We love it when we come up with a new way to repurpose a space in the van! You may remember that we carry our fresh drinking water on board and save the water in the tanks for showering, flushing, dishwashing, etc. This expands our water capacity significantly. It's all good except water take up … Continue reading A Window Well
We weren't very motivated to work on the van lately, but our recent day trip seemed to do the trick and the next day we set to fix the annoying rattling sliding door. The sliding door in the Carado Banff was a thorn in our sides for a while. The cabinet is a bit in … Continue reading Carado Banff Sliding Door Improvements
We knew that we loved homemade bread even before the world exploded, we just didn't realize how much. Recently we've been making bread fanatically every day, trying lots of different recipes and achieving fantastic results with our old bread machine. Sadly our yeast is running out and supply is hard to come by. Luckily, there … Continue reading The Coronavirus Diaries – No Yeast, No Problem
One of the side effects of the pandemic is a gradual back-to-earth trend. Our footprint is significantly reduced as we limit our wandering about. We are more resourceful and some of our tribe who never cook are suddenly engrossed in conversations about sourdough starters and what to do with the discards. It took an pandemic, … Continue reading The Coronavirus Diaries – Back to Earth
Solar panel hail protection, is it necessary? Do you need to protect your solar panels from hail? Well, maybe. Solar panels can withstand extreme weather. This is generally true although some factors can challenge this statement. For example, the size and velocity of hail and the angle of the solar panel mount are important factors … Continue reading Solar Panel Hail Protection
The Promaster leaks from the cowl area and onto the engine compartment through several entry points. Moisture in the engine compartment during the warmer seasons, and ice build up during winter can damage different components. We already had to have our serpentine belt replaced because of ice build up, so this was high on our … Continue reading Promaster: 7 Ways To Stop Cowl Leaks
We are forever searching for ways to improve the pantry situation in the van. The overhead cabinets work just fine for Tony, but I have to reach up blindly and rummage in there. Not ideal. We considered utilizing part of the back cabinet, but it's too far from the kitchen, plus it is technically in … Continue reading Pantry Surprise
We are about to leave on a short trip to Assateague National Seashore so we thought it would be a good idea to test the newly replaced toilet before we leave. It was a good idea because we pressed the pedal and nothing happened. The toilet is not working. After the initial panic settled we … Continue reading Black Tank Sensor Bypass
We wonder what happened to fall. We are also a bit resentful that we are still here when there is so much winter outside... This is not what we signed up for! When we bought the campervan, all we saw was the promise of sunshine and rainbows, beaches and desert trails, with mountain backdrops and … Continue reading Winter Wonderland Blahs
This is the view from our back door today as we sit here and wonder why we are not in a desert somewhere basking in the warm sunshine. The next best thing to do is to write a blog post about storage, right? In our last post, we talked about storage for bulky items in … Continue reading Toilet Paper Woes or Sweating the Small Stuff