Sand storm in Monument Valley The snow for snowboarding in Colorado has been only mediocre so we decided to get away from the cold weather and meet up with some folks in Tucson to enjoy warm weather and biking...or so we thought. Cortez, Colorado - Phil's World Trails On our ...

Working on wifi in the Utah desert Wifi Connectivity in the Sprinter van A lot of folks that take road trips are looking to get away and disconnect.  For them, this means to disconnect from the electronic world of cell phones, email and the internet.  This is not the case ...

The Side-Slide Mini-Kitchen has worked out really well for us so far.  The one thing that needed improvement is the storage area below the camp stove.  This space turned out to be less accessible than we originally thought it would be.  The solution to this problem is to install a ...

Let's go to Seattle (click any picture to view all pictures as a slide show) The first leg of this trip was a direct shot to Seattle with a brief interlude in Boise, ID.  After a great visit with Zach and Mackenzie in Colorado, they were ready to go back ...

The first year with our Sprinter went fast; there is probably very little originality in that statement.  This posting is a summary of what we've learned about owning a Sprinter van and some of the smaller upgrades that did not warrant posts of their own.  We feel like we are ...

Sprinter van in Capitol Reef National Park Moab, again! This road trip to Utah takes us to both familiar and unfamiliar locations.   We start out with the familiar on a rendezvous with Ben, James and Karen in Moab where they camped with a rented R-Pod camper trailer in their quest ...

Trailhead bike maintenance with the Sprinter bike stand Sue riding Slickrock Moab The road trip to Moab, UT was a last minute diversion from our originally planned trip through South Dakota and Minnesota with places like Spearfish, Custer, Badlands and Cuyuna on the itinerary.  Just as our departure date was ...

Making pancakes with the Side Slide Mini Kitchen in Moab The objective of this kitchen is along the lines of our other DIY Sprinter Van projects, which is for everything to have a place.  We currently use a few plastic bins for all the things that don't yet have a ...

The 2017 eclipse path of totality was expected to pass only a few hundred miles from our home.  With about a 90% partial eclipse expected at home, we decided to make the trip into Wyoming to see the total eclipse. There were predictions about traffic snarls and fuel shortages cautioning ...

So far in the build, we've been focused on functional improvements and trying to leave the "finish" work to the end phases so that it won't get ruined while doing other work.  However, while working on the design for the slide-out kitchen, it feels like it makes sense to have ...