Hello All! I know it’s been awhile, but I wanted to give you all the biggest update on our travels.…
Day 76 Continued – We finished up the last of re-packing all of our things into the Ohana for our…
Day 68 continued: After the fabulous experience of Gen Con we headed to a Planet Fitness for a much needed…
Day 62- We started our morning off a bit rough around the edges, seeing how we had just survived 3…
Day 59 – Tom was up bright and early, and so a bit later so were we. 🥱 He noticed…
Day 54- We headed out from the Cabelas that morning, continuing on through New Hampshire, Vermont, into Massachusetts, and then…
Day 49 – We got up early to say goodbye to Ian, Meg, & the girls before they had to…
Day 47- We awoke to the gentle sun asking us if we would like to join it for a walk…
And so we began Day 44- where we spent the morning with Dave and he gave us a tour of…
We began Day 41 by adding South Dakota to our USA magnet before continuing our way across the state. We…
Day 39- We awoke to the fully lit view of Devils Tower waiting for us in the distance. After a…
Day 37- Waking up early to share a cup of coffee with my kind brother Jordan was a perfect way…
We started Day 33 with a morning of sharing a happy family breakfast. While eating breakfast that morning we looked…
After our very buggy evening we began Day 31, and were officially a month on the road. We were greeted…
Day 29- Another hot one, and we still didn’t have the air conditioning tube we needed. So guess what we…
The next day of Day 27 we awoke alongside the river, where we received Mini Stevie’s approval 👍 of the…
And so began Day 24 of our journey. After an awesome time with Jenny we were headed to our next…
On Day 22- We awoke to a warm and pleasant morning; the sunshine beaming down over the rest area. ☀️…
Day 20- We woke up and headed into Aunt Janice’s to the welcoming smells of cranberry orange muffins with walnuts…
Day 17- At 7:30 AM we dropped the Ohana off at Gaynors Automotive. They were extremely friendly and optimistic they…
Day 15 – During our stay at Uncle Jim’s he took us to the local airstrip to show us his…
Day 12- The next morning we went to survey the water receding from where we had intended to camp the…
So we were at Day 10 on the road. As we awoke in the morning in Dawson Creek- we saw…
We woke up in Whitehorse to Day 7. We were accompanied by a lot of other cool rigs that looked…
Day 5- We woke up that morning in Fairbanks, where we drank our morning coffee and headed into Planet Fitness…
Days 2, 3, & 4 – Whew! Here I was thinking I was going to be able to keep up…
Day 1- We have continued to finish up everything around the house that we could possibly think of. Our caretakers…
It has been interesting addressing the little things for getting ready for our big 10-12 month launch. Sure, we have…
Well, I was back to figuring out my dipstick issue… 🙄 The dipstick was still not reading properly, so the…
With the trip to Anchorage through rain, snow, and wind paired with the usual wet weather patterns at home the…
Hello Everyone! Today I’m going to try out something new! At the top of the blog I’m going to try…
How about an Ithaca update? Over the course of the summer we had helped RJ assemble a ShelterLogic carport she…
Alright! Glad to be back in the writing seat again after some much needed E&E. (Exploration and Enlightenment) This post…
With the stock air filter finally in hand and our latest return home, it was time for some work under…
With the month of August now in motion, we were once again itching to do another trip out of town.…
Since we had gone through all of the trouble to update our camper’s electrical system we felt like we were…
It was happening! We were really doing improvements we had talked about not doing until next year, and feeling very…
We were back again & ready to do our next upgrades on The Ohana between house projects. First thing was…
As we continued our way North towards Anchorage we arrived at the Girdwood gas station. It became quickly apparent that…
It was time to begin celebration of Laura’s Birthday for the week. So with that it was time to do…
With the metal cleaned up and a good coat of paintable rust resistant undercoat applied, it was time to seal…
June was flying along, between our Ohana and our home we were pushing long days but getting to see exciting…
So as I hinted at before: we came home from our week trip to a few new surprises. Our Sandhill…
Oh boy do I have some catch-up to do! Summer is so crazy busy- and we need to catch up…
As the grass grew greener, we had the usual summer wildlife start to populate our yard again. Once we had…
Summer has finally began to sink in. As we progressed through the month of May we finally began to see…
It was time to finally finish the tire rubbing issue once and for all. Mike Devaney had looked over the…
As April pushed forward we anxiously, and patiently, waited for the snow to finish clearing off of our world. Here…
So the end of February was very similar… …To the beginning of March. Sweeping off rigs, shoveling snow, and sprinkling…
Winter continues on, and this time of year is mostly filled with just dreaming of our next steps. Steps we…
