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We had one very busy week back home, accomplishing all our business for the next 6 months in preparation for our trek Northeast, our first visit back in nearly 5 years!   Dad had blood drawn which provided good results thanks to his plant-based diet.   True to his word, his cardiologist agreed to deviate from the standard of care for cardiac patients and remove Dad from the last of his pharmaceuticals.     No more worrying about long-term side effects from statins and blood thinners!   We managed to get new tires installed on both motorcycles, have our annual telcon with our financial adviser, do our food shopping, sort through our mail and Amazon purchases that we shipped home ahead of time, re-clean the rig inside and out, and Mom even donated blood.   We also needed a new electric extension cord, but wanted to avoid purchasing it at Camping World.   So we visited Acres RV and Outdoors Store on Route 59 Business in Livingston, TX.   ...

As I mentioned in my previous posts, we have started researching a replacement for our current Keystone Montana which we purchased in 2014 as a 2015 model.   This is our second Keystone Montana, and we have been happy with both units’ layouts and amenities.   We were also fortunate that our units were built decently, with only minor blips when it came to workmanship and warranty issues.   In September, we attended the Montana Owners Club (MOC) National Rally in Elkhart, IN.   As a 2015 model, we were one of the older units at the rally.   Yet, we were horrified to hear the abundance of problems, many structural, that fellow MOC members have encountered with spanking-new rigs.   And then we did something Mom will never forgive Dad for—we attended the factory tour to see how the Montana is manufactured.   Had we not done so, we still may have considered purchasing a new Montana if they came out with a floor plan that we liked.   Instead, we were m...