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 | Aug 15, 2015 | RV Life, Travel Update
We are frequently being asked where are we headed on this roundabout way of going north to get south. We are heading up to the west side of the Upper Peninsula, then east to Canada, and from New York down the east coast to Georgia. View our first section of the drive...
by Becky Kortman | Aug 11, 2015 | Travel Update
We are off! With 3 nights under our belt we already are feeling the new routine settling in. We spent 2 nights boondocking at Robinette's Orchard and Winery in Grand Rapids, MI and one night boondocking at Chuck and Anitra's in Houghton Lake, MI. We weren't planning...