When ALL OF A SUDDEN: No Steering Control!!! Whatsoever. With no warning! Yikes! We were on a 4-lane road with little traffic. The bus started to wander to the right (this part is normal…they don’t call them “Wanderlodges” for nuthin!). But I could not correct the “rightness.” Braked while the bus autonomously pulled on to
Category: RV Where Yet
The History of our new “home”
Our first Rally
Our destination on this trip was the “Wanderlodge Owner’s Group” (WOG) Rally in Pine Mountain Georgia. This is definitely FUN. Meeting nice people. Seeing all manner of coaches from older and much more ragged than ours to gleaming hot rods.(There were 125 coaches here!) The people are great with technical advice and ideas. For example,
Immutable Law(s) of Vintage Diesel RV Ownership (and life)
We are learning a lot as with travel with our RV. Some of the lessons can be narrowly interpreted as engine and RV-related. Most have broader application. We’ll list them hereunder…
ROAD TRIP (for real!!!!)
Liz and I are embarking on what we consider to be our very first “Road Trip.” How do we define that? Well, remembering the 4 Retirement Rules that guide us, we have plotted out the following (being careful to not let ANY of that rise to the level of a PLAN or a SCHEDULE). We
Go EAST young man. Near Sandusky, Ohio
Our trip was intended to be short…to see what else we could break — and then hopefully fix. Just to a State Park near Sandusky Ohio, to meet our good friends the McDowells. The trip did not start well. Even BEFORE we started the bus. In fact, even before we went to get the bus.
First “real” trip: 400 Miles to Minneapolis. This is an Extended Shakedown Cruise. One with Friendlies (and Parts sources) on the other end. Lots of first, actually. First “breakdown.” The bus sputtered to a stop just outside of Eau Claire. We managed to pull over safely. Engine not willing to go another inch. In the
Consisted of driving the RV about 20 miles to Liz’s Folks’ place in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. There we have spent a couple weeks “fixing” all sorts of things. Along the way, we have learned some things, as well. First what we have learned: I have learned that when presented with two options: 1) Replace
June 13, 2015! We made it all the way to Chicago from S. Louis (about 300 miles altogether) with Liz driving a chase car just behind me. She reports that we did not leave an obvious trail of parts, though maybe we did leave a trail of crumbling grey engine/generator insulating foam. Anyway, we have
Looks like we might be driving down to St. Louis to pick up our BB soon. Maybe as soon as the 3-4th of June. Bus is basically operational. Title has been received in St. Louis. Unfortunately, our main contact is out of town this week. He mailed to the actual owner (his father-in-law, George) and
For the first time, the mechanic for our new ride has uttered the following words: “I believe we can see light at the end of the tunnel now…” This came at the end of an email where he outlined a laundry list of things yet to be done (electric upgrade, generator gas tank, dash A/C,