Today is a special day for us. It was five years ago that Chris and I met in person for the first time. It was also the day we had our first technomadic adventure. We had been corresponding online since the prior June, just a couple months after Chris gave up his San Francisco apartment, […]
Chapters
Promise of Lithium #2: Lithium Ion Battery Advantages
In the first post of this series, I explained the chief downsides of lead acid batteries, the type found powering the house bank in 99.999% of all RV’s you have ever seen. It is a depressingly long list. As you will soon see, on paper lithium ion batteries seem to be superior in almost every […]
Up Up and Away!
It’s only been a few days since we left St. George with intentions of heading eastward through Colorado. I write this from Amarillo, TX. Which you might notice was NOT on our intended route. So what happened? A Lot of Air Pressure Leaks As we were leaving Lake Powell, we heard a sudden WOOOSH of […]
Bus Projects: Dual Desk & Air Filters
We feel satiated after completing a lot of projects while at St. George RV Resort. Interior Remodeling The manager of the park introduced us to their new woodworking skilled maintenance man to see about building our dual desk unit. We didn’t think it’d be possible to build something quick enough for us to get back […]
So We Meet Again..
I’ve often wrote about community while on the road, and how I’ve had to adjust my expectations of it in order to appreciate the variability that happens while traveling full time. One of the greatest blessings has been connecting with other full time travelers that we get to rendezvous with in all sorts of locations. […]
10 Tips to Keep Connected: US Mobile Internet Options
One of the most common things we get asked about is for advice on staying connected to the net while on the road. For us, staying connected to the internet is essential to our mobile livelyhood. Our business depends on it and we heavily utilize social networking online to keep connected with friends, family and […]
Resorting to Indulgence
For past several years of RVing around the USA, we generally steered away from staying at RV Resorts and commercial campgrounds. We instead favored boondocking, public campgrounds and staying with friends. In our first year traveling in our small 16′ T@B travel trailer, we only paid for camping a few nights in total. And in […]
Rites of Passage
We left Burning Man in 2010 for the first time without a plan one way or the other if we would be attending in 2011. We left that decision up to serendipity. But we did know one thing – if we attended, we wanted a year off of hosting our theme camp, Camp Nomadia, and […]
Lithium Ion Battery Success!! Playa Bound
There is nothing like hearing your air conditioner turn on via battery power! Not that it’s any different of a sound. So let’s back up a few days, and cover the journey since we left Phoenix – where we built our own lithium ion battery bank. Building our bank was lots of fun, but it […]
We Built a Lithium Ion Battery Bank!
After another all-nighter lithium ion battery research session last Tuesday, we slept in on Wednesday and then made our way down the hill from Flagstaff into Phoenix. With every foot of elevation drop, the temperature increased and we were soon reminded of why we escaped to Flagstaff in the first place. The bus did incredibly […]
