Monday was an interesting day. Important decisions had to be made regarding next years medical and prescription insurance. In the past, AT&T offered 3 or 4 plans for medical and dental coverage, another plan each for vision coverage and cancer treatment and choices were easy to make with most of the cost paid by AT&T. The medical plan also included prescription coverage. Starting next year, AT&T will fund an HRA (Health Reimbursement Account) for retirees and their spouses to be used for any medical costs including premiums and deductibles. We must choose our own medical, drug, vision and dental coverage and they provide a shopping cart that includes details for a large number of "recommended" companies, each with multiple plans, and each plan with options. The possible combinations seem endless. To help with these choices, we had two appointments for somewhat lengthy phone consultation with advisers from Aon Hewitt. In July, the conversation centered around Medicare, what it covers and the benefits supplemental insurance can offer. Monday's call was to get more questions answered, choose our medical and drug coverage, and enroll in the selected plans for each of us. The call took almost 3 hours. We still have to initiate the call for the dental and vision coverage. The new coverage will take some getting used to, but we're grateful to have decent insurance that will provide coverage wherever we are in the USA at a cost that we can afford.
Late Monday afternoon, we rode around the very large Hanna Park Campground, looking at all of the sites and deciding which ones were the best for us. We wanted one that was long, level, and offered some privacy from close neighbors Since this park fills up for Thanksgiving weekend, it makes sense to reserve our site before we leave. We found 12 that would be suitable.
The rest of the evening was spent relaxing after a somewhat tedious day.
Tuesday morning we reserved our campsite for next November and got our first choice! Selene got the laundry caught up and Hank was busy all day with email responses. Tuesday evening, we joined Karen and Samantha for a delicious taco dinner. Sean was on a business trip and Montgomery had returned to school. With hugs and saying "see you in 3 1/2 weeks", we headed back to the RV.
This morning (Wednesday), we went through the departure routine and left Hanna Park around 10:15 A.M. Our first stop was in the southern area of Jacksonville at General RV Center to get a new electrical cable which provides 12 volts to operate the turn signals and brake lights on the car when it's hooked to Little House. The dealership had to assemble the proper connector on the car end of the cable and we enjoyed a delicious pizza at Rosina's Pizza across the road while we waited for the job to be completed..
By 1:30 we were back on the road, heading north on I-295 around the west side of Jacksonville, then traveling on I-95 north to the Golden Isles RV Park in Brunswick, GA. This park offers low rates for Coast to Coast and Passport America members. The sites are on grass, but most are pull-thru sites with good length and good hookups. The free WiFi works pretty well - at times. We have cable hookup through a cable box that presented some installation problems. We're in site 43 at the rear of the park so it should be quiet around us.
We'll be here until Monday, when we'll move a short distance to camp with the Metter Road Runners - a small camping club that is mostly ham radio operators from the Metter, GA area.
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