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Day 82 7/19/2015 Leaving Arkansas We got an early start and filled up with gas at 8:15 ($2.399 for our California kin) and got back on I40 with our next book on tape and hopes of reaching home … Continue reading
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Old man winter eased his grip on East Tennessee this past Friday and we packed up the Pleasure Way and headed to Harrison Bay State Park just North of Chattanooga. This was just a short overnighter to shakedown the new … Continue reading
We had planned to take the first 2-3 weeks in January for a “Shakedown run” in our Pleasure-Way RV but medical appointments and social obligations here in the village have made us reconsider and postpone that trip until later in … Continue reading
We hadn’t stayed on Ocracoke since a rather exciting Pirate weekend between tropical storm Henri and hurricane Isabel in 2003 so here we are heading back to the island with a major blow brewing. We must just love excitement! We … Continue reading
Last Summer, Mary and I discussed taking a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We mentioned it to a few friends and began to plan a trip for October. Andrea and Jim from Lexington, NC (with their granddog … Continue reading
Disconnect one side of the battery (or activate your battery kill switch) and disconnect your trailer from shore power. Ignore this at your peril! Your unit will differ from mine but you need to run 2 power cables from the … Continue reading
As I mentioned in my first article about this solar project, I got a kit with an MPPT charge controller which seeks and transfers maximum power to the battery bank and the load. You can find out more at this … Continue reading
We decided to take a short camping trip to Warrior’s Path State Park for a little R&R and to try our Expedition on the road with trailer in tow. We hitched up on Wednesday, July 23 and headed up I81 … Continue reading
I find it to be amazing that just spending a couple of days on the road can be so tiring but I suppose that is just a part of aging. We woke to cloudy skies and warm temps this morning. … Continue reading
After much study, hair pulling and indecision, Mary and I bought a travel trailer this past week. Though our plan upon retirement was to sail the Tennessee River, we never really made much of an effort and the really cramped … Continue reading