Chris and I packed up yesterday morning from our little campspot in the canyons of Zion National Park in SE Utah. I’ll have a post forthcoming about our trip thus far with pictures. We actually didn’t do all that much during our time there, but did take the opportunity to chill, er roast, in the […]
Chapters
The Oliver Tour
It’s hard to believe that we picked up our new Oliver almost 2 weeks ago. Time has flown by in a blur as we’ve prepared to hit the road. So here it is, the long awaited Oliver Tour. (All pictures hosted on Flickr – just click to see larger versions.) Our old Tab and the […]
Westward Routing
Westward Routing, originally uploaded by Serolynne. This is our current proposed route for our trek westward towards San Francisco. If anyone lives nearby the route and wants to meet up for dinner/lunch/hanging out.. let us know! We’re planning to depart sometime tomorrow, and arriving San Francisco around Aug 18. It’ll only be a quick stop […]
Home bases
When we got back from our 7 month adventure last year and were going through the gigabytes of photos we took, something really stood out to me. It wasn’t the photos that were there, but rather the photos that were missing. If one looks just at our photos, you’d get the impression that we just […]
Oliver – It’s Official
We just mailed off our deposit for our new Oliver Trailer. It’s now officially on the way – and I hope to soon be posting construction updates and photos from the factory. I must say that I have been incredibly impressed by the sales and ordering process. Over the course of the past month the […]
RV & Solar – Electric Wiring Issues
There are a few important things to know about electricity when wiring up an RV or solar electric system. Electrical energy (Watts) is is determined by multiplying voltage (Volts) by current (Amps). This means that as you decrease the voltage on a wire, the current required to send the same amount of power increases. For […]
RV Battery Monitoring
Boondocking or “dry camping” in an RV without a battery monitor is like driving a car without a gas gauge. If you fill your tank up everyday and never drive further than to the corner store, this strategy can work just fine. But if you are going to do any sort of serious camping without […]
Super Solar RV
I was just emailed this picture, along with this description: “Thought you might like to see one guy’s solution to limited roof space. It is from a poorly scanned photo … but you’ll get the gist of it. Those are the old Siemens 55 watt panels times about 34 = 1870 watts plus two 300 […]
Solar Charge Controller Options
Solar panels are only half the battle… You next need something to take the sun juice and squeeze it into your batteries. There are plenty of reasonably priced basic solar charge controllers, and if you have small panels or you are not overly concerned about every last drop of efficiency – a basic charge controllers […]
Oliver – Solar Panel Ponderings
One of the biggest challenges to living a solar powered technomadic life in a trailer as small as the Oliver is the lack of roof space to mount solar panels. The Oliver’s fiberglass roof isn’t just small, it is not even flat. It rises up in the middle to allow for interior headroom, and it […]