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For all the Moms on Mothers Day

First and foremost, Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms of the world! We all know who’s in charge, don’t we? To honor OUR moms we’ve posted up a couple of classic photos of Lil and Jane. This one’s of … Continue reading

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Yosemite Waterworks Cinco de Mayo ’11

Our little trek to Yosemite yesterday was pretty darn spectacular. Of course, when spring is in the air, then everything is under repair, there. We’re used to seeing lots of road repair and tree removal, especially after the major winter … Continue reading

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Spring is in the Air

Aah, the smells and sounds of spring are in the air here in the Sierra foothills. We’re camped at one of our all-time favorite parks, Park Sierra SKP in Coarsegold CA. And at this time of year, the smells here … Continue reading

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The Road Ahead – Spring 2011

We’ve been camped here in Northridge for over 3 weeks, and it’s getting close to time to move on. We tried to negotiate one more day (Sunday May 1) onto our stay but the park here can’t accomodate us. After … Continue reading

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Wertle Gets Welded

Not to compete with well-known movie titles (did ANYONE get this gag? Let us know!), this post is about the healing of our rig after the traumatic trip up Interstate 5 through LA. From a previous post, we chronicled the … Continue reading

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Poor Forgotten Tippy!

I was reminded by our good friend (and blog follower) Dan Stordahl, that Tippy was conspicuoulsy missing from our post on the undercarraige troubles with the rig. Great catch, Dan! This is a very important thing to remind ALL RV … Continue reading

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This One’s a DOOSIE!

Many of you know how much I like to fish. And, of course, along with fishing comes fish stories. And if you can’t stretch a fish with a story, how are you supposed to catch the big ones? But some … Continue reading

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Installing our JefaTech RV wireless repeater

Although I had recently hand-built a wireless repeater for the RV, it had no capability to add a high-gain antenna. So I was stuck with a pair of “rubber duck” antennas, and while they worked OK in campgrounds with good … Continue reading

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But for the grace of God

Our hearts go out to the victims and families affected by yesterday’s disaster in northern Japan. On the road we frequently fall into a news “black hole”, whether we are disconnected from cable tv, internet, or even cell phone service, … Continue reading

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For all you RV maintenance enthusiasts, both of you

On the Level with your Finicky RV Furnace Of all the appliances in your RV, the propane furnace will take the cake for acting badly. There are so many things that can go wrong, not only with the furnace itself … Continue reading

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