Welcome to a bonus post in our Alaska series….not centered on Alaska or Canada. We decided that on our way back to New Mexico, we would hit up some of Nevada, Utah and Arizona’s National Parks and Monuments. Well, some…
Time for an upgrade
Yeah, we did “a thing.” Something we have been thinking about for a while. As much as we have loved the Blue Flame (and still do), the thought of taking a 20 year old RV to Alaska wasn’t sitting well…
I’m spoiled.
This blog post had a number of titles as I considered what to title it. Contenders…. I’m spoiled. Never leave home without 6 feet of Romex wire. Honey, we are out of hot water. It’s always something. But we’ll stick…
Subject: Fun “not”
The following is an email (with the subject line reading “Fun <not>”) that Jim recently sent to a couple of friends. It details all the fun he DIDN’T have once we got back from our Spring travels. It was too…
Dashboard Upgrade
If you recall, the Goeke brothers tore apart the dashboard in the cab to find the source of an air leak. We replaced the part in Lake Havasu City, but the dash has remained apart. Until now that is! I…
The Blue Flame gets a nose job
The Blue Flame is now 15 years old. For the most part, it doesn’t look it. Brand spanking new Showhaulers coming out of the factory look very similar to what we drive, minus the flames of course. Our graphics (i.e.…
20 gallons is NOT enough!
This is one of those “don’t do what we did” blog posts. We traveled from Douglas, Wyoming to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Diesel fuel in Colorado is about 50 cents a gallon cheaper than in Wyoming. So it made sense to…
RV Upgrades and now back on the road
We had been home since mid-May, with a couple of mid-week excursions out in the RV. But for the most part, the summer at home was been spent doing upgrades on the both RV and the new house. It’s hard…
Goodbye Texas
We have done a lot and seen a lot these past couple of weeks. So hold on to your hats…there are a lot of pictures coming up. We made our way to College Station to help Janelle with the big…
Happy 3rd Anniversary Blue Flame!
This is just a quick post. Today marks the 3rd Anniversary of our picking up the Blue Flame and calling it ours. So much has happened over the past three years. Let’s start with some statistics. Number of miles traveled…