What Are the Most Common Automotive Problems?
MY 2007 CHEVROLET EXPRESS has gone 340,000 miles, and although the 4.8L V8 engine is still working, it has felt rather tired, especially on hills. A compression test and a leak-down test confirmed my set-of-the-pants impression. Looks like it’s time for an automotive...
We Love Camping in New Mexico State Parks, But…
THE CHEAP RV LIVING FAMILY has long sung the praises of the New Mexico State Parks annual pass. Where else can an non-resident camp with free water, trash, dump stations, and showers for as little as 61 cents a night? New Mexico residents: $180 New Mexico resident 62+...
Weekend Photo 61
Fingerprints of the surf — 2 July 2014 — Lincoln City, Oregon
An Easier Life or a Better Life?
Bob Rebooted: Don’t Crash and Burn
This is a condensed and clarified transcript of a video Bob made four years ago * * * * * * AS LONG AS I’VE BEEN DOING THIS I’ve gotten a lot of letters from people who started out, who went out to live this life, and they crashed and burned. By that I mean they...
Coco Chanel on Courage
Which States Have the Worst Roads?
ONCE UPON A TIME, America’s highway system was a source of national pride. These days there’s not much pride to go around. Yes, there are some truly nice, magic-carpet-smooth highways out there, but not enough to balance out the remaining 2.9 million miles of paved...
Weekend Photo 60
Mountain morning — 17 June 2022 — Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park
Susan Hare: Adventures in Music
WHEN I TRAVEL, especially through scenic areas, I listen to specific types of music, a mix of opera and heavy metal, and classical and heavy metal. Broad searching ranges of voice and instrumentation, driven by passion and percussion, to me, are raw, truthful, and...
The Most Dangerous Risk
A Battery-Powered Portable Microwave Oven You Can’t Have. Yet.
I SAW A HEADLINE announcing a battery-powered microwave, and immediately thought of all the nomads who want to be able to nuke their food but don’t have enough off-grid power to do it. Could this be a solution?Cordless power tool maker Makita had cast its eyes with...