We picked up an enhanced and improved Arthur at Ultimate Airstreams in Clackamus, OR on 22 May, and after driving 3,388 miles over 42 days, we were finally in Alaska until mid September. Woo-hoo! Our last stop was at the Tundra RV Park in Tok (population 1,243) for 3 nights before reaching Fairbanks, our first…
Arthur Airstream is a 2020, 27-feet, Front Bed, Globetrotter. While he came pre-wired to accommodate roof-top solar panels, we weren’t experienced or economically sound enough to have the panels installed when we purchased him in September 2019. But after nearly five years on the road, and with very real prospects of needing to boondock (camping…
I woke up New Year’s day 2024 with pain in the right rhomboid muscle area of my back, a pain with which I was all too familiar. This was the exact pain I had experienced in early 2023, that ultimately led to an anterior disc fusion of C-4 and C-5. In a repeat of what…
MFI and I tried to ski every Monday during what turned out to be a relatively mild winter in Washington state. As a result of warmish temperatures and generally light snowfall, the conditions varied widely between wet snow and perfection, with most days falling somewhere in between. We certainly didn’t crush the season; however, our…
Once we got settled in Washington, we reserved a flight to Fort Lauderdale and spent two weeks with the Gomez family. Our vacation was jammed packed. Sammy had her ballet debut in a local theater production. She also celebrated her 6th birthday, for which Sarah threw a wonderful party in their neighborhood Park. And finally,…
Having spent most of 2023 in desert heat, we’re enjoying the cooler temperatures this winter in the Pacific North West. We decided early in the year that we wanted to camp far enough north to significantly shorten the drive to Alaska in 2024 and reserved with Blue Sky RV Park in Issaquah, Washington. We’re located…
Upon leaving Santa Fe, our plan was to winter in Carrollton, TX. Getting back required two 3-night stops in Amarillo and Wichita Falls, respectively. I was still hiking in the mornings, jumping on a trail adjacent to the campground when possible, or having MFI drop me off at a local trailhead. Despite being the queen…
We stopped in Santa Fe for 13 days with the intent of getting to know the city and determining whether this would be a place we might like to live when our AirStreaming days are over. We drove around town to see the city and familiarize ourselves with various neighborhoods. We visited downtown to get…
One night campground layovers are a thing of the past. Who needs that kind of tight, challenging schedule and the stress that comes with it? We’ve evolved to staying for a minimum of three nights, driving no more than about 230 miles (300 max) between overnight stops, taking non-interstate routes whenever possible, and camping in…
Beth and Barry Muller are our go-to friends-with-projects in Island Heights, New Jersey (population 1,650). We began doing projects for them at their former beach-rental property in Wildwood, NJ (population 5,157) back in April 2018, long before we implemented our current retirement plan. It was there, they first became aware of our construction/repair capabilities. They…
