Since eastern Washington State, the temperatures during the day have hung around mid-90 degrees, and the roads have been hilly. This isn’t conducive to keeping the engine at it’s ideal operating temperature of 188 to 192 degrees. We have a ScanGauge (Amazon) for monitoring some engine stats while driving, which showed that our engine started […]
The day before we left on this trip, we were finalizing the kitchen sink plumbing, the modern bathroom sinks and decided we really didn’t like the set-up, so decided to abandon our original plan. And for several weeks it had been all too easy to put it off since there were plenty of other things that […]
For our electrical system, we wanted to go without the need to hook up to shore power at all. That meant that we were looking to limit our energy usage as much as possible, and being able to charge the battery while driving (from the alternator) as well as when parked for a few days […]
We spent the last weekend at our friend’s wedding in LA. Congratulations Meesh and Bryan, we love you and couldn’t be happier for you two! It was also great to see the Balderdashers. I get more and more grateful for the wonderful girlfriends I have in my life! We’re now back in Seattle to spend […]
We arrived in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, early on a bright Sunday morning and went straight to ByWard Market to pick up some fresh bread, cheese and hummus for a picnic. The perfect spot for it turned out to be Major’s Hill Park, with a view over the Rideau Canal and Ottawa Locks. It was a […]