Posts 2018 Meow Wolf House of Eternal Return Ben sent me a link a couple of weeks ago and said “Let’s go here”. Today we did just that and stepped into the alternate dimension that is Meow Wolf House of... Tattoo Removal - Part 1 After seven years and change of living with a tattoo I never really liked, I finally took the plunge into tattoo removal. 2017 Hunting For Treasure In The Rockies At least one of my flaws (gifts) is a burning passion and focus when I lock into a topic. It’s easy for me to dive head first into almost anything when my i... Hunting For Treasure In The Rockies At least one of my flaws (gifts) is a burning passion and focus when I lock into a topic. It’s easy for me to dive head first into almost anything when my i... Exit Glacier Before heading back to Anchorage we decided to visit Exit Glacier just north of Seward. Wildlife Along the Alcan Highway Every time we go on these trips I have only one wish. To see a moose. I know it seems silly. It’s just a moose. It’s like the whitetail of Texas up here in C... Cell Phone Providers - Our Experiences One of the compromises of our lifestyle is that we need to be connected at all times. We were extremely fortunate that right as we began this lifestyle, T-M... Banff National Park To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Parks, admission to all Canadian Parks is free this year. Including the famous Banff National Park. Surprise With Fast Food Of course things are different when you visit a different country. The first farm town we reached in Canada right awe we crossed I was approached by a frien... Our Tiny Stay In Saskatoon Our first destination in Canada was the Pleasure-Way headquarters in Saskatoon. Pleasure Way Warranty Experience - Round Two It was not our original plan to visit the Pleasure Way headquarters. We noticed some defects in our paint several weeks after owning our new RV. They weren... Northern Lights at the Canadian Border Just a few hours before getting to the Montana/Canada border, I had been mentioning to Ben how I wanted to see the Northern Lights before I die. Into Canada - Our First Day We woke up early on the side of the road down the street from the border crossing. We stayed up late for our very first and lucky Northern Lights display. ... The Prettiest Highway In The US - I-15 N - Spring Time We’ve had the luxury of traveling to the west coast and the east coast. We are definitely intending to do more and we have not seen it all. However, I keep... Las Vegas and the Not-So-Waterproof iPhone We spent Sunday at the Aria pool enjoying the warm weather and joining our friend as she celebrated her 40th birthday. Ben pulled out his phone to snap a pic... Las Vegas Again Venetian/Aria A friend of ours was turning 40 and it corresponded with our tour to Alaska. We decided to meet them in Las Vegas for a day and hang out at the pool. Stopping At La Mesa RV Traveling around as aggressively as we currently are is something we only plan to do for about a year. After that year it’s hard to figure out what’s next. ... Winegard Power HD Antenna Repair Our RV came with a Winegard Power HD Antenna. We did not try to turn it on for several weeks. We watch TV very infrequently. We were surprised to find out... Window Shopping Alex and I regularly talk about what we’re going to do as we finish all our aggressive travel. One idea is to move into a large RV (again). We aren’t sure ... Dallas For The Weekend Spent the weekend boondocking in Dallas to visit some friends. One of my best friends purchased a house years ago. I managed to see him a couple times but ... Sand Fest 2017 Decided to take my boy down to Port A to the 2017 Sandfest. This is a festival where talented sand sculptors come together and build amazing pieces of art. ... Will never give Vogt RV My Business Our RV came with a Winegard Power HD Antenna. We did not try to turn it on for several weeks. I made a couple calls to RV when we first discovered the issue... Summerville and Charleston, SC This weekend we left the comfortable city of Chattanooga to head east to Charleston. We spent a couple days in Summerville before heading into Charleston on ... After A Couple Months - Part 3 We’ve been on the road for a couple months in our RV. I found it valuable to read about people’s opinions and experiences about their vandwelling lifestyle.... After A Couple Months - Part 2 We’ve been on the road for a couple months in our RV. I found it valuable to read about people’s opinions and experiences about their vandwelling lifestyle.... After A Couple Months - Part 1 We’ve been on the road for a couple months in our RV. I found it valuable to read about people’s opinions and experiences about their vandwelling lifestyle.... Chattanooga, TN As we continued east, we decided to spend a few days in the Chattanooga area. In total, we spent five days in the general area. Like Austin and most big citi... Rock City, GA Today we wanted to get outside so we ventured over to Rock City, Georgia. I had seen photos on Pinterest and it looked like a beautiful place to visit. The Hunt for a Nintendo Switch When a coworker announced getting a Nintendo Switch and how amazing it was, Ben started looking into them and decided to get one. Little did we know how diff... Tom Sawyer Mississippi River RV Park After spending a week in Hot Springs, AR, we decided we wanted to wake up next to the Mississippi River. Hot Springs, Arkansas We stayed an entire week in Hot Springs. Since leaving Austin at the end of February, this is the longest we’ve stayed in one city. We loved it. How to Become a Full Time RVer Some helpful tips for transitioning to RVing full time. KOA Hot Springs National Park On Monday and Tuesday night while in Hot Springs, we decided to stay at the KOA. Handy Sites and Apps One of the challenges of traveling in an RV is knowing where you can dump and get fresh water. No single app has proven to be excellent, but we have discover... Using a Drone for Photos Drones are a new and exciting option for taking photos and video in locations otherwise unreachable. Some folks have been reckless and/or inconsiderate with... Whitaker Point - Hawksbill Crag Last night was our first taste of staying on a pull-off in a National Forest. We had read about it but had not experienced it for ourselves. It’s quiet. V... Heading Into The Ozarks A lot of our stops are last minute decisions. On Thursday we decided we wanted to go to Ozark National Forest to hike Whitaker Point. Breaking Habits One thing we’re realizing as we do this is that we (me more so than Ben) tend to fall into the habit of picking a place and focusing on ‘getting there’. When... The First Few Days We had just gotten our paperwork and license plate. It was time to get on the road. We had been waiting weeks to start traveling. The story begins… Stopped By Bureaucracy Eager to get on the road, we drove straight from the dealership to the Title office. We got an instant taste hurry-up-and-wait! The process to register tak... Moving Our Hot Water Switch One of the cool innovations in recent years for RV’s are the instant hot water solutions. The water heater in the RV I owned previously required approximate... Our New Pleasure-Way Home It only took a few months for us to run into our first snags of this lifestyle. Our temporary home sprung a leak. It was going to take several weeks to get... Water Leak in Van This was the first day we had good weather in Vegas, and we decided to take advantage of it to do our routine cleaning of the van. Las Vegas Hotels Since we were going to be in Vegas for at least a week, we decided to try out a couple hotels. Las Vegas Strip Buffets Whilst in Vegas, we decided to try a variety of buffets. One buffet on this list we visited when we were here this last June, but the experience was memorabl... Snowmobiling and Tubing at Musicfest Finding a way to fly around in the snow has become a tradition at MusicFest. This year was no exception. The ranch had brand new snowmobiles. They did not... 2016 Alaska 2017 Test
