Category: Before the Trip

  • The One Where We Upgrade the RV Electrical System

    The most challenging project to get our RV ready for full-time living was to upgrade the electrical system. When I purchased the Outdoors RV 28DBS, the electrical system included 1,000 Watts of roof-mounted solar panels, an Onan 3,600 Watt Propane generator, an automatic transfer switch to change AC power from shore power to generator power,… Read more

  • The One Where We Upgrade the RV

    The One Where We Upgrade the RV
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    On April 12, 2024, I received my Outdoors RV 28 DBS titanium travel trailer and had 87 days to prepare for full-time living. The post outlines the essential enhancements made, including water filtration, tank management, and various system upgrades, ensuring comfortable and functional living while on the road. Read more

  • The One Where We Upgrade Red Rover

    The One Where We Upgrade Red Rover
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    When you decide to sell everything and travel for 400 days, you need to determine your method of travel. After much deliberation we decided that the best option for us would be a bumper-pull travel trailer with a diesel pickup truck and then an SUV as our secondary vehicle. When we started our planning, we… Read more

  • The One Where We Get Ready to Go

    The One Where We Get Ready to Go

    There was a list about a million miles long of things we needed to do before going on our epic adventure.  Here are the stand-out things on the list: Get an RV In order to travel full-time for 400 days, we needed some type of RV. We looked at all the options and decided that… Read more

  • The One where Tim goes to RV technician school

    The One where Tim goes to RV technician school

    In February, I went to the National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) in Athens, Texas where I took the RV Fundamentals Training class (RVTF 200). The NRVTA is located in Athens, Texas which is about 70 miles southeast of Dallas and is accredited by the Texas Workforce Commission as a Licensed Career and School College. The… Read more

  • The One Where We Decided to Blow It All Up

    The One Where We Decided to Blow It All Up
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    “My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” john 10:10 NLT In July of 2023, we celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary in Fiji. “Should we do it? Should we just blow it all up?” Tim asked as we sat on the shore of the South Pacific Ocean on Manta Ray Island just… Read more