RV life isn’t always cheaper—it’s just different! In our first 4 months of retired RV life, we learned that budget surprises are part of the journey. Here’s the surprises we had this first 4 months: 1-food was more expensive than we anticipated up north. In Arkansas we had a food budget of $1000 a month but we were over budget this summer by $100-200 every month. 2-diesel fuel was more expensive up here so we budgeted high but were actually under budget each month. This is the bonus of slow trav