Boyinks4Adventure

$42 to lessen reliance on having to find and spend time at laundromats?  This portable washing (or “warshing” as my grandmother would have pronounced it) seems like a no-brainer.  We could do a small load once a day and probably keep up with clothes - and just find a laundromat every couple of weeks for bedding, etc.

http://www.laundry-alternative.com/products/Wonderwash.html

This past weekend we joined in with the 9-5’rs and headed out of town for the holiday with the truck and trailer.  My folks have a lakefront cottage an hour away from us in Grant, MI and - since they are long-term RV owners - Dad’s got the place setup with full RV hookups.

Lest you should think that we’re the only family nutty enough to hit the road for a year - here’s an entire website dedicated to others taking roughly the same approach to life:

Familes on the Road

We hope to connect with some of these folks as we travel on our adventure.

At some point the truck and trailer will cease being the focus here - but getting these two together, figuring out the hook and unhook procedure, learning about trailer brakes, and learning how to back up and park a 5th wheeel trailer—these are the items dominating our attention lately so the content here reflects that.

Today we spent a few hours at the local state park which is on Lake Michigan.  It’s about 6 miles from our house and one of our favorite places in the world.  While that all sounds blue-sky and toes in the sand, the initial reason for the excursion was noticing that the in-trailer gauge that indicates levels in the various tanks and battery was reading 2/3 full for the black water tank.