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RV Tire Pressure

There is a lot of discussion in the RV forums about motorhome handling. Of course, there all sorts of add-on accessories that range from expensive to very expensive and all sort of theories.  I have a very difficult time sorting the good theories from the bad.  Here’s what I know, Shaneeda is not new (twenty… [Read More]

Jeep Towing – Part 4

Note from JD: This is the last installment of this little project. Part 1 is here, part 2 here, and part 3 is here. The base plate was bolted into place, the electrical towing harness ran from the front of the Jeep to the back lights, the Ready Brake cable connected to the brake pedal… [Read More]

City of Rocks State Park

The City of Rocks is a New Mexico State Park located about 30 miles northwest of Deming, NM on state highway 180. It is in a bit of an odd place – just normal country. Then, all of the sudden, is this area covered in huge boulders. It really gets your attention! From Wikipedia: “The… [Read More]

Rockhound State Park

The Rockhound New Mexico State Park is just a few miles southeast of Deming, NM. From Wikipedia: “It is named for the abundance of minerals in the area, and visitors can search for quartz crystals, geodes, jasper, perlite, and many other minerals. The park is located in the Florida Mountains, a range of low mountains… [Read More]

Elephant Butte Camping

I’m spending the week at the Monticello Point campground in the New Mexico State Park known as Elephant Butte Lake. The goal was to get out of the cold-ish weather at home and continue proving the ability to live and work from the motorhome.  I think I have succeeded although a few of the days… [Read More]

Winterize the RV

As much as I hated to do it, the time had come to winterize the motorhome.  The forecast says that below freezing overnight temperatures are coming next week so it must be none.  Nonetheless; I continue to be REALLY hopeful that I will get out camping a couple more times this year. Shaneeda – my… [Read More]

Movie on a Tablet Computer

I tried something new recently – been doing a lot of that lately. The plan was to be out camping in the motorhome for a bit more than a week. In spite of working a full day on the computer, going for a mountain bike ride, and the normal survival stuff (cooking meals, going potty,… [Read More]

Converting Fluorescent to LED

My 1994 Pace Arrow has three of the smaller fluorescent light fixtures. One is above the kitchen sink, two are larger units right on the centerline of the coach – kind of kitchen and living room – which seems to make them the primary lights for those areas.  Of these two units, one was not… [Read More]

Backcountry Flying/Camping Trip 2013 – Part 3

Note from JD: This is the third installment of this trip. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. The day dawned spectacular on Saturday so there was no doubt that lots of flying was on the agenda. The first order of business??  Breakfast, of course. Breakfast was being hosted at the Big Creek airstrip… [Read More]

Backcountry Flying/Camping Trip 2013 – Part 2

Note from JD: Part 1 of this trip is here. Friday dawned cool, cloudy, and wet. We launched as early as possible to start our exploring adventure but there just wasn’t enough cloud clearance to get very far. When the clouds are sitting at mountain top level, it is pretty easy to fly up and… [Read More]