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Fitness Equipment We Travel With in our RV

Fitness Equipment We Travel With in our RV

Okay. I know. I tell you all the time that you don’t really need any equipment in the RV to stay fit. You’ve already got the best piece of exercise equipment…your own body! So this post sort...
Watt’s Up, Doc?  Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Watt’s Up, Doc? Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Our Travato, Lance, is a pretty customized machine.  At some point this year, we’ll make a video about it, and I can promise you I’ll forget things that have been done to him because there are...
The Winter-Proof Travato

The Winter-Proof Travato

We really enjoy the great outdoors when there aren’t crowds around. For a lot of places like National Parks, that pretty much narrows things down to the winter, and that’s OK with us. Wintertime...
Another Thanksgiving 5k in the Bag…

Another Thanksgiving 5k in the Bag…

James and I have very little family living near us in Salt Lake City. Besides us, there’s my son Tyler and his wife Anna living just a mile to our east. And then there’s my youngest...
Assessing the Insulation in our RV with an IR Camera

Assessing the Insulation in our RV with an IR Camera

OK, so I’ve added additional insulation to our Travato. But how do I know if it did any good? Take a bunch of infrared pictures – that’s how! I rolled in late last night from a trip to AM Solar...
Winnebago Fuse Review – A New, Ford-Transit-Based, Compact Class C

Winnebago Fuse Review – A New, Ford-Transit-Based, Compact Class C

Maintaining an RV-related website does have a few perks. (OK. Not many, but there are a few.) Usually these are things like complimentary rolls of new RV toilet tissue to try out.  Yay.  But every...
Stef’s Running Gear Guide

Stef’s Running Gear Guide

Running…it’s such a funny thing. On the one hand, it practically needs nothing. You can do it anywhere and don’t really need any running gear at all. Heck, our cavemen ancestors used to do it...
Building a Roof Rack Mounted Wind Fairing for the Travato

Building a Roof Rack Mounted Wind Fairing for the Travato

Lance, our Travato, has an extra solar panel mounted to his roof rack. This extra panel is right at the front edge of the roof. It always looked a little “unfinished” to me, and judging from the...
Getting Ready for Winter – Insulating the Travato Doors

Getting Ready for Winter – Insulating the Travato Doors

Winnebago bills the Travato as a 3 season coach, and that’s fine. But Lance, our Travato, was built with a few tweaks to extend his useful camping calendar into the winter. He’s got heating pads...
Two Weeks with Lance

Two Weeks with Lance

We’ve been on the road for over two weeks, so it’s been hard to put together videos, or write the kind of in-depth posts that I like. But we got home last night, and I’ll be getting back to...