Yes you read that title correctly. Yes we are crazy. Sorry this is a short blog post but we have literally spent the entire day in the truck. I mean for reals, this was our view for hours and hours today. Nebraska is a painfully long state to get through when you are doing the … More Summer of 23 (Day 8): Colorado – Minnesota
Today the crew went on an epic-sounding hike-to-climb adventure. Amelia, Messi, and myself stayed back in the camper and had a low-key day. On the group’s hike, apparently they missed a turn and got turned around for a bit. The photo below is one DJ sent me from the hike. Apparently, they could see the … More Summer of 23 (Day 7): Rocky Mountain
Photo heavy post… sorry not sorry. Last night was a night. Messi needed to go potty at 11:30 pm, 2:15 am, and like 6 am. His tummy didn’t handle the additional things he ate while hanging with his puppy friend Willy. He is doing better today… but it was an interesting night. Today we woke … More Summer of 23 (Day 6): Rocky Mountain National Park
We got re-set and ready to take on Estes Park this morning. We left DJ’s sister’s house about 10 am and made the drive to Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park to meet our friends and their 2 girls. It was supposed to be a climbing day for the crew, but the weather had … More Summer of 23 (Day 5): Rocky Mountain National Park
Happy 4th of July! We have had a super fun, low-key day hanging at DJ’s sister’s and her husband’s house. Amelia had a rougher night last night and needed a very slow and snuggly morning today. (Definitely proof the camper is fabulous for her and we are using it exactly how we told Make-A-Wish we … More Summer of 23 (Day 4): Colorado
I updated our little travel map yesterday. Grey colored in states are states we have driven the camper through. We just hit state #30 last night with Kansas! Yellow state abbreviations are states we have camper-camped in. (About to add Colorado!) X’s over the National Parks are the NPs we have been to. (Not necessarily … More Summer of 23 (Day 3): Kansas- Colorado
Messi did fabulous last night for his first night in the camper. He had to deal with all the things at once, so it was like shoving him off into the deep end and hoping for the best. Fireworks. Fireworks. Fireworks. Honestly annoying. They lasted until close to 11 pm and we were at a … More Summer of 23 (Day 2): Ohio- Kansas
And we are off! Impressively, we took off today just before 9 am. To note, DJ flew back in yesterday from a work trip and landed just before 3 pm, so this quick turnaround was impressive. Messi has been doing sooo well today. (Yes, he needs a haircut as he is getting quite scruffy). He … More Summer of 23 (Day 1): Virginia-Ohio
OMG! Look at how awesome this project is turning out! (Long blog post, lots of photos… sorry, not sorry!) DJ finished rebuilding the support frame for the bunk beds today and we are in love. To be honest, this project probably would have never happened on our original 17B camper. I had recovered the cushions … More Camper modifications: bunk beds
Last night, DJ installed the struts for the queen bed to lift. I had bought the struts for our original camper and we never got around to installing them. With us removing the dinette and loosing the storage under it, we needed to utilize the space under the queen bed for inside storage. The back … More Camper modifications: queen bed lift and front stabilizer jacks
Adventuring with Amelia 