Back Yard Chairs

BaseCamping in Massachusetts

Hi everyone. In our last post Rich shared how we finished our cross-country journey to Massachusetts. This was something of a feat for us as we lived in our RV for 15 months in California before ever driving it anywhere.…

New England

RV Fuel Economy & Arriving in Massachusetts

Hi Everyone – I’m going to briefly touch on the end of our cross country trip, however the biggest focus of this post will be RV Mileage for our Ford 6.8L V-10 powered Class C/B+ RV. While we were RV…

Boondocking at my Aunt's

Boondocking at my Aunts

We filled up with Propane on our way out of the Big Red Barn. As an FYI to non-RV owners while most travel trailers have removable propane canisters that can be swapped at any gas station or grocery store, most…

Big Red Barn Bathroom

On to the Big Red Barn

We woke bright and early as we were planning to drive all the way from Tucumcari to the Big Red Barn RV Park in Carthage Missouri – a 600 mile day. I’ve driven farther in a day, but never in…

Tucumcari Land of Enchantment

Tucumcari Tonight

Tucumcari is a town on the eastern edge of New Mexico that was one of the inspirations for the Pixar movie ‘Cars’ along with Seligman, Arizona, Glenrio, Texas, and several other towns and places. [box_right]If you’re into either the Cars…

Santa Fe Art

Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and the Turquoise Trail

Picking up where we left off we find our intrepid heroes tirelessly cruising along i40 with Albuquerque in their sights. Northern Arizona is surprisingly forested and green – especially around Flagstaff – whereas New Mexico looks more like what you…

The Dreaded In 'N Out Parking Area

It’s a long way to Tucumcari

Hi Everyone! This post has been a long (very long) time coming, but it’s finally here. To answer your questions – Yes we left California, and Yes we made it to New England, and Yes it happened back in July,…

Birdfeeders

Getting Ready to Travel . . Again!

Hi everyone. Time flies when you’re having fun – and even more so when you have a lot to do. I can’t believe that we’ll be back on the road in just over a month, and at the same time…

YardStash II Review

YardStash Review – An Excellent RV Accessory

Hi everyone, and welcome to my review of the YardStash. The YardStash is an outdoor storage tent that can be used to store bikes, gardening equipment, pool supplies, or anything that will fit into it. For our purposes it’s a…

Re-Covered RV Valance

How To Re-Cover RV Window Valances

One of the biggest complaints both Kathy and I have about RVs in general is that the design – especially on the inside – is usually out of date. Our Winnebago is actually pretty modern looking in most respects, however…

2012 Winnebago Aspect 30c

We Are Full-Time RVers!

Hi Everyone. It’s been a while, but I have something big to show you today! Kathy and I have been keeping this mostly under our hat, but as we’re getting ready to get back on the road the time has…

Multicolor Music Lights

Christmas in Atlanta

While I like all the good things about Christmas like visiting family, eating sweets and junk food with reckless abandon, watching Christmas Vacation and Rudolf and so on, I pretty much abhor commercialism and everything that modern Christmas represents. As…