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May 01, 2018

Introduction

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We have been living in our rig since May 2011. That was the year we sold our home and adopted the RV lifestyle fulltime. We curren...
April 28, 2018

A Very Different Winter

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For the previous seven years, we have made the annual migration from Ontario to Southern California.
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April 23, 2018

The Definition of "Home"

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Take a look at this new page .
March 21, 2018

March 2018 - Eastbound again

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We were at our winter location near Aguanga (pronounced "Awonga") for the last two months, from January 14 to March 14.
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January 06, 2018

The Rio Grande Valley

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We have been, for the past 9 days, in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, at Mercedes. More on the RGV later; first I will tell you about ...
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December 27, 2017

Finally - On The Road Again!

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The date we left Ontario this year, was the latest since we started fulltiming - December 22.
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May 03, 2017

Virginia

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It is May 3, and we are near Wytheville, Virginia, more than halfway from Florida to our home base for the Summer and Fall, Craighurst, Onta...
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April 23, 2017

Florida

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It is April 23, and we are here near Freeport, Florida for a nine-day stay at Live Oak Landing resort, located on the Choctawhatchee River w...
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April 10, 2017

Almost 1000 miles east

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We are presently in Alpine TX, enjoying a two-day stay at Lost Alaskan RV Park, where we stayed on our westbound trip last December.
April 05, 2017

Leaving California

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The view from our window for the last 3 months We left our winter home at Aguanga today, and headed over the mountains and through Anza-...
March 18, 2017

SteadyFast Stabilizer System

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For the full story on the installation of this system, click the picture.
February 21, 2017

New Dishwasher

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We recently installed a residential dishwasher. For a detailed post with pictures, click  here .
January 27, 2017

New Generator

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As mentioned previously, our Yamaha generator malfunctioned on the last day of our westbound trip, setting in motion a chain of events which...
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January 22, 2017

New generator and kitchen mods

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For the full story, check out this page.
January 09, 2017

Arrived in California

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First, I have a confession to make. I have been lazy with the blog updates for the last couple of weeks, since we were in Texas. My excuse i...
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December 29, 2016

Alpine, Texas

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We are presently in Alpine, which is a town located in the Big Bend region of west Texas. The area is known as the Big Bend because it is lo...
December 26, 2016

We're in West Texas

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We are now in West Texas, near a small town called Loraine, on I-20.
December 18, 2016

Westbound trip 2016

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We stayed at Milton Heights Campground for five weeks, and finally made preparations for departure on December 14.
December 11, 2016

Almost ready to leave

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Our site at Milton Heights on a snowy December 11 In another three days we will be embarking on our sixth cross-country trip to Southern...
October 27, 2016

Colder weather

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We are still on our original site in Cedarwood. Everyone else has gone, most have departed for warmer places. My teaching contract runs unti...
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September 29, 2016

Traveling time is approaching

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Red sky in the morning at Cedarwood. It rained later that day. Canada Geese have returned to the Cedarwood pond. They return every yea...
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May 06, 2016

Almost in Canada

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It is Friday evening, May 6, and we are 45 minutes drive from the US - Canada border. We are wallydocking at a Walmart in Fredonia NY, as we...
May 01, 2016

South Carolina

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It is May 1, and we are well on our way northbound. We decided to eschew Interstate 75, because of the insane traffic and widespread cons...
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April 28, 2016

Tire Pressure Monitoring

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One of the TPMS sensors on the fifthwheel. It will generate an alarm if the pressure drops below 110 psi. For the last five years, sin...

Naples

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View from our site in Silver Lakes Resort
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April 19, 2016

Update on the tire situation

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The punctured inner dually, before removal from the truck I had intended to repair the damaged tire, and use it as a spare until I rep...
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Close to Florida

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We are making great progress on our relentless eastbound journey. So far it has been really enjoyable. The secret is to limit the daily...
April 16, 2016

Wildflowers, Schnitzel and a tire puncture

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Almost across Texas! Three days were spent in the Texas Hill Country. We stayed at Cowboy Capital RV Park in Pipe Creek, about 15 miles ...
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April 13, 2016

The Hill Country

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The distance east-to-west across Texas, along Interstate 10, is about 880 miles (1400km). We are now at the 540 mile point, in the Hill C...
April 12, 2016

Into Texas

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We have done about 1000 miles since leaving Rancho After a one-night stop at Las Cruces, we got on the road and headed east through the ...
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April 11, 2016

Benson to Las Cruces

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Another 228 miles eastbound We stayed in Benson for an additional day, making three days total. Thunderstorms and heavy rain passed thro...
April 09, 2016

Tombstone, Arizona

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We left the rig at Benson I-10 RV Park, and drove 22 miles to Tombstone, which was a silver mining boom town in the 19th century. Those were...
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April 08, 2016

Day 2 Benson AZ

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We are making visible progress across the map We stayed one night in Yuma, which is known for its dry, desert climate, and amazingly, it...
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April 07, 2016

On the road again!

