Tag: rv-life
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Back “Home” to TN
We left the farm on February 4th and I already miss it. Well, not the mosquitos, but I was able to spend some quality time chatting with Aunt Lynn and then whatever Uncle Harry and Uncle Jim were up to that day. I’ll miss that for sure. Greg also got to spend some quality time…
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She Pulls the Camper?!
Yes, she does. Do you know how many times Greg and I get that question when people either realize who’s driving the truck or if they ask? Why is that so shocking? I guess I have only personally met a couple women who pull long rigs like Maverick, and they are FIERCE women. If that…
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Maverick’s Hidden Swimming Pool
We’ve had a few issues with our new rig, but when are their not growing pains with something new and untested. This is the first year of the rear-kitchen model and we have found that having the fridge on the very end makes securing it more challenging. So challenging that it broke within the first…
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Tires 101
There are SO many opinions and pieces of advice when it comes to tires; weeding through them all was half the lesson! On Pearl, the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is internal and the display comes up on the dash. For Maverick, it came with an internal TPMS on a separate display. This is important…
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Boondocking
Boondocking – the art of camping without full hookups (water/electric/sewer). Basically, the rig is a very comfortable tent (unless it’s hot out…). First lesson, drive times. We stayed 3 stayed at a KOA in Tulsa to learn about the rig and make sure everything works the way it is supposed to. We probably should have…
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Our Temporary TN Home
The house was sold, furniture gone, and we now had dates to book a place in Tennessee to stay for some unknown period of time. It wasn’t simple to search and call around when we didn’t have dates to arrive or leave, so we left that until the last moment. Looking through the options, it…
Chasing Adventure 