Thursday, August 25, 2022 We decided to stay put this morning and get in several hours of work before we hit the road. Robert rested while I enjoyed the outdoor office with our little table and camp chairs. The dogs were tied to tent stakes and resting around me. While on my last call, the …
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 It’s official!! We began our trip west on August 23. The Suburban is remodeled enough for its maiden voyage. With three wiener dogs…we’ll see how living in such small quarters will be over the next several weeks. It’s been a long time in the planning stages and the time has finally …
Our overlanding journey had some interesting Jeep repair adventure for sure. And it wasn’t over. There was this little squeak. The squeak that was driving Robert NUTS! He just knew that something was just not right. It bothered him so much that he had do some roadside diagnosing. Join us in this week’s podcast as …
Beautiful weather had us anxious to get us out and about. We tootled around Fort Scott, KS for a bit. We wanted to see something new, so we made our way to Crawford State Park near Farlington, KS. We enjoyed the Saturday drive to the park and decided to have a little picnic. The park …
These are our little video clips from Fort Scott National Historic Site – Fort Scott, Kansas on July 4th, 2018! All the flags honor those who had lost their lives in fighting for our freedom. The display is called Symbols of Sacrifice. To learn more about Fort Scott, click here to hop over to the …
We had a day off and we planned to tackle some rewiring on the Jeep that couldn’t be delayed any longer. It was driving us nuts that the headlights would go out when we switched from low beams to high beams. We wanted to be able to use high beams again, so we decided …
Our trip to Overland Expo West this year was especially welcomed as we were looking forward to getting away and enjoying the event. We appreciate being selected as volunteers and we loved our assignments. On Thursday, we worked in the HQ tent checking people in. On Friday and Sunday, we were stationed at the Concierge …
Our notes and a few snapshots of our trip to Overland Expo West 2018 Stats: Vehicle: Rented 2018 VW Tiguan Total Miles Traveled: 2566 Total Gallons: 98.6 Avg Cost Per Gallon: $2.760 Average MPG: 26.03 Time Odometer Notes Photo Sunday, May 13, 2018 9:17 AM 1945 Left Springfield House 9:20 AM 1947 Stopped at …
Traveled a total of 523 miles with average 17.73 MPG. Vehicle: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Time Odometer Notes Photos 08/20/2017 10:48 am 192919 Left Caplinger Mills, MO home base. Travelled on Hwy N to Hwy 39 to Hwy 54 11:48 am 192969 Crossed into Kansas 12:30 pm Turned north onto Hwy 59 …
There was certainly solar eclipse frenzy on Monday, August 21st. Like many, we used the Eclipse as an excuse to get away from our home base and take the day off work. We headed for northeast Kansas and landed near Hiawatha at Brown State Fishing Lake for our total eclipse view. We recount our little …