A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Sprinter Sold
2014 Pleasure-Way Plateau TS (Sold) 2014 Pleasure-Way Plateau TS $xx,xxx Posting this as an example of how to advertise a camper van for sale. This is not our current van and we are still enjoying exploring in the new van. ~ 42,109 Miles Balance of Cornerstone RV 7 year or 75,000 mile warranty on chassis…
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Spring Update: Robots, Birds, Deck, and Van Gone
It has been a while with no exploring, so thought we should post an update. After retrieving the van from Florida, we turned it in to a dealer and ordered a new one. This will have a smaller footprint, solar panels and lithium ion batteries to facilitate off grid adventures in the future. They are…
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Amtrak, Pelicans, Savannah & Wildlife
With our camper van in Florida and us in North Carolina, good friend Jim Thompson agreed to go on a quick trip with me to bring the van home. That allowed Beth to continue helping the Zebracorns, our favorite high school robotics team. Amtrak’s Silver Star offered overnight service from Cary, NC to St Petersburg,…
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Pleasure-Way Sun-N-Fun Rally
Sixty-eight vans gathered at Sun-N-Fun resort in Sarasota November 8-12, 2017. Great educational sessions from Pleasure-Way and Mercedes-Benz were well attended. Our sincere thanks go to Pleasure-Way and RV World for hosting the rally. In addition to running a great Q&A seminar, Phil Nickle provided one-on-one advice at our vans for any owner with questions.…
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Simple Bedding
The van converts from a couch to a bed every day. To simplify the process, Beth made a set of fitted sheets for the two ottomans. We leave these on all the time. The evening conversion is: > Slipping a fitted sheet over the couch. > Put the bed boards in > Slide the two…
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New Table Leg
With two of us in the van, the original table was more than we needed. It was hard to get around, and had a tendency to loosen in its mount when we turned it to squeeze past. Seeing a picture of a Lagun Table leg posted in the Pleasure-Way facebook group, we decided to give…