Seven of us let Austin on Monday for a ski trip at Heavenly mountain in South Lake Tahoe. The three guys took a crack of dawn flight while the four gals waited for an evening one. The guys adventure: At 345am we departed the house for Austin airport. Two flights on Southwest to get to […]
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We have moved out of the RV for a few months. Knowing that winter weather is unpredictable all around the country, Chris winterized the RV before we left it at a commercial lot. Thank goodness we did! The weather last week was cold and definitely would have frozen our pipes. Our first non-RV spot is
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has a coastal studies laboratory here in the county park. They offer many educational experiences and I was able to arrange a dissection class for the RV homeschoolers. Twelve students participated in dissecting a Dogfish shark and we received a tour of the facility afterwards.
After arriving in Tucson, Chris completed a full inspection of the RV. A friend we met in Yuma shared this tip with us because he found that you have more time to deal with problems and make adjustments if you find things on day one. Unfortunately, Chris discovered that our rear bumper was about to
This is a guest post by Sarah Walter. Aleah and Charlotte were best friends when both our families were stationed in DC. We have managed to maintain the friendship over miles and years. We currently live in Arizona, so we were happy to host the Blomshields as they pass through our beautiful adopted state. Charlotte
While packing up to depart Mexico, we discovered that our refrigerator was no longer working on propane. Luckily Chris’s battery system was good enough to power our fridge until we could get back to the US and do some troubleshooting. Many RV fridges are designed to operate on two different power sources, electricity or propane.
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We are settled in Anthem, Arizona, for the week and living with the Walter family. Today’s adventure took us to the enormous town park for a multi-hour Veterans Day ceremony. Anthem had a local choral and orchestral group from Phoenix, videos from the USS Nimitz, a flyover of F-35s, and a guest speaker who not
For the past two weeks we have been surrounded by 23 other RV families. We all met up in Yuma, Arizona, for four days of preparation before hitting the road in a giant caravan to San Felipe, Baja, Mexico. The group we joined this year, Fulltime Families, put on events throughout the day. We had
While staying in Baja we took an opportunity to explore La Valle de Los Gigantes. This area outside our town of San Felipe is known as being the only area where the Cardón cacti grow. The Cardón cacti are related to Saguaros, but grow much larger. We had a great time wandering through the giants
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On Wednesday we started driving south to meet up with 23 other full-time RV families. We had 1400 miles to drive in 4.5 days. Our plan was to stop at various Harvest Host locations for our overnight stays. Chris was confident that our battery power would last for the transit. We only need power to
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