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  1. To answer Barb, First test was taken in Terrell, east of Dallas. The second test was at the Ft. Worth sort of downtown location. Both friends were told good thing you got it done, as things are changing soon. My test in 2013, took maybe 20 minutes as well, in Cleburne TX.
  2. Have now heard from two different friends that have just taken the driving test in Texas. Both were upgrading their driver licenses to drive RV's over 26,001#. Both had the simple C, and were upgrading to a B, non CDL. Both were told it was a good thing they were doing it now, due the changes coming in maybe Oct. The present driving test is an hour, the new test will be 2 hours. Not sure what is going to take more time, or what is going to be asked. But if you are not legal, to drive what you have, it might be time to upgrade.
  3. I did not look to find any paperwork on the exemption. When I asked at the places on the island, one being the inspection place, and the city hall, I found no solution. I found that my closest solution cities were those around Houston, and those around Austin. Close by San Antonio does not require the emissions testing yet. It was weeks latter driving into Fredericksburg when we stopped for the RV inspected that the inspector mentioned the exemption for not being near a county or area with AirCheck. Funny timing, but just a week after getting the new sticker for the Jeep in the mail, I caught a sale on Splendide combo at PPL, in Houston. So we did a 387 mile round trip for a pick up one day. The drive cost was half the freight cost.
  4. Got my motorhome inspected last month, and will be home this month to renew the tags. I am not in my county, as diesels are exempt from emissions standards that apply here in TX in 14 AirCheck counties, one where I am registered. I just happen to mention the issues of my Jeep, and being out of my county, and 400 miles from home. The inspector said there is now provisions for being out of your home county, as wells as the known provision for being out of state when inspection comes due.
  5. My DW has been using powder daily for a year. After research she found "Naked Whey". It is only pure protein, nothing else added. She orders online from Amazon, and has it shipped to us where ever. I have been making her a shake every morning for the last year, to start her day. In a blender: 1/2 banana, cut small, added first 2-3 tablespoons of Laura Scudder's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter. (It is only peanuts, and less than 1% salt.) Stirred to mix, then keep in refer. 2 scoops of Naked Whey, (scoop comes in the container) 1/3 cup of frozen blue berries, we try to find the 5# bag at Walmart and about 1/2 cup of Almond milk In that order, it does not blow the powder around the blender too much, blend for 30 seconds. It works for her, with her digestive issues from long term side effects, and is helping to maintain her weight gain since ending recent round of chemo last year.
  6. Barb, thank you for your suggestions. I am planning to get the coach inspected here, soon, as I know I don't need to do the AirCheck TX with the diesel. I will mail the paperwork, and will get the return to us at our next location that month. We are only keeping the house till we don't needing it. We are not sure when or how soon events might require us to stop our travels, and till then we are working on our bucket list items. Let's say, we are only making resv. that can be canceled. She only wants to be home for her Drs. appointments, and wants to stay in her coach as long as possible. We have been blessed beyond measure to have had this last year, on the road. With the issues of health insurance, a change of address to Polk county does not work for her either.
  7. Yes for the Jeep. I tried to "move" to Port A, as we had gotten a PO box for our months here, and I had my title in hand. But I could not show a DL or real address, on the island, so I couldn't just re-title it here. What my home county said to do was, in writing, tell them I was out of town, and to send my fees and proof of insurance, and a request they send the paperwork to me on the island. 10 days later the paperwork arrived in my PO box. Maybe I fell into the example of timing of the old inspection and registration dates? I really did not want to push them, as they said, send it very quickly, and so I did ASAP. My motorhome is my next issue, due in April. We will just delay doing the home car, in the garage, that one will be 3 months past do by the time we are home for Drs.
  8. Just got jammed up with the 2016 inspection problem. We are 400 miles south of home, and our vehicle needs to be inspected in an AirCheck Texas county. Only 14 counties in the state do them, 240 counties do not do the AirCheck. So we are faced with a drive some 200 miles to the closest correct inspection station, and 200 miles back. Seems since we are in state, we can't self certify, like if we were out of state. I did not think ahead far enough when we drove away, not really expecting to be gone so long. But in talking to my home county on the phone, they suggested a solution, and I hope it works.
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