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Is there anything more delightful than the great American summer road trip?
I still remember climbing into the back of our old blue Buick Le Sabre with my brothers and starting the drive to Ohio to visit our cousins. Do remember how exciting that was to be on the road?
Unfortunately, on our very first stop at a roadside diner for breakfast, Dad wasn’t paying attention, and, backing out of the lot, a bus creamed those beautiful tail fins.
Nobody was hurt but it ended the road trip on day one ☹. Boy was Mom mad!
Since Florence and Santiago both grew up overseas, Quantz thought they would enjoy taking a road trip with us to visit The Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Back in the old days, hospital visits were not the leading cause of bankruptcy, but these days, you really must pay attention to medical bills, even when you are on Medicare.
Believe it or not, medical bills are miscoded up to 30 percent of the time, so be sure NEVER to pay a hospital bill until it is properly processed by your insurance company. Take it from your local Medicare insurance broker!
The same goes for your adult children with their insurance, tell them to beware!
Like many industries, the US medical market suffers from a true lack of competition. Hospitals will often send out bills that are wildly overpriced.
If someone you know is struggling with a medical claim, here are the steps they need to take:
- After receiving the initial bill, call in and demand an “itemized bill.”
- Tell them you would like to dispute the charges.
- Visit the website Fair Consumer Health and make sure the charges are legitimate.
The Senior National Park Pass is still the greatest value I know – $80 for life (you just have to be careful not to misplace it ).
Of course, smarter people than us would have made reservations to camp six months earlier, but our trick is to always arrive super early in the morning before it gets hot and before the crowds show up.
Since it’s finally summer, we shaved Plato and gave him a mohawk. I can’t decide if he looks more like Mr. T or Robert DeNiro in “Taxi Driver.” What do you think?
When you travel, you meet lots of interesting friends on the way!
But the best part of road trips for us is the spontaneity of never knowing where you’ll end up next.
Sometimes the food is so-so.
Sometimes it’s amazing.
Two of my heroes are Rich and his wife Susie who work every summer in different National Parks across the country.
This is Perry’s International Peace Memorial between Canada and the US.
Last summer they were in Maine. This summer Rich is working for Bass Island National Park on Lake Erie, doing park maintenance when he’s not out on a kayak catching walleye.
Susie is with her kids for now, helping out with their newest grandchild before she rejoins Rich at another National Park later in the summer.
I love their zest for life and their incredible flexibility.
But I also agree with Barb in Ohio…it’s nice to be home with your babies!
That’s it for this week; keep squeezing the juice out of life.
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