Spring is on the way

Getting excited about the spring and some warm weather.  Happy to report that the Bus is running great and I'm looking forward to some camping !!!!!

Rough Holiday weekend

Almost starved to death huddled against the blowing cold and snow.  Thankfully  I was able to use my survival skills to gather a few meager nutrients from the deep forest.

Happy Holidays everyone

Wanted to add a couple of interior pics as the bed layout has changed and I've spent a lot of time adding small touches to store my stuff out of the way.

Here is the new bed going North and South which makes it longer.   As I am 6'6  I needed a long bed so this one is 80x44.  The reflective material shown is Reflectix which I have covering the many windows for insulation purposes.

This is a shot of the van looking back.  Note the cargo net on the left hand side.  Holds a lot of stuff. My friend Karen showed me this trick.

 This picture shows my chair and another cargo net.  Can't have enough little pockets to store your stuff!

Fall Camping

Have been on several weekend camping trips and am way behind on my posting.  Glad to say the van is running GREAT and I've had a lot of fun.  Went to Tumbling Creek in Tennessee,  Dawson Forest in Dawsonville and Rich Mountain WMA in Elijay.  


A few pics:

Great news

Van is fixed and running great.  My mechanic found 2 bare wires that were rubbing together which was causing a lot of problems.  Simple in expensive fix and the test drive went perfect.  So glad to have that behind me.   A good honest mechanic is like gold.  Thanks Tim

oh well

So today I show up at my mechanic's shop all excited to pick up my van.  Well,  it broke down while waiting to get picked up.  Check engine light came on and ran really rough.  Thankfully Tim looked at and has a pretty good idea of what is wrong.   Unhappy of course but thankful it broke down at that moment instead of a 100 miles away on a camping trip.   OUCH

Repair update

OK,  I'm excited.  My van is almost ready to come home.  Lot of repairs including a new fuel pump, new transmission selector switch and a  couple of support brackets.   All the work is done and now it just needs to be put back together and road tested.  Been a long time coming but I hope to  be road worthy for a long time to come?  Fingers crossed !   

Not sure of the bill yet?  It will be expensive but not a bank breaker.  Hopefully worth it in the long run?  Weather is nice now in the south and I look forward to camping.   Open to suggestions of places to camp within a 100 miles of Atlanta.  Maybe Muscle Shoals ??  :)  GRIN