Today is the day! We have officially been blogging for one year as of today! Honestly, it almost feels like…
Just a quick update for today. 😉 The cold of winter continues on… So I decided to pick up some…
And before we knew it, the cold was working its way in and pushing the last bits of fall out.…
We were home again, and my first project was to cut back the pinch below the driver’s cab to see…
So in the dark we arrived at our destination and picked a far edge of the parking area to settle…
So we were heading North for the weekend of my birthday! The trip itself was going to be a bit…
October was already upon us, but that wasn’t stopping us from wanting to get on the road again. Our plan…
At this point we had just rolled into September, and I received a new Toyota emblem light. On this light…
We were home, and this time would be for almost a couple of months this time. So following Kenneth’s advice,…
Well, there we were. After spending the morning running around checking auto shops and finally scheduling with Midas we were…
We arose the next morning to the most beautiful day at the lake thus far. It was the perfect sunny…
On the road again! Well, plans had already began to divert even before we had departed that day… Our friends…
Once we were back home it was back to work on our baby as always. But before we get into…
Remember the yearly get together we usually do around the end of summer? Well… this year was certainly turning out…
Home again! 🏡 While not chasing our dreams aloft out in the great wide open, we find ourselves back “at…
The next morning we happily arose and enjoyed a few more moments by the river. After we went through our…
So we awoke to the slamming of car doors 🚘 and the metallic rattling of shopping carts. 🛒 We went…
We awoke in the second “pay to play” campground we had chosen to stay in along this trip. It was…
Hello! Laura here- we thought it would be appropriate for me to write this day’s events as this day was…
We had planned a few days of our trip to be in the Fairbanks area. So that morning we arose…
So we awoke to a beautiful morning in what we nick- named that morning “The Mosquito Bowl”. 😆 After our…
We awoke to the calming cascading water as The Falls greeted us from sleep. I sent a message up our…
So the next morning we arose to the peaceful river next to us. Here is a picture of Laura enjoying…
So we awoke to a beautiful day in Anchorage! We made coffee, Whitney came out to talk with us, and…
The next leg of our journey would be up to Anchorage to meet with our friends Nick & Whitney again.…
So on June 2nd we were calling all systems go. For the first night we had made a slightly smaller…
So we returned home, ready to get our baby fixed and back on the road. Our goal was to take…
So we were ready! In fact we were so ready, and so excited we loaded up Our Ohana and hit…
The original plan was for The Ithaca to take it’s final trip home at the end of May, but RJ…
June was upon us! In the last post I had forgotten to add this fun fact. Originally, back in November…
May was getting close to it’s end; which means if I can keep it up we are getting close to…
So the cards had finally fallen into place! The moment we had been waiting for had finally come; Gaco! Not…
It was the moment Laura had been waiting for! We had taken photos, I imported them into my drawing app,…
That next morning I was excited! We were on the way to accomplishing a part of our dreams on the…
So we were working through May fast and furiously! Not only was I working on The Ohana, but something else…
So Laura and I originally had an idea for how we wanted to decorate our ceiling. We were going to…
FYI- For anyone out there we met on our trip that we handed out bumper stickers that had the QR…
So we had The Ohana for awhile longer before it had to return to Redline for the shocks to be…
So Kalcifer was back in place, and thus we were inspired to get in the process of putting things back…
Remember our December journey up North? Ya know, the one where it was -10 outside and though Kalcifer shined on…
So that week we took Serenity to the car wash and gave her a good spring cleaning. And to dry…
So the corner was closed back up on our new baby… And while I awaited our budget to allow the…
We were getting closer to putting the backend of The Ohana back together. There was a small amount of rain…
I had some vague ideas of what might be causing our “bump” in the side wall. It was located behind…
It was time to crack this open and see how truly bad things were…. With The Ohana parked in her…
Well it’s about time! Winter is over!!!! It won’t look like it in the picture- but the temperature was at…
Alright! As we were getting close to the snow melting away there was few things we were wanting to knock…
So we still had some events happen as we impatiently waited for winter to transition through spring so we could…
As we made our way through winter, RJ was hard at work re-finishing the inside of The Ithaca… She was…
So we settled into winter… and my list of things I could do on the Ohana slimmed down drastically. I…