about the congestion in Baltimore, D.C., or Houston), I don't go searchin for places I'd normally want to go explore for the joy of it, or jus find better groceries. I've missed out on some great places I wanted to visit already, but they'll jus havta keep till the next trip thru (w/a toad).

Except for the East Coast, I haven't been able to rely on Uber or Lyft or public transportation & the days of shuttles runnin all over the military bases seems to have ended.

I would caution you on relying on any alternative transportation unless you've checked it out thouroughly ahead of time. You might be sadly disappointed when you find your 'smaller than mine' rv can't pull off at that special scenic overlook, or worse - you break down boondockin on public lands with your cell phone lost, broke, (or you forgot to charge it) & you find yourself far from highly trafficked roads to try to reach help quickly.

I've been tryin to hold off on a toad till I can afford to get a dingy pull setup (4 on the floor), but even though I need to have my service dog going wherever I do, I'm desperate enough (only halfway across the country) that I'm even considering a gas scooter & trying to figure out a safe setup for my SD Boxer, Radar. He's too big for those 'lil pet seats - plus tryin to hoist him up? His job is hoisting me! But even if I got that all figured out, I'd still need a way to manage getting it up on a hitch or dolly, or even up into the rig that my SD hasta pull/hoist me up into, & that brings me right back to square one, tryin to save up for a dingy pull, lol!!!

I'm mostly metal implants nearly the full length of my left leg, so my motorcycle days w/shifting gears are probably behind me (hence the scooter idea), I can't put a lot of weight on the leg to run a motorcycle/scooter up a ramp & bicycles are impossible due to how limited my range of motion is on that side.

But, back to your sitrep, if both of you are in good health, scooters & bikes or motorcycles might be the way to go for awhile - but unless you aren't interested in any sightseeing, don't count on your rig fitting those special places - especially during campin season - or anytime you get a hankerin to drive the PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy), though it can be done, you won't be enjoying the scenery much (best way I've gone has always been on a motorcycles).

I wish you great journeys in whichever way you decide to travel!