Earlier this week we relocated back to Elkhart, IN to Master Tech RV to be onsite to keep on top of all of the projects ongoing with our bus renovations. We are incredibly thankful that a kind local supporter has loaned us their RV so that we have a place to live on site and have a comfortable […]
Life on the Road
Bus Renovation Progress Report: A Riveting Tale of Why We’re Way Behind Schedule
We’ve been giving mini-updates in our Alaskan travelogues about the progress on the bus projects going on back in Elkhart. But it’s time to catch you all up on the full story. We had a grand plan for the summer of 2015 – we plotted to leave our bus at a shop we thought we could […]
You Deserve More than a 1-Week Vacation
The very first time I planned a 10-day semi-vacation away from my home office, my business partner just about flipped out. ‘No one takes 10-day vacations! I’ve never taken more than a week at a time!’ That was back in 2002, I was in my late 20s and I was off to the big island of […]
Zephyr’s Summer 2015 Renovation Hit List
On Saturday morning, we left Zephyr in our rear view mirror as we departed Elkhart in our Mini Cooper, like nervous parents dropping our kid off for summer camp. This summer, Zephyr will be attending Camp Master Tech where she will be whipped back into shape. Four years ago our GM 4106 vintage bus conversion […]
It’s CRUNCH Time! Wrapping up Bus Project Planning
We have hit the ground running here in Elkhart. There are so many details that have to come together this week before we leave off by rail and sea for Alaska at the END OF THIS WEEK!! AHHHH. Ok.. deep breaths. We can do this! No matter how much planning and preparations you do upfront, […]
Eight Years as a Full Time RVer – A Letter Back to Myself Then
I woke up eight years ago this morning, bright eyed and ready to hit the road. I had spent the prior six weeks going through everything I owned, got rid of most of it and packed everything I thought I’d need for an extended road trip into a small box. It never started out as an […]
Smashed RV Windshield – What to Do if a Rock Cracks your Motorhome’s Glass
KA-BANG!!! That’s the sound that startled me out of a the near daze I was in, zoned out in the passenger seat trying to cope with the traffic chaos. We were navigating the roads through the oil fields of Texas just south of the Odessa/Midland area, anxious to escape the endless miles of big trucks, torn […]
Our Summer 2015 Travel Plans Revealed (Your input requested!)
We’ve been considering several options for our upcoming summer – from RVing to Alaska, boondocking in the mountains of Colorado, crossing through Canada or exploring the Northeast of the US. And we’ve picked a path.. that is really none of those. For the past several weeks we have been putting together details of our summer travel […]
Family, Friends & Fame in Austin
Wow.. what a whirlwind of a visit to Austin. When booking more than a week in a single location, it always feels like we’ll have all the time in the world to fit in work, social time and exploring. Then it goes by so quickly. There were several reasons for this visit to Austin that […]
LTTE Booster Technology Reviewed
I’ve just published my extensive testing results experimenting with the latest in LTTE booster technology on the RV Mobile Internet Resource Center. LTTE Boosting?!?! Not to be confused with cellular LTE boosting, LTTE boosting (Libation: Technology Tribulation Elimination) is an even more critical element of a technomad’s tech arsenal. Because… Sometimes, no matter what you do, no matter […]
