Last week we were camping. Daytime highs averaged around 115° F. In hot weather we don’t develop much of an appetite and decided that a simple sandwich and some watermelon would make the perfect dinners for the week. Continue reading Why is One Slice of Bread the Serving Size?
Back in 2013 I wrote about upgrading our interior lighting from the standard automotive type bulb to a replacement LED bulb. I recently upgraded those LED bulbs with a better product that is fairly inexpensive. Continue reading LED Light Upgrade for Our Milan Travel Trailer
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A few days ago, as I was hitching the trailer to the truck to leave the campground, something fell out of the tongue jack lower tube. I didn’t see it fall, but Joyce did and pointed it out. She didn’t know what it was, but I did — it was the stop collar to prevent the jack from extending too far. I wrote about our Odyssey 4000 tongue jack in this post. It wouldn’t affect the tongue jack at the time, so I would deal with it once we got home. Continue reading Ultra-Fab Phoenix 5500 Tongue Jack
For the 2020 model year Super Duty trucks, Ford released a brand new gas engine (7.3L or approximately 445 cubic inches) and a new 10 speed automatic transmission. When I was researching the new engine and transmission there was almost zero feedback from owners on towing miles per gallon. Now that we’ve had ours for a while, here is some information on our 7.3L MPG. Continue reading 2020 Ford F-250 7.3L “Godzilla” Gas Engine Towing MPG
These shorts were worn for several days during a summer trip in the desert. Water was too precious to waste on washing clothes. There is so much salt build up on the fabric that they could stand up on their own — no Photo Shop tricks with this picture. This is why we need to wash our backpacks occassionally. Continue reading Why and How to Wash a Backpack