We love writing about our travels; recreate images of beautiful destinations, life on the road, wildlife encounters, interesting characters that we met along the way, and perhaps a splash of a back road story. These are our ideal posts. Instead, here we are writing about winter, dead batteries, serpentine belts, and broken toilets. If this is … Continue reading Leaky Cowls And Frozen Belts
Our experience with road side assistance post Hymer going into receivership, including reimbursement information
This winter was extremely cold. We had many days of deep freeze and the temperatures went as low as -30c. Luckily antifreeze is effective at this level of coldness, right? Well, maybe not. We left 2 jugs of antifreeze in the van. They were sitting side by side in the same location for the same … Continue reading Not All RV Antifreeze Are Made Equal
It's time to review our Carado Banff campervan. It's been 6 months since we bought our Carado Banff - a Class B motorhome. We had several opportunities to test it out in different weather conditions and during trips of varying lengths and it's time to pause and examine the pros and cons of RVing and traveling in a small Class B RV.
When will our troubles end? We left our last post after we successfully fixed our frozen pipe and clogged drain at home. after everything was fixed and we were able to get some much needed rest, we started emptying the van and preparing for winter storage again as there is aplenty of winter left. We … Continue reading Winter Travel- Will We Do It Again?
We left the Lost Alaskan RV Park in Alpine and started heading north east. There is still a lot of Texas to go through and we drove through Fort Stockton to the Odessa Meteor Crater, an anticlimactic crater if we ever saw one. The crater is of one of several impact sites in the area … Continue reading Run For The Border ❤️ If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will!
Texas was just down the road from our last campsite. We decided to head south before finally heading north towards home. The weather in the mid and northern states was much colder than usual and Texas was our last hope of getting bit of warmth and sunshine. We drove though El Paso and just stopped for … Continue reading Desert Hopping – Sonora to Chihuahua
Our last post did not generate much discussion, but was successful in raising concerns for our safety with our family and friends. A lot of it stemmed from pictures such as the one above that suggested remote locations. In line with that, some of the discussion on the different social media forums veered towards how … Continue reading 7 Simple Ways To Share Your Location When Traveling
We would like to interrupt our picturesque travel report to discuss a disturbing situation that had unfolded this week. As much as we love sharing beautiful pictures and fun travel stories, we realize that there may be a darker side to RVing, and to how we, as a community, deal with emergency situations. The goal … Continue reading To Share Or Not To Share – How To Evaluate A Missing Person Situation?
If you don't don't like donkeys, cacti, or rocks, don't even bother clicking on this link or reading on! We started a slow retreat east, and at one point we will sadly have to start heading north. in the meantime, we were able to boondock in a few areas that we would really like to … Continue reading Burros, Cacti, and Rocks (The Desert Is Boring They Say…)