Conchas Lake

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Yesterday morning Ali and I got to work and bled the brakes. That firmed them up again, so we drove down the road and I dropped Ali and the kids off at breakfast while I spent an hour driving around town, stopping, starting, parking, and anything else I could think … Read More

Brakes

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Okay car guys and gals, this one is for you. After a stop today I started up the bus and went to drive away only to find the brakes were locked up. Like so locked up the bus wouldn’t move. For a second I thought the tranny had gone out … Read More

What else is new?

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So the other day the mechanic mentioned to me that these engines were designed to run on 95 octane gas. Nowadays, in Amarillo at least, premium is only 90. He said I might want to try a bottle of octane booster and see if it gets any extra mileage out … Read More

Cadillac Ranch

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Finished up the work on the bus yesterday. Some new brake pads, wheel cylinder, carb rebuild, and a Petronix ignitor. It really is amazing what a guy who knows his carbs can do with these things. It’s dialed in so nicely right now. If you remember the trouble I was … Read More

Brakes, Carbs, and Amarillo

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If someone had told me we’d be in Amarillo, Texas, for an entire week I’d have laughed them right out of the room. Because, Amarillo. Really? But here we are. Yesterday we brought the bus in to have the brakes checked out. The problem was just a leaky wheel cylinder, … Read More

Amarillo

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We’re in Amarillo, and aren’t entirely sure why. We started out headed for the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. We were cruising along some state highway when the road dipped down into the Canyon, or at least one nearby. When I say dipped I mean it went straight down for … Read More

Still Somewhere in Texas

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We are up in small-town country Texas now. Driving through places with names like Paducah. Tonight we settled in at Caprock Canyons State Park in the overflow camper parking. Apparently it’s finally the time of year that people actually need reservations for these types of things. We are very very … Read More

Somewhere in Texas

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Just had a couple of slow days just driving in a northerly direction. Last night we swung into the Abilene RV Park—a standard sort of dump right smack dab on the interstate. There I was informed that they could not rent us a space for one night because our RV … Read More

Gorman Falls

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What do you know, the kids are old enough to go on a hike without being carried the entire way. We set out on a three-mile hike to Gorman Falls this morning in really cold weather, which was actually sort of nice. The kids had a nice time tromping down … Read More

Colorado Bend State Park

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Yesterday we drove to Llano, a small Texas hill country town, west of Austin. Yes, we missed Austin yet again. I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve driven through Texas and somehow we have never gone through what has to be one of the most hyped cities in America. … Read More

Turkey Bend

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We visited Fredericksburg today. As we drove down Main a guy pulled up alongside us and yelled out that he’d seen us on Tiny House Blog. He laughed and said that he’d just moved and had twenty-five truck loads of crap. The light turned green and he wished us well. … Read More

1966 Dodge Travco Interior (After)

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We finally took a few moments to get some interior shots of the bus now that it’s done—or at least nearly so. Here are the before pics. 1966 Dodge Travco Interior (Before)