2022-12-21 Propane Mod

Yessssss!!! It took several trips to Ace, Tractor Supply, Ace, Tractor Supply, ordering from Amazon and then discovering the fitting I needed still attached to an old regulator that had blown out that I had removed and never threw away. We have propane! Just in the nick of time (getting into low 30s in a […]

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2022-12-20 New Family Members

AT flew in for the holidays and went to work helping with the cleanup. I won’t touch a chainsaw, but she rocked it! While walking the neighborhood, KT came across a pile of discarded mannequins in a debris pile. How could he pass those up? He came back for TT’s truck and retrieved the four […]

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2022-12-15 Sanibel Island

I had to visit Sanibel Island, which still required a pass to cross the bridge and get on. While we had largely recovered and cleaned up at this point, I was stunned how damaged the island still was. I had heard of the storm surge destruction, but had not seen it. Heartbreaking.

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2022-12-09 Tiny House Viewing

I still hadn’t given up my fantasizing about more space and laundry facilities. My mom flew in to visit and accompanied me to look at a not-quite-finished tiny house for sale. We had been tossing around the idea of a container house built on an elevated platform on the river lot where we parked the […]

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2022-12-08 Stereo Success

I did it! I was quite impressed I successfully installed the new stereo and everything worked. Well, with one caveat. I couldn’t figure out how to replace the existing backup camera. The cables / wiring were different, so I wasn’t even sure splicing would work. I’m still calling this success, even if it still has […]

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2022-12-05 Tackling New Stereo Installation

Thanks to the Travato Owners and Wannabes FB group, a very helpful member posted the parts list and a step-by-step YouTube video on how to install a new stereo with CarPlay. I was feeling ambitious and decided to tackle it myself. This was more than a one day job. But I started! The van did […]

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