I am wiring in the Security System, the Front and Rear Dash Cameras, replacing a 12v Port with USB ports, Hard Wiring the Cell Phone mount, relocating the heated seat controllers and installing the wiring for the new – never before done, Electronic Parking Brake Controller which will eliminate the large bulky Emergency Brake between the seats.
What do you do when you have 10 gallons of water and a 5 gallon bucket?Walk Carefully! In my case, I had a very small space for all my tools and using a trailer was out of the question. I must be completely self contained. So I spent a good week or two laying this all out. Thankfully, I am really good at working with small spaces and maximizing every inch.
I first saw the Flare Space Body flares on an article for a van in Europe. I quickly search the internet and discovered them here in the states and they would be available for and of the current van offerings by Mercedes, Ford or Ram. The body flares from Flare Space offered me the ability to sleep sideways
A Vagabond Traveler finds out he’s not completely detached from his past as much as he thought and suffers an identity crisis on the road.
It’s been a helluva year or three. It’s been a while since I’ve really sat down to write, but I promised myself I would make a better attempt at it in 2019, so here goes.
My 2018 Recap.
1982, what a strange year it was. I remember hearing about the new people who moved in up the street and I recall wanting to welcome them to the neighborhood. As luck would have it, this new family had not one, but two young men my age; Dave and Randy Cummings. I was immediately intrigued…
It was the first time I had been so far away from home and my eyes and mind filled with amazement as I watched all these people driving past us and us past them. Who were they, I wondered.
It was July 2016, 7 months after losing Lexie, when I set out in a kayak from Canada bound for Key West. Many of you followed along during that trip – Canada to Key West. The purpose of that trip was not to reach Key West, but to reach within and find out who I was – without Lexie.
As the clouds covered what little moon there was, we sat floating in the darkness of night in the middle of the water when suddenly we heard it. CHUFF! Looking toward the sound, we heard it again, CHUFF! There in the distance, we saw then, glowing in this bioluminescent water – dolphins swimming toward us.
Just then, the woman who asked me to take their photo earlier, looked at me and said: “would you like to join us for dinner?” Minutes later I was sitting with them enjoying a nice Indian dish, some wine and watermelon.