by Paul Kortman | Oct 4, 2015 | RV Life
A friend wrote a really honest review of his location independent lifestyle. They’re RVing through Europe (called Caravan-ing in Europe) and Ryel's post had been rolling around in my head. So here goes: It happened again. We broke down. Or more specifically Gracie...
by Paul Kortman | Sep 28, 2015 | Lifestyle, RV Life
When you buy an older RV you never really know what it's history is and what condition the parts are inside it. Also, when you're driving a 13 ton rig down a steep mountain and you think you know how to drive big rigs, yet you don't. Things Break, Mistakes Happen. And...
by Paul Kortman | Sep 22, 2015 | Memories, RV Life
If you haven't read yesterday's post, go there first. Basically we broke our transmission and burned up our brakes while going down a mountain in North Carolina. We limped to Atlanta and parked it. Got caught up on work and celebrated the labor day weekend. We had...
by Paul Kortman | Sep 21, 2015 | Memories, RV Life
If we're gonna breakdown we might as well do it in the US. It's a bit shortsighted as with an RV any breakdown even in the US is a long breakdown. And yes our rig, Gracie, is an older beast, at 17 years. So we're bound to have things break. And break they have!...
by Paul Kortman | Sep 18, 2015 | Travel Update
From Newaygo, before all this happened. Do you see the Kortmans anywhere? No? Good. It's about time you heard from me. They don't value me and neither do you. But I'm very important. It grinds my gears that no one talks about me. There's a whole blog post about...