The Final Countdown
The last week has been a flurry of activity as we prepare for our 6-month journey. All of that preparation comes to an end tomorrow, when we “soft launch”– aka, camp in our friends’ driveway.
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Decals!
We made some decals for Wobbles and Dimes. On our test trips we noticed when other people had decals with their adventure blog URLs, it made for great conversation openers and therefore made us more likely to chat with those people. Hopefully these will inspire others to do the same, as we’d love to meet other people while we’re traveling.
Continue reading…Weighing in at 11,420 lbs…
We have the van and Airstream almost fully packed for our big trip, so today I took the rig to our local Cat Scales (truck stop) to find out how much we weigh. The weight is important to know in-case we run into bridges with weight limits, but I was also concerned that we might be over our light-duty van’s capacity..
Continue reading…The big trip: drafting a route
We’re 4 days away from leaving on our big 6-month RV trip, so we should probably have at-least a vague idea where we’re headed. Plans will likely change, but here’s what we’re currently thinking.
Continue reading…Renting out our home
In order to make our 6-month trip more financially sound, we have been planning on renting out our house. This has been one of the more stressful parts of preparing for this trip. Fortunately, we’ve recently found some great tenants, and we couldn’t be more relieved.
Continue reading…Giving our Airstream a lift
The Airstream Sport 22 unfortunately comes out of the factory with very low ground clearance. The grey water tank hangs down below the frame of the camper at the rear, where it drags pulling into and out of driveways that have more than a negligible slope. More than once we’ve winced as the tank made a terrible grinding sound as it dragged across the asphalt on the way out of a gas station parking lot. It was time to give this Airstream a lift.
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