Vladimir

Here are my thoughts on drinking water while camping:

http://usbackroads.blogspot.com/2010/06/cool-clear-clean-water.html

I am probably the only person on this forum that drinks unfiltered water from streams on occasion but not from my RV water tank!!!

These are the two filters I use:

https://www.rei.com/product/866422/platypus-gravityworks-water-filter-system-4-liter?cm_mmc=cse_PLA_GOOG-_-8664220001&CAWELAID=120217890000856011&lsft=cm_mmc:cse_PLA_GOOG

https://www.rei.com/product/872130/katadyn-base-camp-pro-10l-water-filter?cm_mmc=cse_PLA_GOOG-_-8721300001&CAWELAID=120217890000782864&lsft=cm_mmc:cse_PLA_GOOG

 

What we found interesting was that once we were actually retired our budget was not nearly as tight as in that year before since there are expenses associated with a job that most of us do not realize. Our clothing budget was a particularly large drop. And the fuel that we burned to get to and from work was nearly enough to supply fuel for our travels, if you leveled it out over a period of 90 days.

I had to laugh when I read your comment.

Before I retired I was sitting in a retirement seminar and the presenter mentioned all the items on your list.

I looked at my t-shirt, jeans, and sandals and wondered what I could do to "lower" my clothing costs in retirement?? There are advantages to being a Forester! Then there was that awful commute of 1/2 mile that I finally got rid of in retirement.

In our case, our costs went UP significantly in retirement. That was a good thing. It meant we were having more fun.

We are still holding at 50-50 in investments.

50% stocks and 50% Ginnie Mae's and Treasuries. Most of the stock money is in oil and gold. Rest of it in high dividend stocks.