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. …
Author: Dan Harris
Our first “Trip”
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…
On the Road!!!
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…
Bluebird Soon Come!
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…
Light at the end of the Tunnel?
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…
Italy, 2007
Itinerary: 26-27 October: LV Chicago OHare 26 October AA Flite 0110 3:35 PM Arrive Rome 7:50 AM 27 October 27-28 October: Star Hotel Metropole Via Principe Amedeo 3 Rome 29-31 October: La Palma Via Vittorio Emanuele 39 Capri 31 October…
China, 2007
Itinerary 15 July—>30 July 2007 15 July Depart Chicago American Airlines Flt. 0289 16 July- 22 July Shanghai JHI Asia Pacific Conference Jin Jiang Hotel Jul 22 SHA- Suzhou Drive to Suzhou, visit the Master of the nets and the Humble…
Maintenance Focus
Late April The maintenance needs for “RV Where Yet” are coming into focus. Basically, everything works. So we are mainly making decisions about pre-emptive (proactive) maintenance vs. fixing things that break when they break. Helping us to make these decisions…
Storage?
22 April Spent some considerable effort looking for storage in the Chicagoland area. It is ILLEGAL to park such a vehicle in a residential neighborhood, even if one were fortunate enough to find a space (well, actually, 4 contiguous spaces!).…
Quality Time Spent…
17 April We spent some quality time with “RV Where Yet” and the mechanic yesterday. One of the treats of the day was to START THE ENGINE . I don’t want to say it “purred” because diesel bus engines don’t…