Extra stuff on board

Do you carry leftovers from projects because you think you might need them sometime? We do. I just know that as soon as we take the drill or the extra screws or the extra 3M Command strips, etc into the house and out of the front overhead storage compartment in the RV, that we will…

Resfeber is a Swedish noun

I absolutely love the definition of resfeber [ʀᴀᴄᴇ-fay-ber]: “The restless race of the traveller’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.” My great-grandmother immigrated to the United States from Stockholm, Sweden. I wonder if she had resfeber? In thirteen days we leave, with our two dogs, Artie & Gordy, for…

RV repaired and ready to go

I had a little (major) oops with my awning in early April in Texas when I totally forgot it was out and drove off, clipping the neighbors shrubs and shredding the awning in the process. Trying to back out made it worse, and the awning had to be cut away since the frame was busted…

Walkie Talkies

The last time we pulled into a parking spot late at night, I kept trying to shush Rachel as she was telling me how far to back up. She didn’t think she was loud but I did. The next morning the people next to us said they thought they heard somebody in the middle of…

Last minute prep & another issue

The clean sheets are ready to be put on, and I have 2 grocery bags full of various item to tuck away in the RV. A new issue cropped up. My Norco refrigerator is showing an “n” code, and the manual says this has to be dealt with by the Service department. So, I called…

First post from iPhone

Next Tuesday I’ll be heading out on my first “real” RV trip out west to Seattle. As I’m winding down on preparing the RV for travel, I’m working on my website and blog to document the trip and start writing about purchasing my RV and the projects I’ve done on it. Tonight at Walmart I…