Retired and Living in a Teardrop Trailer
(Today we are going to have a guest post from my friend Sharon who just retired and moved into a new T@b trailer. I was so impressed with it I asked her to do a guest post and she kindly agreed. We'll come back to Road Trip Tips later) Thank you to Bob for asking me...
How to Plan a Road Trip: Tips 5-7
I’m continuing my series on 12 Road Trip Tips and lessons from our Alaska trip. Before I go on, let me remind you of the previous tips: Break the Trip up into Stages for Planning Purposes. Use maps, books and the internet to plan and find all the interesting things...
More Lessons on Planning a Road Trip
Today we are going to continue with a review of our Alaska trip and lessons we learned from it. There are many ways to plan a Road Trip, the most common is to just jump in the car and go wherever the wind blows. No doubt that works, and can lead to a lot of...
How to Plan a Road Trip: Lessons Learned from Our Alaska Trip
When you ask someone why they want to live in a van or RV one of the most common answers is because that person has always wanted to travel and see this beautiful country. In fact, most full-timers I talk to say that in their first year they went crazy traveling, they...
Why I Love Dogs: Introducing Cody My New Best Furry Friend
As I told you in a previous post, I had to put my beloved Homer down last May 16th. Of course for a very long time my heart was broken and I shed many, many tears. In a way it was fortunate that we were in the middle of the Alaska trip because we were constantly on...
A Couple in a Van: Building the Bed
This will be the final post on how we converted Judy’s van for two people and I’m going to cover how we built the bed. But first I’m going to remind you about the recliner we built for it because I consider it to be indispensable for a couple in a van. Today, I’m just...
Using Sterilite 4-Drawer units for Storage.
Today we are going to look at how we converted the interior of Judy's van to fit two people in a standard van. We both knew it was going to be very hard! Fitting one person in a van takes a lot of work and adjustment and the idea of two in a van just seems ridiculous!...
Using a Hitch Haul Cargo Carrier in Your Receiver Hitch for Extra Space.
After months of nothing but travelogues and photos it’s time to get back to a more normal type of post and deal with some of the nuts and bolts of vandwelling. I’ve been promising some posts about a couple in a van so we’ll start with how we converted Judy’s van so we...
To Thine Own Self Be True; Who are You?
I said no more Alaska Posts and while this post has Alaska as a backdrop, it isn’t about Alaska, it’s about “Finding Yourself” and being true to yourself. This trip to Alaska clarified a lot of things about myself and I want to share it with you. The great...
Flight-Seeing Mt. McKinley–Part 2 Glacier Landing
Finally, the last Alaska post! After the McKinley flight on Thursday July 3rd we went back to Anchorage for a good-bye visit with my son and then left the state on Sunday July 6th. It took us 5 days to get across Canada and we were back in the Lower 48 on Friday July...
The Bear Whisperer
Finally, the moment has come when I tell you all about my time with the bears. Unfortunately, my camera broke and I don’t have any pictures of them, so all I have is words. NOT!! I took over 1500 pictures but I want to spare you all of them so I have whittled it down...
Fly-In Bear Viewing
Finally, we’ve come to my bear-viewing trip! I took the trip on June 24th but wanted to wait to write about it until I got caught up on all my other blog posts so it came in order. It’s been tormenting me to wait because I loved it so much! This trip is the...