When we started talking about gathering with friends for the solar eclipse, we really didn’t know what to expect. It was more than six months away and eclipse hysteria hadn’t hit yet. By the time the plans had gotten firmer, it had become our impetus to go back west. We wintered in the Florida Keys…
An Inside Look at Our RV Mattress Replacement and a Discount Code!
RV Mattress Trial and Tribulations If you’re like us, the mattress that came in your RV was less than desirable. The one in our first motorhome was a foam brick that didn’t sleep well at all. Our current RV had something that passed as a mattress, but was barely thicker than a slice of…
Keeping It Between the Mayo and Mustard: Our Roadmaster RV Steering Stabilizer Review
This summer we were in Vancouver, Washington visiting the Roadmaster factory where they manufacture almost every component they sell. While we were taking a tour, we got to talking about their Reflex RV Steering Stabilizer. They suggested we let them install one and see how it works. Hmm…something that could make driving the motorhome easier?…
The Beauty of the Central Coast of California
We’re often asked where is our favorite place that we’ve visited. It’s always hard to pin that one down as it’s an ever moving target. We start talking about how we love Burlington, Vermont in the summer and the same goes for Colorado. But then, the Southwest is nice for winter. I mean, really, how…
Cutting the Cord: Our RV Solar Set-up
When we started looking into full-time RVing, boondocking wasn’t even on my radar. We had been tent camping and had a pop-up we took out on the weekends, but I think in my mind, off-grid camping meant hiking into the forest and pitching a tent. This wasn’t somewhere a larger RV or even our small…
30 is the new 40: Meet our new Bay Star RV!
After downsizing from a 40 ft to our new-to-us 30 ft RV, we’ve gotten a lot of questions. Does it feel too tight? Does the layout still work for you? Did you have to get rid of a lot? To answer these I’d say, “No. Yes. Not too much.” But instead of just talking about it, we…
A Year with Gypsy
If you’ve been following us on social media for a while, you may have noticed a lack of kitten pictures in the past few months. The little Gypsy cat that abruptly appeared in our lives the previous year made just as an abrupt disappearance in December. We didn’t post publicly about it because it hurt…
A Delicious Date Shake (Dairy and Vegan) and a Visit to the Farm
We spent most of the winter in the desert and heard about the area’s famous date shakes. I began looking for them soon after. Somehow, they eluded me for the first couple of months. We never had the chance to visit the date farm in Yuma. We missed the place recommended to us on the…
Can You Really Buy Your Last RV First? RV Buying Advice and Experience
Buy the biggest RV you can afford! Only buy diesel! You won’t be comfortable in anything under 40 feet! Buy your last RV first! There is a lot of advice on the internet regarding purchasing an RV. Go into any forum or Facebook group and ask people what they think and you are bound to…
Death Valley Super Bloom
You’ve probably seen the stories and photos circulating about the Death Valley super bloom. We had, too, and thought we shouldn’t let the opportunity pass to see this once-in-a-decade phenomenon. The timing was perfect as we planned to head out to the California desert during the beginning of March and it was primed to be peak…