A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Big Radio Upgrade
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…
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SE Florida Trainspotting
November 2024 Passenger and freight train photos from our ten days at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Florida. If you camp at Jonathan Dickinson State Park’s Pine Grove campground, it is only a short walk to the Florida East Coast Railway double track mainline. Signals at the one grade crossing in the…
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Palatka to Sarasota
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,…
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Savannah South to Palatka
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…
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Georgia Wildlife
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…
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First Hipcamp Experience
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…