Doing Some Minor Work on the RV

December 14, 2025 On Saturday (December 13), Bruce and I went to the RV. Knowing the polar vortex was arriving the next day, we wanted to make sure the RV had enough propane. After checking the propane levels, Bruce moved on to some maintenance tasks. Bruce screwed in some replacement screws. We had missed two […]

First Day of Travel to Golden, Colorado from Jekyll Island, Georgia

June 5, 2024 As we left Jekyll Island on May 15, I saw a Bald Eagle perched on a power pole. Unfortunately, the picture didn’t come out. We headed east on the causeway from Jekyll Island, I managed to get a picture of a Turrapin Xing sign. We were on Jekyll Island during sea turtle […]

Determined the Cause of the Power Failure

May 30, 2024 Back on April 20, 2024, we had a power failure while stopped at a Harvest Host. After we got to Scenic Drive RV Park, Bruce wanted to see if he could figure out what was causing the power failure before our next travel day. On April 23, he opened up the front […]

Heading Out to a Harvest Host in Mississippi, R & R Vineyard

April 29, 2024 On April 20 (Saturday), we got the RV hitched to the truck and headed out from Pecan Grove RV Park. It was cloudy with rain expected along the way. We lucked out and were able to get the RV hitched before it started raining. We headed to Mississippi on Hwy 65 curving […]

Rotating RV Tires

March 14, 2024 Last week, Bruce rotated the tire on the utility side of the RV. He moved the front tire to the middle position, the former middle tire to the rear position and the rear tire to the front position. While he had the tires off, he inspected the suspension and brake lines. All […]

RV Living Task and a Problem Discovered

November 5, 2023 On November 4 (Saturday), Bruce crawled under the RV to grease the pivoting shafts for the MORryde independent suspension. The shafts need to be greased every 6,000 miles or 12 months. While he was under the RV, he noticed something hanging down. He called out to me that we had something hanging […]

Starting to Deal with Disconnected Shock on RV

October 8, 2023 On September 26 (Tuesday), Bruce crawled under the RV and took pictures of the bent bolts and the disconnected shock. On looking at the MORryde website, he didn’t see a way to contact support. He did see an way to contact sales. He reached to the sales department and they put him […]

Reorganizing and More Downsizing

June 15, 2023 While we are in Golden, we’ve been reorganizing our basement storage. We put some items in our storage unit and donated others. I also went through the kitchen and removed items I hadn’t used in a while. Bruce removed the outside television and gave it to a friend. He plans to use […]

Regular Living Task – Water Heater Cleaning

May 4, 2023 We have a Truma On-demand Water Heater. It has a small reservoir, but most of the water is heated on-demand. This means I can have a hot water shower until either the holding tank fills up or we run out of propane. Neither is something I want to do, having once been […]

Waking Up to Water Dripping on the Bed

March 28, 2023 Last night, we had very strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall with wind and thunder. At 4:00 am this morning, we woke to the sound of running water in the RV. Bruce jumped up and turned on the bedroom lights. When he opened the bedroom door, he discovered Nox lying up against the […]