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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…

    First Hipcamp Experience
  • 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…

    Step Up Safely
  • 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…

    Replacing a ProMaster Coolant Reservoir
  • 13 October 2024 – Sunday Beth read that a comet might be visible tonight, so we made an impromptu trip to a campground with a clear view to the west. It was a quick and easy trip. 1445  68,827  78°  Leave home  1631  68,900  77°  Boydton, VA North Bend Park, site 115 US Army Corp…

    Comet Viewing at Kerr Lake
  • 06-07 October 2024 – Sunday & Monday We head for home with an overnight stop at FMCA in Cincinnati, Ohio. 0827  68,075  66°F  Leave Champaign, Illinois Alto Vineyards was a delightful overnight stop. Check out yesterday’s post for more info on this Harvest Host. 1027  68,121  71°F  Indiana Welcome Center We met an artist who goes…

    Champaign to Home via Cincinnati