It was July 31, 2010, Chelsea Clinton was getting married down the road from me in Rhinebeck, NY. I secured Lexie in her seat and swung my leg over up my new to me motorcycle – a Honda St1300 and we were bound for Mystic, CT.
Author: Journey Waters
Journey Waters, Founder of Wonder of Wander. A vagabond traveler, handyman
Wandering around Ballard WA
We turned around at the locks, paddled past the world’s most exclusive yacht club, (only one member), past the Purple Martin bird nests made from gourds and then up along the shores of Golden Gardens Park where I was planning to spend the day originally.
Newport Oregon 2019
I’d been to Newport twice before. The first time was back in 2013 when I began blogging under LifeWithLarry while traveling in a 1978 VW Bus…If you get a chance to stop in Newport, OR I highly recommend it. It is both a touristy ocean village and a working fishing village. Living here for a month, watching the fishing and sailboats come in and out of the harbor was wonderful.
Hellwig 7760 Anti Sway Bar and Rear Differential Skid Plate
Mounting a Vancompass Rear Differential Skid Plate and Hellwig 7760 Anti Sway Bar to a 2018 Ford Transit T-250…I soon realized that in 2018, Ford must have added a Mass Dampener to the Rear Diff. I was advised to simply remove it, but given the long history these Transits have with driveshaft issues – finally resolved in 2018, I didn’t want to upset anything.
1Up-USA Bike Rack with VeloSock
When I set out to install a bike rack on the van, my first choice was a door mounted system that I saw on a Winnebago Travato made by Summit Products. Since I had a Carefree Awning system, I had no choice but to go with the Summit Roof rack so this made sense. Then…
A visit to RoozenGaarde – Mt. Vernon, WA – 2019
once I got north of Seattle, it was like I was in a whole other state. I was in the country. A short time later, I pulled into Roozengaerde Tulip Farm . I had barely walked through the gate when I was awe struck by all the tulips in bloom. It was the most magical feeling to be standing there among all these flowers in bloom.
12k pound Winch on Ford Transit
I took to the cutting up of the front end to make way for the install. If you think cutting giant holes in your new vehicle is worrisome, try cutting out and up your bumper. The total install time was probably about 6 hours
Give me a Break – an Electronic Brake!
Parking Brake Delete on 2018 Ford Transit
Use this modification to eliminate your parking brake so you can swivel your Driver Seat and Walk Through to the back easier.
You spin me round round – Swivel Seat install
There were a lot of options in choosing a swivel adapter plate for the van, well a lot until you have certain requirements and then only one made the grade. That requirement for me was that it had to be stable and not lift the seat up too high as I’m already 6′ 4″ tall.
Let’s get Graphic here
There are various stages to a Van Conversion. From ordering some cool accessories or upgrades to cutting giant holes in your vehicle – especially new vehicles (boy that sure is fun) and then there are the equally important, but a lot more fun – Graphics.