Driver Door Handle Repair
September 17, 2013
At approximately 3:00 AM on Monday 9/16, a bit weary eyed and somewhat belligerent after taking the 11-3AM driving shift, I somehow manged to break the interior driver door handle while stopping for gas and to transfer driving shifts to Amira. Lovely. The good part about driving into Chicago at 5 AM is that the […]
Getting this trip started! (Only made possible with the support of family and friends)
September 16, 2013
Whew! After completing the many finishing touches needed to head west, our first few legs of the trip went a little like this… We bade, “see you later, Vermont”, a midst the sunrise on Tuesday, Sept. 10th with Craig driving the Supra and Amira in the Volvo with the trailer in tow for […]
Chris and Craig complete the trailer build
September 12, 2013
After 30+ hours, many beers, and $400 in materials, the trailer build is done-all made possible with the help of a good friend. We are ready to leave Vermont for New Hampshire where we will load up, make our final round of “see you laters”, and head west.
Work on the box continues…last coats of paint are being applied
September 7, 2013
In the first week of September, Chris and I worked nearly every evening after work to finish work on our trailer box. There were many late evenings as we worked to attach the hinges, paint the box, attach the hardware, position the gas piston, and make everything work correctly. The box is 5’x5’x2′ and will […]
Movers are here, tomorrow we leave for NH with the last of our stuff
August 28, 2013
The movers came on Wednesday and cleared out all of the large furniture items in our apartment. The couch, TV, work bench, tables, bedroom sets and turntables were all put into long term dry storage. The rest of our stuff we packed up and stored in NH. These few days have been long and the […]
Preparing the Trailer Platform for long travel
August 7, 2013
I took a trip to Wolfeboro this week in early August to spend three evenings working on my road trip trailer with my dad at his garage. The trailer I am using is a 10′ single snowmobile trailer that is fairly new. The previous owner had installed upgraded wheels and tires so it rolls really […]
Ready to hit the road?!
August 4, 2013
Now that it’s the beginning of August, the need to prepare for our road trip from Jericho, VT to Mass. and New Hampshire, to Connecticut, Ohio, Chicago, North Dakota, Three Forks, Montana, through Wyoming into Colorado, across Utah, Nevada and on to Lake Tahoe, is a reality! Since we had made the final decision on April 27th to […]
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