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After three wonderful months at The Ranch, we are finally rolling again. We left Aguanga CA, and traveled to Yuma AZ, a distance of 175 m...
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April 02, 2016

Preparing for the eastbound trip

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We have been in Southern California for almost three months, and it has been another wonderful winter. We have enjoyed our rented lot in Ran...
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January 23, 2016

Rancho California Resort

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Here are some pictures of our resort, which is our home for three months in the winter, as it has been for the last four years. We keep re...
January 16, 2016

Washing and waxing

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Our Pinnacle was very dirty when we arrived at Rancho. Usually, we take the rig through a Blue Beacon Truck Wash on route, but this year the...
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January 09, 2016

Home for the winter

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We are settled in for three months until April 7, and this year we have a different lot in Rancho California Resort. Rancho is an ownership ...
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January 07, 2016

Reaching our destination

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We left Benson AZ after a hearty breakfast at Denny's next to the campground, and soon we passed through the city of Tucson, then...
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January 02, 2016

West Texas to New Mexico

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We left Boerne on New Year's Day after a great five-day stay at Top of the Hill RV Resort. Our destination that day was Van Horn, TX, a ...
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December 30, 2015

Our present location

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We are presently about halfway across Texas, 60% of our journey is done. The rest of the trip is easy driving across the vast open expanses ...
December 29, 2015

Texas

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A major storm system moved in off the Gulf on December 27, tracked NNE through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and headed for the Northeast. ...
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December 25, 2015

Natchez, MS and Vidalia, LA

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Natchez and Vidalia are small cities located on opposite sides of the Mississippi River...one in Mississippi, the other in Louisiana. We are...
December 23, 2015

The Natchez Trace and Tupelo

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The Natchez Trace Parkway is a two-lane road which runs 444 miles (710 km) SSW from Nashville to Natchez MS. It is a National Park, and no c...
December 21, 2015

Our phones in the US

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We spent Sunday in Nashville, but did not visit Opryland as planned. There was a Christmas show taking place at the convention centre, which...
December 19, 2015

Day 3, Nashville

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We left Raintree Lake at 8:30am, and drove down the road to the Scottsburg Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Access with our rig was easy, with ...
December 18, 2015

Day 2, Indiana

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We traveled another 320 miles today, and reached Scottsburg, IN, where we are staying overnight at Jellystone Park Raintree Lake. This is a ...
December 17, 2015

Into the USA

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December 17, and teaching is finished until next May. Time to get on the road, and for the fifth year since we began fulltiming, begin our j...
December 04, 2015

We moved to Milton!

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The first month parked at the cottage on Georgian Bay was enjoyable. The weather remained unusually warm for the season, and my system of dr...
November 15, 2015

Our home until December

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We left Cedarwood on October 22, and we are now parked on a cottage property on the shore of Georgian Bay, which is a large, scenic body of ...
May 03, 2015

Leaving the USA

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On Saturday we crossed the border at Port Huron, MI to Sarnia, ON.
May 01, 2015

Indiana

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We left Cave City, Kentucky at 11:00am after a leisurely breakfast at the campsite, and in less than an hour we entered the Louisville met...
April 29, 2015

Cave City, Kentucky

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The drive from Elkmont to Cave City was uneventful. We passed right through Nashville on I-65, and the 11am traffic was heavy but moving wel...
April 27, 2015

Elkmont, Alabama

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We arrived in Elkmont yesterday, and set up for two days at Mill Creek RV Park, a couple of miles from the village.
April 25, 2015

Technical glitch

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We have had a technical problem with our residential refrigerator installation.
April 24, 2015

Beach at sunset

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We went to dinner at The Perfect Pig, located next to the beach. I had Crab Cakes, and The Navigator had the house specialty, broiled Group...
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April 23, 2015

Eden Gardens State Park

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Eden Gardens is a small state park located on Tucker Bayou, an inlet off Choctawhatchee Bay. It is about 10 miles from Live Oak Landing, o...
April 22, 2015

More Santa Rosa Beach

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Wednesday, and the weather is perfect again. Another morning at the beach, after eating breakfast at a newly-discovered restaurant called T...
April 21, 2015

Santa Rosa Beach

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It is Tuesday, and finally, we awakened to sunshine. The weather today was wonderful; bright and sunny, almost no wind, 75 degrees, and lo...
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April 20, 2015

Destin, Florida

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Destin is a city of 12,000 people located about midway between Pensacola and Panama City Beach, on Florida's Emerald Coast. The popula...
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April 18, 2015

