After over two years of planning, consulting and getting quotes from builders all over the world we have settled on AC Motorhomes in Cape Town South Africa to build our next truck. They have said they would do whatever we like within their ability and their previous customers that I have spoken with seem happy …
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Africa – A New Adventure Awaits – The Plans
It has been a couple of years now since we came back from the USA and we still pine for adventure. There is still places in the USA we would like to visit and South America is on the plan but we decided that while we are still young enough to be able “Rough-it” that …
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Birdsville, Oodnadatta and Strezelecki Tracks – Dalhousie Springs and Mount Isa
Johanna and I made a trip to Mount Isa to do some Maintenance on the houses. Cool weather and of course more work than we expected. We stuck to the original timeline though so had to leave some jobs for the next trip. Mount Isa was looking prosperous and the country was looking fantastic. On …
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Californian or Bust
We found ourselves with some time to wait and were determined to make the best of it. We set off for a day trip with the aim of seeing all the big sights of LA. First off Hollywood Boulevard. We unicycled from our nearest carpark to the Hollywood and Highland Center. On the way we …
Keeping Busy while we wait for flights
Lucy’s Flight The girls all left for Australia at the start of June. Macklin and I decided to stay behind until we could get Lucy on a flight. Lucy couldn’t land anywhere in Australia but Melbourne and with Covid in full swing there is was few flights to Australia and Melbourne being further away from …
Electric Power Update – Trying to Avoid Tripping the Generator
Plan A: 2800w peak generator Didn’t work. Well not sufficiently that it was worth carrying around such a big generator. Plan B/C : Charge cable from the truck alternator. Works and is great if you just need to get a bit of power and it’s cold and raining outside. Running a 6.7L motor is …
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Solar
We need internet and power for laptops from 3pm to 9pm five days a week for the kids school. I wired all our routers including the Mofi cellular router and our voip phone to the 12v battery through voltage converters however the kids laptop batteries don’t last 6 hours. We tried cheap inverters from Walmart …
1,2 skip a few La Peñita de Jaltemba
We have settled in to the RV park at La Penita for a week of much needed R & R for Sally and myself and exams for the kids after a bit of hustle and bustle to get here. We had to drive into the outskirts of Guadalajara to get diesel exhaust fluid. I had …
Santa Clara Del Cobre
We caught a couple of combi buses to Santa Clara. This is a small town just outside Pátzcuaro that specializes in copper work. We chatted to an ex-teacher that worked in Melbourne for a few years and has now retired to Santa Clara. He pays $75 a month for rent and sells sugar cane juice …
On the Road to San Juan Benito Juarez
Well the sat nav took us for another detour through the old town today. The road we took was marked on the map as a yellow road which is a major road. We later looked at google maps and found that the road we should have taken was in the opposite direction onto the toll …