Today was the final day of my ten days of freedom from school. I didn’t grade a single paper or even log into my work e-mail until today. It was wonderful! That’s not to say I did NOTHING school related. On Monday I did take a group of students geocaching up to Northern Maryland, Delaware, [...]
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Only two years after getting rid of about 80% of everything we owned, we have discovered that the “stuff” has crept back into our lives to the point that it can’t all safely fit in the rig anymore. Technically, it can fit, but it puts us far over our load limit. Since our travel is [...]
So, obviously, I have a blog about our RV adventures. If you’re reading this, you knew that already. I’ve not made a secret of our rather unconventional home on wheels or our travels. In fact, where I teach, I’ve actually presented about fulltime RVing to some of my interested colleagues. I’ve also publicized my blog [...]
Continue reading about Sometimes it pays to keep your mouth shut. Literally, it pays.
So we threw out that entire plan that I mentioned in my last post. We’re not moving out of the rig, not getting an apartment, none of that. Instead, a few other things have happened. I paid off my VW Golf, which was step one in the now-defunct plan. Then I took it to the [...]
I went to the Maryland RV Show last winter by myself, but this year, I took Alexis with me. We spent hours this past Saturday walking through all sorts of fifth wheels, travel trailers, and motorhomes. We saw the full range of models, from top-of-the-line luxury motorhomes to bare bones pop-up campers. In the end, [...]
A few months ago, I bought some LED bulbs to install in a couple of my existing incandescent fixtures. They work well and run cool. So when I went into the RV parts store yesterday and saw that they are now carrying the entire fixture complete with bulbs for no more than it would just [...]
Continue reading about Installing LED light fixtures and other mods/repairs
I suppose because I know we aren’t going to move the rig for another five months, I’ve been allowing myself to accumulate things that I don’t need or have room for. Oh, boy! This will be fun when it comes time to hit the road. Last year, I used my car as temporary rolling storage, [...]
I’ve not posted for an entire month! I know, I know. I had nothing better to do over the holidays. I should have been posting every day, right? Wrong! We actually stayed fairly busy.
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We do, thank goodness. Propane is what keeps us warm in the winter. We have back-up electric space heaters, but they don’t keep the whole rig warm, much less the pipes in the underbelly like the furnace does. The furnace isn’t terribly efficient mind you, but it does keep us from freezing. Our big problem [...]
If you’ve been following this blog since last winter, you might recall that I battled against the elements a number of times during the cold months in order to keep our fresh water supply flowing. My number one weapon in this battle: a hair dryer. That’s right. I don’t actually use it to dry my [...]
Continue reading about Old Man Winter, meet Little Miss Blowdryer
