Author: Sean

Why Alaska?

Because it’s there… When you picture Alaska in your mind’s eye, do you see vast swaths of wilderness, epic landscapes, wild animals, national parks, mountains, glaciers, aurora or the gateway to the Arctic? For...

Alaska, Mt Everest of the RV World

Alaska, the “Last Frontier” – after holding tanks, storage and batteries, it seems that every extended RV discussion eventually leads to Alaska. When we first got started, Alaska was very high on our bucket...

Alaska 1.5, Part 1

From Tok, we headed towards Palmer which would be our base until our friends arrived. The weather was hot and the road soft, so soft that we hit a few asphalt patches and splashed...

Alaska, here we come again!

Our final, final visit to the Mothership went well and we made new friends while there. We ended up in an impromptu caravan heading west but eventually parted ways in Wisconsin. We pushed on...

Check out our gear vault

We’ve been meeting a lot of RV/Airstream owners this year as we have traveled back and forth to the Mothership – Airstream Factory Service Center – in Jackson Center, Ohio. We have enjoyed swapping...

Groundhog Day

You know a highway too well when you know which exits and gas stations have the good coffee machines and good places to overnight! Back in Orlando and again reunited with 13roads, we spend...

Alaska again, but first…

We have some work to do. We started the year making the most of our time in Florida, visiting family, visiting Hogwarts and Hogsmeade… well Harry Potter is family too! I attended the SecureMiami...

Airstream Essentials – USB and 12V

As a family of four and my day job in cybersecurity, to say that we have many devices is an understatement. With so much time last year off-grid in Alaska, it quickly became apparent...

Airstream Essentials – Trailer Aid Plus

In advance of our return to Alaska, we invested in a Trailer Aid Plus. This is nothing more than a durable plastic ramp that you drive onto and which lifts the other trailer axle...

Looking back at 2018

Alaska, need we say more? In one word 2018 was epic. We towed nearly 22,000 miles half of which was in Alaska, installed solar, spent the summer in Alaska, more time in Canada, spent...