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Camper Van 2.0
From 2018-2020 we owned a 2001 RoadTrek 170 (Dodge B2500 HD Van). The previous owners had removed the toilet and fridge and made cutouts to extend the length of the bed (the 170 is short, and crosswise sleeping only works … Continue reading
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Day 16 – January 1st, 2008
River View RV Park (Texas) to Palmetto State Park (Texas) Continuing the punishing drive to rescue the cat, we put in 490 miles today. Val contributed 20% of the driving time and 90% of the swearing time (She drove through … Continue reading
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Day 15 – 12/31/2007
Picacho Peak State Park (Arizona) to River View RV Park (Texas) Day 15 – Our cat has sent word that she likes it at the Grandparents house more than at ours. (Something about wet cat-food, sleeping in the garage, and … Continue reading
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Best Showers Ever!
We have decided that Picacho Peak State Park (Arizona) has the best camping showers ever!
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Day 13 – 12/30/2007
Leaving the Grand Canyon, we stopped at a museum for a guided tour of a typical original Pebloen ruin. Then we drove south in Arizona to Picacho Peak State Park. Over this (mostly downhill) drive, the van got the best … Continue reading
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Day 14 – The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is impressive! If you have a fast internet connection you can click below to see a large panoramic image: Panoramic image of the Grand Canyon (2MB)
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Blake’s Lotaburger chili burn!
Driving though Carlsbad I saw a Blake’s Lotaburger, which is a New Mexico chain famous for their green chili burgers. I convinced Val that she had to try one, and we each got a lotaburger meal with cheese and green … Continue reading
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More LED lights
I broke down and decided to experiment with Luxeon Lumileds. (From a pure value and ease perspective, I still recommend re-purposing a 12v LED worklight.) I choose the 3 Watt Lumiled, and purchased individual emitters, which must be soldered onto … Continue reading
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Day 8 – 12/24/2007 Carlsbad Caverns
Today we toured Carlsbad Caverns. On the way through Carlsbad we stopped at Albertsons and picked up fixings for tomorrows Christmas dinner. We used our national parks pass to save the $12 entrance fee and headed down the Natural Entrance … Continue reading
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Radio upgrade, and problems, and problems, and problems…
We wanted to be able to play our (digital) music collection in the van. After trying out an FM transmitter (that had horrible quality) we decided to replace the van’s original factory FM radio (which at the time of manufacture, … Continue reading
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