As we traveled north of Crescent City and across the border into southern Oregon, I began to notice some odd sounds from the front brakes. I knew the brakes were probably due for replacement, and I arranged for some work in Grants Pass, OR. Finding a place for vehicle repairs is something I do very…
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We are back to monthly summaries!! These are probably entirely for my benefit as I feel it provides some accounting for us month to month, but I figured we could share in the interest of anyone else that might be crazy enough to feel the information is useful. We have officially had our first “full…
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Wow, how’d you get such a cheap laundry bill. We do laundry once a week (family of three) and spend about 40/month.
My current work is 1.9 miles from the hospital, so I ride my bike. Haven’t put gas in the truck for two weeks, which is saving us $85/week over what we had to use in California. Next job is 4 miles from the hospital, so same scenario. Nice to be able to ride to work.ReplyCancel
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Good question!! haha We generally end up at someone’s house so laundry is free. I also make my kids wear their shirts twice and their pants 3 times before they go in the laundry. Generally if I wash sheets & towels and a weeks worth of clothes we spend around $17 at most. That’s probably every two weeks with a clothes wash in the middle. Maybe we are dirtier than we think we are? Do we smell? 🙂ReplyCancel
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During our first 6 month round of travel, I managed to keep connected with just a loose Verizon Hotspot, with service through Millinicom. When I say ‘loose’ I literally mean the hotspot was usually sitting on the table. I also had a Wilson SleekV 4G cradle booster, and a tiny magnetic antenna that I could…
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I’m using this one: http://3gstore.com/product/3047_3g4g-full-band-outdoor-omni-antenna.html
Well, two of them, as I use one for pulling in external wifi, and the other for the mifi hotspot, either directly or through the booster.ReplyCancel
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We have only been at Airstreaming for 18 months, but have been loving it! We just returned from 6 weeks in Florida, and last Srping we spent 7 weeks in the West. Our blog shares pictures and some writing about our travels.
I loved your article on WIFI, and had a question. Does the set up you installed simply strengthen the signal offered by an RV park, or does it connect to the internet without RV park wifi?
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Both, and….. neither. The PepWave device creates it’s own Wifi Hotspot, and it can connect to the internet via 3 methods. Most common is via a USB connection to a Verizon Mifi device. Second is a connection to another Wifi Access Point, such as campground wifi. Third is via a Cat5 cable plugged into the device. (We’ve never used this, but it is possible).
so the device doesn’t connect to the internet itself, but can use any of the methods described. Does that make sense?ReplyCancel
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OK, I’d love to pick your brain about your internet setup.
We just bought an RV and my wife directed me to your blog. We’re taking off in a month and I plan on working on the road — and next to being able to concentrate in such tight quarters with the kids, my biggest fear is making sure internet and electricity keep humming.
I bought a Wifi Ranger antenna and Go2 router and signed up for the biggest Verizon data plan I could afford (20gb) with a Jetpack myfi hotspot and a Wilson / weboost signal booster.
I don’t know if I’m just throwing money at a problem I don’t understand.
I’ll have a challenge figuring out how to mount and wire it up but now I’m worried about how to power it all. We only have two 6 volt batteries in series and a 10 watt trickle charge solar panel. We also have an Onan 7000 watt generator but can’t run that 8 hours a day.
A friend asked me how I ended up with work flexible enough to allow for my travel. It was a good question, and one I’ve had before. Sounds like a great topic for a blog post! I’m self-employed, working long term contracts paid hourly, and manage my own insurance and retirement, and I travel full…
In Part 1 of this post, we removed most of the queen, , and cut the bottoms and the tops of the beds to fit the space we needed. Part 2 involved Sam working with his dad to build the bed frames, trimmed them with beautiful dark wenge, cut and hinged the top pieces for each bed, and relocated…
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We never thought we would fit into an Airstream, for fulltiming with 3 kids, until we saw your bedroom remodel. After seeing your post, that is the unit we are most seriously considering. What a great job you did! Now that you have been living with it for awhile, we’d like to know if you still feel the bedroom set-up is working well and especially how it is working for you guys to have to make up your bed in the main area every night? Thanks so much.ReplyCancel
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This is great. We are committing to a 2-year trip with our 3 kids (who will be 8,6 and 4) and have decided to tow an Airstream. Did you consider the 30′ Flying Cloud Bunk? Your solution to the 27′ is genius although I think we would tire of setting up the grown-up bed every day. Just trying to figure out what models would work for us so we can watch prices and move quickly when the time comes.ReplyCancel
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How exciting for you guys! 2 years will be awesome. We briefly considered the bunk, but used bunk models (there’s also a 2005 version I think) weren’t as common 3 years ago when we were looking for ours, and we couldn’t afford a new one. We honestly feel that putting out our bed at night, and rolling it up in the morning is less painful than making a regular bed everyday. 🙂ReplyCancel
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Are you heading to Alumafandango?
We weren’t planning in it. Where and when?