I was really missing my view of the water while being camped out in the front yard. I had the brilliant idea to relocate my tent to the top of the carport. Not so brilliant, actually. The roof was lumpy and had weak spots, and it was rather precarious, not to mention having to climb […]
A Facebook ad popped up for a Tiny House Expo in Pinellas Park, so we took a day to go visit. We had become Harvest Host members and I found a HH bar in downtown St. Pete I was able to make a reservation for. The deal with Harvest Hosts, at least at the time, […]
Remember the Travato Owners and Wannabes group I mentioned a fellow traveler had referred me to? Well, I had joined the group immediately after. It became a wealth of information on “mods”, hacks, storage solutions, system information and ideas, many of which I applied to our van. I had also been more avidly following Go […]
Still set up in the front yard and with the holiday break over, I had returned to working in the tent. A thunderstorm rolled through early in the afternoon. Suddenly a bolt of lightning blinded me as a thunderclap boomed simultaneously. It was so violent, I actually screamed. That had to have hit close. Once […]
The following weekend, we drove up to Clearwater to visit my childhood best friend. If Riley fits, she sits! We had a great time catching up, but like my parents, friend seemed somewhat baffled that we preferred to stay in the van in her driveway rather than the guest room. Heh.
A good friend of ours from KT’s childhood visited a friend in Ft. Lauderdale on the other Florida coast, so we found a nearby campground and drove over to visit. We noticed most of the RVs in the campground had Quebec tags and looked pretty permanently installed. Researching more, I realized you could permanently rent […]
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We took a little getaway to the Keys. Gorgeous! On the way, we made a reservation (free) at a South Florida Water Management District campground near Lake Okeechobee. Then we continued on to Geiger Key Marina, RV Resort & Fish Camp on the key just before Key West. It was amazing. We backed right up […]
KT finally joined me in Florida and A and her boyfriend also came down for an extended visit. Until this point, I had been driving to a Pilot gas station in Ft. Myers (about 20 miles south) every 3-4 days to dump tanks. It was kind of a pain and occasionally the dump was out […]
I went through a few iterations of trying to set up a comfortable and functional office in the van. Despite the heat and humidity, I ended up setting up a tent by the river. However, the blue fabric made me look like a Smurf during video meetings and lighting became difficult as the sun set […]