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Upgrading from the Dodge Van to a 5th Wheeler

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Flexibility is the key, being able to go with the flow, change your plans to suit new ideas and not go completely out of control while you are doing it! The plan this year was to travel in the Dodge van we bought last year and see Canada and Alaska. We had booked a trip to Lake Clark in mid August to see the Grizzly bears hopefully catching salmon in the streams. When I started working out distances to include the Eastern part of Canada, I became a bit overwhelmed. So when Lindsay complained that I really really needed to start paint stripping our windows (something I had been putting off) I agreed. The was a reason why I didn’t book hotel accommodation in New York – because it turns out we won’t be going there this year after all. Last year we enjoyed touring around the States so much that we decided we would pack our house up, rent it out and come over for a number of years. I checked with Google and the ATO as to how long you can rent your house out and not incur capital ga