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  • A Weekend of Cars and Stars

    A Weekend of Cars and Stars

    From Steve – On the weekend of April 6-7 Mona Liza and I went with Dave and Sue to Chandler to witness the NHRA Arizona Nationals drag races. I had not been to a major drag race event in many years, and fortunately my buddy Hans had told me about this one several weeks before.…

  • We’re back traveling

    We’re back traveling

    We’re coming back from the dead in our blogging hiatus, ’cause we’re traveling again! It’s been a long time and it will take us a while to get back in the groove. This time Steve will write the stories and MonaLiza will provide lots of photos. As everyone knows, traveling these days is a massive…

  • World Wonders Cruise Diary – Day 13 – Bora Bora

    Cruise day 13 – Jan 16 Visit Vaitape, Bora Bora, French Polynesia – Wow, this is more like it!  Bora Bora is the exotic island with pristine turquoise waters, a gorgeous deep lagoon and the small village-like atmosphere that I had envisioned.  It has the perfect south pacific “heavy jungle” look, and two beautiful volcanic…

  • Travel Plan Reveal, Fun With Friends in Prescott, AZ

    Travel Plan Reveal, Fun With Friends in Prescott, AZ

    Leaving behind the lush Sonoran Desert around Wickenburg was a bit melancholy, but we wanted to move on before the weather really heated up.  We were finally on our northward trajectory, after figuring out where we’d spend our summer and fall this year.

  • Dodging storms from Memphis to Huntsville to Gaffney

    When we planned this route last year, we thought most of the bad storms occurred in the Spring months.  But it turns out that Fall can be equally nasty – as we found out firsthand.  Well, now we know!

  • Plumbing Into an RV Propane System

    Steve’s giving me a break and posting one of his tech-thingy articles – yay! 🙂 We recently purchased a portable propane campfire unit, after checking out many of them during our travels.  Mona Liza just couldn’t wait to say, “It’s about time, what took you so long”?, since I had held off purchasing one for over four…

  • Replacing an engine coalescing (CCV) filter

    This is Steve’s post detailing some maintenance he did recently on the coach.  His mechanically-minded buddies may enjoy it, but probably nobody else. Betsy has been intermittently displaying a fault code indicating “high crankcase pressure” for quite some time, and after a bunch of research, I learned one thing I could do to possibly resolve the problem is…

  • The wonderful people and places of the Philippines

    [This is Steve’s post about his experiences in the Philippines] My third trip to the Philippines during the past 12 years has inspired me to think about all the good times I’ve enjoyed during my visits, while also reflecting on what I’ve learned about the good people there.  I’ve also found that I get somewhat…

  • “Nothing Runs Like a Deere” – and much more in Iowa

    “Nothing Runs Like a Deere” – and much more in Iowa

    This is a two-part post – first Steve’s account of our factory tours at John Deere, then back to me for our other excursions. [Steve] Our first stop in Iowa got me to thinking about what kinds of tours we might want to take while staying in this part of the country for the first…