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Escape Velocity Achieved
Bursting at the seams with In-Progress Conversion Goodness, Junior finally made it out of Austin around 2 PM yesterday! The solar, fan, and bed are installed, everything else is in a huge, mostly organized pile of tubs and wire shelves. … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, boondocking, burning flipside, camping, charger, conversion, conversion van, cooking, design, dewalt, dodge sprinter, electrical, fanstastic fan, festival, flipside, golf cart, hexayurt, interior design, interstate, maxx air, maxx fan, mercedes sprinter, minimalism, NCV3, nomad, on the road, permaculture, portland, power, renology, rv, rving, simple living, solar, solar charging, soul pad, sprinter, technomad, tent, tiny house, tiny living, Travel, vacation, van life, wiring, yurt
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$300 For My Soul
My 1998 Geo Metro is my favorite car I’ve ever owned. I build my current home to fit inside it, driven it over 2000 miles one way to the West Coast twice, slept in it along the way, replaced innumerable … Continue reading
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Tagged fuel economy, geo, geo metro, goodbye, hypermiling, metro, repair, rv, sadness, sprinter, suzuki swift, the king is dead, unreliable
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Final Countdown for Portland 2017
The Maxxair Deluxe 7000 fan is in! My second home is almost ready to roll for the West Coast for its inaugural RV adventure! The van is waterproof and road-worthy for the first time since I cut a massive hole … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, boondocking, burning flipside, charger, conversion, conversion van, cooking, design, dewalt, dodge sprinter, electrical, fanstastic fan, festival, flipside, golf cart, interior design, interstate, maxx air, maxx fan, mercedes sprinter, minimalism, NCV3, nomad, on the road, permaculture, portland, power, renology, rv, rving, simple living, solar, solar charging, sprinter, technomad, tiny house, tiny living, Travel, vacation, wiring
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Converting Swearing Into Miracles
Here’s a quick preview of my boffo Sketchup model of the roof of the van! I wish they’d integrate Sketchup’s ability to convert vociferous cursing into a final project with their voice recognition. This has made planning a lot easier, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, boondocking, burning flipside, charger, conversion, conversion van, cooking, design, dewalt, dodge sprinter, electrical, fanstastic fan, festival, flipside, golf cart, interior design, interstate, maxx air, maxx fan, mercedes sprinter, minimalism, NCV3, nomad, on the road, permaculture, portland, power, renology, rv, rving, simple living, solar, solar charging, sprinter, technomad, tiny house, tiny living, Travel, vacation, wiring
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Stressing About my Sunny Image
Here are a few shots of Junior with the panels mounted “in the wild.” Stealthy enough? We’ll see… I’ve updated my Sketchup diagram with the current solar panel layout for precise measurements. Most CAD programs are shit for doing wires, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, boondocking, burning flipside, charger, conversion, conversion van, cooking, design, dewalt, dodge sprinter, electrical, fanstastic fan, festival, flipside, golf cart, interior design, interstate, maxx air, maxx fan, maxxair, maxxair deluxe, mercedes sprinter, minimalism, NCV3, nomad, on the road, permaculture, portland, power, renology, rv, rving, simple living, solar, solar charging, sprinter, stealth, stealth van, technomad, tiny house, tiny living, Travel, vacation, vanlife, wiring
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