CuRVWander

  If you have managed to slog through my saga of acquiring a new truck then you know that we have been semi-stranded since the pandemic began.  The relationship to the pandemic is coincidental, it was pure happenstance that the final straw dropped on the old truck at the same time that the pandemic reared its ugly head.  Regardless, 20+ months later we had a truck capable of doing a heavy tow without needing repair at the end of each day.  Just one problem, the new truck had a recall issued on it.  It seems that the trailer brake controller turns off without warning!  Yikes!  Nothing like approaching a highway traffic signal at 50 mph, it turns red and when you step on the brake 21,000 lbs of trailer just pushes you right on through the light. This is exactly what happens when the trailer brakes don't work. Poor guy pulling this boat in Arizona hit other vehicles which ultimately caught on fire. Okay, there is a recall for that, just take it in for the...

 The most often questions we hear are; "What is fulltiming?" and "What does a volunteer do?" For us these two things are pretty tightly intertwined.  The first question's answer is pretty straight-forward.  We live in our 5th wheel RV, all the time, year 'round.  There is no house, condo or apartment, just the RV.  As simple as that answer may be it still leaves some folks scratching their heads.  They just can't wrap their head around the concept of fulltiming.  Mostly it is people that have never been on an RV trip, i.e. if there is no room service, then I don't go.  To them the RV/camping life is too 'roughing it'.  But that is a pretty narrow generalization, there are lots of other reasons people don't see the beauty in fulltiming.  Now don't get me wrong, there is a huge range of fulltiming lifestyles.  It runs from the rig that has been procured and placed in a long term campground, never to be moved until it is hauled to the ...