“Some days are better than others, but most are better than average.” – Jason Wynn Recently we’ve been just kinda figuring out our routine. One thing that has definitely been a bit eye opening is that, surprise surprise, we still have to work during the day. Our life isn’t one giant vacation despite how much we… Read More A Random Wednesday
Without further ado, we are ready to give a real tour to our virtual friends and those who didn’t have a chance to see the rig at our “housewarming/going away party!” We unfortunately don’t have a fish eye lens on board so we had to make do with some panorama software which had some trouble… Read More Interior Tour
I wanted to add up all of our costs to hit the road to see what the damage was now that we can look back. At the same time, we happen to have a whole bunch of pictures from around Cotopaxi and Salida, Colorado, so I threw a bunch of them in, enjoy! Below are… Read More How much did it cost to set off?
We installed a fairly large (for an RV) completely custom solar power system all by ourselves for right around $3000. It has 660 watts of panels, 540 amp hours (~6.5 KWh) of AGM batteries, and a 3000 watt pure sine wave inverter. This should be more than enough for us to have 2 people living… Read More DIY RV Solar
Again, we’ve been doing boring stuff. None of it is really big enough for a full blog post so here are some mini things. The Back Room is Complete! I finished the plywood in the back with some leftover Waterlox from when we did the floors in our house. It looks pretty good but the texture… Read More April 19th 2016 – Status Update
So after much discussion, we’ve come up with the basics of our route through next winter. Here is a map with all of the waypoints labled: Feel free to check out the route and some free campsites along the way at freecampsites.net. Our first stop out of Denver is Salida, CO. Kathleen and Mike have… Read More 2016 Route Proposal
We completed 3 major projects this weekend. First, we got all of the electrical system in the RV (minus the solar panels themselves) working together. The batteries are in, the inverter/charger is installed and the 12V system is working correctly. But that’s boring stuff. Next is the flooring. Originally we were planning on doing laminate… Read More Painting and Flooring
We’ve done a lot of work on the RV but none of it is impressive enough by itself (yet) for a full blog post, so we decided to just post a bunch of pictures of our progress so far. We finished installing the dinette in the back room. We also made the storage area behind… Read More Progress Report – March 19th 2016
My parents came out to visit us last week and we took the week off and went to Steamboat Springs, CO for our annual ski trip. We stayed at a beautiful condo walking distance to the gondola and skied for 4 days. The last day we stopped by the Strawberry Park Hot Springs for some… Read More Steamboat Springs, CO
A common question we get when we tell people we’re moving into an RV full time is “What are you going to do with the house?” For a number of reasons, we’ve decided to rent it out for a year and then re-evaluate. This saves us the challenge of trying to sell the house while we’re on the road. With current prices, the rent will easily cover our mortgage plus all taxes and management fees with a little left over to cover most maintenance issues. Most importantly though (especially for Allison) is that it psychologically feels better having an “out.” We maximize the number of options we’ll have after a year and we get to leave some tiny amount of roots here in Denver in our heads. It certainly takes some of the pressure off with regards to “we’re leaving everything solid in our life and will have no roots anywhere…”… Read More Renting the House
The Reckless Choice 