After countless hours of research, we’ve settled on South Dakota as our future state of domicile. We narrowed the list of potential contenders down to Texas and S.D. South Dakota won out because it is a bit easier to set up and maintain and looks like it will cost us a bit less for things like insurance. I have to say the S.D. choice is a little bit of a disappointment. Being a Longhorn just seems so much cooler. I already had a Stetson and leather chaps picked out, but seeing as how this is a family oriented blog, we’ll just leave it at that.
So now the fun starts. To get an idea of what we’re up against, here is an abbreviated version of our to-do list:
- Contract with mail forwarding service and get new address
- Fly to Sioux Falls, SD to get driver’s licenses
- Register to vote (must be done in person)
- Register vehicles in SD
- Get new auto insurance
- Get health insurance
- Find a storage facility were we can park the RV until we’re ready to go
- Buy an RV
- Get RV insurance
- Sell our car and buy one that can be towed
- Outfit the car and RV for towing (towbar, base plates, wiring, auxiliary braking system . . . do you see that everything is more complicated than it seems?)
- Find a property management company to handle our condo while we’re on the road
- Find a tenant for said condo
- Find a storage facility for the furniture we’re keeping
- Sell or give away the junk we’re not
- Plan our trip
So who still thinks this is a good idea?
Everywhere Once 
I think it is a great idea. I have started planning for the time when I will get the same chance. Lucky I started to follow your blog as I had yet to think about long-term mail and insurance – these things are important. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. I look forward to learning more from your blog!
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You may be interested in this post that gives more detail about “domicile” issues:
You may also find the “How To” section to be useful.
Cheers,
Brian
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