Live Oak Landing

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We are settled in at Live Oak Landing near Freeport, FL. We have been coming to this area since we started RVing 18 years ago. We would com...
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April 16, 2015

Drive to Freeport, FL

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Payne's RV Park in Theodore, Alabama turned out to be one of the quietest, most peaceful overnight stops we have ever stayed at.
April 15, 2015

Theodore, AL

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We left New Orleans at 11am today, after walking into the French Quarter for a hearty Cajun breakfast at the Oceana Grill, the place we we...
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April 14, 2015

New Orleans

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We left Robert, LA which is near the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, at 10:00am, and made a stop at a brand new Walmart in Pontachoula to...
April 13, 2015

Robert, LA

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We are taking it easy in the Yogi Bear Camping Resort near Robert, LA, which is about one hour's drive from New Orleans French Quarter. ...
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April 12, 2015

Rural Louisiana

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We are presently in a small park in Louisiana called Quiet Oaks RV Park.
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April 11, 2015

Katy, TX

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We arrived in Katy, which is a suburb of Houston, at 1:00pm. The park is called Westlake RV Resort, and it is surprisingly nice for a city p...
April 10, 2015

Boerne to Houston

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We just spent three nights at Top of the Hill RV Resort, and tomorrow morning we leave for Katy, TX, which is a western suburb of Houston.
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April 08, 2015

Boerne, TX

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It was an uneventful 335 mile journey from Balmorhea to Boerne (pronounced "Bernie"). The Navigator drove for the first 120 miles....
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April 07, 2015

Balmorhea, TX

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The drive from Las Cruces to Balmorhea was very relaxing, except for passing through El Paso. I-10 is under major construction through the c...
April 06, 2015

Las Cruces, NM

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As I write this, we are relaxing at Coachlight Motel and RV Park in Las Cruces, NM. Today's journey from Benson was another easy drive t...
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April 05, 2015

Tombstone, AZ

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Tombstone is a historic town located about 30 miles south of Benson, quite close to the Mexico border.

Benson, AZ

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We left Yuma at 9:30 on Saturday morning, and started east along I-8, destination Benson, AZ, a distance of 280 miles.
April 03, 2015

Yuma, AZ

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We left Rancho California resort at 9:30am PDT this morning, and arrived in Yuma, AZ at 1:00pm MST.
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April 02, 2015

Time to leave California

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It is with some regret that we prepared our rig for travel, after 3 months in this beautiful resort in the high desert of Southern Californ...
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January 11, 2015

Arriving in California

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We left Benson, AZ and traveled west through Tucson, which always impresses us as a clean, well-laid-out city.
January 01, 2015

Texas to Tucson

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We left Boerne, TX after an enjoyable 5 day stay over the Christmas holiday, and headed west on I-10.
December 25, 2014

Top of the Hill RV Park

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Top of the Hill is located 5 miles north of Boerne, TX (pronounced "Bernie").
December 21, 2014

Texas

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We left Vidalia, LA, and drove on Louisiana state highways southwest down to I-10. These roads were mostly in good condition, and the only ...
December 20, 2014

Natchez, Mississippi

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We spent last night in a great Passport America park in Vidalia, LA, which is just across the Mississippi River from Natchez, which is the ...
December 18, 2014

Natchez Trace Parkway

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The Parkway is a 440 mile long two-lane highway that runs from just west of Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi, which is on the Mississippi R...
December 17, 2014

Our trip has begun!

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Our journey from Ontario to California began on Sunday. We pulled the rig out of our son's place after a very enjoyable two months.
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November 19, 2014

Taste of winter

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We have been having some unseasonably wintry weather here in Sutton, Ontario. Last night the temperature dropped to -11C (12F), and the dayt...
November 13, 2014

Cold temperature living

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We are currently staying in Sutton, Ontario, which is about 40 miles north of Toronto. The average night time low temperature here in Novemb...
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October 19, 2014

Moved to Sutton (pictures updated!)

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We  moved out of Cedarwood on Friday, and drove the rig to Keswick, ON, where we parked at Walmart overnight. Early Saturday morning, we ar...
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October 13, 2014

Slide topper awnings

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Our Pinnacle has three slide topper awnings, which were installed by the factory when the unit was built. After three years of fulltime use...
October 11, 2014

The migration begins!

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People are leaving Cedarwood, which officially closes on Wednesday.
October 09, 2014

Trailer tires

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Background The subject of trailer tires is hotly debated on any of the online forums. A lot of people have an opinion, and a good percentage...
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October 04, 2014

New compressor!

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Bought a new air compressor today. 5 gallon tank, 1 1/2 HP, and it is capable of 135psi. I was on the lookout for a compressor that was able...