Exploring With Intuition

Van Camping and Sailing in North America

Author: Mark Haskell

  • Charging System Upgrade

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    Upgraded from a battery separator to a DC to DC charger on our Pleasure-Way Lexor RV.

  • Mariposas

      22 May 2025 Revisited a local favorite this week; the butterfly house at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. Scroll down for photos of butterflies and a few other creatures at the museum. note: Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly. Beth and I always enjoy seeing the flowers and butterflies…

  • Yadkin Valley Meet-up

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    08 May 2025 Our first camping trip of 2025 was a fun two night stay in Jonesville, NC. We camped at Riverwalk RV Park, in order to meet-up with Beth’s sister and brother-in-law.  It’s a private, full hook-up park with pull-through sites that are great for big rigs. A bluebird perched on the park road…

  • Birding at Home

    Backyard birds provide great entertainment when we aren’t traveling.  Here are a few of our favorites from early 2025. New birds added on 26 April 2025 Dark-eyed Junco A late season snow event, unusual in central North Carolina, made our feeders very popular. A Male Northern Cardinal and a bevy of Eastern Bluebirds gathered just…

  • Big Radio Upgrade

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    We spent two days deep in the dashboard of our 2018 Lexor* replacing the stock 5″ OEM head unit with a Kenwood DMX1057XR featuring a 10.1″ display. *The Pleasure-Way Lexor TS is based on a Ram ProMaster 3500 Van. The Original Radio The New Radio Kenwood DMX1057XR Why Upgrade? 1) Much larger touchscreen. 2) Support…