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February 4, 2026

The “Shit Storm”

Wish I had had the presence of mind to grab my phone and take a video, but during crises, I’m typically too irrational, illogical, and…

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January 21, 2026

Valentine’s Day Decorations

With the success of our Christmas decorations, we decided to also do something for Valentine’s Day. Of course, we reused the shepard’s crooks and purchased…

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November 16, 2025

The End to our Dometic Water Heater Saga

Never has a component of Arthur Airstream received so much attention, let alone four blogs dedicated to it, than our Dometic brand RV water heater….

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November 12, 2025

Bill Wittmack’s 1936 Roadtrip

Recently, MFI’s brother Jim texted her and asked if she’d like their father’s journal. She replied “yes,” not really knowing what this journal might be….

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September 6, 2025

The Great “Dometic Water Heater” Fix

The backstory in summary. We were setting up our site at the Triple G Hideaway, Fort Nelson, BC, Canada on 15 June 2024. Our water…

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September 2, 2025

Sid Retires

Sid Silverado had served us extremely well for almost 6 years. We drove him hard for 150,000 miles, 44,195 of which involved towing Arthur Airstream…

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August 28, 2025

History Lesson While on the Road

In our six years of life on the road, we’ve passed through Vicksburg, MS (population 26,407) probably a handful of times, but neither had nor…

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August 27, 2025

Honeymoon Memories

Forty-five years ago on September 7th, 1980, MFI and I were married on the grounds of the Rainbow Lodge along the Buffalo Bayou in Houston,…

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August 22, 2025

Birthday Dinners and Back to School

MFI and I had our 75th and 74th birthdays, respectively, during our stay in Hollywood, FL. Sarah planned a dinner celebration for each of us…

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August 31, 2024
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Craziest Roadtrip Ever on the Dempster Highway – Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson

NOTE: Before reading this blog, I highly recommend you first read The Dempster Highway Experience by MFI published August 27, 2024. Her blog helps put…

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August 30, 2024
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Craziest Roadtrip Ever on the Dempster Highway – Engineer Creek to Eagle Plains

NOTE: Before reading this blog, I highly recommend you first read The Dempster Highway Experience by MFI published August 27, 2024. Her blog helps put…

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August 28, 2024
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Craziest Roadtrip Ever on the Dempster Highway – Dawson City to Engineer Creek

MFI has done all the driving since we began our RV adventure in September 2019. It was her choice, since she readily admitted to being…

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InAugust 28, 2024
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August 27, 2024
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The Dempster Highway Experience by MFI

Part One – Getting Ready “It was a dark and stormy night”. This is most accurate way to set the mood for this part of…

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August 26, 2024
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Heading to the Arctic – Part 4

Our final stop, before driving the Dempster Highway north to the Arctic Ocean, was Dawson City, YT (population 1,557). From Tok, we drove a short…

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August 24, 2024
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Heading to the Arctic – Part 3

Before leaving Red Eagle Lodge, Richard Denny mentioned several times that the Tok Cutoff Highway (AK 1) had shifted 17 feet during the 1964 Great…

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August 21, 2024
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Heading to the Arctic – Part 2

The distance from Anchorage to Tok was simply too far to squeeze into a day’s drive. According to RV Trip Wizard, our only interim-stop option…

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InAugust 21, 2024
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August 16, 2024
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Heading to the Arctic – Part 1

To get to the Arctic Ocean, we needed to drive 654 miles across the Alaskan interior, cross back into Canada, and reach Dawson City, YK…

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InAugust 16, 2024
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August 11, 2024
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King Salmon Motel and RV Park, Soldotna

Our drive to Soldotna (population 4,719) was only 94 miles west toward Cook’s Inlet. We passed through some of the best fishing areas in Alaska…

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InAugust 11, 2024
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August 10, 2024
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The Harding Icefield, Kenai Peninsula

The Harding Icefield was an ice cap sitting atop the Kenai (Key’-nigh) Mountains, which formed Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula 80 miles due south of Anchorage on…

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InAugust 10, 2024
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