In the first post of this series: I explained the chief downsides of Lead Acid batteries, the tried and true battery technology that powers essentially every RV electrical system made. And in part two, I explained about the advantages Lithium Ion batteries, the latest and greatest battery technology to come along. In particular, I raved about the […]
Life on the Road
Florida Bound & an ‘Open Bus’ Invitation
After a brutally hot summer in Arizona getting the bus ready, we’re definitely following the good weather this winter. We are headed to Florida to spend the holidays with family! It’s not often that we actually have plans more than a day or two out, but Florida is a difficult place to winter in an […]
A Mini Addition
Yesterday I posted about our 6 carless months, and how I convinced Chris to agree to a toad. We’ve been pondering for a while what might make an ideal toad for us. We knew we wanted something that could be flat towed with all four wheels down, as we didn’t want to deal with a […]
To Tow.. or Not to Tow?
That has been our question ever since we started our quest to live in a bus. For the first several years of our nomadic journey, we towed our home behind a vehicle – so thus, we always had a means of transportation while leaving the house parked behind. We intentionally kept our trailers small and […]
Random Updates
We arrived in St. Louis last weekend after all of our maintenance in Chattanooga was completed. It took a bit longer than expected due to a slight shipping delay on parts and some difficulty reaching the areas that needed service. Joel at Choo Choo Express Garage pulled a long day on Friday so that we […]
Our First Bus Rally
Whew, what a few hectic weeks it’s been. Too Rushed We’re often asked about our pace of travel – and for the record – these past couple weeks are not indicative of our preferred style. In our ideal world, we’d travel a couple hundred miles and stick around for a few weeks or more before […]
Five Years of Love on the Road
Today is a special day for us. It was five years ago that Chris and I met in person for the first time. It was also the day we had our first technomadic adventure. We had been corresponding online since the prior June, just a couple months after Chris gave up his San Francisco apartment, […]
Promise of Lithium #2: Lithium Ion Battery Advantages
In the first post of this series, I explained the chief downsides of lead acid batteries, the type found powering the house bank in 99.999% of all RV’s you have ever seen. It is a depressingly long list. As you will soon see, on paper lithium ion batteries seem to be superior in almost every […]
Help us Name our Bus
We’ve now had our bus for a little over 3 months – but we have yet to come up with a name for her. Well, I should say – we have several contenders, but none of them are quite “it”. So it’s time to ask for your help. A little background on the bus, […]
Promise of Lithium #1: Lead Acid Battery Downsides
We’ve made a few teaser posts showing off our new lithium ion battery bank, but we’ve yet to properly explain why on earth we decided to venture off into such uncharted electrical territory instead of installing a more traditional flooded lead acid or AGM battery bank. This post is the start of a series explaining […]
