Author: Mark Haskell

  • Palatka to Sarasota

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    04 November 2025 – Monday Day 4 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We check out a few more sights in Palatka before driving down to the Sun Outdoors Resort in Sarasota. 0855  69,573  73°F  Leave Azalea City Brewing Company 0900  69,574  76°F  Ravine Gardens State ParkStill in Palatka,…

  • Savannah South to Palatka

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    03 November 2024 – Sunday Day 3 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We travel from a Harvest Host brewery in Savannah, GA to another in Palatka, FL with a stop in the charming waterfront town of Brunswick, GA. 0848  69,353  68°F  Savannah, GAFall back to Standard Time…

  • Georgia Wildlife

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    02 November 2024 – Saturday Day 2 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We explore Kalmia Gardens and a National Wildlife Refuge before spending the night at Coastal Empire in Savannah. 0858  69,139  62°F  Hartsville, SC Leave Dennis & Melissa’s Hidden Creek Hipcamp (see yesterday’s post for more…

  • First Hipcamp Experience

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    01 November 2024 — Friday Day 1 of 4 as we drive to Sarasota, Florida for a Pleasure-Way Owners Rally. We try a Hipcamp site for the first time tonight. 1010 68,991  68°F  Leave Home With lots of relatives in Florida, we do the trip from NC to southern Florida several times a year. The…

  • Step Up Safely

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    31 October 2024 Our 2018 RAM ProMaster 3500 has a step on each side of the front bumper that helps me reach the windshield. They aren’t very deep and can be slippery, especially after treating the bumper with a plastic preservative.  We found a new product from OpenGlass Van Mods that adds a little more…

  • Replacing a ProMaster Coolant Reservoir

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    26 October 2024 Our 2018 ProMaster based Pleasure-Way Lexor has taken us on 69,000 miles of interesting adventures.  In getting ready for another trip, I did a quick under-hood inspection and the coolant tank looked suspicious. There is some dried anti-freeze on the container. Do you see the crack under MIN?  It looks like coolant…