Life as I live it

Sometimes I wish everything I have not needed in the last two years would just go up in smoke. I will be glad when we are on the road and if...

Our old 1985 motorhome has been sitting in the driveway since we bought our new Cardinal travel trailer and now we have to get it ready to s...

Leroy (a.k.a. Zachary) is a year older today. Dang it is hard to believe he is 33 years old. So how is be celebrating his birthday? He is in...

We are in Fayetteville visiting the granddaughter that is attending the UofA and will be here for a few days. Now for the kicker, our travel...

The battery box is finished and installed, I needed a box that could be installed and taken off in pieces. Here you can see the top, front s...

The mailman brought the two Thin-Light model 652 lights I ordered and after replacing the stock incandescent lights in the living room I can...

No, not yet. I have been busy this first week of retirement. I finished my battery box and added two heavy coats of primer and two heavy coa...

Thursday brought about "hugs and handshakes" and my boss took me for a steak before my last run to Hooks, Texas. I couldn't ge...

Friday was my last Friday, Saturday was my last Saturday, and only Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday remain. Each day means a trip to...

When adding more batteries, the first thing needed is a strong battery rack to secure the batteries. Weight and size requirements have to be...

I have been working six days a week and we are having 100 degree weather. Also putting together four 6 volt batteries to replace the one gro...

I started filling out my Social Security application online today knowing I could finish it and put it on "hold" until I decided t...

Pick a date and retire! Easy enough, right. Not so fast. This is really an agonising decision. I have been saying that September 30 will be ...

Ever wake up to a low tire and have to change it or risk ruining it by driving to have it looked after. We need a small air compressor for j...

Well I have lived to see another birthday. How the hell can I be 62 years old. My dad died at 57 and my mom almost made it to 73. My sibling...

Not many people write checks anymore and after we hit the road we will only have our mini-storage that will need a check sent. All reoccurri...

Yesterday I saw a late model Ford pickup stop in the street and turn on the flashers. I didn't see any fluids or steam leaking so it app...

Remember back in January I mentioned our weight loss program at work, well it is only about a month until our weigh-in. In January I weighed...

While there has been hundreds of books written about 12 volt dc power and I own a couple of the popular ones used by rvers. For a complete o...

What the heck is a TriMetric 2025rv meter? The simply answer is to call it your fuel gauge for you batteries. The fuel in your batteries is ...